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Summary: Ultimate Movie Marvel
Review: Although, it has been trashed in the West, it was one of the biggest hits in India in those days. Movie audiences still feel its magic as one of the finest epic tales. And, I have not seen any other movie as many times as this. Every now and then, its re-release in the local movie theater sees it run for atleast 6-8 weeks. There is a gorgeous charm that emanates from this movie. And that is reflected by the Grand Canyon, Colrado river, those Apache Indians, the haunting music,J.Lee Thompson, Tell Savalas, Omar Shariff and my man Gregory Peck. May His Soul Rest in Peace.
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Summary: Ultimate Movie Marvel
Review: Although, it has been trashed in the West, it was one of the biggest hits in India in those days. Movie audiences still feel its magic as one of the finest epic tales. And, I have not seen any other movie as many times as this. Every now and then, its re-release in the local movie theater sees it run for atleast 6-8 weeks. There is a gorgeous charm that emanates from this movie. And that is reflected by the Grand Canyon, Colrado river, those Apache Indians, the haunting music,J.Lee Thompson, Tell Savalas, Omar Shariff and my man Gregory Peck. May His Soul Rest in Peace.
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Summary: The only movie ever produced about the Lost Adams Diggings
Review: And it's a good one. The movie doesn't stick strictly by any version of the legend. It varies from the McKenna account as much as it strays from all the others. Still, Edward G. Robinson plays a great Adams. For me the most memorable scene has most of the characters sitting around a camp fire. One of them recognizes Adams as 'The Adams', and they all persuade him to tell the story of how he came to find the gold, how the massacre happened, and how it was lost. A great scene, even if it weren't about the Lost Adams Diggings legend. Adams sat around a lot of camp fires in the 1870s and told that story, probably about the way Edward G. Robinson tells it in the movie.
The final episode is pure fabrication, but spectacular enough to make up for it. This one's a winner and you don't need to care or know about the Adams legend of lost gold to appreciate it. The McKenna version of the legend actually centers on Jacob Snively, the German or Duchman in Adams' tale. Snively fought at San Jacinto, served as Paymaster General for the Republic of Texas, raided commerce on the Santa Fe Trail as a 'land privateer' for the Republic and drifted west in 1849. The German found his talent by striking gold and starting several gold rushes in Arizona and New Mexico. (Snively was killed by Apaches in 1871) J. Frank Dobie's book combines several conflicting accounts given by Adams. John Brewer's story, (another survivor) varies considerably from the other accounts.
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Summary: The only movie ever produced about the Lost Adams Diggings
Review: And it's a good one. The movie doesn't stick strictly by any version of the legend. It varies from the McKenna account as much as it strays from all the others. Still, Edward G. Robinson plays a great Adams. For me the most memorable scene has most of the characters sitting around a camp fire. One of them recognizes Adams as 'The Adams', and they all persuade him to tell the story of how he came to find the gold, how the massacre happened, and how it was lost. A great scene, even if it weren't about the Lost Adams Diggings legend. Adams sat around a lot of camp fires in the 1870s and told that story, probably about the way Edward G. Robinson tells it in the movie.
The final episode is pure fabrication, but spectacular enough to make up for it. This one's a winner and you don't need to care or know about the Adams legend of lost gold to appreciate it. The McKenna version of the legend actually centers on Jacob Snively, the German or Duchman in Adams' tale. Snively fought at San Jacinto, served as Paymaster General for the Republic of Texas, raided commerce on the Santa Fe Trail as a 'land privateer' for the Republic and drifted west in 1849. The German found his talent by striking gold and starting several gold rushes in Arizona and New Mexico. (Snively was killed by Apaches in 1871) J. Frank Dobie's book combines several conflicting accounts given by Adams. John Brewer's story, (another survivor) varies considerably from the other accounts.
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Summary: A tribute to my childhood.
Review: I am not going to categorize and compare this western in the moreappropriate context because it's very special for any Russian male inmy generation (I am 33).The only Westerns we were allowed to seewere produced by East German studio DEFA with only one star - theYugoslav hunk Goiko Mititch. And mostly only one plot - the greedyprospectors come to take the Indian land and the feathered patriotsput on the warpaint, flex their muscles - they all were very athletic,unlike the whites who were depicted as the degenerates in every sense- and gallop to sweep the terrain clean of that capitalist scum.Butwe were grateful even for that substitute, tired of seeing the otherRed Against White flicks - the films about the Russian Civil Warheroes killing the White Guards by hundreds for the sake of MotherRussia's communist future.And then "Zoloto Makkeni" wasimported. Why? The message was clear - "Look at these gold-crazedAmerican bastards! Preachers, journalists, merchants,bandidos,soldiers, adventurers - all of them are ready to sell theirMomma's for a speck of golden dust! And this time they testifythemselves, not our East German friends." -But who cared aboutall that? The authentic American Western! With the real Indiansinstead of East German Olympic Team painted in gouache! The film'smildly idiotic background commentaries did not make us flinch - theyfit into the didactic tradition we were used to. And the openingsong! It was translated in Russian and sung in the film by theRussia's much-adored sweet-voiced drunk Valeri Obodzinskij. In therestaurants, at a campfires, in a streets the young males were singing- Vnov, vnov zoloto manit nas! - The gold lures us again and again! -I was 8-9 year old at that time. Seen the film weekly. The boys inthe playground asked in a whisper: - Do they show something there?You know...- And I told them: - Oh yeah! The Indian girl...--They really do! Wow!- Well, speaking about childhood traumas...Once Itook my mother along and seeing the bathing scene she suspected whatwas coming and obscured my view with her hand....But seriously, theremastering crew did a superb job. The sights, the sounds - perfect!These were the times they were still happy to shoot in mostly natural-maybe slightly enhanced - colors, without these annoying tints andshades of today, when they seem to dip the freshly shot rolls of filmsin a can of blue paint.I do not know how I would see the film todaywithout that cinematic abstinence/communist background. Who can tell?But I am so fond of it that even being between the jobs - a periodwhere every dollar counts - I HAD to buy the disc. And I do notregret..
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Summary: This is a good movie!
Review: I don't understand why Leonard Maltin and one or two of the customer reviews are so dismissive of this movie. I agree that it's not the Magnificent Seven or the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, but this is a very well made movie. It plays in the light hearted style of a fable or campfire tale and is not pretentious. You couldn't ask for a better cast or production values or special effects. The plot is simple but that's part of the charm of this movie. I guarantee that 90% of western fans will enjoy it.
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Summary: This is a good movie!
Review: I don't understand why Leonard Maltin and one or two of the customer reviews are so dismissive of this movie. I agree that it's not the Magnificent Seven or the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, but this is a very well made movie. It plays in the light hearted style of a fable or campfire tale and is not pretentious. You couldn't ask for a better cast or production values or special effects. The plot is simple but that's part of the charm of this movie. I guarantee that 90% of western fans will enjoy it.
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Summary: LOOK AT ALL THE GREAT ACTORS IN THIS FILM:)
Review: I LOVED THIS FILM WHEN I WAS A PROJECTIONIST AT THE DEFUNCT "RAMONA" MOVIE THEATRE IN HIGH SCHOOL. I STILL LIKE THE TITLE SONG BY JOSE FELICIANO "OLD TURKEY BUZZARD" AVAIL ON WESTERN MUSIC CD COMPILATIONS.TODAY I RECD A SILVER COMMEMORATIVE INAUGURAL COIN FROM OUR (WYOMING) GOVERNOR, WHO LIKES "OLD WESTERNS, WHERE YOU CAN TELL THE GOOD GUY'S FROM THE BAD" I THOUGHT THE PERFECT THANK YOU WOULD BE "MACKENNAS GOLD" --- SILVER AND GOLD STAND THE TEST OF TIME AS DOES "MACKENNAS GOLD" THE SCENERY AND BLUE SKIES GIVE THE FILM AND OLD FILM LOOK, BUT A GOOD LOOK, CAN YOU SMELL THE WESTERN SAGEBRUSH? A GOOD COMPANION FILM WOULD BE "THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE" WITH HUMPHREY BOGART?
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Summary: LOOK AT ALL THE GREAT ACTORS IN THIS FILM:)
Review: I LOVED THIS FILM WHEN I WAS A PROJECTIONIST AT THE DEFUNCT "RAMONA" MOVIE THEATRE IN HIGH SCHOOL. I STILL LIKE THE TITLE SONG BY JOSE FELICIANO "OLD TURKEY BUZZARD" AVAIL ON WESTERN MUSIC CD COMPILATIONS. TODAY I RECD A SILVER COMMEMORATIVE INAUGURAL COIN FROM OUR (WYOMING) GOVERNOR, WHO LIKES "OLD WESTERNS, WHERE YOU CAN TELL THE GOOD GUY'S FROM THE BAD" I THOUGHT THE PERFECT THANK YOU WOULD BE "MACKENNAS GOLD" --- SILVER AND GOLD STAND THE TEST OF TIME AS DOES "MACKENNAS GOLD" THE SCENERY AND BLUE SKIES GIVE THE FILM AND OLD FILM LOOK, BUT A GOOD LOOK, CAN YOU SMELL THE WESTERN SAGEBRUSH? A GOOD COMPANION FILM WOULD BE "THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE" WITH HUMPHREY BOGART?
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Summary: LOOK AT ALL THE GREAT ACTORS IN THIS FILM:)
Review: I LOVED THIS FILM WHEN I WAS A PROJECTIONIST AT THE DEFUNCT "RAMONA" MOVIE THEATRE IN HIGH SCHOOL. I STILL LIKE THE TITLE SONG BY JOSE FELICIANO "OLD TURKEY BUZZARD" AVAIL ON WESTERN MUSIC CD COMPILATIONS. TODAY I RECD A SILVER COMMEMORATIVE INAUGURAL COIN FROM OUR (WYOMING) GOVERNOR, WHO LIKES "OLD WESTERNS, WHERE YOU CAN TELL THE GOOD GUY'S FROM THE BAD" I THOUGHT THE PERFECT THANK YOU WOULD BE "MACKENNAS GOLD" --- SILVER AND GOLD STAND THE TEST OF TIME AS DOES "MACKENNAS GOLD" THE SCENERY AND BLUE SKIES GIVE THE FILM AND OLD FILM LOOK, BUT A GOOD LOOK, CAN YOU SMELL THE WESTERN SAGEBRUSH? A GOOD COMPANION FILM WOULD BE "THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE" WITH HUMPHREY BOGART?
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