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Summary: And He's Standing in the Saddle
Review: Having grown up with this movie, I still gain something each time I watch it. The jokes are still funny because the cliches haven't changed. Even though it's a lesser-mentioned film it still has all the qualities of all-time great comedic piece. Hats off to its makers and stars- for putting something so quality into the world.
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Summary: Total spoof. Becomes funnier on reflection and 2nd viewing.
Review: I brought this home as a rental years ago. Underwhelmed on 1st viewing. But later,when I overheard dialogue as my son watched it, I laughed. Quite soon our whole family could quote dialogue, from Blackie, from the Colonel's foreman, etc. Fun. Simply that, fun.
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Summary: Better than Blazing Saddles
Review: I know that Blazing Saddles has the title in comedy westerns but as much as I like Mel Brooks, I loved this movie more. It's not as fast paced and over the top (or as ribald) as Blazing Saddles but it does manage to send up EVERY single cliche from every old White Hat vs. Black Hat western you've ever seen. It's the best thing Berenger ever did and really deserves a much larger audience than it got. If you love to watch old westerns and you love to be delighted, this is one helluva movie. Plus where else will you ever get an answer to those burning questions you've had all your life about how the Good Guys managed to always have those freshly laundered and pressed outfits available when they were sleeping out under the trees or how do you practice for shooting the gun out of someone's hand? Or finally get an answer to that classic confrontation dilemna that has had philosophers like Plato, Sarte, and Kierkegaard arguing for ages, "When Good and Evil meet and Good always wins, what happens when two Good Guys meet"? Fine movie.
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Summary: Best comedy western of all time
Review: I love Rustler's Rhapsody. It's easily one of Tome Berrenger's best flicks ever. While most people view Blazing Saddles as the best western comic spoof, Rustler's to me blows it away. It's not nearly as raunchy and not quite as stupid. Every time I watch this movie it leaves my stomach hurting because of all the times I'll laugh. There's a great cast to this movie. Tom Berrenger, Andy Griffith, Sela Ward, and many more people you'll recognize. That's another reason I can't beleive people haven't seen this. The story is a western spoof. The hero comes to the western town being used and abused by the evil cattle baron. The hero must stop them and overcome some of his own problems. The story also reveals why the bad guys always lose and why the good guys always win. The movie is great. I guarentee it will make you laugh and laugh hard. If you don't like spoofs then you probaly won't like Rustler's Rhapsody. If you like Blazing Saddles you will definetly love Rhapsody. This is a must own. It's one of the greatest and funniest movies nobody has ever heard of.
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Summary: More Exposure
Review: I used to watch this movie all the time when I was little. I had memorized all the lines and the songs. It is one of my family's favorite movies to quote. I wish more people would see this movie. It is very much more subtly done than any spoof I've seen. It is so well done, that if someone were to walk in on it, not knowing it was a comedy they'd think it was a true western, not a satire. I'm praying it gets more exposure so that it might someday come out on dvd...(hopefully with extras).
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Summary: One heck of a great movie
Review: I've been watching this movie since I was 5 years old (in 1985) at least twice a year, and I still love it. I doubt it will ever lose its attraction for me. Everything about it is classic.
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Summary: Good natured funny movie.
Review: If you are looking for just a laughable picture without trying to be a great western, this is the one. There are numerous sight gags and quips, plus several big stars and some soon to be stars. So don't try to build plots or complicated story lines, just sit back,relax and enjoy a fairly well made and certainly funny show..
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Summary: Off-the-wall funny. The "Far-Side" of all western spoofs.
Review: If you like character-based comedies such as Raising Arizona, Strange Brew, or Dumb and Dummer, you'll LOVE this movie. A very unique take on the western spoof. Way better than Blazing Saddles.
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Summary: An absolute sleeper!
Review: Lots of big names in this almost never heard of movie. This is one of those movies that you will watch over and over each time catching another great sight gag or double meaning enuendo. A western like you have never seen it, but always imagined!
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Summary: HOW THE WEST WAS FUN
Review: RUSTLER'S RHAPSODY is a marvelous, witty and entertaining satire on those old westerns of the 30s and 40s. Tom Berenger is great as the hero, Singing Cowboy Rex O'Halloran. Playing against type, Tom moves effortlessly through the role, and has a fabulous wardrobe to boot. G. W. Bailey as the town drunk and wannabe sidekick is wonderful, too. His deadpan deliveries are priceless. Sela Ward is comically proficient, too, as the ranchowner's daughter who gets drug around by her horse; Marilu Henner doesn't have a lot to do, but as the hooker with the heart of gold and business savvy is good in her brief appearances; Andy Griffith is funny as heck as the ranch baron with a proclivity towards his ranch hands; Fernando Rey does well as the Italian train mogul. The whole cast is perfect; the direction is right on--congratulations, Mr. Wilson. There are a ton of priceless scenes, too many to mention. This movie should be considered a classic but somehow got overshadowed by BLAZING SADDLES, which is funny, too, but RHAPSODY is a lot less crude and overall, more consistent in its flow. Enjoy this one..it is a hoot!!!!
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