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Summary: Last ride of the Postmodern Plainsmen
Review: "Rancho Deluxe" easily ranks among my top 10 films of all time. In addition to great actors, and wickedly funny lines, there's some really biting satire in the film about the modern west. One of the really great things about it is that its theme of the old and new west colliding is echoed in the ensemble of actors from earlier generations (eg Slim Pickens) alongside newer actors (eg Bridges and Waterston). I don't generally dig on movies made or set in the 70's, but I'm really impressed with how well "Rancho Deluxe" holds up.
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Summary: Last ride of the Postmodern Plainsmen
Review: "Rancho Deluxe" easily ranks among my top 10 films of all time. In addition to great actors, and wickedly funny lines, there's some really biting satire in the film about the modern west. One of the really great things about it is that its theme of the old and new west colliding is echoed in the ensemble of actors from earlier generations (eg Slim Pickens) alongside newer actors (eg Bridges and Waterston). I don't generally dig on movies made or set in the 70's, but I'm really impressed with how well "Rancho Deluxe" holds up.
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Summary: Ramblin' Around Big Sky
Review: A quirky look at stereotypical (although not too far fetched) characters around Livingston, Bozeman and Paradise Valley before the onset of present day contemporary "Californication". Looking for a way to "keep awake", Jeff McKee (Jeff Bridges), a bored rich kid from the east who has run away from a looney girlfriend, and Cecil Colson (Sam Waterston), a local Indian drifter, take up together as chainsaw rustlers looking to make a few bucks to put down on their own spread, Rancho Deluxe. In the process, they prey upon a local cattle baron (Clifton James) and his flurtatious wife (Elizabeth Ashley), recent transplants with lots of loose cash and plans to be the next cattle king of Montana. After some steer tossing and bull-napping for beef and front money, the rustlers plan the big one with some inside help only to get knabbed in the end by the hired regulator (Slim Pickens) and his mischevious niece (Charlene Dallas).
Jimmy Buffett's lively score and the scenery (natural and man made) contributes to the mistique and rough edge of the wild good old times.
Rancho Deluxe struck a nerve of interest when it was initially released and the film reached cult status in Montana. The phenomena might be partially attributed to the perception many young Montanans had at the time of being rather disconnected from the rest of the country (not that that was necessarily a bad thing). The film helped open up Montana to Hollywood movie makers who soon followed to make Thunderbolt & Lightfoot (1974) and The Missouri Breaks (1977). Big Sky Country would never be the same, what a shame.
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Summary: A Bad 70's "Western"
Review: Encouraged by many positive reviews, I purchased this DVD for viewing at a "movie nite" with a group of friends. Unfortunately, the film was a great disappointment - one of the least entertaining films I have seen, and often painful to watch. Even Slim Pickins couldnt save this artifact of the 70's. None of us found this film funny, and it is perhaps the only film in recent memory that was so awful and dated that I found myself hoping it would just hurry up and end starting painfully early-on in the film. Viewed on a 10' home theater screen, the video quality was only fair at best. Audio quality is similary only fair, and despite my like of Jimmy Buffet, his music did not make this film more tolerable.
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Summary: Don't throw out that VHS copy yet...
Review: First of all,I truly do enjoy this movie. Criticisims I have concern the DVD itself, not the movie. I figured that with such a low price we wouldn't be seeing much in the way of extras on this DVD. Boy, was I right! You get nothing but the trailer. I was really looking forward to seeing this movie in widescreen. The "Widescreen" referred to seems to be a matted, letterboxed type. You actually lose some of the picture, rather than gain it. The standard version won't even play in my DVD player, and I do not own one of the cheaper versions. The sound is low and muddy in some parts, and the picture ain't all that great either. Overall, I'm disappointed with the whole package. Not even a booklet inside the clamshell case.
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Summary: Livingston Saturday Night
Review: Great movie! For those who have seen the influx of the rich and famous into western Montana will love the spoof on the cattle rancher from NY. Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, and Slim Pickins are awesome! Plus, you can't beat Jimmy Buffet, mid-70's hair and mustache, playing Livingston Saturday night in Livingston!!
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Summary: Amazing, but you need a very dry sense of humor.
Review: How can I describe this movie in a nut shell? Odd and dated but with a very good heart- and dry dry dry!It is a pseudo-western, featuring actors who would now be too "good" for a small cultish movie like this one. Can you picture a Law & Order T.V. star in this?? This could be viewed as a great piece of 70's era B movie making with slumming A list actors. Or how about one of Jimmy Buffet's first appearances in popular culture- a must see for parrot heads! Listen for the one liners from Cecil (Sam Waterson), they could definately enter into your movie quote lexicon. Also, if you know any cowboys, watch it with them and check out their reaction to Cecil's Father's monolouge about the disease of "pickup truck debt" for which there is still "no cure in sight". Not likley to please everyone, this movie is for people with a twisted sense of humor but if you like stuff like Space Ghost you will love.
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Summary: Amazing, but you need a very dry sense of humor.
Review: How can I describe this movie in a nut shell? Odd and dated but with a very good heart- and dry dry dry! It is a pseudo-western, featuring actors who would now be too "good" for a small cultish movie like this one. Can you picture a Law & Order T.V. star in this?? This could be viewed as a great piece of 70's era B movie making with slumming A list actors. Or how about one of Jimmy Buffet's first appearances in popular culture- a must see for parrot heads! Listen for the one liners from Cecil (Sam Waterson), they could definately enter into your movie quote lexicon. Also, if you know any cowboys, watch it with them and check out their reaction to Cecil's Father's monolouge about the disease of "pickup truck debt" for which there is still "no cure in sight". Not likley to please everyone, this movie is for people with a twisted sense of humor but if you like stuff like Space Ghost you will love.
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Summary: You either get it or you don't
Review: I saw this in the theatre when it was first released in 1974. Years later I thought I was the only one whe remembered it. In 1983, I saw it was playing at the Circle Theatre in Washington, DC. Was overwhelmed to see the theatre SOLD OUT with other fans. This is a true cult classic, in the same vein as Harold and Maude. I watch it at least once a year, as it sets a real fine mood that carries with me for awhile. The soundtrack is some great buffett that can only be heard here. If you don't get it...tough!
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Summary: the west- like it or leave us alone
Review: I'm one of the people who has seen this movie numerous times and loves it. I first watched it with a friend who grew up around the Crazy Mts and knew exactly what was being shown. I guess if you don't know the rural west and have no sense of humor beyond the Adam Sandler fart joke level this will not be a movie for you but if you appreciate nuanced acting, great locations and a natural story flow you will enjoy it.
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