November 15, 2005

The Duke, Remembered

Sheila is having herself a John Wayne Appreciation Day. Too many entries to plug individually - just head on over and scroll, pilgrim.

UPDATE: As it happens, I had just tossed The War Wagon and Big Jake into my Netflix rotation. I don't believe either of these movies, which I've never seen, are in the Howard Hawks/John Ford league, but that doesn't mean they won't be worth watching.

Posted by Robert at November 15, 2005 05:15 PM | TrackBack
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Stick with the John Ford flicks. After that, the Duke was pretty much phoning it in. "Rio Grande" and "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" are the peak, IMHSVHO

Except for "The Shootist" and that was a Cri de Cour...

Posted by: mojo at November 15, 2005 06:19 PM

Big Jake is pretty decent, IMO. Has two of the very best lines in all of film history... which I'm not going to spoil for you.

Posted by: Russ at November 16, 2005 02:24 AM