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    El Dorado, (1966)

El Dorado is a movie directed and produced by Howard Hawks, also known as the director of Scarface, Bringing Up Baby or Rio Bravo. He was a famous American director and producer. In 1974, he received an Honorary Acadamy Award as "a master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguised place in world cinema". Thanks to his work, he has influenced a lot of popular directors such as Martin Scorsese or Robert Altman. He was qualified as "the greatest American director who is not a housesold name" - Leonard Maltin. But sadly, he died in 1977 because of a stroke.

I can tell that El Dorado is a well-known classic western because that movie is showing a saloon, there is a sherrif men riding horses - the poster of the movie shows it too, the enemy, a duel between the main character and the enemy. The main character wears a cowboy hat and possesses a gun. It shows the desert and all the landscape too. It was shot in Tucson, Arizona. Howard Hawks wanted to create a simple story like Rio Bravo, he is also the director of that movie. That's why I can compare those two movies because their stories are pretty similar and we find the same items and almost the same plot in both movies. 

The plot is about a gunfighter who comes to El Dorado to find an old friend - the sherrif -. With an Indian fighter and gambler, they help another rancher and his family to stop and fight a rival rancher who tries to steal their water. The plot is actually easy to understand because at the beginning of the movie, for about an hour, we discover the universe, the characters and the plot so it's easy to follow. I don't think I can tell that is it believable because we don't actually see those kind of fights and all that stuff in real life but it's not impossible.

This movie is starring John Wayne as Cole Thornton, who played in a lot of westerns. He is one of the main characters. He is a gunfighter, he is brave and courageous. When he comes to El Dorado to find his old friend (the sherrif), he meets an old Indian fighter. He will help Cole Thorton on his mission and help the MacDonalds. John Wayne is good at his acting because it isn't his first time playing this kind of character since he played in a lot of westerns.

The other main character of this movie is the sherrif J.P. Harrah played by Robert Mitchum. So he is the sheriff of the town, the old friend of Cole Thornton. He became alcoholic because of a heartbreak. He will also help the others with the case of the MacDonalds. Mitchum is good at his acting too.

I don't really love that movie because it's not the kind of movie I usually watch. But it wasn't that horrible so it wasn't too annoying, and after all, I can tell it was an interesting story. I would recommend that movie to people who really like the western genre. If you don't like those kind of movies, obviously you won't like that one too. To conclude, on a scale of 1 to 10, I would give 5 because it wasn't so bad but it's not my genre. 

Jane Got A Gun 

Gavin O'Connor is the director of this film. He was born in 1964, he is not only a director but also movie producer,scriptwriter and American actor. Gavin O'Connor is also known for the movie "warrior" or "Le prix de la loyauté".

This movie is an American-British western but also dramatic and action movie released in 2015. The main actors are Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor and Rodrigo Santoro. Natalie Portman plays the role of Jane Hammond, the wife of Bill Hammond play by Noah Emmerich. The couple are part former associates to John Bishop (Ewan McGregor), they fled together for to live their love serenely. However John Bishop and these associates will look for years in vain. But one day Bill goes home with his horse in poor health, riddled with bullets, Bishop fond him, he's coming. It is then that Jane decided to seek the help of his former engaged in order to escape to certain death.

This movie carries a message towards courage and strength of all women, he puts forward the women who is fighting to save his family. This movie shows that the women knows how to defend herself and that we can fear her as much as a man. The women is not inferior!

It's a movie with an easy-to-follow storyline. The story is credible and could be very real.

At the characters level, they are all very professional, no missteps, the roles that are assigned to them match them wonderfully.

- Jane is a woman with incredible courage and strength of character but she is also very beautiful physically.

- Dan Frost behind his tunes of hard is a man with a big heart.

- And John Bishop is the "Great villan" of history, interpreted by Ewan McGregor is a man without any mercy, resentful, and also an outlaw.

I really liked this movie, yet I'm not a fan of westerns, however the importance of the role given to the woman is so satisfying. The atmosphere, the decorations, everything I really liked. It is really very interesting and realistic of his time. The only negative point is perhaps that it is extremely realsitic in everything, as for example in murders it may be a little shocking at this level for sensitive souls.

I highly recommend this movie for those who love action movie but you must have a good heart !

You have to watch it, because to my knowledge this is the only western that highlights the courage of a woman, and it's important to make this film known for this special attention to women.

I chose the movie Cheyennes as a western.

This movie was written by Mari Sandoz as well as James.R Webb and directed by John Ford in 1964.The actors in the film are Carroll Baker (Deborah Wright), Arthur Kennedy (Doc Holliday), James Stewart (Wyatt Earp), Karl Malden (Captain Wessel), Richard Widmack (Captain Thomas Archer) and many more.

It takes place in 1878, Cheyenne leave their territory against promises that the cowboys do not hold so they decide to return despite the prohibitions.

They are therefore pursued by Captain Archer.

I chose this film because it is one of the only ones to tell the true nature of the Cheyenne, which was a peaceful tribe. He shows it very well as well as the tensions that exist within the tribe between the young generation that is not afraid to use force and the elderly, who remain wise and want to keep the peace.According to me it uses the codes of the westerns and does not add anything, it shows how it was without too much artifice.

I like this film because it does not look like the others, it does not denounce the violence of the Indians but on the contrary the violence that some cowboys have them and therefore the reactions of the Indians towards this one.

I choose the western named Django Unchained, which takes place in Quebec, and realised by Quentin Tarantino in 2012. This movie begin in the Texas, in 1858, where an unchained slaves' daughter walks with Ace and Dicky Speck. The brothers are stopped by Dr. King Schultz,a German dentist turned bounty hunter who asks to buy one of the slaves.He questions Django about his knowledge of the Brittle brothers, a trio of outlaws for whom Schultz is carrying a warrant. In 1859, Django and Schultz travel to Mississippi.where they learn the identity of Broomhilda's new owner: Calvin J. Candie, the charming but cruel owner of the Candyland plantation, where slaves are forced to fight to the death in brutal wrestling matches called "Mandingo fights". Schultz and Django meet Calvin at his gentleman's club in Greenville,  and offer $12,000 for one of his best fighters. however, their ulterior motive is to purchase Broomhilda. Intrigued, Calvin invites them to Candyland.When Calvin's mourners return from his burial, Django kills Lara and the remaining henchmen, releases the two remaining house slaves, and kneecaps Stephen before igniting the dynamite that he has planted throughout the mansion. Django and Broomhilda watch from a distance as the mansion explodes, killing Stephen, before riding off together.Django spends time as a bounty hunter like Schultz while searching for his wife from whom he had been separated. He eventually discovers that the owner of his wife is Calvin Candie  a prominent Southern slave owner. Django and Schultz head to Candie's plantation, Candyland, to free Broomhilda.

Quentin Tarantino was born on the March 27, 1963, he is an American director, writer, and actor. His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines satirical subject matter; an aestheticization of violence; extended scenes of dialogue;ensemble casts consisting of established and lesser-known performers; references to popular culture and a wide variety of other films; soundtracks primarily containing songs and score pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s; and features of neo-noir film.His career began in the late 1980s when he wrote and directed My Best Friends' Birthday. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with the release of Reservoir Dogs in 1992,, a black comedy crime film that was a major success both among critics and audiences. Judged the greatest film from 1983–2008 many critics and scholars have named it one of the most significant works of modern cinema For his next effort, Tarantino paid homage to the blaxploitation films of the 1970s with Jackie Brown (1997), an adaptation of the novel Rum Punch. 

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a feature film which was liked by a lot of person.

It is a action/adventure/ western film that the press really liked.

Sergio Leone is an Italian director and screenwriter, born on January 3, 1929 in Rome, where he died on April 30, 1989. Father of the spaghetti western (which he popularizes largely without inventing it), he makes the films « For a handful of dollars », and « The Good, the Bad and the Ugly » who are often considered classics of movies, films that reveal the actor Clint Eastwood and the composer Ennio Morricone. While he was appreciated by the public, but shunned by critics during his lifetime, his importance in the history of cinema is very recognized. Leone succeeds in establishing himself among the great directors thanks to his innovative style, his staging, and the use of music, composed by his collaborator and friend Ennio Morricone. Several important directors recognize the influence he has had on their work or the admiration they have for him, first and foremost Quentin Tarantino.

It is considered as one of the most famous western of all time, more particularly of the "spaghetti western".

summary:

During the Civil War, three men search for a chest containing a lot of gold stolen from the southern army. Tuco ( one of the main characters ) knows that the treasure is in a cemetery and Joe knows the name written on the grave were the gold is. But a third man arrives in the story : Setenza, a brute who doesn't hesited to kill women and children to achieve his ends.

The plot is quite simple. To my mind, there is a lot of characters but as there are just three main characters it's quite easy to understand. The film is a western so I think it is not really believable.

There are three main characters:

The Good or the nameless man ( Clint Eastwood ) : who is searching the treasure. He becomes a friend of Tuco ( but their friendship is a bit weird ) who nicknamed him "Blondin" The Good knows the name of the grave were the treasure is buried.

The Bad ( Lee Van Cleef ) : His name is Sentenza ( "Eyes Angel" in America ). He is a mercenary who doesn't hesited to kill all people who want to discover the treasure he is looking for. He will be an enemy of Tuco and Blondin.

The Ugly ( Eli Wallach ) : Tuco is a bandit, a friend of Blondin. He knows the name of the cemetery were the treasure is hidden.

I think the three main actors are talented in their roles. I really liked this movie because the story is fascinating and the characters are endearing. However, to my mind, the film is a bit too long. I would recommand this film to everybody but mostly to people who like watching westerns.

We could compare this film to another one by the same director : "Once upon a time in the West" because the western vibes are the same.

The Duel

The title of the film that I’ve watch  is The duel, he was released on June 24,2016.The director of this film is Kieran darcy smith, he is best know for the films The cave, The Square, Animal Kingdom and the reef, he is 53 years old and he is australian.

This film is a western, It's a type of film in which there are cowboys or gunfighters armed with a revolver or a riffle who rides a horse, bandits, a sheriff, sletters, farmers, the vaste landscape like a plain or a desert play an important role and most of the time, there is a saloon, ranch, and railways in the city. The Western was the most popular Hollywood genre from the early 20th century to the 1960s.

In 1881, David kingston, a texas ranger is sent by the 19^th govenor of texas to investigate a series of murders and disappearances of Mexicans citizens in Mont Hermon. He is mostly here to search for Maria Calderon, she is missing and she is the niece of a mexican general who told them he would invade if they don't find her. In the town, there is a preacher and mayor named Abraham Brant who is keeping the inhabitants in some kind of fearful grip . When he arrives in the town, everyone is cold to him except Abraham who is in love with David's wife, Marisol. David hides his identity and Abraham offers him the role to be the town sheriff,whiwh he accepts so that could cover him for his investigation. While he explores the town and search for bodies, Abraham manipulates Marisol into becoming dependant on him. She then betray David ans tells all his secrets to Abraham but David learn about Abraham's secret which is that he is abducting mexicans to serve as pray for rich foreigners to hunt. Abraham aranges a fight between his son Isaac and David that ends by the death of Isaac. David manages to shoot Abraham while near the isolated compoun,pins Abraham’s leg under a boulder, Abraham cuts his own leg off and crawls to David. As he is about to cut David’s throat, Maria reappears and shoots Abraham dead.The Mexican general is grateful to David for getting Maria back. David is last seen riding off into the brush alone, staring up at the tree where Naomi was hanged from earlier. Maybe he's searching the area for clues of his wife Marisol.

The main characters are David, Marisol and Abraham.

David is played by Liam Hemsworth, he is 28 years old, he is australian, and he is an actor. To be honest, he is a pretty good actor, his role suits him well.

Marisol is played by Alice Braga, she is brazilian and she's 35 years old. I didn't really her as Marisol, I don't know, to me it seems like she was over reacting.

Abraham is played by Woody Harrelson, he is American ans he is 57 years old, his role suits him soooo well, in my opinion he is really a good actor even tho he is a older than the others, he is really good !!

I kind of enjoyed that film but to be honest it was kind of boring to me, I don't really like watching Westerns, they're not my favorite things to watch, I'm more into Science Fiction movies, but if you like that type of movie in which there are cowboys, a sheriff etc I 100% recommend it to you !! And if you don't really like western like me, I don't really recommend this movie because you'll easily get bored and won't probably watch it until the end, but if you've never watched a western before, you should try it and this movie is a good example to begin with ! 

So as you can see, I don't really like watching western, so that's why I can compare this film to another one because I don't remember the other that I've watched.

The good, the bad and the ugly was writen by Sergio Leone. (1929-1989)

He was an Italian director and is well known for having write a lot of well ranked movies like Once upon a time in the West and For a few dollars. Sergio Leone grew up in the cinema's world because he was the son if an actress, Bice Velerian and Roberto Roberti, one of Italy's cinema pioneers.

It is a spaghetti-western, in other words an Italian adventure movie imitating the American western but with a lot of free violence released in 1966. There is a lot of western's clichés.

During the Civil war, three gunfighters, Tuco, Sentenza known for being Angel eyes and Joe alias "blondi", looks after the gold of the soldier Bill Carson.  Each of them know one information about the place where it's hidden, it's in a cemetery. They want 50% of the gold, that mean only two of them can have the half. Angel Eyes wants to kill Tuco he know the location because of him and Blondi know the name on the grave. They are outlaws so they can't have trust in each other besides there are treasons. Tuco and Blondi were partnership and Angel Eyes was searching for Bill Carson. Tuco takes Bill Carson's identity due to his death. It's at that moment they known about the $200 000. Before that, they made criminal actions for having money like for example, contract killer.

-Tuco is "the ugly: who had a sweet side and exuberant. He has a strong personnality and he is expressive. He is played by Eli Wallach

-Sentenza is "the bad" because he can kills innocents and is organised in his job of killing people for dollars. We can see that from the beginning, he is cruel. He is played by Lee Van Cleef. 

-Blondi is the good because he doesn't try to get revenge after what Tuco did to him, he is empathic  when he is in the battlefield but Blondi is an outlaw so he is not kind. He is palyed by Clint Eastwood.

 The actors are really good, their roles are well played. Everyone can see the personnalities of the three outlaws who are very different.

I chose to watch The good, the bad and the ugly because the title was interresting. I do not regret, I really did enjoyed watching this nearly three hours movie, I adore the soundtrack who is well chosen, the musics start during the good parts and the sound effects are of good qualities. The duels are in a tense atmosphere in the beginning and in the end, the three stare each others during the duel. It show the tension of the situation and it show the good playing of the actors. It's easy to follow this movie even if there are lot of events, we know what happens during the parts. The movie is believable even if the deaths are exagerate.

I like the fact there is not a good people who fight against outlaws. It is just three outlaws on the quest of the $200 000. The beginning was long but there was music so it was great but after the music it was too much quiet for me, I like when there is a lot of actions. However it is a good western movie to watch!

Sweet Country

Sweet Country is a Australian western directed by Warwick Thornton in 2017. He is an Australian film director, screenwriter and cinematograper. With Sweet Country he won the Orizzonti Jury Special Prize at the Venice Film Festival and the renowned Platform Prize at the Toronto Film Festival.

Is set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self defense and goes on the run as posse gathers to hunt him down.

In the film happen the story of Sam Kelly, an aboriginal farm worker forced to do in the deep background when he became a lawyer for killing a white men for a self-defense. For the murder of a white man, Sam is now on the run from the law with his wife across the outback. This film is very credible because is inspired to real facts, happens beautiful shots of the wild plains of the outback and the austerity of places.

The mains characters are Sam Kelly by Hamilton Moriss, Fred Smith by Sam Neil, Lizzie Kelly by Natassia Gorey Furber, Sergeant Fletcher by Bryan Brown.

I recommend this film because the set, shot only outdoors, is filmed in a very classic way by the Australian filmmaker but with a real mastery that allows the film to develop beautiful its historical and social purpose. Better still, it is spreading important social values at the moment while admirably exposing the history of Australia and the racist tensions that have shaped its destiny but the end is predictable.

                                                                   The Searchers

The Searchers is a American movie exit in 1956 by the american director John Ford. John Ford was born in Cape Elizabeth near Portland in the Maine on February 1 1894 and dead in Palm Desert in California on August 31 1973. He was four times winner of the oscar of the best director. He is one of the most important Amerccan director of the classic Hollywood period.

The main actors are John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter and Natalie wood.

The story takes place in Texas 1868, Ethan (John Wayne), a exserviceman soldier share in search of his niece Debbie (Natalie wood) who was kidnaped by the comanches who killed his family accompanyed of Martin Pawley (Jeffrey Hunter) , the adoptive brother of Debbie.

The movie is a classic western because we have desert place, weapons,horses,Indians and stetsons. We have a scene where we have the famous country dance accompanied by violin,double bass and arcodeon.

I chose this film because it transports us in the plot of the history as well as at the time of the cowboys.

Once upon a time in the West

The movies is exit in August 29^th, 1969. Its duration is two hours fifty-five minutes. It was directing by Sergio Leone.

Sergio Leone was an Italian director born in January 3^rd, 1929. He dies in April 30^th, 1989 in Roma (where he was born). He popularize the "western spaghetti". In this latest films? he reveals Clint Eastwood and the composer Ennio Morricone. He's famous for the trilogy "Once Upon A time". The original tittle in italian is "C'era una volta il West". The genre of the movies is western. The movies speak about two conflict : the arrival of the railroad and a revenge against a cold killer.

We can seena long dustycoats in the begining of the movies, with the arrival of a mysterious harmonica player. There is a "fight" for a terrain called "Sweetwater". Jill McBain has bought the terrain and the railroad arrived in the field and he has bought the material. And he waits the arrival of his new wiffe (knowing that he's a widower). She come of New-Orleans and she was a former prostitute. When she arrived in Sweetwater, she found the family massacred. She decided to stay.

The main actors are Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson and William Scott Elam. 
 

Henry Fonda (Frank) :

Born in May 16^th, 1905.

Dies in August 3^rd, 1921 in Los Angeles (77 years old).

Charles Bronson (the man with the harmonica) : 

Born in November 3^rd, 1921 in Ehrenfeld (Pennsilvania).

Dies in August 30^th, 2003 in Los Angeles (81 years old). 

William Scott Elam (Snaky) :

His nickname is Jack Elam.

Born November 13^th, 1918 in Miami.

Dies in October 20^th, 2003 in Ashland (Oregon, 84 years old).

I enjoy the movies because it resumes the codes of the classic western. I recommend this film for young and old people.