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A top knotch western!!!!!, Juil 25 2003
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This is an all time classic film.
Extremely well done and very enjoyable.
The cast reads like a who's who is western movies.
I highly reccomend this film to all western movies fans!!!
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Against the Grain, Mai 9 2001
This is an unduly neglected work that sank quickly into audience oblivion - the Vietnam seventies were not a good time for Westerns. True to the iconoclasm of the period, the producers set out to debunk the mystique of the cattle drive, and in the process take a big swipe at that arch-romancer of the Old West, John Ford. They only half-succeed. Put simply, their stab at realism is undone by too much gunplay, too much blood, and way too much conventional violence. Staples of the ordinary Western, their presence here only serves to reinforce the usual cliches. Much better when the story-telling cowboy refuses Geoffrey Lewis's challenge by quitting the drive, saying a gunfight over trifling matters makes no sense. That's certainly no cliche.The role reversal at movie's end is stunning, given what Hollywood has led us to expect. Nevertheless, it works by bringing out a latent code of honor that at times can guide even the most brutal among us. Here Ford is trumped by Kurosawa. There are many fine touches in the movie. Billy "Green" Bush is totally convincing as the ruthless trail boss; Gary Grimes, appropriately callow; and the four gunsels, alternately abusive and sullen, while Geoffrey Lewis's cold-eyed stare bespeaks a lifetime of casual cruelty. Not the best of anti-Westerns, but deserves consideration.
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Earthy and gritty western, Juil 16 2000
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Seems most like the real thing than most westerns I have viewed in the past.
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They don't get better this!, Juil 10 2000
I saw this film when I was 12 back in 1981 on tv and was captivated and emotionally saddened as with few other films, especially western films. This film begins with a teenagers dream of becoming a cowboy and tears it down as the youth realizes what being a cowboy is really about. In many ways the film UNFORGIVEN by Clint Eastwood does the same thing only with gunfighters instead of cowboys. THE CULPEPPER CATTLE CO. is a much better film. It moves faster and has better characters. For years I have tried to rent or buy this movie. Almost no stores have it or have even heard of It. I finally found it at a video store that was liquidating its previously viewed films. I am so glad Amazon is now offering it. I hope that it ends up on DVD soon
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Perhaps the most realistic Western of all, Jui 14 2000
For realism, this movie is hard to beat!'Culpepper Cattle Co.' is the story of a young boy who has his heart set on becoming a cowboy. He is successful in getting hired as cook's helper on a drive. The movie chronicles the cattle drive, which encounters outlaws, a conspiracy of townspeople, and the normal arguments, drinking and fights between the drovers. It is gritty, and it 'feels real.' The boy, Ben, is surrounded by the rigors and realities of life on the trail. The characters are well and believably acted, although by relatively unknown actors (at least to me.) Which perhaps is best, because one is not distracted by the expectations of some movie star's predictable reactions to each situation. This is a fine movie, and one which provides some humor, suspense, and a good plot. It may be the best of its genre you will ever see, despite the lack of expensive, top talent to act the parts. Joe Pierre
author, Handguns and Freedom...their care and maintenance
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Perhaps the best Western you'll ever see, Jui 7 2000
No top name actors, here; just one of the best Westerns ever made! The West is shown with uncompromising realism. It is a gritty story of an idealistic, naive youngster (Gary Grimes, as Ben Mockridge) who wangles his way onto a cattle drive because he wants to be a cowboy more than anything.The story was written and directed by Dick Richards. As cook's helper, Ben is soon informed by a grizzled cowpoke that "Cowboyin' is somethin' you do when you can't do nuthin' else!". Soon, the realities of life on the trail become apparent to the wide-eyed, innocent youngster, as he watches the men drink, fight, and work. The movie is spectacular because of its attention to detail and historical accuracy. The difficulties experienced on the drive, from outlaws, land-owners whose land they must cross, conspiratorial townspeople and the brutal hard work of the drovers are palpably real and believable. If you like Western movies, you will love this one. It is, truly, vastly underrated! Joe Pierre
author, Handguns and Freedom...their care and maintenance
and other books
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Outstanding western with a hard edge, Mai 21 2000
This is a gritty, well-told cattle drive film which compares favorably with all others of the genre. In flavor and tone, it anticipates _Lonesome Dove_ without that film's sentimentality.As a previous reviewer has pointed out, this film hardly deserves the "excessively violent" comment Leonard Maltin has put on it. This film is not in the same league as a Sam Peckinpah blood bath. One question still bothers me, though. How did Frank Culpepper complete the drive when most (if not all) of his seasoned hands ended up six-feet-under?
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One of the best Westerns you'll ever see!, Avril 25 1999
I watched this video back in the 70's during my time in the army. There are scenes that indicate exceptional artistry in production and directing. One of those is the race between two "kids" in their father's buck-boards. It was a modern day capture of the teenage drag race, only back in western days. It starts out in slow motion and slams into full action speed at just the right time! More of this kind of bringing the message to you kind of production makes this movie a great buy!
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The defining Western, Mars 11 1999
This unerrated movie encapsulates the Western. Initially creating the "stock" feel of a cowboy movie by immediate immersion in worn stereotypes, the film quickly cuts them down and redefines what a real "man" was in the West. Maltin calls it unnecessarily violent, but in comparison to "The Long Riders" and later Eastwood films, the sparing violent acts ring true, though painful. A beautiful, troubling, searching movie which can be read at face value for fun, or delved into as deeply as one could want. After viewing it, no Western is ever the same.
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