The writing is superb, in that runon raconteur style that feels like the easy canter of a horse. Yes, there are a few shootouts in this 1970 minor gem based on the novel by jack shaefer, who also wrote shane. Loosely based on the 1963 western novel monte walsh by jack schaefer, the film is about two longtime cowboys whose solitary and predictable lives on the range are inexorably changed when a fellow cowhand becomes involved with rustling and. Monte has a longterm relationship with prostitute martine bernard, while. The emotional focus is so much on various cowboys, especially the title character and his best friend chet rollins. Less a plotdriven western oater, monte walsh is more a slowmoving but satisfying. Monte walsh plays as if the writers a committee of fourbeware multiple writers. Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. They take a job at the ranch of cal brennan jim davis and meet an old friend shorty mitch ryan. The emotional focus is so much on various cowboys, especially the title character and his best friend chet rollins, trying to come. With 1970s monte walsh john barry eschews the rustic americana conventions synonymous with western movie scores in favor of a melancholy, deeply intimate work employing traditional symphonic elements like strings, woodwinds, and brass as well as the xylophone, previously an integral component of his classic james bond efforts like on her majestys secret service and diamonds are forever. This bluray transfer is beautiful,it has a few grainy moments,but by and large it is stunning picture quality,sound too,the transfer is a tribute to the film itself.
And so monte walsh, 50ish, thinks in a rather disorganized way of getting into some. Monte walshlee marvin, jack palance, mitchell ryan, jeanne moreau, jim davis, allyn ann mclerie, bo hopkins 1970. Monte walsh the 2003 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Monte walsh crossfire trail soundtrack from 2002, composed by various artists, eric colvin.
Monte walsh is an alltime classic western,maybe lee marvin,s best performance,a poignant story of an ageing cowboy. But i believe this is one western that will age well and eventually earn its rightful place at the bar. This is monte walsh part 3b by out west woodcarving videos on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Alas, the advance of civilization has all but rendered monte and his. A must have for weatern fans by river1991rat2003 cheyenne, wyoming.
Monte walsh is a 2003 western television film directed by simon wincer and starring tom selleck, isabella rosellini, and keith. The story of a marine grunt in the first battle of khe sanh april 1967 duration. New work opportunities are available to them, but the freedom of the open prarie is what they long for. The genre was changing musically as well, leaving the boisterous americana spirit of elmer bernstein for the harder, more dissonant and. In the late 1800s a cowboy tom selleck fights back against eastern corporations that are buying land in the west.
Like a lot of recent westerns, its about the end of the old west. The teleplay is partially credited to one of the scripters of the 1970 film, lukas heller, who died in 1988. Lee marvin in the dirty dozen the following news items were found in the hollywood reporter on january 24, 1968. Released by lala land records in 2002 lllcd 1006 containing music from monte walsh 2003, crossfire trail 2001. Monte walsh is as lovely a western as ive seen in a long time. Their lives are divided between months on the range and the occasional trip into town. Fraker his directorial debut starring lee marvin, jeanne moreau and jack palance. And so monte walsh, 50ish, thinks in a rather disorganized way of getting into some other. Monte walsh is a 2003 canadian madefortelevision western film directed by simon wincer and starring tom selleck, isabella rossellini, and keith carradine. Tom selleck is a wellknown american actor who is best known for appearing in the tv series magnum, p.
Find movie and film cast and crew information for monte walsh 1970 william a. Chet gets married and finds work, while monte pursues saloon girl martine jeanne moreau to a. The news that a new film version of jack schaefers novel monte walsh will premiere this month on tnt will thrill the authors loyal fans. Id call molly gloss the hearts of horses almost a sequel to monte walsh by jack schaefer, and i consider monte walsh one of the perfect novels.
The name monte walsh is taken from the title of a 1963 western novel by jack schaefer, but the film has little to do with the plot of schaefers book. At the end of the wild west era, cowboys monte walsh lee marvin and chet rollins jack palance arrive in the town of harmony, where they reconnect with. It is as good or in some respects better than shane, those respects being a lot of stories woven into the big one of the book. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. It has a great story, wonderful characters and is one of those books you hate to see end. Tom selleck, at robust middleage, seems to be carving out a new career both acting in and producing westerns. Jan 25, 2014 another fine western with tom selleck. When i watched the film, martine appeared to be completely fine until she moves to a neighbouring town.
Monte walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the wild west era. Monte walsh has a lot of western cliches, but schaefers portrayal of the protagonist monte walsh, his best friend chet rollins, and many other characters plus his depictions of the landscape completely rescue the book from those cliches. Monte walsh, along with lonesome dove, i consider the best westerns written. Released 2003, monte walsh stars tomselleck, isabellarossellini, keithcarradine, georgeeads the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 0 min, and received a score of out of. Monte walsh 2003 stream and watch online moviefone.
Monte walsh original motion picture soundtrack original. Monte has a longterm relationship with an old flame, prostitute and saloon girl martine bernard jeanne moreau, who suffers from tuberculosis. Twothirds of the way through the plot, we see her coughing as she has a drink. Watch monte walsh starring tom selleck in this western on directv. Lee marvin stars as a taciturn roughneck whose tragic romance with jeanne moreau comes. He is also a film producer and has successfully appeared on many other television shows, including three men and a little lady and three men and a baby. An earlier turner entry, crossfire trail, which selleck produced and in which he starred, proved to be popular with tv audiences.
Monte walsh tom selleck and his friends are cowboys and bronco busters, plying their trade in the wyoming territory of 1892. Fraker this excellent but slowmoving film may be the best pure endofan era western ever made. Monte walsh is one of the few films directed by the esteemed cinematographer william a. Director peter yates, assistant director tim zinneman, cameraman bill fraker and several key crew operators to san francisco for final preproduction on warnerseven arts bullitt lee marvin will star in monte walsh, based on the jack schafer novel. Monte walsh lee marvin and his pal chet rollins jack palance are two over the hill cowboys seeking work in the town of harmony, arizona in the final days of the old west. Based on a novel by jack schaefer writer of shane, and previously filmed theatrically in 1970, the madeforcable monte walsh is the stilltimely saga of a dying way of life. At the end of the wild west era, cowboys monte walsh lee marvin and chet rollins jack palance arrive in the town of harmony, where they reconnect with their old friend shorty austin mitch ryan. Monte walsh tom selleck and his friends are cowboys and bronco. Monte walsh a real maverick nobody gets to be a cowboy forever. And keith carradine is swell as chet, the cowboy who gives it all up to marry the hardware widow. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options. This excellent but slowmoving film may be the best pure endofan era western ever made. Most viewers, however, will not even recognize schaefers name, though he is the author of the classic novel shane 1949which was made into a feature film in 1953.
The genre was changing musically as well, leaving the boisterous americana spirit of elmer bernstein for the harder, more dissonant and experimental lines of jerry goldsmith and. This is monte walsh part 6 by out west woodcarving videos on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The author had written a number of short stories around monte and chet beginning in the mid 50s and decided to add other chapters to their story, and voila. Monte walsh is a simple morality story, as most great westerns arethe movie became the highestrated basic cable movie ever to air on friday night, and i think that people who say western movies no longer work are crazy. With tom selleck, isabella rossellini, keith carradine, george eads.
With lee marvin, jeanne moreau, jack palance, mitchell ryan. Chet rollins jack palance grows impatient with his pal monte lee marvin in this opening scene from the comicwestern monte walsh. Most viewers, however, will not even recognize schaefers name, though he is the author of the classic novel shane 1949which was made into a feature film in 1953, and is ranked number 69 on the american. Monte, a friend says to lee marvin, do you realize how many cowpunchers there were out here 10 years ago. Apr 15, 2020 tom selleck is a wellknown american actor who is best known for appearing in the tv series magnum, p.
Monte walsh 1970 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers. Monte walsh is a listless, wandering story of the old american west, which takes too long to get moving. Monte walsh original motion picture soundtrack discogs. Alas, the advance of civilization has all but rendered monte and his comrades. For bruce montewalsh theme mama cass john barry monte walsh 1970 monte walsh in spanish from youtube. The result is episodic with so many barely connected bits and pieces that the narrative momentum is largely lost. Monte walsh and chet rollins are longtime cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but nothing they cant do from a horse. John barry it took so long to get the production of monte walsh under way in the late 1960s that the western genre had nearly outstayed its welcome by the time the film hit the big screen. Editions of monte walsh by jack schaefer goodreads. I think a twentysomething me wouldve found it a bit slow and uneventful, especially for a western. The way in which the chapters are formatted, with every chapter almost being a self contained story, gives the reader a sense of scope and allows the book to easily skip around the life of monte walsh. Watch monte walsh online stream full movie directv.
With 1970s monte walsh john barry eschews the rustic americana conventions synonymous with western movie scores in favor of a melancholy, deeply intimate work employing traditional symphonic elements like strings, woodwinds, and brass as well as the xylophone, previously an integral component of his classic james bond efforts like on her majestys secret service and. It also explains the cowboy code better than any other mocie ive seen to date. Its 1917, and young martha leeson leaves home to become an itinerant bronco buster, only shes a horse whisperer instead and. Chet rollins jack palance grows impatient with his pal monte lee marvin in this opening scene from the comicwestern monte walsh, 1970. Monte walsh seemed to get decent promotion lots of excellent posters and boasts a stellar cast yet somehow seemed to slip under the fence. Now tbs offers up another entry, monte walsh, and the results are, at best, mixed. Jan 01, 1970 monte walsh is a criminally underrated western which i think every one should read. Oct 28, 20 monte walshlee marvin, jack palance, mitchell ryan, jeanne moreau, jim davis, allyn ann mclerie, bo hopkins 1970. Fraker, and it might serve as a model for why more cinematographers. Monte walsh is a 1970 american western film directed by cinematographer william a.
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