BRONCO BILLY (DVD/ST&WS/DIG TRANSFER/EASTWOOD BIO/FILMOGRAPHY/TRAILER) DVD

Bronco Billy
Bronco Billy stars Clint Eastwood (who also directed) as the impresario of a seedy wild west show. Going along for the ride is spoiled socialite Sondra Locke, who is "initiated" by being pressed into service as the wrong end of a knife-throwing act. The rest of the troupe, like Eastwood himself, are losers in life who yearn for the freedom and opportunity of the long-gone Old West. Despite its raucous ad campaign, Bronco Billy is at base a wistful character study, avoiding the usual trappings of car chases and redneck villains and offering quiet chuckles instead of belly laughs. Unfortunately it failed to click with the public, compelling Eastwood to temporarily return to his old crash-bang-pow formula in his next few films. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Clint Eastwood as Bronco Billy Sondra Locke as Antoinette Lily Geoffrey Lewis as John Arlington Scatman Crothers as Doc Lynch Bill McKinney as Lefty LeBow Samuel Bottoms as Leonard James Dan Vadis as Chief Big Eagle Sierra Pecheur as Lorraine Running Water Walter Barnes as Sheriff Dix Woodrow Parfrey as Dr. Canterbury Beverlee McKinsey as Irene Lily William Prince as Edgar Lipton Tessa Richarde as Mitzi Fritz Tanya Russell as Doris Duke

Crew Eugène Lourié - Art Director Fritz Manes - Associate Producer Glenn Wright - Costume Designer Tom Joyner - First Assistant Director Clint Eastwood - Director Joel Cox - Editor Ferris Webster - Editor Robert Daley - Executive Producer Snuff Garrett - Composer (Music Score) Steve Dorff - Composer (Music Score) Tom Tuttle - Makeup David Worth - Cinematographer Neal Bobrofsky - Producer Robert Daley - Producer Dennis Hackin - Producer Fritz Manes - Producer Ernie Bishop - Set Designer Jeff Jarvis - Special Effects Bert Hallberg - Sound/Sound Designer Dennis Hackin - Screenwriter

Bronco Billy
Clint Eastwood's assured helmsmanship of this sweet and gentle comedy marks a change in direction and image for the former Dirty Harry. While Bronco Billy occasionally suffers from ingratiating lapses of tone, Eastwood's rock solid presence both before and behind the camera keeps the film from losing its focus. The aging and shabby Bronco Billy's fading success presages the impending death of the Western genre itself, which gave Eastwood his youthful employment and fame; hence, the film acts as a funhouse mirror, held up by a wry filmmaker delighting in making ironic commentary on his image and fame. Contrastingly, the film's sweetly nostalgic tone also conveys Eastwood's deep love of the Wild West and the simple values of the old-fashioned cowboy characters who fantasize about inhabiting it. Sondra Locke's shrieking debutant character provides comic and dramatic contrast to the genuinely folksy figures of the Bronco Billy show, allowing Eastwood to poke fun at the privileged, silver-spoon class who seem consistently immune to the charms of his blue collar (and occasionally red necked) efforts. ~ Dan Jardine, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, French Sound Processing: 5.1: 5 full-range channels. Includes 3 for the front speakers, 2 surround channels for rear speakers, & 1 low-frequency effects (LFE) channel to carry deep bass effects 2: PCM stereo Additional Features: Interactive menus Eastwood profile/filmography Scene access Subtitles: English & Français DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 119 min Part of Series: Clint Eastwood Collection   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- Standard 0. Scene Selections 1. Credits. [2:56] 2. Bronco Billy's Wild West Show. [7:33] 3. Wrangling in the Rain. [4:16] 4. Marry Antoinette. [3:32] 5. Dolores Goes for a Ride. [3:02] 6. Not Allowed. [2:37] 7. Holdup Here. [2:32] 8. Antoinette's Rescuer. [4:09] 9. Family Fortune. [2:14] 10. "Nobody Talks That Way to Bronco Billy." [2:29] 11. St. Patrick's Orphanage. [3:24] 12. No Problem; Deepest Sympathy. [3:03] 13. Dialogue Changes. [2:39] 14. Murder Plot. [4:41] 15. Not Much Love. [2:21] 16. Beer and Cold Fish. [4:11] 17. Fighting Together. [3:28] 18. Rescued Again. [2:41] 19. "Are You for Real?" [2:59] 20. Leonard's Secret. [3:12] 21. The Faster Man. [4:43] 22. Up in Flames. [6:03] 23. More Bad Luck. [2:33] 24. Train Robbers. [5:01] 25. Welcome to Mineral Wells. [3:38] 26. Anything You Want. [3:23] 27. Night Moves. [3:29] 28. Arlington Tells All. [4:23] 29. So Long, Bronco Billy. [3:59] 30. Needed Badly. [2:48] 31. Shipshape Show. [4:55] 32. Adios; End Credits. [3:08] Side #2 -- Widescreen 0. Scene Selections 1. Credits. [2:56] 2. Bronco Billy's Wild West Show. [7:33] 3. Wrangling in the Rain. [4:15] 4. Marry Antoinette. [3:32] 5. Dolores Goes for a Ride. [3:02] 6. Not Allowed. [2:37] 7. Holdup Hero. [2:32] 8. Antoinette's Rescuer. [4:09] 9. Family Fortune. [2:14] 10. "Nobody Talks That Way to Bronco Billy." [2:28] 11. St. Patrick's Orphanage. [3:24] 12. No Problem; Deepest Sympathy. [3:03] 13. Dialogue Changes. [2:39] 14. Murder Plot. [4:41] 15. Not Much Love. [2:21] 16. Beer and Cold Fish. [4:11] 17. Fighting Together. [3:27] 18. Rescued Again. [2:41] 19. "Are You for Real?" [2:59] 20. Leonard's Secret. [3:12] 21. The Faster Man. [4:43] 22. Up in Flames. [6:03] 23. More Bad Luck. [2:33] 24. Train Robbers. [5:01] 25. Welcome to Mineral Wells. [3:38] 26. Anything You Want. [3:23] 27. Night Moves. [3:29] 28. Arlington Tells All. [4:23] 29. So Long, Bronco Billy. [3:58] 30. Needed Badly. [2:48] 31. Shipshape Show. [4:55] 32. Adios; End Credits. [3:08]