Clint Eastwood: Westerner [3 Discs] DVD

The Outlaw Josey Wales
Clint Eastwood's fifth film as a director and eighth Western as a star (ninth if you count Paint Your Wagon), The Outlaw Josey Wales chronicles the hero's violent journey westward after the Civil War. With fresh memoris of his family's slaughter by Red Leg soldier Terrill (Bill McKinney), Confederate Josey Wales (Eastwood) refuses to join his captain Fletcher (John Vernon) and the rest of his comrades in surrender to a U.S. Army regiment. Deemed a dangerous outlaw after a bloody one-man battle with that regiment, Josey is pursued by U.S. cavalry soldiers led by the unwilling Fletcher and the murderous Terrill, as well as by bounty hunters who eventually learn how coolly lethal Wales can be. Despite his desire to remain a lone fugitive, Josey soon has a crew of travelling companions that includes Cherokee Lone Watie (Chief Dan George) and the pretty Laura Lee (Sondra Locke) and her vigorous Grandma Sarah (Paula Trueman), settlers on their way to a ranch near ghost town Santa Rio. The few Santa Rio residents welcome the group, but their peace and Josey's burgeoning romance with Laura Lee are soon interrupted by Terrill's arrival. A skillfully violent man of few, well-chosen words, Josey Wales resembles Eastwood's previous Western heroes in Sergio Leone's trilogy, A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966). However, the emphasis on friends and family served notice that, in the words of one critic, "the Man With No Name doesn't live here anymore." Indeed, Josey Wales would be Eastwood's last western before 1985's Pale Rider. Although it did not garner similar critical praise when it was released, Eastwood considers The Outlaw Josey Wales to be the equal of the Oscar-winning Unforgiven (1992). ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

Pale Rider
A mysterious and possibly otherworldly stranger comes to the rescue of a frontier town in this Western, which was strongly influenced by the George Stevens classic, Shane. The peace of a small mining community is shattered when Coy LaHood (Richard Dysart), the ruthless proprietor of a powerful strip-mining company, arrives in town with his son Josh (Christopher Penn) and a posse of hired guns to drive out the townspeople and take control of the territory. Megan (Sydney Penny), a young girl whose pet was killed in the melee, prays to God for someone to defend the village from the marauders; soon, the Preacher (Clint Eastwood) arrives on a pale horse, and joins forces with Hull Barrett (Michael Moriarty), the unofficial leader of the miners and one of the few who attempts to defend himself, to take a stand against LaHood and his men. As the Preacher and Barrett try to organize the miners to fight the invaders, both Megan and her mother Sarah (Carrie Snodgrass) find they're drawn to the Preacher, who keeps to himself and seems to have more than his share of secrets. Pale Rider was also directed by leading man Clint Eastwood; it was his first Western as both director and star since the acclaimed The Outlaw Josey Wales. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Unforgiven
Dedicated to his mentors Sergio Leone and Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood's 1992 Oscar-winner examines the mythic violence of the Western, taking on the ghosts of his own star past. Disgusted by Sheriff "Little Bill" Daggett's decree that several ponies make up for a cowhand's slashing a whore's face, Big Whiskey prostitutes, led by fierce Strawberry Alice (Frances Fisher), take justice into their own hands and put a $1000 bounty on the lives of the perpetrators. Notorious outlaw-turned-hog farmer William Munny (Eastwood) is sought out by neophyte gunslinger the Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett) to go with him to Big Whiskey and collect the bounty. While Munny insists, "I ain't like that no more," he needs the bounty money for his children, and the two men convince Munny's clean-living comrade Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman) to join them in righting a wrong done to a woman. Little Bill (Oscar-winner Gene Hackman), however, has no intention of letting any bounty hunters impinge on his iron-clad authority. When pompous gunman English Bob (Richard Harris) arrives in Big Whiskey with pulp biographer W.W. Beauchamp (Saul Rubinek) in tow, Little Bill beats Bob senseless and promises to tell Beauchamp the real story about violent frontier life and justice. But when Munny, the true unwritten legend, comes to town, everyone soon learns a harsh lesson about the price of vindictive bloodshed and the malleability of ideas like "justice." "I don't deserve this," pleads Little Bill. "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it," growls Munny, simultaneously summing up the insanity of western violence and the legacy of Eastwood's Man With No Name. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

Cast Clint Eastwood as Josey Wales Chief Dan George as Lone Watie Sondra Locke as Laura Lee Bill McKinney as Terrill John Vernon as Fletcher Paula Trueman as Grandma Sarah Samuel Bottoms as Jamie Geraldine Keams as Little Moonlight Woodrow Parfrey as Carpetbagger Joyce Jameson as Rose Sheb Wooley as Cobb Royal Dano as Ten Spot John Verros as Chato Will Sampson as Ten Bears John Quada as Comanchero Leader Clint Eastwood as Preacher Michael Moriarty as Hull Barret Carrie Snodgress as Sarah Wheeler Chris Penn as Josh LaHood Richard Dysart as Coy LaHood Richard Kiel as Club Sydney Penny as Megan Wheeler Doug McGrath as Spider Conway John Russell as Stockburn Clint Eastwood as Bill Munny Gene Hackman as Sheriff "Little Bill" Daggett Morgan Freeman as Ned Logan Richard Harris as English Bob Jaimz Woolvett as The "Schofield Kid" Saul Rubinek as W.W. Beauchamp Frances Fisher as Strawberry Alice David Mucci as Quick Mike Rob Campbell as Davey Bunting Anthony James as Skinny Dubois

Crew Richard Roberts - Art Director Adrian H. Gorton - Art Director Julian Ludwig - Associate Producer Phyllis Huffman - Casting Clint Eastwood - Director Joel Cox - Editor David Peoples - Executive Producer David Valdes - Executive Producer Lennie Niehaus - Composer (Music Score) Rob Young - Musical Direction/Supervision Stan Edmonds - Makeup David Valdes - Production Designer Henry Bumstead - Production Designer Jack N. Green - Cinematographer Bob Gray - Production Manager Clint Eastwood - Producer James Murakami - Set Designer Janice Blackie-Goodine - Set Designer John Frazier - Special Effects Richard Alexander - Sound/Sound Designer Les Fresholtz - Sound/Sound Designer Verne Poore - Sound/Sound Designer Rob Young - Sound/Sound Designer David Peoples - Screenwriter Richard Roberts - Art Director Adrian H. Gorton - Art Director Julian Ludwig - Associate Producer Phyllis Huffman - Casting Clint Eastwood - Director Joel Cox - Editor David Peoples - Executive Producer David Valdes - Executive Producer Lennie Niehaus - Composer (Music Score) Rob Young - Musical Direction/Supervision Stan Edmonds - Makeup David Valdes - Production Designer Henry Bumstead - Production Designer Jack N. Green - Cinematographer Bob Gray - Production Manager Clint Eastwood - Producer James Murakami - Set Designer Janice Blackie-Goodine - Set Designer John Frazier - Special Effects Richard Alexander - Sound/Sound Designer Les Fresholtz - Sound/Sound Designer Verne Poore - Sound/Sound Designer Rob Young - Sound/Sound Designer David Peoples - Screenwriter Richard Roberts - Art Director Adrian H. Gorton - Art Director Julian Ludwig - Associate Producer Phyllis Huffman - Casting Clint Eastwood - Director Joel Cox - Editor David Peoples - Executive Producer David Valdes - Executive Producer Lennie Niehaus - Composer (Music Score) Rob Young - Musical Direction/Supervision Stan Edmonds - Makeup David Valdes - Production Designer Henry Bumstead - Production Designer Jack N. Green - Cinematographer Bob Gray - Production Manager Clint Eastwood - Producer James Murakami - Set Designer Janice Blackie-Goodine - Set Designer John Frazier - Special Effects Richard Alexander - Sound/Sound Designer Les Fresholtz - Sound/Sound Designer Verne Poore - Sound/Sound Designer Rob Young - Sound/Sound Designer David Peoples - Screenwriter

The Outlaw Josey Wales
Clint Eastwood began directing his own pictures just as such new Hollywood filmmakers as Sam Peckinpah and Arthur Penn were replacing the honorable stoicism of old John Wayne films with a more brutal amorality. Eastwood-directed Westerns tend to mix qualities from both traditional and modern forms of the genre: the title character in The Outlaw Josey Wales, for example, is somewhere between hero and anti-hero. He's similar to the "Man with No Name" character from the Fistful of Dollars trilogy, but he's an altogether nicer cowpoke. Josey Wales is an altogether nicer movie as well. Though our hero isn't guaranteed a happy ending, there is a reassuring sense of right and wrong. It's a much different feel from the era's prevailing Westerns. Eastwood didn't direct another Western until 1985's Pale Rider. ~ Brendon Hanley, All Movie Guide
 

Pale Rider
(not reviewed)
 

Unforgiven
Appearing two years after Kevin Costner's Oscar-winning megahit Dances With Wolves, Unforgiven helped spur a mini-revival of the moribund genre in the 1990s that included Posse (1993), Tombstone (1993), and Sharon Stone's "Man With No Name" turn in The Quick and the Dead (1995). Written by David Webb Peoples in 1976, the script was bought by Clint Eastwood in the early '80s, though he waited until he was old enough to play psychotic antihero William Munny as a grizzled veteran of a bloody past, rather than someone closer to the younger Eastwood of Sergio Leone's "Dollars" trilogy and Don Siegel's Dirty Harry (1971). Upon its release in August 1992, seven years after Eastwood's previous western Pale Rider, Unforgiven was praised as an uncompromising revisionist masterpiece, showcasing Eastwood's visual command of western landscapes and locations and his perceptive yet critical view of the genre's mythology and his own place in its "machinery of violence." After deliberately pacing the reemergence of Munny's pathology, Eastwood shrouds the climactic shoot-out in cinematographer Jack N. Green's dark shadows and heavy rainfall reminiscent of film noir, rendering Munny's return to Eastwood's lethal star form unsettling in its victory. Unforgiven became an unexpected serious hit in a season of popcorn movies, eventually grossing over $100 million and reviving Eastwood's star standing after a series of late '80s flops. After winning several critics' prizes, it became one of only a handful of westerns to win the Best Picture Oscar; Eastwood's status behind the camera was finally acknowledged with a Best Director statuette. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
 

Disc Title: The Outlaw Josey Wales - People Awards: Jerry Fielding: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Original Score (nominated)

The Outlaw Josey Wales - Film Awards: Library of Congress, U.S. National Film Registry (winner)

Disc Title: Unforgiven - People Awards: Clint Eastwood: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Actor (nominated) Clint Eastwood: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Director (winner) Clint Eastwood: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Picture (nominated) Clint Eastwood: British Academy of Film and Television, David Lean Award (nominated) Clint Eastwood: Golden Globe, Best Director (winner) Clint Eastwood: Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Best Actor (winner) Clint Eastwood: Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Best Director (winner) Clint Eastwood: National Society of Film Critics, Best Actor - Runner-up (winner) Clint Eastwood: National Society of Film Critics, Best Director (winner) David Peoples: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Original Screenplay (nominated) David Peoples: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Original Screenplay (nominated) David Peoples: Golden Globe, Best Screenplay (nominated) David Peoples: Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Best Screenplay (winner) David Peoples: National Society of Film Critics, Best Screenplay (winner) Dick Alexander: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (nominated) Gene Hackman: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner) Gene Hackman: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Gene Hackman: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner) Gene Hackman: Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner) Gene Hackman: National Society of Film Critics, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner) Gene Hackman: New York Film Critics Circle, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner) Henry Bumstead: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Art Direction (nominated) Jack N. Green: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Cinematography (nominated) Jack N. Green: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Cinematography (nominated) Janice Blackie-Goodine: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Art Direction (nominated) Joel Cox: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Editing (winner) Les Fresholtz: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (nominated) Rob Young: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (nominated) Verne Poore: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (nominated)

Unforgiven - Film Awards: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Picture (winner) American Film Institute, 100 Greatest American Movies (winner) Golden Globe, Best Picture - Drama (nominated) Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Best Picture (winner) National Board of Review, Best Picture (nominated) National Society of Film Critics, Best Picture (winner)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD1: Dolby Digital Mono DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DDS2.0: Dolby Digital w/ 4 channels of sound from a 2-channel stereo mix. Additional Features: none specified MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 3 DVD Sides: 5 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 378 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- The Outlaw Josey Wales - Widescreen 1. Ashes 2. Set Things Right 3. Last of Holdouts 4. Enough/Your Money 5. Broken Pledge 6. Josey/Gatlin Gun 7. Ground Cover 8. The Word on Josey 9. Missouri Boat Ride 10. Buzzards Gotta Eat 11. Requiescat/Jamie 12. Lone Watie 13. No Toad for Him 14. Fresh Horses 15. Only an Indian 16. Touble in Texas 17. To See Wales Dead 18. Riders in the Sand 19. Ain't That Old 20. Comancheros 21. Hell to Breakfast 22. Granny's Druthers 23. Lost Lady Saloon 24. Ain't Much Livin' 25. Place to Call Home 26. Visions/Warning 27. Ready/Ten Bears 28. Life and Death 29. A Song for Josey 30. Show Me 31. Bluecoat Shootout 32. Terrill Cornered 33. Respects to Wilson 34. The War is Over 35. End Credits Side #2 -- Pale Rider - Widescreen 1. Thundering Riders 2. Camp Laid Waste 3. Megan's Prayer 4. Advice at Store 5. Piece of Hickory 6. Behold Pale Horse 7. A Dinner Guest 8. Club and Preacher 9. LaHood's Return 10. Do Preacher's Marry? 11. Gold Nugget 12. "What We're About." 13. Love Vow 14. Refusal/Request 15. Count on Preacher 16. The Strongbox 17. Spider's Payday 18. Megan Cornered 19. A Man I Once Knew 20. Standing Together 21. Present/Past 22. Striking at LaHood 23. Shootout in Store 24. One by One 25. The Face of Death 26. The Last of LaHood 27. Farewell in Wind 28. End Credits Side #3 -- Pale Rider - Standard Version 1. Thundering Riders 2. Camp Laid Waste 3. Megan's Prayer 4. Advice at Store 5. Piece of Hickory 6. Behold Pale Horse 7. A Dinner Guest 8. Club and Preacher 9. LaHood's Return 10. Do Preacher's Marry? 11. Gold Nugget 12. "What We're About." 13. Love Vow 14. Refusal/Request 15. Count on Preacher 16. The Strongbox 17. Spider's Payday 18. Megan Cornered 19. A Man I Once Knew 20. Standing Together 21. Present/Past 22. Striking at LaHood 23. Shootout in Store 24. One by One 25. The Face of Death 26. The Last of LaHood 27. Farewell in Wind 28. End Credits Side #4 -- Unforgiven - Widescreen 1. Foreward [1:10] 2. Disturbance in Big Whiskey [2:41] 3. Little Bill's "No Fuss" Fine [3:06] 4. Finances ("We Ain't Horses.") [1:16] 5. The Scholfield Kid's Proposal [5:52] 6. Payment Day [2:43] 7. Out of Practice [7:23] 8. "We Done Stuff for Money Before, Ned." [4:33] 9. Just a Fella Now [2:49] 10. The Majesty of Royalty [2:52] 11. No Firearms Allowed; Unafraid but no Carpenter [4:19] 12. Welcoming English Bob [7:30] 13. A Not-So-Straight Shooter [7:19] 14. The Duke of Death's True Exploits [4:20] 15. Killers' Campfire [2:19] 16. An Object Lesson In Killing [6:23] 17. Farewell to Savages [2:47] 18. Hang the Carpenter; Vision of the Dead [4:12] 19. The Hospitality of Big Whiskey [7:10] 20. The Angel of Death [3:46] 21. "We Both Got Scars." [4:51] 22. Water for a Dying Man [4:48] 23. Ned's Decision [1:43] 24. "He Had It Coming!" [4:59] 25. Little Bill Interrogates Ned [2:02] 26. Assassins Strike [2:36] 27. "It's a Helluva Thing, Killin' a Man." [3:28] 28. Will's Only Friend [3:55] 29. On Display [1:19] 30. "I'm Here to Kill You, Little Bill." [3:47] 31. Always Been Lucky; "Deserves Got Nothin' to Do With It." [3:51] 32. A Killer's Threat [2:19] 33. Epilogue and End Credits [6:11] Side #5 -- Unforgiven - Standard Version 1. Foreward [1:10] 2. Disturbance in Big Whiskey [2:41] 3. Little Bill's "No Fuss" Fine [3:06] 4. Finances ("We Ain't Horses.") [1:16] 5. The Scholfield Kid's Proposal [5:52] 6. Payment Day [2:43] 7. Out of Practice [7:23] 8. "We Done Stuff for Money Before, Ned." [4:33] 9. Just a Fella Now [2:49] 10. The Majesty of Royalty [2:52] 11. No Firearms Allowed; Unafraid but no Carpenter [4:19] 12. Welcoming English Bob [7:30] 13. A Not-So-Straight Shooter [7:19] 14. The Duke of Death's True Exploits [4:20] 15. Killers' Campfire [2:19] 16. An Object Lesson In Killing [6:23] 17. Farewell to Savages [2:47] 18. Hang the Carpenter; Vision of the Dead [4:12] 19. The Hospitality of Big Whiskey [7:10] 20. The Angel of Death [3:46] 21. "We Both Got Scars." [4:51] 22. Water for a Dying Man [4:48] 23. Ned's Decision [1:43] 24. "He Had It Coming!" [4:59] 25. Little Bill Interrogates Ned [2:02] 26. Assassins Strike [2:36] 27. "It's a Helluva Thing, Killin' a Man." [3:28] 28. Will's Only Friend [3:55] 29. On Display [1:19] 30. "I'm Here to Kill You, Little Bill." [3:47] 31. Always Been Lucky; "Deserves Got Nothin' to Do With It." [3:51] 32. A Killer's Threat [2:19] 33. Epilogue and End Credits [6:11]