MONTE WALSH

[shouldazagged]

I am a big time Selleck fan. Of the lately things, I really like the Jesse Stone series.

If you haven't seen it, catch Selleck as Eisenhower in "Countdown To D-Day" (I think that's the title). He was very good, and the guy who played Montgomery was uncanny.

 

[Iggy]

odd looking rack to hang your hat on.... oh excuse me that's you

Yuck it up sucka, Yuck it up!!!
I got you beat by about a decade, but you'll git old one day too.

 

[bovw]

I understand that both Elliott and Selleck are true students of the history of the old west and go to great extremes to make sure everything in the movie is period correct. No low slung holster rigs, no sewn on collars on shirts, right down to the proper way to knot a bandana.

If you want to see a glimpse of the true old west right down to the buttons on shirts, just pay attention to the all the details in their movies.

I've read that the guns used by Selleck in Monte Walsh, Crossfire Trail, and Last Stand at Saber River were his personal guns. Some of them are on display at the NRA museum.

 

[jtcarm]

I saw a different movie called Lawman... not with Charlton Heston... but with Burt Lancaster, from 1971. It was gritty. Also had a young and skinny Robert Duvall in it.

That's just what I was thinking.

One of the best about a cowboys life is a little known Charlton Heston film, "Will Penny"

"Open Range" was good, despite Duvall's attempts to kill it with his trademark over acting in westerns. At least he wasn't nearly as bad as "Lonesome Dove." The movie had a great, if improbable, shoot out. Definitely Costner's best work.

The original "Monte Walsh" was great. Haven't seen the Selleck version.

 

[just jim]

Yuck it up sucka, Yuck it up!!!
I got you beat by about a decade, but you'll git old one day too.

nice to see you have a sense of humor, I am old all ready so I give others in the same boat a bad time. Nice hat.

 

[don5]

Iggy confirmed what I always thought about breaking in a cowboy hat.

I just watched Tom Selleck in Monte Walsh the other day. I liked the end of the movie. It was pretty funny.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

That's just what I was thinking.

One of the best about a cowboys life is a little known Charlton Heston film, "Will Penny"

Right on! Will Penny is on my short list.
It may be the best Cowboy Movie.

 

[Mule Packer]

Monte Walsh with Lee Marvin.
Question for "Real Cowboys".
After Monte's saddle pal's wedding, Monte was walking down main street wearing a new "Stetson". He stopped at a rain barrel and soaked his stetson in the rain barrel water to shape it. Is this the "Cowboy Method" ?

Yep. Like Iggy said, that's the way it was (is) done. Here's another example of a "horse-trough-shaped" Stetson. The method may not be fancy but, by golly, it works!

Oh, and by the way, I liked both versions of "Monte Walsh."

 

[Old 44 Guy]

I like both "Monte Walsh" pics. As far as accuracy concerning firearms in movies both Tom Selleck & Sam Elliott know their stuff. Selleck is on the NRA Board of directors.

 

[rwsmith]

I've always been curious......

I have friends that saw Monte Walsh and have wanted to see it but never got the chance.

Also 'Paint Your Wagon'

 

[Bat Guano]

Read the book a "few" years ago when I was in the service. Have seen both movies; I think I prefer the earlier one with Jeanne Moreau--and the scissors.

This seems to fit right in--I get kind of sentimental this late at night...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EasZaSxaxYs&feature=youtube_gdata_player


(And if it doesn't play--this is "Fifty Years Ago" by Ian Tyson.)

 

[Iggy]

Yep. Like Iggy said, that's the way it was (is) done. Here's another example of a "horse-trough-shaped" Stetson. The method may not be fancy but, by golly, it works!

Oh, and by the way, I liked both versions of "Monte Walsh."

Oh, boy, I'll bet that hat can tell some stories.
I've got one like that. I keep trying to lose it, but it keeps following me home.

 

[Iggy]

Read the book a "few" years ago when I was in the service. Have seen both movies; I think I prefer the earlier one with Jeanne Moreau--and the scissors.

This seems to fit right in--I get kind of sentimental this late at night...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EasZaSxaxYs&feature=youtube_gdata_player


(And if it doesn't play--this is "Fifty Years Ago" by Ian Tyson.)

Thanks for posting that there song.

Boy, howdy, that coulda been me. Those pictures bring back many things I've seen or done.
I even had a fling with one of them senoritas back then. She was like one of them japaleno peppers. Ya knowed you was gonna git burned, but you just had to try one more go-round.

Those times are gone, but the memories are still fresh in my mind.

I kin relate this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKeDcF1v_Y4

 

[mtgianni]

I even had a fling with one of them senoritas back then. She was like one of them japaleno peppers. Ya knowed you was gonna git burned, but you just had to try one more go-round.

Going into the favorite quote file, Thanks Iggy.

 

[just jim]

Yep. Like Iggy said, that's the way it was (is) done. Here's another example of a "horse-trough-shaped" Stetson. The method may not be fancy but, by golly, it works!

Oh, and by the way, I liked both versions of "Monte Walsh."

by the looks of it I think I know which part of the horse it was they were thinking about when they named it. Lol come on now, cowboys were known for their sense of humor.

 

[Mac!Gettothechoppa'!]

Much to do about nothing.
Took the cue from the thread about Sam Elliott, but it was off topic.
Sam is much the same as John Wayne--not much of an actor but just plays on his ownself.
To digress.
I recently watched an old charlton Heston movie, "Lawman", and Monte.
These were two different movies movies on the same thing--reality and adult westerns.
Both seemed to portray the reality of the old west and, in particular, the reality of the actors portraying them pretty good.
Some movies, well most, want to portray life as it should be scripted.
Life and people are not actors--they are what they are---well, I guess, if I am honest, some people go thru life--acting all the way--the folks we are discussing are as they are.
Sam fits the mold and he and Heston and Wayne and Selleck fit molds that are reality.
IMO--as if you didn't know that.
Blessings

Burt Lancaster was the star in Lawman. Great film, also Valdez is Coming.

 

[just jim]

Burt Lancaster and Gary Cooper in Vera Cruze, just watched it and it was really good...again.

 

[lawandorder]

Iggy that is a good one for sure. He is an old Arkansas boy.

 

[williamlayton]

I stand corrected on Lawman---hell, It was more than 15 minutes ago boys--give the ol man a break.
Now the Mote of Lee Marvin was good---it was much like the two most recent "Tombstones"----for acting and flair, the award goes to Lee---but just like Cosner's "Tombstone"--the accuracy was better in Selleck's--IMO.
Something about selleck, riding a horse and the period correct weapons--it made me feel real and not Hollywierd.
Blessings

 

[ddixie884]

I don't know who rode that grey bronk in the Lee Marvin movie, but he nearly bucked the whole town down.