Movies about time period

[WaddWatsonEllis]

Hi,

Due to the time period and location, I am quite fond of 'Zandy's Bride"

Gene Hackman plays a settler in the late 1850s California Coastline ... his weapons and holster are period (no buscaderos or cartridge revolvers).

Liv Ulman answers a lonely hearts ad and becomes his bride sight unseen.

The rest of the movie is a fairly accurate film of two people coming to grips with each other ...

I just watched the movie several times on Encore Westerns; I will stand by what I said ...

TTFN

[Caleb Hobbs]

I'd forgotten about "Zandy's Bride." I remember being impressed with it, a slow movie, but a good one in my opinion. The California location was a plus. I agree about "Jeremiah Johnson" and "The Mountain Men." Several of the members of the AMM Party I used to belong to participated in the rendezvous scene. Two movies I only vaguely recall that might have been from our time frame, and don't hold my feet to the fire if I'm wrong, since it's probably been twenty or maybe even thirty years or more since I've seen either of them. One starred Martin Sheen as an ex-soldier/trapper stealing a white horse from an Indian, then having the horse stolen back from him. I remember being impressed with the gear and firearms. The second starred Christopher Walken, carrying a Patterson revolver (again, if I'm remembering it correctly), leading a party after a huge gold wheel, and members trying to double cross one another. (Just looked them up; Martin Sheen's movie was "Eagle's Wing," and the Walken movie was "Shoot the Sun Down," and yeah, I know Sheen's opinion of guns. The reviews called them revisionist Westerns, but I don't recall the themes.)

I appreciate a movie that makes an effort to get the guns and gear correct, but would rather enjoy a good story than nitpick over the gear, as long as it's not too incorrect or over the top.

[dusty texian]

Think the one named , The Man In The Wilderness was earlier time period, but a great movie. Think it was Richard Harris ,If I remember right it was about the real life of Hugh Glass. Those were tough time's and tougher men,,,,,Dusty

[Tascosa Joe]

I like the Mountain Men as well.  Charlton Heston and Linda Racimo came to the National Western Rondezvous in 1981 to premier the movie.  Their crew set up a big movie screen in a meadow north of La Vita Pass.  As mother nature would have it a pretty good wind came up and blew the screen down.  The next night they showed the movie at the drive in theater down near Walsenburg.  Another memorable event from that Rondezvous:  The A-7's from the COANG at Buckley would come over at tree top level everday about 4 o'clock.  Seems they were using our flagpole for an aiming point on a bombing run.  This went own for about 3 days.  On the 4th day about 3:30 everyone in Camp gathered at the flag pole with our muskets pointed in the air.  They left us alone after that.

[BlackHillsScout]

Thanks for naming"Man in the wilderness"I've been trying to remember that for years.

A couple of my friends were in" Bad Blood" they take their accuracy pretty seriously.

OH, and my apologies to you'all on the forum for not checking in for awhile. New job and getting the house done.   

[WaddWatsonEllis]

Hi,

I have a copy of Eagle's Wing :it has to stand on its own as a movie where  Sam Waterston (who plays the indian) is kept from speaking the entire movie .... I believe it is the only non-speaking part he ever did ....*S*

TTFN,

[St8LineLeatherSmith]

Into the west was a mini series that covered pretty much the whole time period from the 1840's to the 1880's