[6] The film was a commercial success, earning $31.8 million against a $3.7 million budget. What do you say, Mr. Wilson?Josey Wales: I reckon so. I rode with him and I got no complaints. hero of Play Misty for Me, Dave Garver, whispers so intimately into the microphone that an impressionable fan (Jessica Walter) imagines that she has a special bond with him. [Grandma Sarah notices that Lone Watie has painted his face]Grandma Sarah: Whats all that paint about?Lone Watie: Its my death face.Grandma Sarah: You know, were sure gonna show them redskins somethin tomorrow. Maggie could give and take a punch. | Eastwood didnt have the largeness of spirit to play Huston, but he let us knowas if we had any doubtthat reckless flamboyance was an egotistical diversion that he couldnt afford. Clint Eastwood says on the 1999 DVD release that the movie is "certainly one of the high points of my career in the Western genre of filmmaking". If Wes Block came close to self-immolation, was that something Eastwood himself feared? The movies shifted from stiff, stark, enraged fables, decisive to the point of patness, to something more relaxed and ruminative and questioning. Josie Wales: You be Ten Bears?Ten Bears: I am Ten Bears.Josie Wales: Im Josey Wales. Hes the worst enemy those men have got! The Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett) is also seen with a '92 rifle and uses it to shoot at Will and Ned before they reveal who they are. Josey Wales: When I get to likin someone, they aint around long.Lone Watie: I notice when you get to DISlikin someone they aint around for long neither. Eastwoods detective, Wes Block, drawn to whores and kinky sex, scours the bars and clubs for a man who murders prostitutes, and mostly encounters his own desire. He has a younger brother, Gordon Michael Woolvett. According to the credits, he played Travis Cobb. Welless invocation of names from the past is a reminder of the singularity of Eastwoods path. The man who once walked away at the end was now gravely taking responsibility for everything, a development that was enlarged in Invictus. As Kowalski, Eastwood literally growled, as if teasing his limits as an actor, but Kowalski is also a true terror. I used to have power. His teachers noted a certain tentativeness in his demeanorto put it gently, he didnt project muchbut also some interesting corners in his temperament, and for the next few years he had small parts in junk movies. . Cast & Crew Read More Clint Eastwood Director Clint Eastwood Chief Dan George William O'connell Joyce Jameson Will Sampson Photos & Videos View All Eastwood had reached the summit, and, at seventy-three, he appeared to be taking stock. Since those unprepossessing days, he has done the following: starred in a hit TV show, Rawhide; appeared in more than fifty movies and directed thirty-one, often acting, directing, and producing at the same time; added several menacingly ironic locutions to the language, such as Make my day, which Ronald Reagan quoted in the face of a congressional movement to raise taxes; become a kind of mythic-heroic-redemptive figure, interacting with public desire in a way that no actor has done since John Wayne; served as the mayor of Carmel; won four Oscars and received many other awards, including a hug from Nicolas Sarkozy while becoming commander of the Lgion dHonneur, last November. Kelly: [Josie has walked into the saloon in Santa Rio] Whatll you have?Josey Wales: Whiskey.Rose: [laughing] Maybe youd like somethin else.Josey Wales: Beer?Kelly: Been a long time since somebody ordered a drink in San Rio.Ten Spot: Been a long time since we had anythin to drink.Kelly: Yep, first the silver run out, then the people run out, then the whiskey run out, then the beer run out. decision that proved a little pre-emptive. He becomes not only a star but a myth, as Garry Wills defined it in his 1997 book John Waynes Americasomething that was true for the people who needed it to be true. Josey Wales: Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie? The script was worked on by Sonia Chernus and producer Robert Daley at Malpaso, and Eastwood himself paid some of the money to obtain the screen rights. Its now obvious that Unforgiven was less an end point than a significant way station on an uninterruptible career path. This time, the Eastwood character has a name. It was directed by and starred Clint Eastwood (as the eponymous Josey Wales), with Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Sam Bottoms, and Geraldine Keams. The Outlaw Josey Wales was inspired by a 1972 novel by supposedly-Cherokee writer Forrest Carter, alias of former KKK Leader and segregationist speech writer of George Wallace, Asa Earl Carter, an identity that would be exposed in part due to the success of the film,[8] and was originally titled The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales and later retitled Gone to Texas. Eastwood, with Jessica Walter, in Play Misty for Me (1971), his directorial dbut. He refuses . numerous schools in the LA area for students of all ages. You a bounty hunter?Bounty hunter #1: A mans got to do something for a living these days.Josey Wales: Dyin aint much of a living, boy. [Fletcher knows hes talking to Josey Wales]Fletcher: I think Ill go down to Mexico to try to find him.Josey Wales: And then?Fletcher: Hes got the first move. Lone Watie: Im gettin better at sneaking up on you like this. Youre all alone now, Wales!Lone Watie: [Extending a rifle barrel from a cabin window] Well, hes not exactly *alone*. In movie after movie, he did, by implication, what any American male would dotake what was there for the taking. Bird was made with love and a baffled sense of loss. [6] He also felt that that element of the script needed to be severely toned down, but, he later said, "Clint didn't, and it was his film". It began with his appearance. As the movies time frame goes back and forth through Parkers life, and Whitaker and Venora flirt, banter, and fight in off-rhythm exchanges, the film attains a feeling of fleetingness and improvisation, in true jazz style. Lone Watie: I didnt surrender, but they took my horse and made him surrender. Out of place objects. Back in 1993, with In the Line of Fire, he managed, in the midst of a first-rate thriller (directed by Wolfgang Petersen), to suggest that men his age compensate for perceived weakness by overly focussing on the task at handa fresh insight. Throughout the movie, Eastwood wanted the harshly lyrical, high-contrast look of early-fifties black-and-white jazz photography. Leone wanted literally to demoralize the Western. Josey Wales is directed by its star, Clint Eastwood, and when we meet his title character, he's a family man, a farmer. Eastwood shapes his own performance as a study in rueful abnegation; at times, he looks lost and vulnerable, even sickly. Filming & Production Unforgiven is both an entertainment and a contradiction, a masterpiece at war with itself. Official Sites As an actor in training at Universal, Eastwood had roamed all over the lot, asking questions about different aspects of filmmaking, and, during his Rawhide years, he made several requests, without success, to direct an episode. Neither Josey or the Red Legs ever bothered to reload the weapon. In Tightrope, Genevive Bujold projected a taut intelligence, and Meryl Streep had a never-met-the-right-man wistfulness in The Bridges of Madison County. But many of the women were predatory or adoring, and none of them, even the strong ones, quite prepared us for Hilary Swanks pugnacious jaw and wide smile in Million Dollar Baby (2004). Early on, his outsider heroes operated with an unshakable sense of right. Im just giving you life and youre giving me life. Unforgiven to his name, it had not yet been released and wouldn't be It shall be life. Please direct your comments to the jury, counsellor, not the Greek chorus.. Josey Wales was the actor's eighth Western as a star and his fifth as director. "The Outlaw Josey Wales" was directed by Clint Eastwood and released in 1976. [holds up a bottle of patent medicine]Carpetbagger: This is it one dollar a bottle. "[20] The film received a Metacritic rating of 69 based on 9 reviews. The Outlaw Josey Wales Trivia Quiz. Wales becomes an outlaw and is pursued by bounty hunters and Union soldiers as he tries to make a new life for himself. Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden, Steve McQueen, and Sean Connery never directed a feature. Women, after all, had rarely been at the center of his movies. For years, he had played angry men who held the fort of white-male authority. Yet William Munny, however ashamed of killing, has to avenge Logans death. Actor in a Supporting Role. Lone Watie: Im glad you stopped me when you did. Wales and his companions find the abandoned ranch once owned by Tom and settle in. We got us the Josey Wales. This time, the Eastwood. Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms. It was directed by and starred Clint Eastwood (as Josey Wales), with Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Sam Bottoms, and Geraldine Keams. The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 American Revisionist Western film set during and after the American Civil War. Grandma Sarah: This Mr. Wales is a cold-blooded killer. Bounty hunters. The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 American Revisionist Western film set during and after the American Civil War. This list of The Outlaw Josey Wales actors includes any The Outlaw Josey Wales actresses and all other actors from the film. Grandma Sarah: This cant be Santa Rio! To revisit this article, select My Account, thenView saved stories, To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories, On a beautiful day in Wyoming, in 1880, three men gather on a slight rise behind some rocks, ready to do a bit of killing. Hackman makes him jolly, rancorous, and sadistica man completely without honor who later beats Munnys pal Ned Logan to death. [the Comanchero leader has stopped his men from raping Laura Lee]Comanchero Leader: You damn fools! He was most notable for publishing novels and a best-selling, award-winning memoir under the name Forrest Carter, an identity as a Native American Cherokee. Lone Watie: We thought about it for a long time, Endeavor to persevere. And when we had thought about it long enough, we declared war on the Union. Its also a machine for expressing resentment, a frustration of desire. The Outlaw Josey Wales; Pale Rider; Unforgiven Product details MPAA rating : R (Restricted) Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.75 inches; 7.2 Ounces Director : Clint Eastwood Both were casual piano players, catnip to women. In Little Bill, justice and order give way to brute force. What, one wonders, was the use of that anti-violence business if it all comes to this? But its not for eatin. Eastwood also gave his most complex and forceful performance to date. But, after hitting the mans horse, Logan cant pull the trigger again; he just cant kill anymore. The following morning, the Redlegs launch a surprise attack on the ranch. In Tightrope (1984), he was a cop again, this time a member of the vice squad in New Orleans, which, like San Francisco in Dirty Harry, is haunted by a serial killer. He was born William "Bill" Wilson in the Ozarks in Missouri of a well-to-do family. And Fletcher, theres an old saying: To the victors belong the spoils.Fletcher: Theres another old saying, Senator: Dont piss down my back and tell me its raining. The Nixon-era, law-and-order sentiment of the movie was unmistakable: criminals are out of control; payback time is at hand. If Leone emptied the West in his early movies, making Westerns that were mainly syntax and dead bodies, Eastwood, working in long paragraphs, put meaning back into the genre. But, then, a surprise: his wife (Laura Linney), excited by his daring, pulls him into bed. Jaimz had his first break when he was cast in the sitcom Dog House as the lead and was nominated for a Young Artists Award. In the end, addicted and helpless, he betrays people who are close to him and, finally, himself. Jaimz Woolvett James "Jaimz" Woolvett (born April 14, 1967) is a Canadian actor. When America Went Dry: 23 Awesome Facts about Prohibition Era! Logan is the best shot, and he raises his Spencer rifle, aiming at one of the men, who are rounding up cattle with some others below. And the one second from the left: he had scared eyes, he wasnt gonna do nothin. In June 1975, it was announced that Eastwood would star in the film with a scheduled Bicentennial Celebration release. [9] Michael Cimino and Philip Kaufman later oversaw the writing of the script, aiding Chernus. This article about a Canadian actor is a stub. [4][5] The film tells the story of Josey Wales, a Missouri farmer whose family is murdered by Union militants during the Civil War. For that reason, Eastwood became, as everyone said, an icon. The film tells the story of Josey Wales, a Missouri farmer whose family is murdered by Union militants during the Civil War. James "Jaimz" Woolvett (born April 14, 1967) is a Canadian actor. [1] Woolvett's highest-profile role was the Schofield Kid, a near-sighted aspiring gun-fighter in Clint Eastwood's Academy Award-winning Western Unforgiven (1992). Hes from Missouri, where theyre all known to be killers of innocent men, women and children.Lone Watie: Would you rather be riding with Comancheros, Granny?Grandma Sarah: No, I wouldnt. Josey Wales: Anyone gets hit, sing out. jaimz woolvett outlaw josey wales. Lane forces a reluctant Fletcher to assist Terrill in finding his friend and puts a $5,000 bounty on his head, attracting the attention of Union soldiers and bounty hunters who seek to hunt him down. Jamie: I wish we had time to bury them fellas.Josey Wales: To hell with them fellas. Josey Wales, a Missouri farmer, is driven to revenge by the murder of his wife and young son by a band of Redlegs, a unit of pro-Union Jayhawker militants from Senator James H. Lane's Kansas Brigade, led by the brutal Captain Terrill. Where does that leave Eastwoods character? It was released to [5] Kaufman cast Chief Dan George, who had been nominated for an Academy Award for Supporting Actor in Little Big Man, as the old Cherokee Lone Watie. All rights reserved. In all, Eastwood has had an incredibly productive long run, and, in honor of it, Warner Bros. recently issued a DVD boxed set of thirty-four movies that Eastwood starred in or directed for the studio. In return for not taking a fee, he had the freedom to make the movie as he liked. Mind you drop water on em occasional and keep em damp. Both were extremely ambitious, and engaged seriously in politics. As played by Whitaker, Parker is a man of great sweetness, who, when hes not on the stage, cant stop himself from getting into trouble. [smiles]Lone Watie: I aint that old after all. The New Yorker may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. The third is the excitable Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett), who has read Western dime fiction all his life and is hot to plug someonepretty much anyone will do. At the conclusion of the war, Josey's friend and superior, Captain Fletcher, persuades the guerrillas to surrender, having been promised by Senator Lane that they will be granted amnesty if they hand over their weapons. "Eastwood is such a taciturn and action-oriented performer that it's easy to overlook the fact that he directs many of his moviesand many of the best, most intelligent ones. He never turned his back on his folks or his kind. (Eastwood, a moderate libertarian Republican, has acknowledged parallels with the Presidency of Barack Obama, and expressed his annoyance with the morbid mood of America and the teen-age twits in Washington.) My son, Tom Turner, said it was a thriving town!Kelly: It was; but when the silver run out, the thrivin run out with it. A few years earlier, in Parade, Norman Mailer had granted him a presidential face. Yet here was the biggest star in the world implicating himself in the kind of pathologies that his earlier characters had scornfully eliminated. Remove Ads Cast Crew Details Genres Cast Shop Unforgiven/The Wild Bunch/The Outlaw Josey Wales [DVD]. He sleeps with her a few times, only to discover that shes a knife-wielding psychopath who wont let go. Josey Wales: [referring to Lones dog] Chief, I was just wondering: I suppose that mangy red-bone hounds got no place else to go either. Start new topic. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively gave the film a 91% approval rating based on 43 reviews, with an average score of 8/10. White men have been sneaking up on us for years. Both cast actresses they were involved with. Eastwood became popular, in part, because he allowed people to dream that they could be effective without being nice. This time, Eastwood is a contemporary Western sheriff from the sun-bleached desert of Arizona searching for an escaped felon in a crowded, noisy New York filled with chattering neurotics, hippie scum, and hungry women. The difference is that the city is haunted by his pursuer as well. Yet by mid-career, in the late nineteen-seventies and early eighties, even as films in the Dirty Harry series were still coming out, Eastwood began showing signs of regret, twinges of doubt and self-reproof, along with a broadening of interest and a stunning increase of aesthetic ambition. Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2020. John Wayne directed only twice, and badly; ditto Burt Lancaster. To work with such glum material without falling into middlebrow dreariness requires intellectual force and a steely grip on narrative. Dont matter, its good to see a high roller come through. 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