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The heart opens up as the action unfolds. After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of killers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts (including Somdra Locke and Chief Dan George) are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected. Time called it one of 1976's best movies. Over time, The Outlaw Josey Wales has secured a place as one of the top Westerns ever.
"...cat-and-mouse chase odyssey." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"Considered one of the last great Westerns, with many superb performances." VideoHound's Golder Movie Retriever
Editor's Note
As the film opens, Josey Wales is a simple farmer in Missouri. When a vicious band of Union Red Legs, led by Terrill (Bill McKinney), burns his home to the ground, killing his wife and son, Wales joins a gang of Confederate raiders, determined to get revenge. After the Confederacy loses the war, Wales sets out on his own, an outlaw who kills to survive. He eventually meets an old Indian (Chief Dan George, in a wonderfully sympathetic performance) and some other outcasts, and together they seek out a more peaceful existence. But Terrill continues to hunt Wales, and the simple farmer is forced to fight again. Critics did not take Clint Eastwood's THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES seriously in 1976. Today, many consider it one of the greatest Westerns ever made. Here the West is an ugly and brutal place, as it is in Sergio Leone's films, but this is a different kind of Eastwood hero. He has a name, a sense of humor, and a heart. Made in the shadow of Vietnam and Watergate, the film conveys a bitter distrust of government but also a longing to live in peace. Next to UNFORGIVEN, this is the most sweeping and emotionally complex of Eastwood's Westerns.
Plot Summary
Josey Wales will never forget the day his entire family was slaughtered...and now the once-peaceful farmer is going to wander the West making sure he gets revenge on all those responsible for the murders.
| Features | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Korean | | Trailer | | Widescreen Version | | Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital, French | | Introduction by Clint Eastwood | | 1999 Documentary Hell Hath No Fury: The Making Of The Outlaw Josey Wales | | 1976 Documentary Eastwood In Action |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 5/18/2004 |
| Running Time: 136 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1976 | | Catalog ID: 21517 | | UPC: 00085392151721 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1977) | | | Jerry Fielding, Nominee, Best Music, Original Score |
| Memorable Quotes| "You gonna pull those pistols or whistle 'Dixie'?"----Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) to four skittish Union soldiers | | "When I get to liking someone, they ain't around long."----Josey Wales|"I noticed when you get to disliking someone, they ain't around for long neither!"----Lone Watie (Chief Dan George) | | "You a bounty hunter?"----Josey Wales|"Man's gotta do somethin' for a living these days."----Bounty hunter (John Chandler) | | "Dying ain't much of a living, boy."----Wales | | "I guess we all died a little in that damn war."----Josey Wales to Fletcher (John Vernon) |
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| | Professional Reviews | Movie Reviews UK 8 of 10
... hangs together astonishingly well for something so episodic and diffuse... The glue which holds everything together are the characters... Eastwood does an eminently reasonable job of direction... Life, rather than death, is the key here, even if the film takes a bit too long making that point. - Damian Cannon
The Motion Picture Guide 10 of 10
This superb western is not only (Clint) Eastwood's greatest achievement as an actor, but an important moment in the development of the western hero... The cinematography by Bruce Surtees is magnificent, as is Jerry Fielding's musical score. Acting honors must go to Chief Dan George, who nearly steals the film from the star and serves as the emotional center of the film.
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