The screenplay of the film was based on the novel “The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales”, written by the allegedly Cherokee-blooded author Forrest Carter (also noted for “The Education of Little True”). Furthermore we get some behind the camera footage from 1975 where we see Clint Eastwood giving instructions to both cast and crew.The interviews are pretty new, because most of the cast look pretty old, but they all like to tell you about the movie. Mar 1, 2012 - Josey Wales: Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. but if you can reply i would appreciate it thank samantha wilson joelton tn .. Hello Samantha,A very nice edition! They each hold six .44 caliber ball shots. With John Milius, Clint Eastwood, Bill McKinney, Sam Bottoms. Directed by Gary Finlan. The above review is really hitting it, while the NYT review is just embarrassing, but maybe this great movie is just not politically correct enough.I saw it now three times, any time I would watch it again. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. I especially enjoyed his meeting with "Big Bear" in which he made Peace with the Native Americans as the British and French invaders of the North American Continent should have a long time ago in 1600's.Steve H., Chicago, IL, Hey Steve, many thanks for leaving a comment! “And then?” Josey asks, quietly. It would be wonderful if you could provide a quality scan of its cover and would be happy to feature it on the site. The Outlaw Josey Wales, which opened yesterday at various local theaters, is a soggy attempt at a post-Civil War western epic. The Outlaw Josey Wales: Mending a Patchwork Nation by Bilge Ebiri. To the degree a movie asserts history, it should at least attempt to do it fairly. The weapon featured larger cylinder chambers to allow more powder to be placed in the gun thus making them more powerful (hence why it was so popular twenty years later). A friend of the Archive recently sent me this wonderful piece he wrote, I thought it was so good that I asked Bilge if it could share a home here. The making of the film "The Outlaw Josey Wales" featuring film footage, behind the scenes footage, and current interviews with the cast. Did your father acquire this in 1973? As a real warrior Indian he seems embarrassed. Mr. Eastwood, as indicated earlier, doesn't act; he spits. We see their brutal handiwork, along with other generalized scenes of Civil War combat, over the opening credits, set to the rousing and martial fife-and-drum of Jerry Fielding’s Oscar-nominated score. By the end, the old woman and her daughter, having been waylaid by a band of white outlaws looking to sell them to Indians, cast their lot with Josey, who has also become riding companions with the elderly Cherokee Lone Watie (Chief Dan George) and the Navajo woman Little Moonlight (Geraldine Kearns). Hell Hath No Fury Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 1997. When a vicious band of Union Red Legs, led by Terrill, burns Josey Wales home to the ground and kills his wife and son, Wales joins a gang of Confederate raiders determined to get revenge. Title: Was this review helpful to you? Mr. Sampson has specialized in displaced-Indian roles. See more ideas about outlaw… From the manufacturer An Army of One The Outlaw Josey Wales tells the story of a Missouri farmer living a peaceful life — until his family is brutally murdered during the Civil War. X Join the mailing list. This FAQ is empty. Directed by Clint Eastwood; written by Philip Kaufman and Sonia Chernus, based on the book. He joins a gang of Confederate marauders, goes through the war—conveyed briefly by a montage of war shots—mows down a platoon of Union soldiers, and flees to Texas with a price on his head and an array of vicious lawmen and bounty hunters after him. The movie tends to muffle and sell short whatever points it may be trying to make. Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. The wounded and broken people who attach themselves to Josey thus become not just a family for him, but almost a Noah’s Ark for the country. Josey, having grown into a typically stoic Eastwood character, refuses. The script was worked on by Sonia Chernus and producer Bob Daley at Malpaso, and Eastwood himself paid some of the money to obtain the screen rig… I'm not sure as to the value of this item, a quick search on Ebay has returned nothing in both the current listings and completed auctions. After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is on the lam, pursued by a pack of killers. You can unsubscribe at … Missouri farmer Josey Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family. It has to be "The Outlaw Josey Wales." Josey Wales' (Clint Eastwood's) two main handguns are Colt Walker 1847 revolvers. Their lines don't help them. 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. “Anything from Missouri has a taint about it.”, “Now grandma, you gotta tread lightly now that we’re in Texas,” her traveling companion advises her. Even Josey finds in their embrace a kind of tolerance and peace: When they have a dance one night, he asks that they play "The Rose of Alabama," a lovely song sung to him earlier in the film by a young riding companion (Sam Bottoms) who was dying. Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood stars in and directs this fast-paced Western about the revenge of a Missouri farmer whose family is murdered in the last days of the United States' Civil War. “And treading lightly is not my way. Below: Close up example of French Lobby still, Below: Close up example of US mini Lobby card. “I owe him that. THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1996. A hard-luck but winsome Indian girl repeatedly gets knocked off her feet or worse; a sneaky boatman cringes and leers; a spry old woman bustles about with a broom, shrills out hymns, and grabs a rifle to shoot marauders; a doe-eyed young woman opens her eyes reindeer-size to convey fear, passion, or bashfulness; a young follower of the outlaw manages three distinct and radiant deathbed scenes on one bullet hole.