Sawhorse Kid Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 What is your favorite western movie shootout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawhorse Kid Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 I rather like the shootout in Appaloosa when Lance Henrickson and friend free Jeremy Irons from his cousins jail. Six parties to the fight and five get shot up in short order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Jack Hammer Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 The final shootouts in Open range and Unforgiven are two that come to mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bama Red Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I do kinda favor the one in Open Range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawnee McGrutt Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I have to go with Red Horse & Bama Red, Open Range, hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt Jen Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Open range---right down to the chocolate. Â Tombstone---including O.K. and Val Kilmer's one-on-one. Â Silverado---several, from Kevin to Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixie Mexican Wolf Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Final shooting at Open Range, The Gatling Gun time in The Outlaw Josey Wales, Mortimer and Manco cleaning the village of For A Few Dollars More, O.K. Corral Shootout in Tombstone and the 2 standoff of The Wild Bunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Very difficult for me to choose. Three that come to mind immediately, in no particular order.  Tombstone-- Doc Holliday and Johnny Ringo "Why Johnny Ringo, you look like somebody just walked over your grave."  Open Range-- the final shootout, as has been mentioned  The Outlaw Josey Wales-- "Hell is coming to breakfast" (or perhaps several others!)  Shane-- "I've heard you're a low-down yankee liar."  Quigley Down Under-- "I said I never had much use for one. I never said I didn't know how to use it."  Yep, I had to edit to add Shane and Quigley after others mentioned them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TomL Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Shane, He takes on Jack Palance.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Open Range fer sure! Tombstone's a close second though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubborn Dutchman, SASS # 61363 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 The final shootout in "Bad Girls" - "pick it up, put it in, die like a man" Â The last fight in "Big Jake" - " I thought you was dead? ..... Not hardley" Â Final showdown in "El Dorado" - " I brung us some die-knee-might " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elk Creek LeMieux Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Put me on the list for Open Range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Plasters, SASS#60943 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Quigley - final shootout Crossfire Trail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 1: Open Range 2: Tombstone 3: Quigley 4: Wild Bunch 5: Unforgiven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT. QUINCANNON, SASS #32999 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Grand finale in The Magnificent Seven ranks high with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Hombre  Shane  Unforgiven  Wild Bunch  Shootist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Doggle Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Wild Bunch  Open Range  Tombstone  Quigely  A bunch of Eastwood's shootouts  A lot of times the dialog is just as entertaining as the blood and guts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Open Range was a masterfully choreographed and filmed gunfight. I turn the speakers up to 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Dodge Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Open Range here, it's become my favorite western. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 No arguments here, but you gotta love Grace Kelly shooting Bob Wilke in High Noon... Â ... But I agree Open Range and The Wild Bunch set the standard pretty high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Open Range for #1 Â Tombstone #2 Â I think Open Range is my all time favorite movie. Great camera work, good dialog a good story line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I rather like the shootout in Appaloosa when Lance Henrickson and friend free Jeremy Irons from his cousins jail. Six parties to the fight and five get shot up in short order. Â "That was quick". Â "Everybody knew how to shoot." Â As much as I like Appaloosa, Open Range gets my vote - even with Costner's "high capacity magazines" (I know, I know - one revolver, filmed from multiple angles). I was particularly fond of Duvall's shotgun work. The main distinction, I think, was the sense of everything being hurried, of men trying their darnedest to shoot as fast as they could. And sometimes, their accuracy really suffered. Sound familiar? Quite a contrast to so many movie gunfights, where every shot fired (even those not well aimed) hits a target. Ever notice that in Shane, Alan Ladd's last shot is off to the right at about a 45 degree angle, and below level? He still hits the bad guy in the balcony. Â LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 They shoot off to the side so they don't burn the other guy with the blank. This should be disguised by camera angle. Apparently the Shane cameraman oopsed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 The main distinction, I think, was the sense of everything being hurried, of men trying their darnedest to shoot as fast as they could. And sometimes, their accuracy really suffered. Sound familiar? Quite a contrast to so many movie gunfights, where every shot fired (even those not well aimed) hits a target. Took the words right outta my mouth, Loophole. One of the best parts of that scene comes at the end when the townsfolk are running after a bad guy on foot. Took several shots at close range to bring him down. Â Surprised no has mentioned the final gunfight with Jesse James gang in Northfield, MN from "The Longriders". Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Bart No. 100006 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I really liked the shootout with John Wayne and Robert Duvall's character in True Grit on the range, ( Fill your Fist you SOB). Â Dirty Bart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Jeemes Kelly Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I had to think for a while, before I remembered the best one ever: The Long Riders, the Northfield shootout. Â https://youtu.be/NsMwPIy4Ax4 Â Looks like Deadwood Slim hit that one before me. Â I don't see how you can top that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Sierra Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 All good choices. Here are a few more.  True Grit Shane 3:10 to Yuma Pale Rider  HS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Open Range Hombre The Shootist Ride the High Country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Fistful of Dollars - Get three coffins ready....my mistake, four Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugs Bonney SASS # 10171 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I always thought the shootout in Open Range was about as good as it gets but there have been several really good ones in Justified. Now I dare you to tell me that Justified isn't a Western set in modern times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 #1 for me is Open Range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang, SASS #53480 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 The most realistic one was the gunfight in the street in Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp when Wyatt is young and sneeks a peek in the saloon in town. That is how gunfights really were. . . . Â I also like the Lee Van Cleef fight in the street early in "For A Few Dollars More" . . . no realistic at all . . . but fun with that roll of guns on the horse . . . and his long barreled revolver with the shoulder stock. I have the outfit and gun to do that scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 For that matter, James Coburn's technique early in Waterhole #3 was admirable...standing behind his horse, resting his rifle on the saddle to cut down the fellow who was calling him out. Â Not really the gunfight the thread had in mind, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ T. Sites Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Now I have to run out to Wally world to buy open range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Horse Hair, SASS #77464 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Ya gonna pull them pistols, or whistle Dixie..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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