Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Yesterday I stayed home all day to recoup from a fall. I decided to watch some DVDs I got from the local library. I selected three of the most historically accurate movies could find, one based on The California Gold Rush, one from The Indian Wars, and one from the Alaskan Gold Rush. I watched them in that order. They were: Paint Your Wagon The Hallelujah Trail North To Alaska What ate your favorite politically and historically correct westerns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 My all time favorite is Lonesome Dove even though, technically, it's a miniseries. I just saw Quigley Down Under for the umpteenth time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Blazing Saddles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said: My all time favorite is Lonesome Dove even though, technically, it's a miniseries. I just saw Quigley Down Under for the umpteenth time. I watched Quigley again last week. It's still a great story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 29 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: What ate your favorite politically and historically correct westerns? My old VCR... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Hangtree Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 22 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: My old VCR... My new DVD player eats tapes too. Can't get a single one to play. Haven't figured out why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I really don't think there are any movies that are truly historically accurate. If there were they would be very long and very boring movies. But, I like some movies that have accuracy in them with the attire, the firearms, the vernacular of the day but events have been modified to suit the limited window of a 2 hour move. These are my favorites: Open Range - true to life attire, guns and the best western gunfight I have ever seen. Tombstone - Attire and guns accurate. Some of the history timeline is inaccurate Wyatt Earp - I believe the characters were very realistic Quigley Down Under - Attire and guns accurate. No idea on the historical feasibility. Just a darn good movie. Young Guns - Loved the history of the Lincoln County War. The guns and attire were accurate. Actual events...probably not so much. Crossfire Trail - Attire and gun accuracy. No idea on history. I am not a Historian and I do not play one on TV. Correcting the inaccuracy of my opinion will be wasteful typing so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Did they sing all the time in the California gold rush? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Tombstone. Timeline is skewed/compressed, but sequence of events and characters are accurate. Open Range. Lonesome Dove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 The Quick and the Dead - Sharon Stone version. The most realistic gunfights I've ever seen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 They call me Trinity Trinity is still my name ..................... loved the card game sequence in the latter ..... ..."yeah I think so "....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Wyatt Earp pretty much followed the real story of Wyatt. Tombstone, even though it’s not 100% historically correct it’s close enough Ride with the Devil is pretty close to what I’ve read about the Civil War era and very entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 said: Did they sing all the time in the California gold rush? Not near as much as they did in Oklahoma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Business Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 The Outlaw Josie Wales. Fiction tho Josie was based on a real person, Joe Wilson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Jeremiah Johnson. Leaving it all behind after the war and going up into the trapped out mountains. The scenes where the gun goes off with no smoke gripe me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Cold Mountain is an accurate portrayal of the Civil War in southern Appalachia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 The Longriders The Big Trail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 6 hours ago, Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 said: Did they sing all the time in the California gold rush? Sometimes they slept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 Did anyone read the movies I watched? Hats off to Cypress Sun, Red Gauntlet, Wallaby Jack, and Hendo, though. We GOTTA get a sarcasm emoji on this thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 That’s why I posted the Quick and the Dead. Duhh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 1 minute ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: That’s why I posted the Quick and the Dead. Duhh! OH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Dang, there was one in the Grit channel the other day about the James gang. Total BS historywise, but classic Hollyweird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Pretty sure movie was Kansas Raiders. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0042629/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 There were a couple about the Colorado Gold Rush. Support Your Local Gunfighter, and Support Your Local Sheriff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Fifty years ago I was watching the Hallelujah Trail with my Girlfriend. She got on the phone with her sister and pretty much ignored me so I started to take a shot every time Bert did. Let’s just say that by the time her father got home from work at midnight I was rather intoxicated and spent the night on the couch. He was not impressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 11 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: I watched Quigley again last week. It's still a great story. I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Heck I'm Riding History 1981 Suzuki GS 650 GL ,,,,,,,, And I shoot a 1894 made in 1895,,, A Husky Hammered Double made in 1884,,, A SAA made in 1874 and one from 1881 .... And my Kids think I'm Older than Dirt ... Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Open Range Quigley Down Under, story Unforgiven Dances with Wolves, directors cut explains why the outpost was the way it was. Tombstone Civil War Gods and Generals Cold Mountain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Creek,5759 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 40 years Mini series. CENTENIAL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 i just threw out two large boxes of VCR tapes - never looked or i might have tried to keep a couple , wife came home a few days ago and said "IT IS TIME" been under the table for over two years without being touched , they are no longer relevant , im good with that she is going through a lot right now with that attitude and ill support it .....long as its not me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raylan Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 How could everyone forget Evil Roy Slade, it was practically a documentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jake1001 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Love Broken Trail and Open Range Lonesome Dove Quigley Down Under Good, Bad, Ugly and Big Jake Big Jake 1001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 On 12/14/2020 at 12:45 PM, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Yesterday I stayed home all day to recoup from a fall. I decided to watch some DVDs I got from the local library. I selected three of the most historically accurate movies could find, one based on The California Gold Rush, one from The Indian Wars, and one from the Alaskan Gold Rush. I watched them in that order. They were: Paint Your Wagon The Hallelujah Trail North To Alaska What ate your favorite politically and historically correct westerns? I'm not sure there is such a thing! Not in this day and age. I don't recall my VCR ever eating one though. As a kid, I loved North to Alaska. Still do come to think of it, and I watch it whenever I see it on. I should get it and a bunch of other John Wayne movies on DVD, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 The Sacketts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 On 12/14/2020 at 7:02 PM, Henry T Harrison said: Fifty years ago I was watching the Hallelujah Trail with my Girlfriend. She got on the phone with her sister and pretty much ignored me so I started to take a shot every time Bert did. Let’s just say that by the time her father got home from work at midnight I was rather intoxicated and spent the night on the couch. He was not impressed Henry, I do believe you invented "The Drinking Game". Hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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