You look sideways at 'em Carpetbagger: NB: All statistics come from the experts in this field, MovieBodyCounts.com, who spend more time watching stunt men pretend to die than you could possibly imagine. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see and so there is iron in your words of life. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. We are told soon after meeting Granny that her son Tom was killed but the circumstances were not clear.After seeing the movie more times than I can remember, it occurred to me that Tom Turner may have been shot by Josey in the scene when Josey turns the Gatling gun on the union troops who were shooting the surrendered and unarmed confederate soldiers.In a scene heavily weighted with irony, Granny says that her son was "killed in the Border War by Missouri ruffians." T-24 El Mariachi (Desperado, 1995) Body Count 53, 24 Agent 47 (Hitman, 2007) = Body Count 53, T-22 Miyamoto (Ritana, 2002) = Body Count 54, 22 Frank Castle (The Punisher, 1989) Body Count 54, 21 Josey Wales (The Outlaw Josey Wales, 1976) Body Count 55, 20 Robert Neville (I am Legend, 2007)- Body Count 56, 19 Inspector Li (The Killer, 1989) Body Count 58, 18 Cor. If it's anything Shawshank Redemption, Seinfeld, or Kevin Bacon game related he's way more interested. The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 American Revisionist Western film set during and after the American Civil War. We wore them because we belonged to the five civilized tribes. 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. "My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof." It was a trap! Thats how Roger Ebert, the late film critic, described, *Competitive Shooter of the Week* This boy was brought up in a time of blood and dying and never questioned a bit of it. I reckon so. Followed by a group of unionists who want him dead, he leaves the Missouri, heading to the indian reservations and the Texas. He's mean as a rattler, and twice as fast with them pistols. You'll find them up in Kansas. Indians don't want the ranchers there, but the outlaw brings everyone to an agreement. thoughts are scattered and nonsensical; he doesnt want to be dead and wants to kill, Papa-Lo is driving along the coast with Tony Pavarotti. Brethren, is like them communist country you see 'pon the news. Tom Turner, Granny's son, owned the ranch that Granny and Laura Lee settle in with their extended family, which for a time included Josey Wales. The Rangers accept the story, along with a signed affidavit, and move on, while Fletcher says nothing about Wales and pretends not to recognize him. They were decently fed and then they were decently shot. Granny Hawkins: Granny Hawkins: It was based on the second Wales book, The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales, which Eastwood had planned to adapt, but wasn't able to. After grieving and burying his wife and son, Wales practices shooting a gun before joining a group of pro-Confederate Missouri bushwhackers led by William T. Anderson, taking part in attacks on Union sympathizers and army units. Lone Watie: But odds are good - he did shoot a lot of them! Fletcher negotiates the surrender, but the Union authorities wait for the guerillas to turn over their arms and then open fire on them as they swear their loyalty. [19] Roger Ebert compared the nature and vulnerability of Eastwood's portrayal of Josey Wales with his "Man with No Name" character in the Dollars Trilogy and praised the atmosphere of the film. the car and starts running; no one knows where he is headed. They comin'. Crazy Credits How did you know which one was goin' to shoot first? Leaves dead men wherever he goes. Only Josey Wales May Know for Sure", "Clint Eastwood gets top role in outlaw film", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Outlaw_Josey_Wales&oldid=1145611986, This page was last edited on 20 March 2023, at 01:49. You damn fools! Poster and mural and painting of Papa-Lo and Josey all over the community. Instant downloads of all 1725 LitChart PDFs Eastwood himself claims its every bit as good as his Oscar-winning masterpiece, Unforgiven. An intriguing possibility for sure. The raging testosterone in male and female movie goers tends to have an obsession with how many bad guys get put away thus a movies kill count becoming a new component for not only judging how awesome a movie is but also how tough a character is. Fresh, that little gal will bring ten, maybe twelve horses. 21 Josey Wales (The Outlaw Josey Wales, 1976) - Body Count 55 20 Robert Neville (I am Legend, 2007)- Body Count 56 19 Inspector Li (The Killer, 1989) - Body Count 58 18 . In him own way, you could call him a classy brother. Heat is one of those popular movies with something to, Born James Butler Hickok, everyone remembers him as Wild Bill., His wife and son have been murdered, and his house burned to the ground by Union Red Legs, setting the stage for the perfect Clint Eastwood revenge movie. There are guns aplenty, and the fierce gun battles leave a trail of bodies. Josey never set out to be a badass gunfighter, nor did he have any aspirations to kill people. Josey and Laura later sleep together as do Lone Watie and Little Moonlight. Josey Wales: The villain is a Union commander and the northern army is depicted as corrupt and murderous. Tango & Cash (1989): 11, Watch his most iconic kill (from Rambo: First Blood Part II), 5 most bloodthirsty films1. | Bordering, Born James Butler Hickok, everyone remembers him as Wild Bill. Many consider him the first famous gunfighter of. And when we had thought about it long enough, we declared war on the Union. Daniel Squ, Brass-cased ammo generally outpaces steel in every, *Competitive Shooter of the Week* The Rock (1996): 3, Watch the most iconic kill (from Con Air), Cameron Poe: "Put the bunny back in the box. What do you say, Mr. Wilson? Wales asks the officer to kill him, and the officer obliges. Interestingly enough, Wales manages to shoot these mounted soldiers with an incredibly large and unwieldy weapon and yet not hit a single horse. I reckon not. The Outlaw Josey Wales Message Board (click here). We told him about how our land had been stolen and our people were dying. When the surrendering Confederates are mowed down by Union troops using two Colt Gatling Guns,Josey Wales springs into action. He joins a band of guerrilla fighters who manage to avoid being captured. And so will we. Carpetbagger: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966): 11. Find related themes, quotes, symbols, characters, and more. Those men are common outlaws, nothing more. Josey says "to Hell with them," spits tobacco juice on one and leaves their corpses to be eaten by buzzards. Well, I've come here to give you either one or get either one from you. Senator: And of course, at the very beginning, the Senator's Union soldiers murder all the surrendering guerrillas. And then, for no apparent reason (other than they can), a band of pro-Union Jayhawkers (or red legs) burn his home, murder his son, and rape and murder his wife. Fletcher: But guess what, white boy. She might be worth one donkey. You can also bet your last nickel that youll be treated to a few steely-eyed, squinty stares. Lone Watie: I've got nothing better to do. Trivia Union Captain Terrill has one of the best lines in the film. Teachers and parents! Josey's family is killed by Union men and he joins a confederate squad of soldiers who appear to be one of the last holdouts of the American Civil War. I figured you could use some help. Eventually, he gets far enough away from his grief to stop killing so many people. [9] Michael Cimino and Philip Kaufman later oversaw the writing of the script, aiding Chernus. Wales refuses to surrender, and as a result, he and a young guerrilla named Jamie are the only survivors when Terrill's Redlegs massacre the surrendering men. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Look at the amount of weaponry that was made in four short years of World War IIthe amount of ships and guns and tanks and inventions and planes and P-38s and P-51s, and just the urgency and the camaraderie, and the unifying. Was there any time scale in the film i cant remember of how long Josey signed up with Fletcher then found granny and the others in the town? [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. - They're coming after us. The following morning, the Redlegs launch a surprise attack on the ranch. Josey Wales : Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. Lone Watie: They include an old Cherokee man named Lone Watie; Little Moonlight, a young Navajo woman; Sarah Turner, an elderly woman from Kansas; and her granddaughter Laura Lee, whom Wales and Little Moonlight rescue from a group of marauding Comancheros. [Josey has walked up on Lone and Moonlight having sex] [7] His wife Laura Lee was played by Mary Ann Averett in the sequel. Ten Bears: When we finished he shook our hands and said, "endeavor to persevere!" You did! Based on the novel Gone to Texas: The Rebel Outlaw Josey Wales, by Forrest Carter. They slaughter Josey's squad as they surrender . ", "You promised me those men would be decently treated. After all, we don't really know how long Josey rode with the Missouri Ruffians. Rose: "A man's got to do something for a living these days. Firing from the bank to the middle of the river and hitting a small diameter rope on the first shot would be a supreme act of marksmanship in the real world. What's all that paint about? "Bloody Bill" Anderson: It was, but when the silver run out, the thrivin' run out with it. I let Josey Wales tell me to shoot up three more line and I wont care who. wore this frock coat in Washington, before the war. Arnold Schwarzenegger - 312 career kills, 5 most bloodthirsty films (by total kills)1. But that's kind of a sad statement on mankind, if that's what it takes. The more we all know, the better organized and stronger the shooting and hunting community will be. You dumb kid. But the trailer encapsulates it pretty well: He lives by the gun, he lives by his word, he lives for revenge, hes an army of one. 10 years after Clint took his acting/directing to new heights with THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES, the less known character actor Michael Parks ( DEATH WISH V: THE FACE OF DEATH, KILL BILL, TUSK) took over the role for his one go behind the camera. [laughing] Everybody gets tired of it, but it never ends. Ten Bears: Youre Invited To Eye-Candy-Island. Josey Wales: To celebrate, here are the top five Hollywood actors in order of on-screen deaths delivered, starting with - you guessed it - one Mr Arnold Schwarzenegger. Clint has a talent for blurring the lines between who are the good guys and who are the bad guys, and is a recurring element in this film. As soon as you put down your gun the policeman pull out his gun. I wish we had time to bury them fellas. Then we see a quick shot of Josey with his customary pained expression on his face.Maybe its just me, but I think it is ambiguous whether Josie had anything to do with Tom Turner's death or not, and this was probably intentional. Driven to revenge, Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla band and makes a name for himself as a feared gunfighter. Papa-Lo is trying to do penance for the shooting at the Singers house. Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does. The woman says that, Doctor Love goes to leave, and as he does so he gives, asks why Alex waited so long to publish the story. Click on a plot link to find similar books! Fletcher: His demeanor is such that he has very little to say, and when he does speak it is short and to the point, with a quiet tone (his catchphrase being "I reckon so"). | Tell us what's wrong with this post? The review of this Movie prepared by Tanya McKnight. I might have killed her. Sometimes, trouble just follows a man. Here, with the moody, gloomily beautiful, photography of Bruce Surtees, he creates a magnificent Western feeling.". You boys sure look civilized.!" But as you pointed out, the exact circumstances of Tom Turner's death were not explained or even how long he had been dead, only that he was killed by Missouri ruffians. So when Granny explains that Tom's demise was caused by Missouri Ruffians the possibility that Josey killed him had to have occurred to him. Romeo suggests that Weeper has probably gone home because it has been a busy day. When Abe and Lige find Josey and the kid, Lige kicks the wounded (and apparently fevered) kid to shut him up. They say you're a hard put and desperate man, Josey Wales. adds that she is stupid for trying to kill him, considering what will happen when, chapters, the narrator is not identified in the chapter title. "Matrix: (Dropping Sully off a cliff): "I lied. Now get back in line before I kick you so hard you'll be wearin' your ass for a hat. Grandma Sarah: Don't matter; it's good to see a high roller come through. [9] The characters of Wales, the Cherokee chief, Navajo woman, and the old settler woman and her daughter all appeared in the novel. Bounty hunters. Goofs Bam-Bam and then, what he did. 0:50. You can't get them all. They're goin' to heel and hide you to a barn door. Works wonders on just about everything, eh? Josey Wales: PDF downloads of all 1725 LitCharts literature guides, and of every new one we publish. We got us the Josey Wales. Aiden's been an entertainment freelancer for over 10 years covering movies, television and the occasional comic or video game beat. Lone Watie: He warned. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) - VHSRip - Rychlodabing (3.verze) DJLonely. Josey Wales: He refuses to surrender and becomes an outlaw. Only way to handle them. [14] One evening, Kaufman insisted on finding a beer can as a prop to be used in a scene, but while he was absent, Eastwood ordered Surtees to quickly shoot the scene as light was fading and then drove away, leaving before Kaufman had returned. Now, if one of you has to, you can take that old woman over there. Woman naming them pickney Josey One and Josey Two, even though he not fucking nobody but him wife, no, they not married for real. Alex explains he waited until, how it turns out. ", 5 most bloodthirsty films1. But how many people did Josey Wales actually kill? Joe Rogan & Joey Diaz: The Outlaw Josey Wales! After the Civil War, Josey Wales joins a group of Confederate guerrilla fighters in Texas. Lone Watie: In reality, the Old West had a significantly larger black population than the movie implies. We whooped 'em again, didn't we, Josey? he congratulated us and gave us medals for looking so civilized. Hollywood's 5 deadliest action heroes by body counts, Touchstone Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films, DIGITAL SPY, PART OF THE HEARST UK ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK. Sondra Locke, also a previous Academy Award nominee, was cast by Eastwood against Kaufman's wishes[11] as Laura Lee, the granddaughter of the old settler woman; at 32 she was a decade older than the character. Since Wales did not have a loader, he cant have fired as many continuous rounds as he didunless, of course, he did it in a Hollywood action movie where anything is possible! Interesting possibility, never thought of it! Hookers and blow them call it, my youth. You a bounty hunter? was not ambitious enough, and only ever focused on defending their territory from the JLP. Josey Wales was the actors eighth Western as a star and his fifth as director. I got no place else to go. Tyler Krenzel, While the AR-10 has been around for decades, there, *Competitive Shooter of the Week* Senator Lane: No retelling of this story can do it justice; it can only be appreciated fully by seeing it. The blue bellies will give ya a better burial than I can, boy. More like old habits than old age. It won't shock you that some of the highest onscreen body counts are credited to war movies. Captain Terrill: Kansas was all golden and smelled like sunshine. Griselda Blanco has disappeared, and. I let Josey Wales tell me that the Singer is a PNP stooge who bow for the Prime Minister. [15] Soon after, filming moved to Kanab, Utah. Wales achieves notoriety after the American Civil War ends, due to his refusal to surrender to the victorious Northern army and his deadly reputation as a gunman. The Outlaw Josey Wales was nominated for the Academy Award for Original Music Score. [3] It was directed by and starred Clint Eastwood (as Josey Wales), with Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Sam Bottoms, and Geraldine Keams. The versatile rifle, Understanding Different 12-Gauge Shotgun Load Types, 300 Blackout Effective Range & Best Barrel Length, Survival & Backpacking Water Filter Tests, Best 9mm Ammo: Plinking, Training & Home Defense. The Outlaw Josey Wales. He adds: Your dealers aint dealing. Weeper panics over the fact that, Tristan again questions Alex suspiciously about what he is actually writing. and Bennett let off some steam. It's living that's hard when all you've ever cared about has been butchered or raped. [Josey has walked into the saloon in Santa Rio] With governments, you don't always get a fair word or a fair fight. As with the rest of the movie, it shows the hero's violence does not preclude his kindness or . Stay in touch with Widener's, be the first to know about new articles, products, and more. Yep, first the silver run out, then the people run out, then the whiskey run out, then the beer run out. It's not right, this damn woman doing something like this to me. "He's crazy. 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. Oddly enough, this extra bit of villainy was not in the original novel, which was. He enlisted the help of the Comanches to kill them. Im gettin better at sneaking up on you like this, he announces. Returning to the Santa Rio saloon, Wales enters to find the locals are telling Fletcher, along with two Texas Rangers, how an outlaw named Josey Wales had recently been killed in Monterrey, by five pistoleros. Josey Wales: You know in my line of work, you gotta be able either to sing "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic" or "Dixie" with equal enthusiasm dependin' upon present company. "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. [draws his knife, and cuts his hand; Josie does likewise. This content is imported from YouTube. Wales had been watching from a distance, and upon realizing that the ceremony was a trap, he rides into the Union camp killing as many soldiers as possible. [spits tobacco juice on the dog's forehead]. I ain't promising you nothing extra. Josey Wales is directed by its star, Clint Eastwood, and when we meet his title character, he's a family man, a farmer. ", "I suppose that mangy hound's got no place else to go, either.". Because I ain't got nothin' better to do. 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I reckon so. Every last mother's son of them wants that money you got on Wales' head. Gun experts, however, have pointed out a flaw in the guns depicted here. The way the content is organized. When Clint Eastwood Was Became A MEGA Movie Star!! So there is no way to know for sure if Josey killed him. And we're goin' up there and set things aright. The phone rings, and once again Weeper ignores it.