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El Dorado
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Having struck pay dirt with his 1958 western Rio Bravo, Howard Hawks more or less remade the picture twice in the 1960s. The first of these rehashes was El Dorado, with Rio Bravo star John Wayne back for more. Wayne plays a gunfighter who rides into El Dorado to link up with his old pal, sheriff Robert Mitchum ('It's the big one with the big two!' declared the film's advertisements). Wayne has turned down a job with evil land baron Ed Asner, who'd hoped to drive a family off the land that he needed for its water. That family, headed by R.G. Armstrong, is convinced that Wayne is working with Asner; when Armstrong's son Johnny Crawford dies, Wayne is held responsible, earning him a bullet in the spine from Crawford's sister Michele Carey. A year passes: Wayne returns to El Dorado, in the company of his new saddle pal James Caan. They find that Asner is still up to his old tricks, and that Mitchum has descended into alcoholism. Several plot twists and power shifts ensue, leading to the slam-bang climax, with the partially paralyzed Wayne, the newly crippled Mitchum (on crutches), and the concussion-suffering Caan battling together to stave off Asner's minions. The final long-shot, of Wayne and Mitchum limping off together arm-in-arm, is one of the most enduring images in the entire Hawks canon. If they loved it twice they'll love it thrice: in 1969, John Wayne and Howard Hawks teamed up for a third Rio Bravo derivation, Rio Lobo--which, like the first two films, was scripted by Leigh Brackett. Incidentally, that's famed artist Olaf Weighorst (whose paintings appear in the title sequence) in a cameo as the gunsmith.
Actors:
John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt, Michele Carey, R.G. Armstrong, Edward Asner, Christopher George, Marina Ghane, ...»
Director:
Howard Hawks
Country:
United States
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7M Pictures
January 09, 2010 Even looked at with today's eye, El Dorado is a thrilling movie with great characters and a brilliant image of the mythical old west.
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Classic Film and Television
July 07, 2010 Vivid story telling and a late take on the Western genre as a whole.
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Chicago Sun-Times
July 26, 2006 Howard Hawks is too good a director to depend upon stereotyped violence to keep the interest of the audience, and his well-made scenes between Wayne, Mitchum, Arthur Hunicutt and James Cann never lag for a moment.
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Variety
May 13, 2008 An excellent oater drama, laced with adroit comedy and action relief, and set off by strong casting, superior direction and solid production.
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Bullz-Eye.com
November 20, 2017 A nice serving of entertaining comfort cinema for dedicated fans of classic era filmmaking.
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New York Times
November 20, 2017 A tough, laconic and amusing Western that ambles across the screen as easily as the two veteran stars.
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Chicago Reader
November 20, 2017 A very funny, very moving work, graced by the cinema's cleanest, most classical style.
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New Yorker
October 21, 2013 Hawks makes a familiar plot resound strangely with a new set of sexual overtones.
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Common Sense Media
February 07, 2017 Classic Western has violence, alcoholism, stereotyping.
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