I guess we all died a little in that damned war", before riding off. Terrill (Bill McKinney). [telling Capt. Maybe you'd like somethin' else. Poster and mural and painting of Papa-Lo and Josey all over the community. The Outlaw Josey Wales - English Transcript | Readable Jerry Fielding was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Music, Original score category. The Outlaw Josey Wales rights held by Warner Bros. DOA: DAMES OR manASS. Hollywood films thrive on life-changing scenes, and there's nothing more life-altering than, well, death. Sweepers (1998): 365. 0:50. The leader of the redlegs, and the man that killed the outlaw's family, turns tail and runs. It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. I've got to tell you something. I reckon so. Showdown In Little Tokyo (1991): 27, Watch his most iconic kill (from 1990's I Come in Peace), Alien: "I come in peace. Nah, I guess not. Josey Wales: Ten Bears: Grandma Sarah: A war is a horrible thing, but it's also a unifier of countries Man becomes his most creative during war. Jamie: Part Deux, 1993) Body Count 103, 3 John Preston (Equilibrium, 2002) Body Count 118, 2 Smith (Shoot Em Up, 2007) Body Count 141, 1 Ogami Itto (Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell, 1974) Body count 150. The outlaw tracks him into town and ends up stabbing him with his own sabre. 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. You pull his teeth, he's harmless as a heel hound. You would not make peace with the Bluecoats. Upon release in August 1976, The Outlaw Josey Wales was widely acclaimed by critics, many of whom saw Eastwood's role as an iconic one, relating it with much of America's ancestral past and the destiny of the nation after the American Civil War. This page is not available in other languages. The Rock (1996): 3, Watch the most iconic kill (from Con Air), Cameron Poe: "Put the bunny back in the box. Terrill is the scoundrel who directed the Red Legs in the killing of Joseys wife and son. Dangerous thing, peace. 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." Peace make you stupid. I've got nothing better to do. Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) is a Southerner whose entire family were killed by a sadistic Union officer. You said regular Federal authorities would be handling this! Yeah, well, I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas: sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches. 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. Wales and Jamie, the only other survivor, find themselves fleeing from soldiers and bounty hunters intent on capturing them. Or to live with you. Josey Wales: Kelly's Heroes (1970): 16 5. Josey collaborates with Doctor Love, Louis Johnson, and Mr. Clark, yet in front of the Americans he pretends to be unintelligent and hides his ability to speak Spanish. Josey Wales: That's a fact. The Comancheros' murder and robbery is certainly bad, but it's their attempted rape of Laura Lee that really puts them over the line. [spits tobacco juice on the dog's forehead]. "Jack Caine: "And you go in pieces, asshole. Along the way, while racking up a prodigious body count, Wales meets a group of people whom he reluctantly allows to join him. Heat is one of those popular movies with something to satisfy nearly everyone, although in different ways. "[20] The film received a Metacritic rating of 69 based on 9 reviews. Lige: Leaves dead men wherever he goes.. Well, that one in the center, he had a flap holster and he was in no itchin' hurry. [Fletcher notices Terrell standing with Lane] 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 . Josey Wales : That's true. -Graham S. The timeline below shows where the character Josey Wales appears in, giving him a gun on his 12th birthday and nicknaming him Bam-Bam. Another man called, cocaine was the only way he could bring himself to have sex in prison, but. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life or death. organize a truce and organized peace marches through the church. In one memorable scene, Wales shoots and splits a ferry boat rope. When he tries to intervene he is slashed in the face with a saber by Captn. Benny! In the book, Carter wrote the Union soldiers as simply accepting the surrender as agreed. 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. If it's anything Shawshank Redemption, Seinfeld, or Kevin Bacon game related he's way more interested. He teams up with a wounded young Confederate soldier and nurses him while they play "hide and seek" with the "Red Legs." Where Eagles Dare (1968): 732. [10] On the other hand, Kaufman was less happy with the novel's political stance; he felt that it had been "written by a crude fascist" and that "the man's hatred of government was insane". Matt Gomes -, We've updated our Garand Thumb post to include vid, *Competitive Shooter of the Week* Today, the living icon is recognized for his work behind the camera, but back in the mid-70s, he was mainly known for his rugged good looks and his no-nonsense demeanor in most of his roles. Yep, first the silver run out, then the people run out, then the whiskey run out, then the beer run out. You get those holes a-leakin', I'm gonna whomp you with a knotted plow line. Josey Wales: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Discussion, Everything Everywhere All at Once Discussion. The Union massacre of surrendering guerrillas, for instance, was an invention of the film. Braddock (Missing in Action, 1984) Body Count 59, 17 Luke (Bullet in the Head, 1990) Body Count 60, 16 Blade (Blade I, 1998) Body Count 65, 15 Riddick (Chronicles of Riddick, 2004) Body Count 67, 14 Ah Jong (The Killer, 1989) Body Count 69, 13 Rambo (Rambo III, 1988) Body Count 72, 12 Leftenant Schaffer (Where Eagles Dare, 1968) Body Count 73, 11 The Bride (Kill Bill: Vol.1, 2003) Body Count 76, T-9 Tequila (Hard Boiled, 1992) Body Count 77, 9 Blade (Blade II, 2002) Body Count 77, 8 Ken (A Better Tomorrow II, 1987) Body Count 78, 7 John Matrix (Commando, 1985) Body Count 87, 6 Rambo (Rambo, 2008) Body Count 87, 5 Tetsuo (Akira, 1988) Body Count 96, 4 Topper Harley (Hot Shots! There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see and so there is iron in your words of life. Fletcher? No offense meant. Body Count Breakdown; Commando Was A Chance For Arnold Schwarzenegger To Out-Stallone Sylvester Stallone | Fishstream TV on Commando (1985) Killcount And Body Count Breakdown; THE AOBG UPDATE: JUNE 2010 - AOBG on AMB: FIRST BLOOD (1982) kain424 on AOBG . Thanks for reading! 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. He typically wears a gray cowboy slouch hat and a shortened trench coat. The way the content is organized. Crazy Credits We dressed ourselves up like Abraham Lincoln. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) Kill Count - YouTube Terrell why they need to go in a different direction than Wales' true course. Good times bad for somebody. How 'bout the one on the right? Josie Wales: Fletcher was in with them. was an American gunfighter and former Confederate bushwhacker from Missouri who, during and after the American Civil War, became infamous for his vendetta against Captain Bill Terrill 's Unionist Redlegs and for his refusal to surrender to the Union even after the fall of the Confederacy. Rambo III (1988): 723. Anyone gets hit, sing out. The movie starts with a gang of Missouri bushwhackers fighting a guerrilla war for the Confederacy circa 1865. 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. Every man me know in the music biz a lick coke. Jamie: The review of this Movie prepared by Brandon Swenson. 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. 7:57. [21], As for Josey Wales, I saw the parallels to the modern day at that time. Grandma Sarah: Fresh, that little gal will bring ten, maybe twelve horses. Lone Watie: - They're coming after us. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966): 11. He bears a scar across his right cheek, caused by a saber slash. Ten Bears: They were decently treated. [18] The film was pre-screened at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities in Idaho in a six-day conference entitled Western Movies: Myths and Images. [throughout movie] The original printing of the book was less than one hundred copies, but one of those copies happened to be sent to Eastwood. 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. And I'm saying that men can live together without butchering one another. Carpetbagger: Josey Wales: Josey Wales: Eraser (1996): 29, Watch his most iconic kill (from Commando), Matrix: "Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last? Eventually, he gets far enough away from his grief to stop killing so many people. We only got to see the Secretary of the Interior, and he said: "Boy! Now we must busy ourselves winning the peace. I rode with him and I got no complaints. Principal Chief John Ross (who had always been opposed to removal, and led the "National" faction that opposed the New Echota faction and murdered some of its leaders) paid lip service to the Confederates at first, then emphatically threw his weight behind the Union as soon as he could without fear of reprisal. 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. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life or death. The mountain men who try to rape Moonlight are portrayed as particularly vile. But in the end they pull together. 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. Jamie, having been wounded during the ambush, dies shortly thereafter. He kills the gunner and loader in one of the gun carts using his two Colt Walker 1847s. I reckon not. Rounding out the cast of Josey Wales guns are a few who make brief screen appearances: A strange and daring Western! Roger Ebert, Thats how Roger Ebert, the late film critic, described The Outlaw Josey Wales when it first came out. he congratulated us and gave us medals for looking so civilized. Marauders, in league with the Union Army, called "Red Legs" attack his farm house and murder his family in the process. Josey Wales Character Analysis in A Brief History of Seven Killings Lone Watie: "He's crazy. A Fistful of Dollars (1964): 18 4. Bordering, Born James Butler Hickok, everyone remembers him as Wild Bill. Many consider him the first famous gunfighter of. [12] Principal photography began on October 6 in Lake Powell and nearby Paria, Utah. to kill all the bushwhackers that had just surrendered to them and turned their own guns in. When he corners him, Wales dry fires his four pistols through all the empty chambers before holstering them. A man's got to do something for a living these days. In him own way, you could call him a classy brother. You boys sure look civilized.!" I used to have power. Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms. The southern soldiers are honorable and just. Simply because Josey had no way of knowing the names of the Union soldiers he shot. Eastwood himself claims its every bit as good as his Oscar-winning masterpiece, Unforgiven. Of Scottish and Welsh descent, Wales is a farmer in the early days of the Civil War, living and working on his Missouri farm with his young son and wife while trying to stay out of the conflict. And so will we. The production was marred by several challenges, starting with the initial director . 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. My students love how organized the handouts are and enjoy tracking the themes as a class., Requesting a new guide requires a free LitCharts account. Granny Hawkins: Yeah true Clint shot a lot of people, but it just goes to show you that even body count doesn't always tell the whole story about a person. In April 1978, Mr. Clark then described the supposed epidemic of late-term abortions in East Germany. I wonder where she ever got that idea. 1:42. They said a man could get rich on reward money if he could kill you. Marauders, in league with the Union Army, called "Red Legs" attack his farm house and murder his family in the process. The bear lives here, the wolf, the antelope, the Comanche. It took more than a few viewings for me to notice any connection whatsoever.Granny then goes on to say that her son "died a proud member of Senator Jim Lane's Redlegsfighting for the just cause!" It's the fastest way to stop the blood. When the war is over, Josey refuses to surrender. [Josey and Jamie are waiting for the Redlegs to cross the river] You know, we're sure gonna show them redskins somethin' tomorrow. Wales is portrayed in the 1976 western film The Outlaw Josey Wales by actor and director Clint Eastwood. Hookers and blow them call it, my youth. 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. Fletcher: And Fletcher, there's an old saying: To the victors belong the spoils. Seems like you was looking to gain some money here. I came here like this so you'll know my word of death is true, and my word of life is then true. . [Josey has walked into the saloon in Santa Rio] Daniel Squ, Brass-cased ammo generally outpaces steel in every, *Competitive Shooter of the Week* [6] He also felt that that element of the script needed to be severely toned down, but, he later said, "Clint didn't, and it was his film". Josey Wales (singer) (born 1956), Jamaican dancehall deejay Josey Wales (character), fictional character created by author Asa Earl Carter (credited as Forrest Carter), appearing in: The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales, the 1972 American Western novel in which the character first appeared (republished in 1975 as Gone to Texas); The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales, a 1976 . [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. PDF downloads of all 1725 LitCharts literature guides, and of every new one we publish. With Kaufman's planning already in place, the team was able to finish making the film efficiently. But I don't think that Josey's look had anything to do with the possibility of him personally killing Tom Turner. Gun experts, however, have pointed out a flaw in the guns depicted here. ", 5 most bloodthirsty films1. Along the way, and despite his aversion to traveling with company, Wales accumulates a diverse group of companions. Josey, a farmer, joins then a bunch of guerilla soldiers fighting the North, hoping to find those who have destroyed his life. Well, he's not exactly *alone*. 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. Where was The Outlaw Josey Wales filmed? - giggster.com When Abe and Lige find Josey and the kid, Lige kicks the wounded (and apparently fevered) kid to shut him up. They say you killed your own men. Where'd you ever get an idea like that? He carries two guns holstered on his belt, another tucked inside his gunbelt, and a smaller one inside his coat. Josey, however, refuses . The Senator faces no repercussions for having the bushwhackers slaughtered after promising amnesty. Later, the same rifle pops out of several windows behind Josie when his friends back him up during a showdown with the Red Legs. Josey Wales: Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie? Total Recall (1990): 443. Confederate sympathy in Outlaw Josey Wales : r/movies - Reddit After burying his family, a grieving Wales takes his old revolver to practice his shooting while nursing a desire for revenge. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985): 514. Josey Wales Guns - Firearms of the Famed Western He's the worst enemy those men have got! The Outlaw Josey Wales: 553. He is clearly torn between avoiding more trouble by leaving and helping them defend themselves when trouble arises.The fact that they helped defend Josey from Redlegs and his raiders is a delicious twist of irony.