Unforgiven, a modern cinema classic

[dob]

Just rewatching unforgiving, eastwoods Oscar winning film. Magnificent, wonderful performances, great story.
I'll post a few clips.

[fin101]

a really good movie. they should make more spegetti westerns

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A group of prostitutes in Big Whiskey, Wyoming, led by Strawberry Alice (Frances Fisher), offer a $1,000 reward to whoever can kill Quick Mike (Mucci) and "Davey-Boy" Bunting (Campbell), two cowboys who disfigured Delilah Fitzgerald (Levine), one of their own. The local sheriff, Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman), a former gunfighter and keeper of the peace, is worried about their incentive, as he does not allow guns or criminals in his town. Little Bill had given the two men leniency, despite their crime.
Miles away in Kansas, the Schofield Kid (Woolvett), a boastful young man, visits the pig farm of William Munny (Eastwood), seeking to recruit him to kill the cowboys. In his youth, Munny was a bandit notorious as a cold-blooded murderer. Now a repentant widower raising two children, he has sworn off alcohol and killing. Though Munny initially refuses to help with the execution, his farm is failing, putting his children's future in jeopardy. Munny reconsiders a few days later and sets off to catch up with the Kid. On his way, Munny recruits Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman), another retired gunfighter, who reluctantly leaves his wife (Cardinal) to go along.
Back in Wyoming, gunfighter English Bob (Richard Harris) and his biographer, W. W. Beauchamp (Rubinek), arrive in Big Whiskey, also seeking the reward. Little Bill and his deputies disarm Bob, and Bill beats him savagely, hoping to discourage other would-be killers. The next morning he ejects Bob from town, but Beauchamp decides to stay and write about Bill. He has impressed the biographer with his tales of old gunfights and seeming knowledge of the inner workings of a gunfighter's psyche.
Munny, Logan and the Kid arrive later during a rain storm; they go to the saloon/whorehouse to discover the cowboys' location. With a bad fever after riding in the rain, Munny is sitting alone in the saloon when Little Bill and his deputies arrive to confront him. With no idea of Munny's past, Little Bill beats him and kicks him out of the saloon after finding a pistol on him. Logan and the Kid, upstairs getting "advances" on their payment from the prostitutes, escape out a back window. The three regroup at a barn outside of town, where they nurse Munny back to health.
Three days later, they ambush a group of cowboys and kill Bunting. Logan and Munny no longer have much stomach for murder. Logan decides to return home while Munny and the Kid head to the cowboys' ranch, where the Kid ambushes Quick Mike in an outhouse and kills him. After they escape, a distraught Kid confesses he had never killed anyone before. He renounces life as a gunfighter.
When Little Sue (Frederick) meets the two men to give them the reward, they learn that Logan was captured by Little Bill's men and tortured to death. He revealed the names of his two accomplices. The Kid heads back to Kansas to deliver the reward money to Munny and Logan's families. Munny drinks half a bottle of whisky and heads into town to take revenge on Bill.
That night, Logan's corpse is displayed in a coffin outside the saloon. Inside, Little Bill has assembled a posse to pursue Munny and the Kid. Munny walks in alone and kills Skinny Dubois (James), the saloon owner and pimp. After some tense dialogue, a gunfight ensues, leaving Bill wounded and several of his deputies dead. Munny orders everyone out before stopping Little Bill from reaching for his pistol. Bill curses Munny before the latter finishes him with a final gunshot. Munny threatens the townsfolk before finally leaving town, warning that he will return if Logan is not buried properly or if any prostitutes are further harmed.
A brief epilogue states that Munny was rumored to have moved to San Francisco, where he prospered in dry goods.

Clint Eastwood as William "Will" Munny
Gene Hackman as Little Bill Daggett
Morgan Freeman as Ned Logan
Richard Harris as English Bob
Jaimz Woolvett as The Schofield Kid
Saul Rubinek as W. W. Beauchamp
Frances Fisher as Strawberry Alice
Anna Levine as Delilah Fitzgerald
David Mucci as Quick Mike
Rob Campbell as Davey Bunting
Anthony James as Skinny Dubois
Tara Frederick as Little Sue
Beverley Elliott as Silky
Liisa Repo-Martell as Faith
Josie Smith as Crow Creek Kate
Shane Meier as William Munny Jr.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unforgiven

[milkman]

Great movie alright - one of the first of the modern , gritty westerns - the shootouts do pale in comparison to say 'open range' which were much more realistic however.

Still not tired of Clint's world weary stereotyped characters though i certainly was jaded by the time he got to ' get orf my lawn' of Gran Torino (way overrated,imo).

Any movie that's got Hackman (esp) , Harris and Freeman in it .....goosebumps.

[dob]

Great movie alright - one of the first of the modern , gritty westerns - the shootouts do pale in comparison to say 'open range' which were much more realistic however.

Still not tired of Clint's world weary stereotyped characters though i certainly was jaded by the time he got to ' get orf my lawn' of Gran Torino (way overrated,imo).

Any movie that's got Hackman (esp) , Harris and Freeman in it .....goosebumps.

The supporting cast were great too, strawberry Alice (wouldn't want to get on her bad side), ww beauchamp, (when he piss his pants, and the scene with little bill and English bob in the sheriffs office) and the schofield kid (what a dipshit). Eastwood had done a few stinkers in the late eighties but this film resurrected his reputation as a director.
Flags of our fathers was a truly magnificent film and sadly underrated also loved the changeling.

[NoBrain2]

havnt seen it, ill have to check it out, looks good

[richieboy]

Great film and a fantastic cast they don't make to many good western theses days.