Paint Your Wagon [VHS]

Good story line and songs were great. Never know Clint Eastwood could sing.

husbands favorite movie

My parents took us in pajamas to the drive in when I was a kid and boy were they surprised!! Not exactly a childrens movie! I have loved it ever since!

He watched this, laughed & sang with the songs (although he has seen it many times before)! He smiled through the entire movie! He is a big fan of this movie! It just made me happy to make him happy!

I have developed the custom for July 4 of attending the local Independence Day parade and then writing an Amazon review appropriate to the holiday. This year I decided to watch and review the 1969 film of the musical "Paint Your Wagon". I have never seen it and have always loved the song, "They Call the Wind Maria". I have also been reading or watching some historic American westerns, including A.B.Guthrie's book, "The Big Sky" and the film of "Shane". I thought "Paint Your Wagon" might fit with my interest in Westerns and have an Independence Day theme about the nature of American freedom. Released in 1969, "Paint Your Wagon" came slightly after the heyday of genre Westerns of the 1950s and early 1960s and near the end of the era of large, lavish musicals.Directed by Joshua Logan, "Paint Your Wagon" stars Lee Marvin as Ben Rumson, Clint Eastwood as "Pardner", and Jean Seberg as Eliizabeth. The film is set during the California Gold Rush with most of the action taking place in a rough mining community and in the journey West. Ben Rumson, an aging wandering prospector befriends a young severely injured man on the trail who becomes his "Pardner". The two men become fast friends with all their differences in character. The plot turns on women and sex starved lonely men who travel West. Ben has the luck of purchasing the beautiful Elizabeth for a wife. But she and Pardner also develop feelings for each other. Rather than fight it out, the three enter into a highly modernistic three-way relationship. In the meanwhile, several prostitutes are kidnapped to service the men of the town which soon develops into a paradise of gambling and illicit sex. Civilization and settlement make their inevitable way.This film was a good choice for a rainy Independence Day afternoon. While it is primarily a comedy, the movie captures the wanderlust and independent spirit that continue as part of the American dream. In this regard, Lee Marvin singing his song "I was born under a wandering star" is one of the highlights of the film. There was an openness and rawness about sex in the film that I didn't expect and that seemed to capture some of the profane independence of the Wild West pioneer spirit. The film also shows the tension between the near lawless character of the Old West and the coming more sedate settlement in the form of businesses, government, and churches.All told, I still most enjoyed the character Rotten Luck Willie's (Harve Presnell) performance of "They Call the Wind Maria" relatively early in the film. I didn't know the context of the song in the show. It appears as a serious moment in the comedy which captures the loneliness and sense of loss of many of the pioneers who headed West."Paint Your Wagon" received negative reviews when it was released; and, although it drew large audiences, it failed to recover its huge production cost. The film is indeed long and slow. Even so, I was glad for the opportunity to see the film and hear the music at long last and to think about Independence Day while watching. I am also glad that over 1100 people have taken the opportunity to review this film here on Amazon., The movie remains alive.Robin Friedman

A western musical for the entire family. Good story line and beautiful scenery

Was On SaleUsed A Amazon Xmas Gift Card That I ReceivedAND IT'SCLINT EASTWOODWHAT ELSE IS THERE TO SAY ?

I have no memory of when I saw this musical originally, but I was 12 when it came out. Parents had the soundtrack album (on vinyl! I am that old!) because that's the kind of family we were: LOTS of movie soundtracks! And we kids, especially this kid, would play those vinyl records over, and over, and over.... My poor mother!Clint Eastwood was hot, but no singer. Jean Seberg was beautiful, and only slightly better as a singer. Lee Marvin was a great actor, but he was the first person to say he was no singer. He said he used his gold record for a "beer mat". Harve Presnell, on the other hand, had a great voice! The songs were great; the scenery was lovely. The movie left the viewer wanting all the characters to have the best possible futures; you really cared for them.So if you like musicals with good actors, great songs, marginal voices (except for Presnell), you will like this movie musical. Hubby and I certainly did.

What's not to like? So, Lee Marvin isn't Pavarotti, but Kojak spoke his way through his top ten hit, and Rex Harrison did exactly the same through Broadway, the West End and then the Film of My Fair Lady and I don't remember anyone complaining. The songs are memorable and catchy, there is humour threaded all the way through the story, and Clint is at his most attractive [even when wearing a folksy knitted waistcoat [who else could carry that off?]......When we sit in the lounge with our DVD in the player, the curtains closed and the nibbles on the coffee table we just want to be entertained....and Paint Your Wagon entertains in shovel fulls. Enjoy!

One Of The Last Great Movie Musicals From The Late 1960s Paint Your Wagon Builds On The Tradition Of Blockbuster Musicals The Sound Of Music And My Fair Lady. Set in The Californian Gold Rush Paint Your Wagon sees superstars Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood Teaming up Together for Their one and only starring Together movie. Eastwood simply known Throughout The movie as Pardner'' Teams up with no nonsense Ben Rumson superbly played by The Great Lee Marvin as The pair set out on Their path To fame and fortune During California's Troubled Gold rush. of course This movie musical is more famous for a song That as long since out grown The movie in stardom Terms Marvin's rendition of Wand'rin Star clearly one of The many highlights featured in This movie. Though let's not forget Clint Eastwood lending his vocals To The lush evergreen song I Talk To The Trees. This musical is just bursting at The seams with outstanding songs my own personal favourite from The score being They Call The Wind Maria. Co starring Jean Seberg as The movies female lead who pulls off a couple of Great musical numbers herself Paint Your Wagon is Truly one of The last Great musicals To come out off Hollywood's Golden era. The movie here is presented in its original widescreen version while The Disc's front Dust jacket indicates That This is a foreign release The movie plays up fine with really no adjustments needed in English. while extras indicate The movies Trailer is included surprisingly I have yet To come across This. However This is really a minor omission The movie is presented here in all it's original Glory. if you have Never seen This movie all I can say you are in for a Treat. for This review it couldn't possible be any less Than five stars.

What can you say? - with both Clint and Lee 'singing' it's a classic in every respect plus the end effects with the ground collapsing is quite spectacular as while I have never seen this film in it's entirety before - times it came up on TV with all the adverts I usually got bored half way through and gave up - so this was quite something.

The last time I saw this was in the cinema, when it came out in 1969. I had the LP (long-playing record for the not so oldies!) which my much younger brother remembers me playing nonstop. This is a quite humorous film and, if you enjoyed it before, is well worth watching again. The only fly in the ointment is Ray Walston's appalling attempt at a Scottish accent which, unfortunately, we hear quite often. Forget Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin is the best thing about this film and his 'rainwater gurgling down a rusty pipe' rendition of Wandrin' Star the best song.

It's a feel-good movie it has great sing-along songs and as Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin are not great singers by any means ita great to see them stretch themselves in their roles. Harve Presnell is also excellent as the casino operator and as it's a light-hearted film it would leave a smile on your face after watching it.