Overview:
A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boom town. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. They even find time to do some creative gold mining.| Status: | Released (1969-10-15) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 3 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $14,500,000 |
| Screen: | Alan Jay Lerner, Paddy Chayefsky |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures, Alan Jay Lerner Productions, Malpaso Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | Deutsch, English |
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Casts
- 18391: Lee Marvin - Ben Rumson
- 190: Clint Eastwood - "Pardner"
- 3830: Jean Seberg - Elizabeth Woodling
- 4093: Ray Walston - "Mad Jack" Duncan
- 3907: Harve Presnell - "Rotten Luck Willie"
- 163548: Tom Ligon - Horton Fenty
- 97659: Alan Dexter - Parson
Crews
- 31498: Paddy Chayefsky - Adaptation - Writing
- 12846: William A. Fraker - Director of Photography - Camera
- 27968: Alan Jay Lerner - Producer - Production
- 21012: Robert C. Jones - Editor - Editing
- 1125663: John Truscott - Production Design - Art
- 27968: Alan Jay Lerner - Screenplay - Writing
- 86051: Joshua Logan - Director - Directing
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Reviews
PoodleDaddy
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Paint Your Wagon is a classic musical set in the mountains of California. A Great cast and pure entertainment. Despite the generally silly plot, the movie provides fun spirited viewing. Besides who knew that Clint Eastwood could sing (well sort of).
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2hrs 40mins... 160 whole minutes... Why? What an absolute bore, and a waste, <em>'Paint Your Wagon'</em> turns into. Why did they make this so long? The plot needn't be that extended, the music doesn't carry it either. It has a few decent parts, but they are surrounded by excess f ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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This is a fine adaptation of Lerner & Loewe's tale of the escapades of two prospectors on the hunt for gold, whisky and a wife... Clint Eastwood, the slightly more sophisticated tea-totaller, is actually quite a revelation as "Pardner"; yep - he can actually hold a tune alongside the ....
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