El Dorado (1967)

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    Hi Keith


    I figured the changeover had something to do with it as I cannot imagine you making a goof like that. Incidentally I've been reading through many of the film threads and I have noticed that you have added a lot to them since the changeover, its all very impressive.


    Well done and thanks.


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    Regards
    Robbie

    Great movie, but I think it just edges out Rio Bravo. Just didn't care for Angie Dickinson's acting in that one, but I did notice her at the end of the movie in that little outfit.:stunned:

    Stay thirsty my friends.

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    Great movie, but I think it just edges out Rio Bravo. Just didn't care for Angie Dickinson's acting in that one, but I did notice her at the end of the movie in that little outfit.:stunned:


    One picture is worth ten pages of script!:laugh:
    Cheers - Jay:beer:

    Cheers - Jay:beer:
    "Not hardly!!!"

    Always enjoyed this movie. The only scene I wish they had redone was James Caan impersonating a Chinese man. Get real it would have needed to be a real dark night or very stupid guard. I think they could have thought of something better than that.


    Other wise very good movie Michele Carey was much better looking than Angie Dickinson.



    Mike


    I actually enjoyed that scene and still do, it would be classified as very un PC nowadays but I thought the imitation was just fine to arouse enough suspicion with the guard, remember he wasn't fooled but confused.


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    Regards
    Robbie

    I just finished watching El Dorado and noticed a couple of things. I read all of the posts to see if anybody else noticed. When I read the first posts that described some of the goofs I had to laugh because I had noticed most of them, too.

    When Duke is in the church shooting the bad guys, I noticed when the camera was aimed up through the bell tower I could see a bright blue sky instead of a night sky.

    Also, and this is really more of an opinion, but, as beautiful as Duke's Appaloosa was, it seemed small under him compared to what I am accustomed to seeing him ride. And a few times he seemed to be unsteady under it, possibly because it was too small for all that man.... I had a horse that looked exactly like that, a mare named Misty.

    I really liked this movie....

    Cindy

    Well, what more can I say except this was a truly fine western of the old school with great chemistry between Wayne and Mitchum. I've sometimes thought the Duke needed a stronger co-star like Mitchum or Kirk Douglas in his later movies. This was the first John Wayne western I saw, one Christmas just after my grandfather had lent me a video cassette of The Longest Day - this was before we went DVD of course! If there are any flaws, I suppose Charlene Holt was a little weak, they needed a better actress like Angie Dickinson. Obviously the scene where James Caan impersonates a Chinese man would never be allowed today, though it was pretty funny! Overall this is my favourite Duke movie, not his best but his most entertaining IMO.

    9/10.