The Hired Hand (1971)

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  • THE HIRED HAND


    DIRECTED BY PETER FONDA
    PRODUCED BY WILLIAM HAYWARD/ FRANK MAZZOLA/ STANLEY A. WEISS
    PANDO COMPANY INC./ TARTAN FILMS
    UNIVERSAL PICTURES

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    Information from IMDb


    Plot Summary
    Harry Collings returns home to his farm after drifting with his friend, Arch.
    His wife, who had given up on him, reluctantly allows him to stay,
    and soon believes that all will be well again.
    But then Harry has to make a difficult decision regarding his loyalties and priorities.
    Written by Steve Harkins


    Full Cast
    Peter Fonda ... Harry Collings
    Warren Oates ... Arch Harris
    Verna Bloom ... Hannah Collings
    Robert Pratt ... Dan Griffen
    Severn Darden ... McVey
    Rita Rogers ... Mexican Woman
    Ann Doran ... Mrs. Sorenson
    Ted Markland ... Luke
    Owen Orr ... Mace
    Al Hopson ... Bartender
    Megan Denver ... Janey Collings
    Michael McClure ... Plummer
    Gray Johnson ... Will
    Len Marsal (as Len Marcel)
    Larry Hagman ... Sheriff (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Alan Sharp


    Original Music
    Bruce Langhorne


    Cinematography
    Vilmos Zsigmond


    Trivia
    After the success of Easy Rider, Universal Pictures hit upon the idea of letting young filmmakers
    make "semi-independent" films for low budgets in hopes of generating similar profits.
    The idea was to make five movies for low budgets ($1 million or less),
    not interfere in the filmmaking process and give the directors final cut.
    The other movies were: The Last Movie, Taking Off, Silent Running, American Graffiti.


    Jane Fonda suggested Lee Grant for the role of Hannah.


    Voted best film of the year 1971 by the magazine "Films and Filming".


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Cabezon, New Mexico, USA
    Chama, New Mexico, USA
    Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 4 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • The Hired Hand is a 1971 American western film directed by Peter Fonda,
    with a screenplay by Alan Sharp.
    The film stars Fonda, Warren Oates, and Verna Bloom.
    The cinematography was by Vilmos Zsigmond, and Bruce Langhorne provided the moody film score.
    The story is about a man returning to his abandoned wife after seven years
    of drifting from job to job throughout the southwest.
    The embittered woman will only let him stay if he agrees to move in as a hired hand.



    Upon release, the film received a mixed critical response and was a financial failure.
    In 1973, the film was shown on NBC-TV in an expanded version,
    but soon drifted into obscurity, and was not issued on home video format until 2001,
    when, following critically acclaimed showings of a fully restored version at various film festivals,
    it was released by the Sundance Channel on DVD.


    User Review

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

  • I gave this film a look a few months ago. I was left feeling like I wasted my day. The story premise is good, but the film never made it to good. Dull is more of a word I would use for it. You could tell it was made on the cheap. It goes on my "won't watch again" list, for sure.


    Mark

    "I couldn't go to sleep at night if the director didn't call 'cut'. "

  • The 70's were the "experimental era" for westerns without doubt.They were so many different styles presenting the west...and that was something fresh for the genre.


    Personally I like this one very match.Psychedelic pictures accompanied by smooth country timbres.Fonda and Oates have very good chemistry and it is difficult for me that Verna Bloom appeared only here and in ''High Plains Drifter''.She was pretty good in westerns.


    I can relax with this one...

    Break the law and he's the last man you want to see. And the last you ever will.