During the American Civil War, a farmer's wife and child are killed by Union soldiers in front of his very eyes; their simple but homely homestead burnt to cinders. Josey Wales joins a group of Confederate guerrillas in order to satisfy his sudden bloodthirsty desire for revenge. At war's end, the rest of the group capitulates and the remnants are massacred by the Union Army. Wales is declared an outlaw.
People start to gather around him, a young confederate, a disaffected and wise old Indian man and a proto-hippy and her respectable auntie. No matter how much he declares his indifference to their company, the more they gather. He spits tobacco on the dog who only barks and comes back for more. It becomes almost genteel in the middle and comes dangerously close to moralising but avoids doing so.
This movie has it all and was not even nominated! Unspoken romance, social commentary on solitariness, death, Clintisms - "You a bounty hunter?" "Man's got to do something for a living..." "Dying ain't much of a living, boy..."
An excellent cast. Fitting music.
THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES manages to be beautiful and poetic (In a 'Clint' film you probably ask?). As noted by another viewer, "it manages to be epic---truly grand, covering broad territories interior and exterior, a lot of emotion...without posturing or self-conscious bigness." Josey's peace-making with Ten Bears is truly inspirational and moral. This movie will have a profound impact on you.
People start to gather around him, a young confederate, a disaffected and wise old Indian man and a proto-hippy and her respectable auntie. No matter how much he declares his indifference to their company, the more they gather. He spits tobacco on the dog who only barks and comes back for more. It becomes almost genteel in the middle and comes dangerously close to moralising but avoids doing so.
This movie has it all and was not even nominated! Unspoken romance, social commentary on solitariness, death, Clintisms - "You a bounty hunter?" "Man's got to do something for a living..." "Dying ain't much of a living, boy..."
An excellent cast. Fitting music.
THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES manages to be beautiful and poetic (In a 'Clint' film you probably ask?). As noted by another viewer, "it manages to be epic---truly grand, covering broad territories interior and exterior, a lot of emotion...without posturing or self-conscious bigness." Josey's peace-making with Ten Bears is truly inspirational and moral. This movie will have a profound impact on you.