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Genre | Western, Drama Classic |
Format | Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Dolby, Subtitled, Anamorphic |
Contributor | Eli Wallach, Highroad Prods., Inc.; Open Road Films, Ltd., Ted Cassidy, Carl Foreman, Omar Sharif, Julie Newmar, Keenan Wynn, Lee Cobb, Telly Savalas, Anthony Quayle, Raymond Massey, Edward Robinson, Burgess Meredith, J. Lee Thompson, Camilla Sparv, Dimitri Tiomkin, Gregory Peck See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 2 hours and 8 minutes |
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Gregory Peck and Omar Sharif battle to find a legendary cache of gold in this spectacular Wild West adventure. In the Arizona Territory of the 1870s, Marshal Sam MacKenna (Peck) is the only living person who knows the tortuous route to the fabulous "Canon Del Oro". During his journey, MacKenna is captured by Colorado (Sharif), a brutal Mexican bandit who has long sought his death. But if MacKenna is to lead the cutthroat gang to the lost treasure, Colorado must keep him alive. En route, MacKenna and the outlaw band are joined by renegade soldiers, vengeful indians, cold-blooded killers and "gentlemen from town." As they near the golden canyon, all but MacKenna are swept by a sudden fever - the naked greed for gold. MACKENNA'S GOLD is one of the most exciting Westerns ever made.
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Attempting to do for Westerns what his Guns of Navarone had done for World War II action epics, director J. Lee Thompson crafted Mackenna's Gold as a lavish, absurdly ambitious variation on Erich Von Stroheim's Greed, resulting in a last-gasp Western so eager to encompass the genre's traditions that it turns into a big, silly, wildly entertaining mess. Gregory Peck surely had more serious intentions when he signed on, and he brings prestigious gravitas to his glum role as Marshall Mackenna, who gets shanghaied into searching for the gold-filled canyon of an elusive Apache legend. The rest of the 1969 film labors to undermine Peck's respectable demeanor; how else to explain Omar Sharif as a Mexican villain, Julie Newmar as a hot-blooded Apache temptress (with underwater nude scenes that were celebrated in Playboy magazine), and a jaw-dropping finale that's so ridiculous it's impressive in spite of itself?
Formerly blacklisted screenwriter Carl Foreman and composer Dimitri Tiomkin joined up to coproduce the film, and one can only imagine how Anthony Mann or Howard Hawks might've handled Foreman's sensible script. Thompson goes for scenic splendor, heavy action, and heavier emotions, casting everything at a fever pitch that's wildly enjoyable without betraying his "serious" intentions. A stable of Hollywood veterans (Eli Wallach, Raymond Massey, Edward G. Robinson, and others) appear in lively supporting roles--they're all dispatched in a garish Apache ambush--and Camilla Sparv is an ingénue with plenty of fighting attitude. Gold fever reaches its peak, along with some awesome special effects, and divine intervention reaches new heights of intensity. Top it off with José Feliciano's theme song, and you'll be in zany Western heaven. --Jeff Shannon
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 ounces
- Item model number : 2226005
- Director : J. Lee Thompson
- Media Format : Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Dolby, Subtitled, Anamorphic
- Run time : 2 hours and 8 minutes
- Release date : July 11, 2000
- Actors : Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Julie Newmar, Camilla Sparv
- Dubbed: : French
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, Chinese
- Producers : Dimitri Tiomkin, Carl Foreman
- Language : Unqualified, English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B00004TJJU
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #18,259 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #333 in Westerns (Movies & TV)
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They played this movie repeatedly when I was a kid and I love it so much that I wanted to have an extra copy. Oh sure, it's hokey and you can tell some scenes are fake . But c'mon, consider it was made in the late 60's before all the new technology and CGI. The western scenery is FANTASTIC and this movie should really be seen in widescreen to fully apprectiate it.
For me, one of the best things about this movie is the opening theme song, "Old Turkey Buzzard" by Jose Feliciano. It is a FANTASTIC western theme song and highly addictive! At least to me. I hope I've helped anyone who might be searching as I was for the WIDESCREEN version.
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C'est un western de Légende !
1. The legend of "Lost Adams Diggings".
The scenario for this film was adapted from the novel "MacKenna's Gold", written in 1963 by Heck Allen, a writer and scenarist specialised in Far West stories. This book, describing the search for a cursed treasure in the Wild West, was itself inspired by the legend of "Lost Adams Diggings", which spread in New Mexico in the beginning of XXth century and caused even a mini-gold fever (no gold was ever found).
According to this legend in 1862 a US cavalry patrol found an exausted and half-mad man, a certain Adams, wandering in the desert. Adams claimed that he was the only survivor of a party of miners who found a huge quantity of gold in a hidden place. However, according to him, the Apaches considered this place as a kind of holy shrine and as result killed all his companions - he survived by sheer luck. Still according to the legend, Adams led a search for this place in the 80s, once the Apache Wars ended, but was unable to find it again...
The author of the book kept Adams in the story, but placed the action in the late 1870s, when the "Apacheria" territory was still not settled and therefore it was a very dangerous place for anybody except Apache warriors... He also made Adams into a supporting character, choosing instead as main heroes a brave sheriff and a dangerous desperado. Later, for the needs of the scenario, more changes were made.
2. The film
The film begins with sheriff Sam MacKenna (Gregory Peck) travelling through New Mexico desert, near the borders of "Apacheria", under the interested eyes of numerous vultures...))) MacKenna is a non-nonsense, down to earth, honest, brave and very noble man, but he is also tough - very VERY TOUGH! He is searching for his old nemesis, an outlaw named Colorado (Omar Shariff, in one of his greatest roles ever), an extremely dangerous thief and murderer.
The character of Colorado was without the slightest doubt influenced by Tuco from "The good, the bad and the ugly", as he is also an extraverted, loud and even cheerful poorly educated guy who has excellent shooting skills and completely lacks scrupules and ethics... The one big difference is that Colorado is kind of handsome and takes as much care of his appearance as the dust of the desert allows it.
Colorado likes to travel lightly, therefore his gang is not very big - but all of those who ride with him are vicious killers. His second in command is Sanchez (Keenan Wynn), a repulsive man who laughs like a mad coyote at every possible occasion, especially when he kills somebody. Three renegade Apaches, expelled from their tribe, are also part of this deadly outfit, including Hachita, a real giant played by Ted Cassidy, an actor mostly remembered for his role of Lurch in "Addams Family" series. Last but not least, there is Hesh-Ke.
Hesh-Ke is played by the sculpturally beautiful, gorgeous actress Julie Newmar, who in the 60s was very much known for her role of Catwoman in "Batman" TV series. Her character is amongst the most interesting in all history of westerns. Hesh-Ke is not mere squaw, she carries a gun and a knife and she knows how to use them - in fact she particularly likes the knife, even if she doesn't mind strangling or drowning people too... She must have had quite a life, as she is mute, disfigured - and absolutely INSANE! However, even if she has a horrible scar on half of her face, she is still an absolutely drop dead gorgeous beauty - and her long legged, six feet tall perfect figure certainly doesn't hurt either!
It is of course unavoidable that MacKenna and Colorado and his gang will meet but because of circumstances which I will not describe here, they will not be able to get into it immediately - instead they will have to travel together for quite a long time... Quite obviously it will be a very difficult moment for everybody involved...
More interesting secondary characters will appear, including Adams himself (played by Edward G. Robinson in person) and a damsel in distress (played by Swedish actress Camilla Sparv), but I will say no more here, other than enumerating the actors who play some of them: Telly Savalas, Eli Wallach, Burgess Meredith and Anthony Quayle as well as Hollywood old timers Lee J. Cobb and Raymond Massey.
3. My impressions about the film.
This is an unusual western, with some fantastic or quasi-fantastic elements included, which made me think by moments of "Raiders of the Lost Ark"... There are also parts of this film which actually seem taken straight from a Jules Verne or Henry Rider Haggard books.
The scenario is excellent and dialogs are very good. The atmosphere of danger grows all the time, the more we approach of the cursed treasure. There are some clever twists. There is an excellent opening song. Characters are less clean and there is more naturalistic violence than in most other American westerns from the 60s as well as some nudity - the influence of the "spaghetti westerns" is clearly visible here. This film is also unusually CRUEL - so be warned!
Bottom line, this is an excellent film, a classic and an absolute must for all amateurs of westerns and of good cinema in general. Enjoy!