Popular songs from the show included wandrin star, i talk to the trees and they call the wind maria. They even find time to do some creative gold mining. Clint eastwood in paint your wagon 1969 clint eastwood and harve presnell in paint. The two form a partnership, and ben dubs the survivor pardner. To the men of no name, it seems perfectly reasonable to shrug their. The story of a gold mining boomtown full of brawny men centres on the workandplay. Multiple accounts said the costars had an affair, and both were married at the. A new plot, by veteran writer paddy chayevsky the hospital, network, is grafted onto the songs of the old stage musical, as a dearth of womenfolk pushes gold prospectors ben rumson and pardner lee marvin and clint eastwood to polyandry, sharing wife elizabeth jean seberg in reversal of the usual state of affairs, it was the studio who insisted on location shooting, while the director. This film version bears little resemblance to the broadway musical on which it is ostensibly based.
The film was restored to its original length for its first television showing, and has. This entry was posted in blog and tagged 1969, alan jay lerner, clint eastwood, dwayne epstein, harve presnell, jean seberg, josh logan, lee marvin, lee marvin point blank, musical. It was the last film to be directed by joshua logan, and was adapted for the screen by paddy chayefsky. In the old alan jay lerner and frederick loewe version of paint your wagon, a bunch of white guys head west, start up a boomtown once they discover gold in a. You completely lose any kind of focus on the song, because youre looking at the. A million miles away behind the doorjean seberg paint your wagon 1969. Paint your wagon 1969 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from paint your wagon.
Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a california gold rush mining town. Watch paint your wagon online stream full movie directv. Paint your wagon a raucous western comedy, paint your wagon is punctuated with a classic lerner and loewe musical score, including they call the wind maria and i talk to the trees. I think paint your wagon is less, get your shit together and more, to hell with your shit. Clint eastwood, jean seberg and their affair to remember. We can see the man is tied to the bed to stop him being injured, i assume. Kentels rating of the film paint your wagon kentel a fine western musical comedy, not too subtle though the collapse of the whole city is at the end is a little bit mutch but the duet marvineastwood works perfectly well and, all in all, it is worth seeing just to. In the next shot, the bed is on the ground and the couple are lying on top of it. Directed by joshua logan based on the broadway play by alan jay lerner, paint your wagon is an odd and apparently misguided venture from conception all the way to execution. As the 1960s came to a close, seberg costarred with eastwood in the gold rushera musical, paint your wagon.
Joshua logan american director and producer britannica. The film aims to win back audiences with toughguy stars clint eastwood and lee marvin neither known for singing roles and a more adult plot about two men agreeing to. With lee marvin, clint eastwood, jean seberg, harve presnell. One can guess at one inherent problem with the picture from the very notion of starring lee marvin and clint eastwood in a musical. Many jumped on the paint your wagon smear campaign after the film proved to be not nearly as successful as other. Released june 18th, 1996, paint your wagon stars lee marvin, clint eastwood, jean seberg, harve presnell the pg movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 38 min, and received a score of out of 100. The film was adapted by paddy chayefsky from the 1951 musical paint your wagon by lerner and loewe.
Dialogue from the lerner and loewe musical filtered through screenwriter paddy chayefsky, gold claim partners clint eastwood as pardner and lee marvin as rumson, getting acquainted in paint your wagon, 1969 view the tcmdb entry for paint your wagon 1969. Joshua logan, in full joshua lockwood logan iii, born october 5, 1908, texarkana, texas, u. The initial release fell far short of regaining the millions put into the production, and most critics dipped their pens in poison to pan the picture though the film plays better than the critics would lead anyone to believe. The story centers on a miner and his daughter and follows the lives and loves of the people in a mining camp in gold rushera california. See more ideas about lee marvin, clint eastwood and jean seberg. Even so, i was glad for the opportunity to see the film and hear the music at long last and to think about independence day while watching. Not since attila the hun swept across europe leaving 500 years of. Where eagles dare is not the only eastwood epic to celebrate its 50 th anniversary next year, but i cant help thinking that paramounts legendary musical will unfortunately slip under the radar and probably pass unnoticed. In 1969, a substantially rewritten by paddy chayefsky, bigbudget film of paint your wagon starring clint eastwood and lee marvin and filmed partly near baker city. At the burial, they discover gold dust and stake a claim.
Paint your wagon was one of my first film jobs, i think of it more so than any of the other films i have worked on, i like it the most of any of the films, i had the most fun on this film like it was really happening back in the 1800s, the costumes and the way the people looked was great, the town was great just like you were back in time, i. Check out this short albeit aged film behind the scenes of paint your wagon, including rare footage of lee marvin rehearsing with costar jean seberg. Soon a mining camp dubbed no name city emerges, rife with lonely men starved for female companionship. Paint your wagon 1996 stream and watch online moviefone. Best known as the stage director who brought to broadway such classics as charleys aunt 1940, annie get your gun 1946, mister roberts 1948, south pacific 1949, and fanny 1954the. Back in the old western days it basically meant hook up your wagon, join us and come along. I have a soft spot for paint your wagon, the 1969 western musical flop that prominently features the vocal stylings of lee marvin and clint eastwood and has over the years come to exemplify. After the success of several musical films in the 1960s, most notably the sound of music, producers went looking for other projects to make, and paint your wagon made the list. The story takes place during the california gold rush. Paint your wagon is a broadway musical comedy, with book and lyrics by alan j.
At the 5th avenue theatre, a fresh look at paint your wagon. A look back at the musical western film paint your wagon in honor of. Check out this biography to know about her childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about her life. Why this film really fails is that musicals dont come off well in outdoor locations. The story of a gold mining boomtown full of brawny men centers on the workand play partnership of ben and pardner lee marvin and clint eastwood and the delicate wife they share jean seberg.
Before i wrap up and summarise this years activities on the archive, i felt compelled to write a little piece on paint your wagon 1969. Paint your wagon is the first bigbudget musical to get an m rating rather than the customary g. Paint your wagon is a 1969 western musical film starring lee marvin, clint eastwood, and jean seberg. If that general concept strikes you as somewhat odd, youre in the precise mindset to encounter 1969s paint your wagon. The movie paint your wagon was an awkward attempt to update the plot of an old stage musical by alan jay lerner and frederick loewe, with new songs by andre previn and lerner. When a wagon crashes into a ravine, prospector ben rumson lee marvin rescues the surviving occupant clint eastwood.
Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Homer simpson may have been traumatized by the sight and sound of lee and clint carrying a tune and in marvins case, proudly walking away with an honesttogod gold record, but paint your wagon director joshua logan testified that the actors image remained untarnished. It was mostly used by the wagon masters of wagon trains in hoping to get enough wagons to cover both the cost of the trip from st, luis, mo. Paint your wagon movie site location 2012 lee marvin, clint eastwood and jean seberg by easternoregon1. This movie version bears little resemblance to the broadway musical on which it was based. Made in the 1960s this musical set in the wild west was an attempt to hark back to the the golden age of the hollywood musical.
The former does absolutely nothing to try to disguise the fact that his. If i wasnt completely mistaken also the lady changes her outfit, since the embroidery is missing when they float along. Inebriated rumson lee marvin wins the bidding for a spare mormon wife jean seberg, and pardner clint eastwood and buddies at the gold mining camp help him through the wedding, in joshua logans paint your wagon, 1969. See more ideas about clint eastwood, lee marvin and western movies. When the tunnels start collapsing, all manner of buildings come crashing down. After the success of several musical movies in the 1960s, most notably the sound of music 1965, producers went looking for other projects to make, and paint your wagon made the list. Paint your wagon and come along sung in german the song is sung to a montage of people throwing over their old lives and chasing off after the gold. A description of tropes appearing in paint your wagon. Watch paint your wagon add to watchlist this film, set in the wild and wooly days of the gold rush in california, combines both the western and musical genres, based. It is set in a mining camp in gold rush era california. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boom town.
Paint your wagon was one of my first film jobs, i think of it more so than any of the other films i have worked on, i liked it the most of any of the films, i had the most fun on this film, like it was really happening back in the 1800s, the costumes and the way the people looked was great, the town was great just like you were back in time. Any hidden meaning in the movie title paint your wagon. This somewhat obscure 1969 movie musical was based on the broadway musical of the same name by lerner. A michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the california gold country. In this musical based on the broadway show, ben rumson lee marvin happens upon a wrecked wagon containing a dead man and his surviving brother, pardner clint eastwood, in the wilds of california during the gold rush. Flago clint eastwood paint your wagon full movie,1969 musical hell paint your wagon, paint your wagon, paint your wagon 1969, paint your wagon 1969. Paint your wagon original motion picture soundtrack. The original plot, about an interethnic love story, was discarded as being too dated. This is presumably because of the french chippies and the occasional hell and damn, and especially because the plot involves a threeway marriage between among.
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