High Plains Drifter
Starring:Walter Barnes, Verna Bloom, Paul Brinegar, Richard Bull, Billy Curtis, Robert Donner, Stefan Gierasch, Jack Ging, Ted Hartley, Marianna Hill, John Hillerman, Anthony James, Geoffrey Lewis, William O'Connell, John Quade, Mitch Ryan, Dan Vadis, Buddy Van Horn, Scott Walker
Studio: Universal Studios
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Clint Eastwood's second film as a director (and his first Western) is a variation on the "man with no name" theme, starring Eastwood as the drifter known only as "the Stranger." He rides into the desert town of Lagos and is quickly attacked by three gunmen. Recovering with the aid of a local dwarf (a memorable role for Billy Curtis), the Stranger is hired by the intimidated townsfolk to fend off a band of violent ex-convicts. After teaching the citizens self-defense and instructing them to paint the entire town red and rename it "Hell," the Stranger vanishes. He reappears when the marauding criminals arrive, and delivers justice and teaches the townsfolk a harsh lesson about moral obligation. Is he a figure from their past or a kind of supernatural avenger? Combining humor with action, High Plains Drifter is both a serious and tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Westerns that made Eastwood a household name. The digital video disc offers standard and widescreen formats and a remastered soundtrack. --Jeff Shannon
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Clint Eastwood Western Icon Collection (High Plains Drifter/Joe Kidd/Two Mules For Sister Sara)
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With his steely-eyed stare and one of the most commanding screen presences of all time, Clint Eastwood is a true American icon to film fans everywhere. Join him in the Clint Eastwood: Western Icon Collection in three of his most popular films: High Plains Drifter, Joe Kidd and Two Mules for Sister Sara. This powerful, must-have collection showcases Clint Eastwood in some of the toughest and most unforgettable roles of his career. High Plains Drifter When "The Stranger" (Clint Eastwood) rides into the sin-ridden town of Lago, bullets fly as he battles three ruthless gunmen in a pulse-pounding shoot-`em-up. Joe Kidd Gunslinger Joe Kidd (Clint Eastwood) is hired by a wealthy landowner (Robert Duvall) to quell a range war with Mexican revolutionaries, but he soon finds his loyalties in question when he falls for a beautiful rebel. Two Mules for Sister Sara A hard-hitting drifter (Clint Eastwood) and a unusual nun (Shirley MacLaine) set off on an action-packed adventure when they join a band of freedom fighters in their mission to capture a well-protected enemy garrison.
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Clint .......2007-05-25
Not his best westerns, but a western with Clint is still better than any other
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- High Plains Drifter
- Eastwood's first masterpiece as a director....
- Clint's Homage to Sergio Leone
- Not too bad for plagiarism
- Karma -- Clint Eastwood Style
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Starring: Walter Barnes , Verna Bloom , Paul Brinegar , Richard Bull , and Billy Curtis
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Clint Eastwood's second film as a director (and his first Western) is a variation on the "man with no name" theme, starring Eastwood as the drifter known only as "the Stranger." He rides into the desert town of Lagos and is quickly attacked by three gunmen. Recovering with the aid of a local dwarf (a memorable role for Billy Curtis), the Stranger is hired by the intimidated townsfolk to fend off a band of violent ex-convicts. After teaching the citizens self-defense and instructing them to paint the entire town red and rename it "Hell," the Stranger vanishes. He reappears when the marauding criminals arrive, and delivers justice and teaches the townsfolk a harsh lesson about moral obligation. Is he a figure from their past or a kind of supernatural avenger? Combining humor with action, High Plains Drifter is both a serious and tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Westerns that made Eastwood a household name. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
High Plains Drifter.......2007-07-03
Eastwood's eerie, magnificent "Drifter," his second effort in the director's chair, turns the final showdown cliché of the Hollywood Western on its head: Instead of confronting the killer posse alone, for money or out of brute contempt, The Stranger teaches the cowardly townsfolk how to defend themselves--then promptly disappears. And where else but in an Eastwood flick would the protagonist, for the purposes of intimidation, have a town literally painted red and renamed Hell? Such flashes of dark humor animate the story, as do The Stranger's haunting flashbacks, the austere sets, and the cast of irregulars. Enigmatic and violent, "Drifter" reworks the Man With No Name persona into a mystical folk hero, and the effect is riveting.
Eastwood's first masterpiece as a director...........2007-06-16
This is Clint Eastwood's first masterpiece as a director. This was Eastwood's 3rd film (after Play Misty for Me and Breezy), and it still remains one of his best films. Misty and Breezy are excellent films, but this one is far better than both of them. Many critics have said this is a tongue in cheek Western. I digress strongly. Yes, there are humourous elements in it, but it's a morally complex, eerie, and brilliant piece of filmmaking. Eastwood's character doesn't really have a name, but this isn't an extension of his work with Sergio Leone. It has a lot to do with revenge, karma, greed, and what small town America in the west was really like. It wasn't like the idealised, "God-fearing" folk (that cliche gets a real takedown in this film) you see in typical Hollywood westerns. The ending is downright surreal, but it works brilliantly. Even the supporting players (especially Billy Curtis) are excellent here. A decent number of Eastwood's films have some bad acting in them in the supporting roles, but here that doesn't happen. Eastwood shot this masterpiece in 24 days, and under budget too. This was Clint's first great film.
Clint's Homage to Sergio Leone.......2007-06-03
Clint Eastwood starred as the "man with no name" in many of Sergio Leone's "Spagetti Westerns." Here, Eastwood directs his own similar-type western, although, at the end of this flick, we find out that Eastwood's character really does have a name.
After Eastwood rides into the town of Lago and kills the three hired guns who were the village's protectors, he is hired by the townspeople as a replacement gunman. They hope that Eastwood will protect them from a ruthless gang that was sent to jail on trumped up charges by the townspeople. The gang members have done their time and are now coming back to get their revenge. But it turns out that Eastwood has his own reasons for wanting some revenge too.
"High Plains Drifter" ranks with the best of Leone's westerns. It is an excellent film and a classic of the genre, with a supernatural twist.
Eastwood's forgettable "Pale Rider" was a sort of remake of "High Plains Drifter." In "Pale Rider," however, the individualistic message of "High Plains Drifter" was replaced by a communitarian one.
Not too bad for plagiarism.......2007-05-24
Don't get me wrong, I like these old Eastwood westerns as much as the next guy, but this movie is almost a direct steal from a "Bonanza" eisode called "Twilight Town" that aired ten years before this movie came out. I have no respect for plagiarism no matter who stars in the movie. I did give it a few for entertainment value.
Karma -- Clint Eastwood Style.......2007-04-12
It's a movie as morally complex as the history of America itself.
Yes, the town, Lago, has blood on its hands. Yes, the townspeople have flirted with evil by having three common thugs bullwhip their sheriff to death because he would likely report their mine as located on federal lands and so endanger their ambitions for limitless wealth. Yet, the movie also appears to see the town, Lago, as worthy of redemption.
After railroading the thugs into prison, the town very conveniently proceeds to pretend that nothing ever happened: "These are God fearing people," the new sheriff earnestly tells the High Plains Drifter. However, when the thugs are released from prison, they seek to receive their back wages in the blood of the townspeople who doublecrossed them.
Only when the townspeople experience the same terror that their bullwhipped sheriff must have experienced does the High Plains Drifter reappear to save them from the thugs. Indeed, at the end of movie, when the High Plains Drifter rides away from town on horseback, a tombstone is erected with the name of the murdered sheriff.
Unlike the outlaws, the townspeople feel a very real sense of collective guilt, which the High Plains Drifter and their ordeal have reawakened. Perhaps that is the hope of America -- that we do have guilt over our past and we do not just pretend that nothing ever happened.
Average customer rating:
- High Plains Drifter
- Eastwood's first masterpiece as a director....
- Clint's Homage to Sergio Leone
- Not too bad for plagiarism
- Karma -- Clint Eastwood Style
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Release Date: 1998-02-24 |
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Clint Eastwood's second film as a director (and his first Western) is a variation on the "man with no name" theme, starring Eastwood as the drifter known only as "the Stranger." He rides into the desert town of Lagos and is quickly attacked by three gunmen. Recovering with the aid of a local dwarf (a memorable role for Billy Curtis), the Stranger is hired by the intimidated townsfolk to fend off a band of violent ex-convicts. After teaching the citizens self-defense and instructing them to paint the entire town red and rename it "Hell," the Stranger vanishes. He reappears when the marauding criminals arrive, and delivers justice and teaches the townsfolk a harsh lesson about moral obligation. Is he a figure from their past or a kind of supernatural avenger? Combining humor with action, High Plains Drifter is both a serious and tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Westerns that made Eastwood a household name. The digital video disc offers standard and widescreen formats and a remastered soundtrack. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
High Plains Drifter.......2007-07-03
Eastwood's eerie, magnificent "Drifter," his second effort in the director's chair, turns the final showdown cliché of the Hollywood Western on its head: Instead of confronting the killer posse alone, for money or out of brute contempt, The Stranger teaches the cowardly townsfolk how to defend themselves--then promptly disappears. And where else but in an Eastwood flick would the protagonist, for the purposes of intimidation, have a town literally painted red and renamed Hell? Such flashes of dark humor animate the story, as do The Stranger's haunting flashbacks, the austere sets, and the cast of irregulars. Enigmatic and violent, "Drifter" reworks the Man With No Name persona into a mystical folk hero, and the effect is riveting.
Eastwood's first masterpiece as a director...........2007-06-16
This is Clint Eastwood's first masterpiece as a director. This was Eastwood's 3rd film (after Play Misty for Me and Breezy), and it still remains one of his best films. Misty and Breezy are excellent films, but this one is far better than both of them. Many critics have said this is a tongue in cheek Western. I digress strongly. Yes, there are humourous elements in it, but it's a morally complex, eerie, and brilliant piece of filmmaking. Eastwood's character doesn't really have a name, but this isn't an extension of his work with Sergio Leone. It has a lot to do with revenge, karma, greed, and what small town America in the west was really like. It wasn't like the idealised, "God-fearing" folk (that cliche gets a real takedown in this film) you see in typical Hollywood westerns. The ending is downright surreal, but it works brilliantly. Even the supporting players (especially Billy Curtis) are excellent here. A decent number of Eastwood's films have some bad acting in them in the supporting roles, but here that doesn't happen. Eastwood shot this masterpiece in 24 days, and under budget too. This was Clint's first great film.
Clint's Homage to Sergio Leone.......2007-06-03
Clint Eastwood starred as the "man with no name" in many of Sergio Leone's "Spagetti Westerns." Here, Eastwood directs his own similar-type western, although, at the end of this flick, we find out that Eastwood's character really does have a name.
After Eastwood rides into the town of Lago and kills the three hired guns who were the village's protectors, he is hired by the townspeople as a replacement gunman. They hope that Eastwood will protect them from a ruthless gang that was sent to jail on trumped up charges by the townspeople. The gang members have done their time and are now coming back to get their revenge. But it turns out that Eastwood has his own reasons for wanting some revenge too.
"High Plains Drifter" ranks with the best of Leone's westerns. It is an excellent film and a classic of the genre, with a supernatural twist.
Eastwood's forgettable "Pale Rider" was a sort of remake of "High Plains Drifter." In "Pale Rider," however, the individualistic message of "High Plains Drifter" was replaced by a communitarian one.
Not too bad for plagiarism.......2007-05-24
Don't get me wrong, I like these old Eastwood westerns as much as the next guy, but this movie is almost a direct steal from a "Bonanza" eisode called "Twilight Town" that aired ten years before this movie came out. I have no respect for plagiarism no matter who stars in the movie. I did give it a few for entertainment value.
Karma -- Clint Eastwood Style.......2007-04-12
It's a movie as morally complex as the history of America itself.
Yes, the town, Lago, has blood on its hands. Yes, the townspeople have flirted with evil by having three common thugs bullwhip their sheriff to death because he would likely report their mine as located on federal lands and so endanger their ambitions for limitless wealth. Yet, the movie also appears to see the town, Lago, as worthy of redemption.
After railroading the thugs into prison, the town very conveniently proceeds to pretend that nothing ever happened: "These are God fearing people," the new sheriff earnestly tells the High Plains Drifter. However, when the thugs are released from prison, they seek to receive their back wages in the blood of the townspeople who doublecrossed them.
Only when the townspeople experience the same terror that their bullwhipped sheriff must have experienced does the High Plains Drifter reappear to save them from the thugs. Indeed, at the end of movie, when the High Plains Drifter rides away from town on horseback, a tombstone is erected with the name of the murdered sheriff.
Unlike the outlaws, the townspeople feel a very real sense of collective guilt, which the High Plains Drifter and their ordeal have reawakened. Perhaps that is the hope of America -- that we do have guilt over our past and we do not just pretend that nothing ever happened.
Average customer rating:
- High Plains Drifter
- Eastwood's first masterpiece as a director....
- Clint's Homage to Sergio Leone
- Not too bad for plagiarism
- Karma -- Clint Eastwood Style
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Clint Eastwood's second film as a director (and his first Western) is a variation on the "man with no name" theme, starring Eastwood as the drifter known only as "the Stranger." He rides into the desert town of Lagos and is quickly attacked by three gunmen. Recovering with the aid of a local dwarf (a memorable role for Billy Curtis), the Stranger is hired by the intimidated townsfolk to fend off a band of violent ex-convicts. After teaching the citizens self-defense and instructing them to paint the entire town red and rename it "Hell," the Stranger vanishes. He reappears when the marauding criminals arrive, and delivers justice and teaches the townsfolk a harsh lesson about moral obligation. Is he a figure from their past or a kind of supernatural avenger? Combining humor with action, High Plains Drifter is both a serious and tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Westerns that made Eastwood a household name. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
High Plains Drifter.......2007-07-03
Eastwood's eerie, magnificent "Drifter," his second effort in the director's chair, turns the final showdown cliché of the Hollywood Western on its head: Instead of confronting the killer posse alone, for money or out of brute contempt, The Stranger teaches the cowardly townsfolk how to defend themselves--then promptly disappears. And where else but in an Eastwood flick would the protagonist, for the purposes of intimidation, have a town literally painted red and renamed Hell? Such flashes of dark humor animate the story, as do The Stranger's haunting flashbacks, the austere sets, and the cast of irregulars. Enigmatic and violent, "Drifter" reworks the Man With No Name persona into a mystical folk hero, and the effect is riveting.
Eastwood's first masterpiece as a director...........2007-06-16
This is Clint Eastwood's first masterpiece as a director. This was Eastwood's 3rd film (after Play Misty for Me and Breezy), and it still remains one of his best films. Misty and Breezy are excellent films, but this one is far better than both of them. Many critics have said this is a tongue in cheek Western. I digress strongly. Yes, there are humourous elements in it, but it's a morally complex, eerie, and brilliant piece of filmmaking. Eastwood's character doesn't really have a name, but this isn't an extension of his work with Sergio Leone. It has a lot to do with revenge, karma, greed, and what small town America in the west was really like. It wasn't like the idealised, "God-fearing" folk (that cliche gets a real takedown in this film) you see in typical Hollywood westerns. The ending is downright surreal, but it works brilliantly. Even the supporting players (especially Billy Curtis) are excellent here. A decent number of Eastwood's films have some bad acting in them in the supporting roles, but here that doesn't happen. Eastwood shot this masterpiece in 24 days, and under budget too. This was Clint's first great film.
Clint's Homage to Sergio Leone.......2007-06-03
Clint Eastwood starred as the "man with no name" in many of Sergio Leone's "Spagetti Westerns." Here, Eastwood directs his own similar-type western, although, at the end of this flick, we find out that Eastwood's character really does have a name.
After Eastwood rides into the town of Lago and kills the three hired guns who were the village's protectors, he is hired by the townspeople as a replacement gunman. They hope that Eastwood will protect them from a ruthless gang that was sent to jail on trumped up charges by the townspeople. The gang members have done their time and are now coming back to get their revenge. But it turns out that Eastwood has his own reasons for wanting some revenge too.
"High Plains Drifter" ranks with the best of Leone's westerns. It is an excellent film and a classic of the genre, with a supernatural twist.
Eastwood's forgettable "Pale Rider" was a sort of remake of "High Plains Drifter." In "Pale Rider," however, the individualistic message of "High Plains Drifter" was replaced by a communitarian one.
Not too bad for plagiarism.......2007-05-24
Don't get me wrong, I like these old Eastwood westerns as much as the next guy, but this movie is almost a direct steal from a "Bonanza" eisode called "Twilight Town" that aired ten years before this movie came out. I have no respect for plagiarism no matter who stars in the movie. I did give it a few for entertainment value.
Karma -- Clint Eastwood Style.......2007-04-12
It's a movie as morally complex as the history of America itself.
Yes, the town, Lago, has blood on its hands. Yes, the townspeople have flirted with evil by having three common thugs bullwhip their sheriff to death because he would likely report their mine as located on federal lands and so endanger their ambitions for limitless wealth. Yet, the movie also appears to see the town, Lago, as worthy of redemption.
After railroading the thugs into prison, the town very conveniently proceeds to pretend that nothing ever happened: "These are God fearing people," the new sheriff earnestly tells the High Plains Drifter. However, when the thugs are released from prison, they seek to receive their back wages in the blood of the townspeople who doublecrossed them.
Only when the townspeople experience the same terror that their bullwhipped sheriff must have experienced does the High Plains Drifter reappear to save them from the thugs. Indeed, at the end of movie, when the High Plains Drifter rides away from town on horseback, a tombstone is erected with the name of the murdered sheriff.
Unlike the outlaws, the townspeople feel a very real sense of collective guilt, which the High Plains Drifter and their ordeal have reawakened. Perhaps that is the hope of America -- that we do have guilt over our past and we do not just pretend that nothing ever happened.
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Average customer rating:
- High Plains Drifter
- Eastwood's first masterpiece as a director....
- Clint's Homage to Sergio Leone
- Not too bad for plagiarism
- Karma -- Clint Eastwood Style
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- Hang 'em High
- Pale Rider
- Two Mules For Sister Sara
- The Outlaw Josey Wales
- The Man with No Name Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
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Clint Eastwood's second film as a director (and his first Western) is a variation on the "man with no name" theme, starring Eastwood as the drifter known only as "the Stranger." He rides into the desert town of Lagos and is quickly attacked by three gunmen. Recovering with the aid of a local dwarf (a memorable role for Billy Curtis), the Stranger is hired by the intimidated townsfolk to fend off a band of violent ex-convicts. After teaching the citizens self-defense and instructing them to paint the entire town red and rename it "Hell," the Stranger vanishes. He reappears when the marauding criminals arrive, and delivers justice and teaches the townsfolk a harsh lesson about moral obligation. Is he a figure from their past or a kind of supernatural avenger? Combining humor with action, High Plains Drifter is both a serious and tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Westerns that made Eastwood a household name. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
High Plains Drifter.......2007-07-03
Eastwood's eerie, magnificent "Drifter," his second effort in the director's chair, turns the final showdown cliché of the Hollywood Western on its head: Instead of confronting the killer posse alone, for money or out of brute contempt, The Stranger teaches the cowardly townsfolk how to defend themselves--then promptly disappears. And where else but in an Eastwood flick would the protagonist, for the purposes of intimidation, have a town literally painted red and renamed Hell? Such flashes of dark humor animate the story, as do The Stranger's haunting flashbacks, the austere sets, and the cast of irregulars. Enigmatic and violent, "Drifter" reworks the Man With No Name persona into a mystical folk hero, and the effect is riveting.
Eastwood's first masterpiece as a director...........2007-06-16
This is Clint Eastwood's first masterpiece as a director. This was Eastwood's 3rd film (after Play Misty for Me and Breezy), and it still remains one of his best films. Misty and Breezy are excellent films, but this one is far better than both of them. Many critics have said this is a tongue in cheek Western. I digress strongly. Yes, there are humourous elements in it, but it's a morally complex, eerie, and brilliant piece of filmmaking. Eastwood's character doesn't really have a name, but this isn't an extension of his work with Sergio Leone. It has a lot to do with revenge, karma, greed, and what small town America in the west was really like. It wasn't like the idealised, "God-fearing" folk (that cliche gets a real takedown in this film) you see in typical Hollywood westerns. The ending is downright surreal, but it works brilliantly. Even the supporting players (especially Billy Curtis) are excellent here. A decent number of Eastwood's films have some bad acting in them in the supporting roles, but here that doesn't happen. Eastwood shot this masterpiece in 24 days, and under budget too. This was Clint's first great film.
Clint's Homage to Sergio Leone.......2007-06-03
Clint Eastwood starred as the "man with no name" in many of Sergio Leone's "Spagetti Westerns." Here, Eastwood directs his own similar-type western, although, at the end of this flick, we find out that Eastwood's character really does have a name.
After Eastwood rides into the town of Lago and kills the three hired guns who were the village's protectors, he is hired by the townspeople as a replacement gunman. They hope that Eastwood will protect them from a ruthless gang that was sent to jail on trumped up charges by the townspeople. The gang members have done their time and are now coming back to get their revenge. But it turns out that Eastwood has his own reasons for wanting some revenge too.
"High Plains Drifter" ranks with the best of Leone's westerns. It is an excellent film and a classic of the genre, with a supernatural twist.
Eastwood's forgettable "Pale Rider" was a sort of remake of "High Plains Drifter." In "Pale Rider," however, the individualistic message of "High Plains Drifter" was replaced by a communitarian one.
Not too bad for plagiarism.......2007-05-24
Don't get me wrong, I like these old Eastwood westerns as much as the next guy, but this movie is almost a direct steal from a "Bonanza" eisode called "Twilight Town" that aired ten years before this movie came out. I have no respect for plagiarism no matter who stars in the movie. I did give it a few for entertainment value.
Karma -- Clint Eastwood Style.......2007-04-12
It's a movie as morally complex as the history of America itself.
Yes, the town, Lago, has blood on its hands. Yes, the townspeople have flirted with evil by having three common thugs bullwhip their sheriff to death because he would likely report their mine as located on federal lands and so endanger their ambitions for limitless wealth. Yet, the movie also appears to see the town, Lago, as worthy of redemption.
After railroading the thugs into prison, the town very conveniently proceeds to pretend that nothing ever happened: "These are God fearing people," the new sheriff earnestly tells the High Plains Drifter. However, when the thugs are released from prison, they seek to receive their back wages in the blood of the townspeople who doublecrossed them.
Only when the townspeople experience the same terror that their bullwhipped sheriff must have experienced does the High Plains Drifter reappear to save them from the thugs. Indeed, at the end of movie, when the High Plains Drifter rides away from town on horseback, a tombstone is erected with the name of the murdered sheriff.
Unlike the outlaws, the townspeople feel a very real sense of collective guilt, which the High Plains Drifter and their ordeal have reawakened. Perhaps that is the hope of America -- that we do have guilt over our past and we do not just pretend that nothing ever happened.
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Clint Eastwood's second film as a director (and his first Western) is a variation on the "man with no name" theme, starring Eastwood as the drifter known only as "the Stranger." He rides into the desert town of Lagos and is quickly attacked by three gunmen. Recovering with the aid of a local dwarf (a memorable role for Billy Curtis), the Stranger is hired by the intimidated townsfolk to fend off a band of violent ex-convicts. After teaching the citizens self-defense and instructing them to paint the entire town red and rename it "Hell," the Stranger vanishes. He reappears when the marauding criminals arrive, and delivers justice and teaches the townsfolk a harsh lesson about moral obligation. Is he a figure from their past or a kind of supernatural avenger? Combining humor with action, High Plains Drifter is both a serious and tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Westerns that made Eastwood a household name. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
High Plains Drifter.......2007-07-03
Eastwood's eerie, magnificent "Drifter," his second effort in the director's chair, turns the final showdown cliché of the Hollywood Western on its head: Instead of confronting the killer posse alone, for money or out of brute contempt, The Stranger teaches the cowardly townsfolk how to defend themselves--then promptly disappears. And where else but in an Eastwood flick would the protagonist, for the purposes of intimidation, have a town literally painted red and renamed Hell? Such flashes of dark humor animate the story, as do The Stranger's haunting flashbacks, the austere sets, and the cast of irregulars. Enigmatic and violent, "Drifter" reworks the Man With No Name persona into a mystical folk hero, and the effect is riveting.
Eastwood's first masterpiece as a director...........2007-06-16
This is Clint Eastwood's first masterpiece as a director. This was Eastwood's 3rd film (after Play Misty for Me and Breezy), and it still remains one of his best films. Misty and Breezy are excellent films, but this one is far better than both of them. Many critics have said this is a tongue in cheek Western. I digress strongly. Yes, there are humourous elements in it, but it's a morally complex, eerie, and brilliant piece of filmmaking. Eastwood's character doesn't really have a name, but this isn't an extension of his work with Sergio Leone. It has a lot to do with revenge, karma, greed, and what small town America in the west was really like. It wasn't like the idealised, "God-fearing" folk (that cliche gets a real takedown in this film) you see in typical Hollywood westerns. The ending is downright surreal, but it works brilliantly. Even the supporting players (especially Billy Curtis) are excellent here. A decent number of Eastwood's films have some bad acting in them in the supporting roles, but here that doesn't happen. Eastwood shot this masterpiece in 24 days, and under budget too. This was Clint's first great film.
Clint's Homage to Sergio Leone.......2007-06-03
Clint Eastwood starred as the "man with no name" in many of Sergio Leone's "Spagetti Westerns." Here, Eastwood directs his own similar-type western, although, at the end of this flick, we find out that Eastwood's character really does have a name.
After Eastwood rides into the town of Lago and kills the three hired guns who were the village's protectors, he is hired by the townspeople as a replacement gunman. They hope that Eastwood will protect them from a ruthless gang that was sent to jail on trumped up charges by the townspeople. The gang members have done their time and are now coming back to get their revenge. But it turns out that Eastwood has his own reasons for wanting some revenge too.
"High Plains Drifter" ranks with the best of Leone's westerns. It is an excellent film and a classic of the genre, with a supernatural twist.
Eastwood's forgettable "Pale Rider" was a sort of remake of "High Plains Drifter." In "Pale Rider," however, the individualistic message of "High Plains Drifter" was replaced by a communitarian one.
Not too bad for plagiarism.......2007-05-24
Don't get me wrong, I like these old Eastwood westerns as much as the next guy, but this movie is almost a direct steal from a "Bonanza" eisode called "Twilight Town" that aired ten years before this movie came out. I have no respect for plagiarism no matter who stars in the movie. I did give it a few for entertainment value.
Karma -- Clint Eastwood Style.......2007-04-12
It's a movie as morally complex as the history of America itself.
Yes, the town, Lago, has blood on its hands. Yes, the townspeople have flirted with evil by having three common thugs bullwhip their sheriff to death because he would likely report their mine as located on federal lands and so endanger their ambitions for limitless wealth. Yet, the movie also appears to see the town, Lago, as worthy of redemption.
After railroading the thugs into prison, the town very conveniently proceeds to pretend that nothing ever happened: "These are God fearing people," the new sheriff earnestly tells the High Plains Drifter. However, when the thugs are released from prison, they seek to receive their back wages in the blood of the townspeople who doublecrossed them.
Only when the townspeople experience the same terror that their bullwhipped sheriff must have experienced does the High Plains Drifter reappear to save them from the thugs. Indeed, at the end of movie, when the High Plains Drifter rides away from town on horseback, a tombstone is erected with the name of the murdered sheriff.
Unlike the outlaws, the townspeople feel a very real sense of collective guilt, which the High Plains Drifter and their ordeal have reawakened. Perhaps that is the hope of America -- that we do have guilt over our past and we do not just pretend that nothing ever happened.
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