Joe Kidd

Starring:Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud, Stella Garcia, James Wainwright, Paul Koslo, Gregory Walcott, Dick Van Patten, Lynne Marta, John Carter (IV), Pepe Hern, JoaquÃn MartÃnez, Ron Soble, Pepe Callahan, Clint Ritchie, Gil Barreto, Ed Deemer, Maria Val, Chuck Hayward
Director: John Sturges
Studio: Universal Studios
Product Type: DVD

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Clint Eastwood's stardom was supernova, thanks to Dirty Harry; John Sturges, the man behind The Magnificent Seven and a dozen other memorably leathery Westerns, was directing; and Elmore Leonard was the screenwriter. It just goes to show. Joe Kidd is a muddle and a drag, the shoddiest Eastwood vehicle since Rowdy Yates trod in his last cow flop. Kidd, first seen as a duded-up drunk sleeping one off in jail, is supposed to be a horse rancher and an expert tracker--just the fellow a rapacious land-grabber (Robert Duvall committing lazy villainy) needs to chase down the uppity Latino (John Saxon) who's trying to reclaim the grabbed land for its rightful owners. Neither the characters nor the overland pursuit makes any sense, thanks to chasms in the continuity and no direction to speak of. An absurdly arbitrary assault-by-locomotive provides the climax; as Eastwood observed, "Jesus, anything at this point--let's end it." --Richard T. Jameson

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Release Date: 2007-05-01

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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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The Essential Clint Eastwood...
Clint is the man in Joe Kidd
Rough and tumble star Western with untenable moral attitudes...
Excellent plot- not just a lot of killing
Good effort, albeit too short - and even shorter on DVD - get VHS copies while you can!

Joe Kidd
Starring: Clint Eastwood , Robert Duvall , John Saxon , Don Stroud , and Stella Garcia
Director: John Sturges
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Release Date: 1998-08-18

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Clint Eastwood's stardom was supernova, thanks to Dirty Harry; John Sturges, the man behind The Magnificent Seven and a dozen other memorably leathery Westerns, was directing; and Elmore Leonard was the screenwriter. It just goes to show. Joe Kidd is a muddle and a drag, the shoddiest Eastwood vehicle since Rowdy Yates trod in his last cow flop. Kidd, first seen as a duded-up drunk sleeping one off in jail, is supposed to be a horse rancher and an expert tracker--just the fellow a rapacious land-grabber (Robert Duvall committing lazy villainy) needs to chase down the uppity Latino (John Saxon) who's trying to reclaim the grabbed land for its rightful owners. Neither the characters nor the overland pursuit makes any sense, thanks to chasms in the continuity and no direction to speak of. An absurdly arbitrary assault-by-locomotive provides the climax; as Eastwood observed, "Jesus, anything at this point--let's end it." --Richard T. Jameson

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The Essential Clint Eastwood..........2007-06-17

1972's "Joe Kidd" pairs Clint Eastwood, then a young acting phenomenon, with veteran director of Western movies John Sturgis. The result is a serviceable action movie that never quite lives up to its potential.

Former bounty hunter-turned-rancher Joe Kidd (played by Eastwood) winds up in the middle of a turn-of-the century New Mexico range war when dispossesed Mexican peasants rebel against a judicial system that favors the Anglo land owners. Frank Harlan (played by Robert Duval) tries to hire Kidd to track down the leader of the Mexicans, one Louis Chama (played by a hugely mustachioed John Saxon). Kidd initially refuses, but changes his mind when the rebels raid his own small ranch.

Kidd rides out with Harlan's group of hired guns, an interesting collection in their own right, highlighted by actor Don Stroud with an early version of the automatic pistol. The group suspects Kidd's sympathies from the beginning, and when they take hostages against Chama's surrender, Kidd is also confined. Kidd's escape from the village with Chama's girlfriend provides a deliberately paced but worthwhile action sequence.

Kidd links up with Chama's band, only to reveal his real and very bold agenda, to take Chama in to face justice for assaulting Kidd's ranch. Chama, in a rather unrealistic standoff, agrees to go in with Kidd, and as the two men and a few followers race Harlan's gang back to the courthouse, they form a grudging respect for each other. In a second and final extended action sequence, Kidd and Chama will fight their way back into town against Harlan's collection of hired guns.

Eastwood is in his essential mode, tough, competent, and laconic. However, the storyline repeatedly develops the bends trying to keep Joe Kidd on the right side of the political conflict. Wise viewers will ignore the plot contrivances and focus on some well-done action sequences and the sun-drenched New Mexico landscapes. This is an enjoyable Eastwood movie.

Clint is the man in Joe Kidd.......2007-01-20

This is one of my favorite Eastwood movies and what Clint said is the perfect western. In typical stoic fashion Eastwood outsmarts, outshoots and out-cools the badguys at every turn. I put this one somewhere just below The Good the bad and the ugly, but higher than Eastwoods recent work like Unforgiven where he seems to have lost his moral compass and confidence.

Rough and tumble star Western with untenable moral attitudes..........2006-11-09

After "Dirty Harry," Eastwood returns to the West to work for the first time and the last with John Sturges...

With quality Westerns like "Bad Day at Black Rock," "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral," and "The Magnificent Seven", Sturges would be the right filmmaker to accelerate Eastwood's cowboy career... In the event he wasn't...

The excellent sketching of characters and the poignancy of the dilemma of the peasants which made "The Magnificent Seven" such a classic Western were deplorably absent in "Joe Kidd" and the film never escaped from the weakness of its own screenplay...

Eastwood brought some of the qualities of Leone Stranger, but lacked his style, his wit and his class...

The film is set in the small town of Sinola, New Mexico, at the turn of the century... Mexican peasants find themselves being exploited and persecuted by American landholders, most notably land baron Frank Harlan (Robert Duvall). The peasants find a charismatic leader in Luis Chama (John Saxon), who takes them before a biased judge to defend their land rights...

Upon learning the judge's nature, the Mexicans turn to violence and nearly kill the judge whose life is saved by Joe Kidd (Clint Eastwood), a prisoner jailed for drinking too much...

This action endears Kidd to Harlan, who recruits him as a tracker for the posse he has hired to annihilate the poor Mexicans who oppose him...

However, Kidd's commitment to Harlan's cause grows weaker the more he observes the landowner's methods... At one stage Harlan takes over a small Mexican town and threatens to kill all the inhabitants if Chama does not give himself up by a specified dead time... Kidd considers the action cowardly, and decides to change sides and join Chama's forces...

If you are happy to see Eastwood back in the saddle, and you want to watch him with Robert Duvall, don't miss this highly forgettable Western... I'm quite sure it will manage to hold your attention...

Excellent plot- not just a lot of killing.......2006-07-05

When a western is written by Elmore Leonard, you know it's gonna be good. Writer of such wonderfully fun films as Jackie Brown, Get Shorty and Out of Sight, this is an earlier Leonard western that today still delivers some fabulous screen moments. Clint Eastwood is in perfect western mode during this one (shot in 1972) and he's obviously having a lot of fun with the lead role of Mr Kidd.

It all begins with Joe Kidd waking up hungover in a jail cell. Once they drag him to court and he gets sentenced to ten days jail, Mexican bandits enter the court with a land dispute and Joe helps the judge to flee. The Mexicans, led by Louis Chama, declare a kind of war then abscond swiftly after the intrusion. Joe gets offered a spot on the posse tracking them down (as he is the best hired gun in town) but knocks it back to serve his ten days.

A mysterious stranger then arrives and pays Kidd's fine, expecting him to help them track down the leader of the baddies. However, Kidd again knocks them back. Then Joe finds out some of his friends have had their horses stolen and lives threatened, and he decides to join the fight to catch the bandits. Naturally what follows is your usual western fare, though done with a certain panache that is a cut above average.

Good effort, albeit too short - and even shorter on DVD - get VHS copies while you can!.......2006-05-28

Several important scenes are missing from
the DVD print! Eastwood, even drunken in
here, is fine and Duvall and Stella Garcia
are scene stealers, as well! Hawai'i Five-0
vet, Don Stroud, who has a fine website, is
solid too. Could have been 20 minutes longer
with proper character development! Train be-
ing run through Courthouse at end is classic.
John Saxon is not 100% satisfying as Mexicali
bandito, though...Three stars on either 4 or 5
star scale.

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The Essential Clint Eastwood...
Clint is the man in Joe Kidd
Rough and tumble star Western with untenable moral attitudes...
Excellent plot- not just a lot of killing
Good effort, albeit too short - and even shorter on DVD - get VHS copies while you can!

Joe Kidd [Region 2]
Starring: Clint Eastwood , Robert Duvall , John Saxon , Don Stroud , and Stella Garcia
Director: John Sturges
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The Essential Clint Eastwood..........2007-06-17

Clint is the man in Joe Kidd.......2007-01-20

Rough and tumble star Western with untenable moral attitudes..........2006-11-09

Excellent plot- not just a lot of killing.......2006-07-05

Good effort, albeit too short - and even shorter on DVD - get VHS copies while you can!.......2006-05-28

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