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The American Film Institute defines Western films as those "set in the American West that [embody] the spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier". [1] The term "Western", used to describe a narrative film genre, appears to have originated with a July 1912 article in Motion Picture World magazine. [13]
Until 1903, films had been one-reelers, usually lasting 10 to 12 minutes, [1] reflecting the amount of film that could be wound onto a standard reel for projection, hence the term. Edwin S. Porter was a former projectionist and exhibitor who had taken charge of motion-picture production at Thomas Edison 's company in 1901 .
10. ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ (1969) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89%. IMDb Score: 8/10. A train robbery gone wrong sets the stage for what has become not just a classic Western film, but ...
The best western and cowboy movies of all time, from Clint Eastwood, Sergio Leone, John Wayne, and John Ford, to Quintin Tarantino and the Coen brothers.
This is a two-minute silent film drama shot in Blackburn, Lancashire, England by Mitchell and Kenyon. It is the earliest known dramatic work in the genre. [5] Cripple Creek Bar-room Scene; Poker at Dawson City; These two films were produced by Edison's Black Maria and have been argued to be the first Western films. [6] A Bluff from a Tenderfoot
The film, which also stars Matt Damon and Josh Brolin, collected 10 Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor (Bridges), Best Supporting Actress (Hailee Steinfeld), and Best Director ...
Musical Western Outlaw Treasure: Oliver Drake: Johnny Carpenter, Adele Jergens: B Western Rage at Dawn: Tim Whelan: Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker, Mala Powers, J. Carrol Naish, Edgar Buchanan, Myron Healey, Howard Petrie, Ray Teal, William Forrest, Denver Pyle, Trevor Bardette, Kenneth Tobey: Traditional Western The Road to Denver: Joseph Kane
From 1952’s “High Noon” to Netflix’s “The Harder They Fall,” these 20 films are some of the best Western films and cowboy films from the past 70 years.