Hannan Brian
Hannan Brian - The Gunslingers Of '69 Western Movies Greatest Year - Paperback
Hannan Brian - The Gunslingers Of '69 Western Movies Greatest Year - Paperback
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Description: In 1969 - - the counter - cultural moment when Easy Rider triggered a "youthquake" in audience interests - - Westerns proved more dominant than ever at the box office and at the Oscars. It was a year of masterpieces - - The Wild Bunch Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Once Upon a Time in the West and True Grit. Robert Redford achieved star status. Old - timers like John Wayne Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum appeared in two Westerns apiece. Raquel Welch took on the mantle of Queen of the West. Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin tried their hand at a musical (Paint Your Wagon). New directors like George Roy Hill reinvigorated the genre while veteran Sam Peckinpah at last found popular approval. Themes included women's rights social anxieties about violence and changing attitudes of and towards African - Americans and Native Americans. All of the 40 - plus Westerns released in the U. S. in 1969 are covered in depth offering a new perspective on the genre.
Title: The Gunslingers Of '69 Western Movies Greatest Year
Author(s): Hannan Brian
Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc
Barcode: 9781476679358
Pages: 235 Pages, 80 Photographs
Publication Date: 10/20/2019
Category: Film: Styles & Genres
Description: In 1969 - - the counter - cultural moment when Easy Rider triggered a "youthquake" in audience interests - - Westerns proved more dominant than ever at the box office and at the Oscars. It was a year of masterpieces - - The Wild Bunch Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Once Upon a Time in the West and True Grit. Robert Redford achieved star status. Old - timers like John Wayne Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum appeared in two Westerns apiece. Raquel Welch took on the mantle of Queen of the West. Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin tried their hand at a musical (Paint Your Wagon). New directors like George Roy Hill reinvigorated the genre while veteran Sam Peckinpah at last found popular approval. Themes included women's rights social anxieties about violence and changing attitudes of and towards African - Americans and Native Americans. All of the 40 - plus Westerns released in the U. S. in 1969 are covered in depth offering a new perspective on the genre.
Title: The Gunslingers Of '69 Western Movies Greatest Year
Author(s): Hannan Brian
Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc
Barcode: 9781476679358
Pages: 235 Pages, 80 Photographs
Publication Date: 10/20/2019
Category: Film: Styles & Genres
