Movie Details
| Title: | Lonely are the Brave | |
| Director: | David Miller | |
| Year: | 1962 | |
| Genre: | Drama | |
| Times Seen: | 1 | |
| Last Seen: | 12.09.07 |
Other Movies Seen By This Director (0)
| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 12.09.07 | Alamo Ritz | This Screening is part of event: Butt-Numb-A-Thon 9 fake title: Rambo Trailers: -Blind Fury -Rambo 3 -Stop or My Mom Will Shoot The movie: Harry said that this is the movie Sly cribbed from when he made the original Rambo. I can kind of see that. Kirk Douglas plays a cowboy who gets himself put in jail to help bust his friend out who then becomes the subject of a manhunt by sheriff Walter Matthau (who's quirk is to chew gum just like Charley Varrick), crazy prison guard George Kennedy and truck driver Carroll O'Connor. Again, it's deliberately paced and rather sedate but I liked it a lot. Probably my favorite full movie of the fest this year. Everybody's good in it and I liked following Douglas on his escape route, especially since he's having trouble with his horse. There's a few tense scenes having to do with the horse making it up rough terrain that are pretty intense. And having the ending telescoped so early on gave the whole thing a fatalistic noir undertone. Good stuff to be sure. |
