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Paint Your Wagon

Play trailer Poster for Paint Your Wagon PG-13 Released Oct 15, 1969 2h 38m Musical Comedy Western Play Trailer Watchlist
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In this musical based on the Broadway show, Ben Rumson (Lee Marvin) happens upon a wrecked wagon containing a dead man and his surviving brother, Pardner (Clint Eastwood), in the wilds of California during the Gold Rush. At the burial, they discover gold dust and stake a claim. Soon a mining camp dubbed "No Name City" emerges, rife with lonely men starved for female companionship. When a polygamist Mormon arrives looking to sell off a wife (Jean Seberg), a bidding war commences.
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Clayton Dillard Slant Magazine Joshua Logan’s Paint Your Wagon can be viewed as one of the last gasps of a dwindling Hollywood studio system, as well as a precursor to the New Hollywood. Mar 25, 2024 Full Review Pauline Kael The New Yorker Paint Your Wagon plays it so safe that it has been directed by a man whose qualification is having directed Camelot, which was also a failure, but in the same financial class. Jul 6, 2022 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times The fact is, Paint Your Wagon doesn't inspire a review. It doesn't even inspire a put-down. It just lies there in my mind - a big, heavy lump. Rated: 2/4 Oct 23, 2004 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Flawed, to be sure, but not without its ample charms. Rated: 3/4 Apr 10, 2024 Full Review Tom Cassidy Common Sense Media Most of the songs in Paint Your Wagon are upbeat and catchy, and a sense of fun runs through it. There's also some heart. Feb 6, 2024 Full Review John Huddy Miami Herald A bawdy but funny story that is saved by the virtuoso performance of Lee J. Marvin Jun 16, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Vander A Whoever gave this movie a 48% should be taken out and shot. This movie is FAB-U-LOUS. The story, the scenery, the comedy, the music, the singing, did I mention the comedy??? A true classic. I've personally seen it at least 6 or 7 times and it just keeps getting better if only because overall modern movies continue to decline precipitously. Lee Marvin steals the show. Jean Seberg is super excellent, and oh yeah, Clint Eastwood is in it too. MUST SEE. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/19/24 Full Review Johan J Just finished watching this movie again and it's criminally underrated. Admittedly it's too long and should probably have trimmed down 20-30 minutes and some of the subplots. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/16/24 Full Review Pura V Clumsy movie with Clint Eastwood wandering around trying to do something. Lee Marvin saves the show. Maybe. Still, "Paint Your Wagon" has the best of the California gold rush years. The nasty stuff is overlooked. If you're trying to explain how Anglo culture got started in California, and if you want to know why California is different from other places, this movie is a starting place. I'm being generous with the stars. The movie is good but it's not great. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/24 Full Review stuart s I think people are disappointed in this because it's a musical and not a pure Western. However if you can live through a few songs this is a great Western. Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin aren't half bad at singing. Then there's Harve Presnell singing "The Wind they Call Maria". A true work of art. Then after that it's a great comedy. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/23/23 Full Review Davide l Refreshingly in the vein of the simplest authentic sentiment oozing and with bygone pace, wit and wisdom and sufficient irony to comment and reflect on better ways before their paving, crowding and policing. About the wild & free ever further west, the greedy and all the fiddle in the middle. Enjoy, it's musical a little, poetic and subtly comical, a lot. The end is as abrupt as the beginning, don't wait for a sign pointing to an obvious exit. No gift shop, A glimpse of raw human emotion through juxtaposed situations, all in turmoil. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/17/23 Full Review Glans V They just don't make movies like this anymore. Great characters, wonderful music and beautiful scenery. No CGI, just great cinematography. Do yourself a favor and watch this movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this musical based on the Broadway show, Ben Rumson (Lee Marvin) happens upon a wrecked wagon containing a dead man and his surviving brother, Pardner (Clint Eastwood), in the wilds of California during the Gold Rush. At the burial, they discover gold dust and stake a claim. Soon a mining camp dubbed "No Name City" emerges, rife with lonely men starved for female companionship. When a polygamist Mormon arrives looking to sell off a wife (Jean Seberg), a bidding war commences.
Director
Joshua Logan
Producer
Alan Jay Lerner
Screenwriter
Alan Jay Lerner
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Pictures, Malpaso Company
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Musical, Comedy, Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 15, 1969, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 15, 2011
Runtime
2h 38m
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