| Pale Rider | |
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 Pale Rider movie poster |
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| Directed by | Clint Eastwood |
| Produced by | Clint Eastwood |
| Written by | Michael Butler Dennis Shryack |
| Starring | Clint Eastwood Michael Moriarty Carrie Snodgress |
| Music by | Lennie Niehaus |
| Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
| Editing by | Joel Cox |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | 28 June 1985 |
| Running time | 116 min. Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. Michael Butler is a Musician and Podcaster from San Francisco, California, United States. Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. Michael Moriarty (born April 5 1941) is an American - Canadian Tony and Emmy -winning Actor of stage and screen Caroline "Carrie" Snodgress ( October 27, 1946 - April 1, 2004) was a Golden Globe Award -winning Academy Award Lennie Niehaus (born 11 June 1929) is an American alto Saxophonist, Arranger, and Composer on the West Coast jazz Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Pale Rider is a 1985 Western film, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Events 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. This movie has plot similarities to the classic Western Shane (1953), including a final scene that is very similar to the famous final scene of the earlier movie. Shane is a 1953 Western film made by Paramount Pictures. It was produced and directed by George Stevens from a Screenplay The year 1953 in film involved some significant events Events September 16 — The Robe debuts as There are also similarities to Eastwood's previous Man with No Name character, and his 1973 western High Plains Drifter. The Man with No Name is a Stock character in western films but the term usually applies specifically to the character (or possibly characters played by The year 1973 in film involved some significant events Events The Marx Brothers ' Zeppo Marx divorces his second High Plains Drifter is a 1973 Revisionist Western film with a hint of supernatural horror directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. The title is a reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as the rider of a pale horse is Death. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are the forces of man's destruction described in the Christian Bible in chapter six of the Book of Revelation. Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific
Pale Rider was primarily filmed in the Boulder Mountains and the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in Idaho, just north of Sun Valley in late 1984. Sawtooth National Forest is located in the US states of Idaho and Utah. The State of Idaho ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. Sun Valley is an affluent resort community in central Idaho, adjacent to the city of Ketchum in Blaine County. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The opening scenes featuring the jagged Sawtooth Mountains were shot outside of Stanley. Stanley is a city in Custer County, Idaho, United States. The population was 100 at the 2000 census.
The film also features Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Christopher Penn, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel, Doug McGrath and John Russell. Michael Moriarty (born April 5 1941) is an American - Canadian Tony and Emmy -winning Actor of stage and screen Caroline "Carrie" Snodgress ( October 27, 1946 - April 1, 2004) was a Golden Globe Award -winning Academy Award Christopher Shannon Penn ( October 10 1965 &ndash January 24 2006) was an American Film and Television Richard A Dysart (born March 30, 1929) is an American Actor, perhaps best known for his role as Leland McKenzie on the NBC Sydney Penny (born August 7 1971 in Nashville Tennessee) is an American Daytime Emmy -nominated actress best known for the roles of Julia Santos Keefer Richard Dawson Kiel (born September 13, 1939, in Detroit Michigan) is an American Actor best known for his role as the steel-toothed John Russell ( January 3, 1921 – January 19, 1991) was an American actor most noted for playing Marshal Dan Troop in the western
Pale Rider is the only Eastwood film to have clear religious overtones throughout - though several of his other films such as High Plains Drifter also make heavy use of religious ideas and imagery.
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Plot
The plot centers on the conflict between a group of simple, poor, panning miners and the most powerful man in the nearby town, Coy LaHood, the boss of a successful hydraulic mining outfit, that wants to take over their land. Placer mining (pronounced "plass-er" refers to the mining of alluvial deposits for Minerals This may be done by open-pit (also called open-cast Hydraulic mining, or hydraulicking, is a form of Mining that employs Water to dislodge rock material or move sediment The film opens with the ruffians of LaHood riding into the panner's camp, shooting things up and pulling down tents and cabins. Soon after, one of the panners heads into town for supplies, and is set upon by the same ruffians. A drifter (Clint Eastwood) rides in and defends the miner with unexpected skill wielding a hickory axe handle. Upon returning to the placers camp, the drifter compounds this surprise by revealing a minister's collar when invited to dinner, thus acquiring the name "Preacher". [1]
A classic western story line develops, leading to a final showdown in town between LaHood and Preacher.
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as "Preacher"
- Michael Moriarty as Hull Barret
- Carrie Snodgress as Sarah Wheeler
- Chris Penn as Josh LaHood (as Christopher Penn)
- Richard Dysart as Coy LaHood
- Sydney Penny as Megan Wheeler
- Richard Kiel as Club
- Doug McGrath as Spider Conway
- John Russell as Stockburn
- Charles Hallahan as McGill
- Marvin J. McIntyre as Jagou
- Fran Ryan as Ma Blankenship
- Richard Hamilton as Jed Blankenship
- Graham Paul as Ev Gossage
- Chuck Lafont as Eddie Conway (as Chuck LaFont)
Religious overtones
In an audio interview, Clint Eastwood revealed that his character Preacher "is an out and out ghost". Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. Michael Moriarty (born April 5 1941) is an American - Canadian Tony and Emmy -winning Actor of stage and screen Caroline "Carrie" Snodgress ( October 27, 1946 - April 1, 2004) was a Golden Globe Award -winning Academy Award Christopher Shannon Penn ( October 10 1965 &ndash January 24 2006) was an American Film and Television Richard A Dysart (born March 30, 1929) is an American Actor, perhaps best known for his role as Leland McKenzie on the NBC Sydney Penny (born August 7 1971 in Nashville Tennessee) is an American Daytime Emmy -nominated actress best known for the roles of Julia Santos Keefer Richard Dawson Kiel (born September 13, 1939, in Detroit Michigan) is an American Actor best known for his role as the steel-toothed Doug McGrath (born August 1939 is a Canadian actor whose most notable role was of "Peter" in the acclaimed Canadian film Goin' Down the Road. John Russell ( January 3, 1921 – January 19, 1991) was an American actor most noted for playing Marshal Dan Troop in the western Charles Hallahan ( July 29, 1943 – November 25, 1997) was an American Actor. Marvin J McIntyre, sometimes billed as Marvin McIntyre is an Actor with more than thirty years worth of screen appearances Fran Ryan ( November 29, 1916 &ndash January 15, 2000) was an American character actress featured in television and films Richard Hamilton ( December 31 1920 – December 21 2004) was an American Film, Television, Theater, and [2] The idea that the Preacher is a supernatural being is suggested early in the film when he is shown with six bullet wounds on his back—wounds that no mortal could survive. Stockburn is shot in a near-identical pattern during the final stand-off. Furthermore, the Preacher character arrives riding a pale horse at the same moment that a teenage girl—who had earlier asked help from God—reads from the Bible in Revelation of the fourth horseman of the Apocalypse, Death riding on a pale horse. The Book of Revelation, also called Revelation to John, Apocalypse of John ( pronounced, from the Ἀποκάλυψις Ἰωάννου In English Death is often given the name the " Grim Reaper " and shown as a skeletal figure carrying a large Scythe, and wearing a midnight black gown robe
When LaHood describes Preacher to Marshall Stockburn, the Marshall says the man sounds familiar, except that the man he's thinking of is already dead. Stockburn does indeed appear to recognize the Preacher in the film's climax immediately before his death.
There are several counterpoints to the idea that the Preacher is supernatural including: that the Preacher stores his sixguns in a safe-deposit box; that he possibly has sex with Sarah on the night before the big gunfight; and that his life is shown "saved" twice, once by Hull and again by LaHood thug Club.
Comparison to the movie Shane
The movie is nearly a step-by-step Shane homage. Shane is a 1953 Western film made by Paramount Pictures. It was produced and directed by George Stevens from a Screenplay A stranger (Shane/The Preacher) arrives in a town and is hosted by a local (Joe Starrett/Hull Barret), his wife (Marian/Sarah) and their child (Bob/Megan). The stranger and the local bond when they take on an "impossible task" together (undermining a root/cracking a boulder). But the local's land and his friends' is in peril by a greedy businessman (Fletcher/LaHood). The stranger fends off an initial advance and gains one of the businessman's henchmen (Chris/Club). The local's child falls for the stranger, but is rejected at first. The stranger is made to relive his past when the businessman calls for an assassin (Stark Wilson/Stockburn) and one of the local's friends is killed. The stranger handles the assassin on his own in a final duel where both assassin and businessman are killed. He then leaves, and the child runs after him and cries out tearfully "I love you".
References
- ^ Clint Eastwood.net Filmography / Pale Rider. Retrieved on 2008-02-12. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the
- ^ Clint Eastwood.net Filmography / Pale Rider. Retrieved on 2008-02-12. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the
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