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Return Of The Magnificent Seven

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Return Of The Magnificent Seven
Return Of The Magnificent Seven (1966)

IMDB rating: 5.30

Plot: When a bandit leader wants to build a church in memory of his dead sons, he raids three Mexican villages and kidnaps all the men for labour. One of these men is Chico, formerly of the original Magnificent Seven. His wife Petra immediately sets out to look for Chris and Vin, the other surviving members of the Seven. Chris recruits four others (a playboy, an avenger, a highwayman and an orphan) to reform the Seven, once again defending farmers from their oppressors.

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Directors: Kennedy Burt

Actors: Brynner Yul,Fuller Robert,Mateos Julian,Oates Warren,Akins Claude,Rey Fernando,Fernandez Emilio,Teixeira Virgilio,Acosta Rodolfo,Christopher Jordan,Casaravilla Carlos,Palacios Ricardo,Western,

anyone know what this is saying ??
Emitting rays of light from tufts of hair on his head and between his eyebrows, the Buddha illuminated countless worlds to the East, and also the one beyond them where the Buddha Wisdom Kin of the Pure Flower Constellation and the bodhisattva Wonderful Voice lived. This bodhisattva, who already had many great accomplishments, including attaining millions of different kinds of concentrations, when illumined by Shakyamuni Buddha expressed to the Buddha of his land his desire to go to the saha-world to pay tribute to Shakyamuni Buddha and visit various bodhisattvas. The Buddha there warned him that even though the saha-world is not smooth or clean and its Buddha and bodhisattvas are short, he should not disparage or make little of that world or think that its Buddha and bodhisattvas are inferior.
Then, through the power of his meditation, Wonderful Voice made eighty-four thousand gold and silver lotus flowers and other valuables appear not far from where Shakyamuni Buddha was sitting on Sacred Eagle Peak. Seeing them, Manjushri asked Shakyamuni Buddha what they signified. When the Buddha explained that the flowers meant that Wonderful Voice Bodhisattva was coming to visit, Manjuushri wanted to know what Wonderful Voice had done to gain such great powers and wanted to see him. And the Buddha said that Many Treasures Buddha would summon him.
Summoned by Many Treasures Buddha to come to see Manjushri, this extremely tall and handsome Wonderful Voice Bochisattva, accompanied by eighty thousand other bodhisattvas, came to the saha-world on a flying platform of the seven valuable materials, passing through all the worlds to the East, where the grounds quaked in the six ways, flowers rained down from the heavens, drums sounded in the heavens, etc. arriving at Sacred Eagle Peak, he descended from the platform, approached Shakyamumi Buddha, worshipped at his feet, presented him with a magnificent necklace, delivered various greetings and felicitations from the Buddha Wisdom King of the Pure Flower Constellation, and expressed the desire to see Many Treasures Buddha. Many Treasures, in turn, praised him for coming. Then the bodhisattva Flower Virtue wanted to know what Wonderful Voice had done to merit such great powers.
Shakyamuni Buddha explained that once upon a time there was a Buddha named King of the Sound of Thunder in the Clouds in whose realm the Bodhisattva Wonderful Voice lived. Because he offered many kinds of beautiful music and jeweled bowls to the Buddha King of the Sound of Thunder in the Clouds, he was reborn in the land of the Buddha Widsom King of the Pure Flower Constellation and was able to obtain great, divine powers. This bodhisattva is none other than the present bodhisattva Wonderful Voice. In previous lives he had taken many different forms

The Shootist

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

The Shootist
The Shootist (1976)

IMDB rating: 7.70

Plot: John Bernard Books, a gunfighter approaching his 58th birthday, finds that he has rectal cancer and two months to live. He takes a room with Bond Rogers and her son, Gillom, to wait until death comes. Of course, his very presence starts off events in the town. The Marshal comes, prepared to die in a shootout, Gillom tries to idolize him, Bond first is disgusted and then pities him. Then, realizing that he will die in great pain, he comes up with an idea to go out with a bang.

Directors: Siegel Don

Actors: Wayne John,Howard Ron,Stewart James,Boone Richard,O’Brian Hugh,McKinney Bill,Morgan Harry,Carradine John,Lenz Rick,Crothers Scatman,Palmer Gregg,Dennis Alfred,Winslow Dick,Drama,Western,

Which John Wayne movie is better: True Grit, The Shootist, or Hondo?


I like the old man’s spunk in True Grit as it preludes to his Rooster Cogburn Character.
True grit for me.

Pitybluesboy | Nov 19, 2009


true grit,
Teresa | Nov 19, 2009


The Shootist probably works best as a film…but I’m not sure many people watch JW films for their artistic integrity…
someguy | Nov 19, 2009


he got the oscar for best actor in true grit (his only oscar) and the shootist (with james stewart ,ron howard and Loren becall )was his last movie .
Monty S | Nov 19, 2009


True Grit, John Wayne ROCKS on….!!
remoserjr107 | Nov 19, 2009

High Plains Drifter - DivX Version (Normal Quality), iPod/iPhone Version

Friday, November 20th, 2009

High Plains DrifterHigh Plains Drifter (1973)

IMDB rating: 7.50

Plot: A mysterious gunfighter without a name rides across the desert landscape and arrives in the mining town beside the sea “Lago” to stay for the night. After gunning down three desperado’s who tried to kill him, the town hires the gunfighter to help defend the town from three murderous outlaws, Stacey Bridges, Bill Borders and Cole Carlin who have been released from jail after they brutally whipped to death the town’s local lawman Marshal Jim Duncan who is in his grave with a unmarked gravestone, the three outlaws set out to return to “Lago” to get their vengeance. Can the mysterious gunfighter without a name stop the three outlaws?

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Directors: Eastwood Clint

Actors: Eastwood Clint,Ryan Mitch,Ging Jack,Gierasch Stefan,Hartley Ted,Curtis Billy,Lewis Geoffrey,Walker Scott,Barnes Walter,Brinegar Paul,Bull Richard,Donner Robert,Hillerman John,Western,Drama,Thriller,

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Was the character of Roland in Stephen King's Dark Tower Series based off of Clint Eastwood characters?
There are several parts of the Dark Tower series that remind me of various Clint Eastwood films. For example, in The Gunslinger, Roland enters the old West-like town of Tull as a mysterious lone gunman, attracting women and frightening men - and he leaves with a climactic shootout. This part of the book reminds me of High Plains Drifter completely. I can’t imagine that movies like the Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Fistful of Dollars didn’t have something to do with King’s creation of Roland. What do you think? Has anybody else drawn that parallel between those two?


King drew on a lot of sources for the Dark Tower series, and I’m sure the iconic Man With No Name was one of them.
The idea of the series itself stems from a medieval legend about a young knight named Roland, or Rowland, on a quest to save his sister, who has been abducted by the king of Elfland and is kept a prisoner in the Dark Tower.
The legend is as much about Roland’s journey as it is about the rescue. The poet Robert Browning wrote a longish version of the legend in the 1860’s, which also provided King with several of the more nightmarish aspects of his own version.
Despite its sources, King created a landscape and characters all his own for his take on the quest saga—Roland’s history, ultimate aims and character are in many ways vastly different from the Eastwood persona—but his use of the gunslinger image gives the readers a great handle on visualizing Roland and his actions.

Palmerpath | May 24, 2009


The Gunslinger. <}:-})

The Dark Tower series.
1. The Gunslinger
2. Drawing of the Three
3. The wastelands
4. Wizard and Glass
5. Wolves of Calla
6. Song of susannah
7. The Dark Tower.
One great story in seven novels.
many have over 800 pages and are
divided into two volumes.
Read The Gunslinger first or you will be lost.
These should take you the rest of the summer. <}:-})
Private &lt;}:-}) | May 24, 2009


The Gunslinger is claimed by King to be based on the Dollars trilogy by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood.
I'm Not A Penguin | May 25, 2009