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The Civil War is the American Iliad, and this movie is Clint’s Aeneid, where a defeated hero flees the ruins of his Troy to found a new Rome in Texas. I think the key to this movie is in the scene early on where the guy who runs a ferry, sings Dixie going one way across a river, and the Battle Hymn of the Republic going back the other way, or the old biddy from Kansas–“I’m a Jaybird!”–who hates everyone from Missouri because they’re all cutthroats and thieves, and when the dry goods store owner tells her he understands because he’s a Hoosier, she says “I don’t think much of Hoosiers either.” Like all his films, Clint depicts an essentially…
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Clint on horseback shooting two guns at the same time is the best Clint
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The Outlaw Josey Wales is directed by Clint Eastwood, who also stars as Wales, and is adapted by Sonia Chernus & Phil Kaufman from the novel “The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales” written by Forrest Carter. Joining Eastwood in the cast are Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon & Paula Trueman. Music is by Jerry Fielding and Bruce Surtees photographs on location in Utah, Arizona & Wyoming. We are at the very end of the American Civil War and Josey Wales is a contented family man working on his Missouri farm. But his peaceful world is shattered when Union soldiers raid his home and murder his wife and child. Surviving the attack, Josey takes up arms with a group of Confederate…
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Deeply flawed in some ways, perhaps as a reflection of Eastwood’s own uncertainty over subverting his screen persona, but still ultimately a very beautiful film. Probably Eastwood’s most overtly Ford-inspired work; the film constantly nods towards Stagecoach & The Searchers, this is a film about transformation, about reconciling ones self with the cruelty of the universe. “Seems like we can’t trust the white man,” says Josey early on in the film. This line signifies both his complete disassociation with the “civilized world,” and the beginning of the birth of a new family. One of the most beautiful scenes in Eastwood is the moment where this group of outcasts at last finds the ranch house they’ve been looking for, bathed in the…
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“There ain’t no forgetting.” vs. “The war’s over.” Coming to terms with past trauma; vengeance vs. absolution. This is definitely a weird thing to say about a movie in which a cold-blooded killer strikes up a relationship with a young woman whom he saves from being raped, but I think The Outlaw Josey Wales might be the most tender revisionist western I’ve seen. If the central thesis of the revisionist western is that manifest destiny wasn’t all it was cracked up to be—that the supposedly benevolent civilizing influence saving North America from the savagery of the western frontier was itself just as savage, if not more so—The Outlaw Josey Wales takes back this undermining of traditional social values by showing…
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“The Outlaw Josey Whales” sees director Clint Eastwood cast himself as the gruff and vengeful dad for the lost boys of the West. “Josey’s” plot setup is something like a “Mad Max: Fury Road” of the frontier. A father watches his entire family murdered before his eyes, and so sets off on a solitary voyage of vengeance. In both films … it doesn’t stay solitary for long. Continuing a theme seen in “High Plains Drifter,” Eastwood casts his own machismo in service of the downtrodden and deprived. “Drifter” saw a more bitter and biting Stranger who elevated a bathhouse-worker dwarf to the position of sheriff. In “Josey,” Eastwood’s named (!) protagonist takes in: an exiled Cherokee, a trafficked Navajo, and…
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CChristopher McQuarrie 8 月 22, 2026
“I reckon so…” A Southern farmer’s wife and son are murdered and his home burned by Northern soldiers during the outbreak of the American Civil War. With nothing left to live for, he takes up arms in a doomed cause against those who took everything from him. When finally faced with the war’s inevitable conclusion, he holds out as the rest of his unit surrenders; an act that spares him from being massacred with his bushwhacking comrades. And this is where the story begins… The story behind the story begins with Phillip Kaufman (The Right Stuff, Raiders of the Lost Ark), who co-wrote the screenplay and was meant to direct. But legendary friction between director and star (involving not just…
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a cowboy conan the barbarian filtered through eastwood’s libertarian individualist ethos. fuck the system, fuck the man, you can only trust a man’s word and his pistol. typically-stellar photography by bruce surtress, dappled shadows stretching wide across every bit of the frontier. people trying to give each other life, instead of death; a lone gunfighter forging a community of misfits, finding forgiveness.
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The Outlaw Josey Wales wasn’t Eastwood’s first great movie as a director, but it was clearly a leap of ambition. It was made for the American bicentennial and loaded with Fordian images and a clear desire to serve as state of fractured nation address. It is taken by notions of death and renewal, with a strong desire for rebirth of community haunted by foundational retribution. It is in some ways New Hollywood’s Wagonmaster, but the amiable cowboys get replaced by a very standard Eastwood’s avenging ghost. It is probably worth pointing out that it is based on a novel by a hardcore southern segrationist and adapted for the screen by a Hollywood liberal, which probably accounts for the politics here…
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Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms… One of the best Westerns of all time, bar none.
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Le pauvre clebs qui se reçoit une faciale toutes les cinq minutes
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Josey Wales is a farmer in rural Missouri during the American Civil War turned outlaw vigilante after pro-Union paramilitants (referred to as “Redlegs”) burn down his farm and murder his wife and son. Despite the fact this film is written from the perspective of someone positioned against the Union during the American Civil War and by someone who ran on a far-right, staunchly segregationist ticket for governor of Alabama (Forest/Asa Carter), the film’s main themes are tolerance and closure. Wales’s…
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Well, Clint Eastwood seemed to have the time of his life in the 70s with this one. I haven’t explored enough of his films to grasp a proper opinion on his directing style yet but I can definitely say that I enjoyed this one.
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BBaxterV 8 月 20, 2026
Niet heel aandachtig gekeken, maar wel erg van genoten
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That old Indian dude was funny. I would’ve still shot him though.
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Maybe one of the best westerns I’ve ever seen
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GGrrg 8 月 20, 2026
Rosie singing in the salon really sounded like Daniel Johnston.
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dying ain’t much of a living, boy 😉 CE is so cunty
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Felt a little long, but overall was good – there are some shots in this movie that look just like paintings it’s incredible. He was an outlaw in this one.
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maybe confederate propoganda but still pretty sick revenge story. “dying aint much of a living boy”
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Josey Wales del Missouri sputa diverse volte per terra: sulla giacca di un venditore di lozione miracolosa, in testa a dei cadaveri, su di uno scorpione, per tre volte in testa ad un cane, su di uno scarafaggio. Come un battesimo, una benedizione. Il 35mm del principe delle tenebre Bruce Surtees è, poco da girarci intorno, leggendario (al pari dello Zsigmond di Hired Hand e dell’Almendros di Cockfighter) e detta i toni e il passo del film da vendetta infernale…
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It’s okay, I honestly expected something more out of it
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The Outlaw Josey Wales is more than just a western, it’s a late stage genre defining classic. It’s also a film about the effects of PTSD, about family and also about revenge. This is a blood soaked, heat drenched feast for the eyes. The photography by Bruce Surtees is gorgeous; so many picturesque scenes. Clint Eastwood once again, in front of the camera, is cool and smooth fully equipped with sharp one liners and dual pistols. He’s also just as…
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J’ai eu un peu de mal à regarder mais dans le fond c’est bien, un homme qui essaie de continuer à vivre alors qu’il a perdu tout ce qui donnait un sens à sa vie
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Spit and all your problems will disappear. Clint Eastwood, the cowboy star كلينت ايستوود انخلق لهذا النوع من الأفلام (الكاوبوي) الي لاحظته بكل افلامة هو ما يحب يكون عصابة خاصة بيه كل الأدوار و حيد و قليل الكلام وغير مهتم بالموت وما يهتم للجنس ابنة عكسه يحب يمثل بافلام الحرب يحب هاي الأدوار
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Pretty good
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Vaya pasada chaval. Locura absoluta
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AAbbey 8 月 18, 2026
“dont piss dosn my back and tell me it raining”
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mid beyond belief
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I can see it now, “Many animals were harmed during the making of this film.” As a revenge movie, the quest is too repetitive and stiff, the villains too boring to be hateable, and the fights too dull to be memorable. I wish the found family stuff got introduced earlier because those character dynamics were the absolute most interesting stuff in the film. There’s certainly a thread of anti-government individualism here that’s interesting, especially in how it’s tied to the Native American struggle. Would have like to see Josey’s relationship with the Chief be more compelling than him rambling incessantly though.
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Imagine sitting in for the grade on this film, can’t get my head around how they lit the exteriors
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Muy divertida. Un western de los 70 con una actitud casi de peli moderna, de lo que mejor ha envejecido de toda aquella tirada post-Leone. Los motivos de la guerra de secesión y la figura del forajido bala perdida de Clint Eastwood desde luego recuerdan a la trilogía del dólar, probablemente el western de Eastwood más cercano a esta primera trilogía seminal. Y aunque diría que respecto a dirección, banda sonora (un poco goofy ahh) y en general epicidad queda…
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3 types of suns in Kansas: Sunshine, Sunflowers, and Sons of butches
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Quit spittin on that poor dog
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I had already noticed how much of Once Upon a Time in the West was in Back to the Future Part III but I never realized how much visually was cribbed from this one, especially once Josey gets to the town. I wasn’t totally into the plot but I did think it picked up after he arrives in town. I noticed the cutting was really choppy and distracting. I liked the ending. Best 🪜 connection: Unforgiven
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Josey Wales’ found family speedrun
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Felt kinda long in a not good way and the sa scene felt too graphic for its own good. Apart from that im a sucker for westerns so i liked it.
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Tem muito bang bang nesse filme de bang bang. Ainda assim, um bom filme.
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Don’t like as much as the grainy spaghetti westerns, but good nonetheless
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my wish came true throughout the movie when I said “spit on me” – he did in fact spit on me. 🦂 Thanks.
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Good lord why does Wales spit on every animal he sees I feel like I watched 2 movies in one, but that’s not exactly a complaint here This makes me want a western video game where you *build up* a gang like this (so pretty much the opposite of Red Dead II)
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cute movie but he ain’t have to spit on the dog man that was just mean
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This movie takes a revenge plot to a whole new level. It fakes you out, tells you the Union are bad and barbaric, then it satisfies all your needs for a movie. It’s really REALLY good.
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ekstremt ekstremt kjedelig film. Jeg gjespa altfor mange ganger. Nesten ingenting skjer i filmen
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he do be spittin
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Dyin’ ain’t much of a livin’ boy
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Almost positive this one was playing at some point in the house I grew up in, but watching through it did not ring any bells. I honestly had to re-focus myself at some point because it was not doing it on its own, but once I did adjust and locked in, I enjoyed it quite a bit. I don’t know if it’s way up at the top of the Eastwood canon for me, but I’m glad I got it on DVD to pop on every now and again, at the very least.
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I’ve got a love/hate relationship with young Clint Eastwood
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Can he STOP spitting tobacco on the dog’s head 😡💢👊. “Don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining” was kinda funny 🤣
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Missed opportunity to scalp Terrill and spit on his brain
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Good
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I too would shoot the shit out of Northern Civil War troops if they invaded me lands
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There’s not much to say other than it’s a good western. With guns and killing. And Clint Eastwood. And a band of misfits.
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🌵 I Spit On Your Dog “Dyin’ ain’t much of a Living, Boy.” Kaum eine Diele, ein Insekt oder ein Spucknapf ist vor seiner zähflüssigen, Kautaback-trächtigen Ladung sicher, Aussagen zufolge soll er 60 Männer mit nur 12 Schuss erledigt haben und gemeinsam mit einer wild zusammengewürfelten Truppe Außenseiter quer über die Steppen des amerikanischen Outbacks gallopieren. Sein Name? Josey Wales. Sein Kopfgeld? Astronomisch hoch! Besteht die Chance, ihn dingfest zu machen? Nicht in diesem Leben! Yeah, well, I always heard…
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Earliest of Eastwoods directorial work that I’ve seen. As far as his self directed westerns go Unforgiven is still my favorite but damn this is great! A lighting opener that sets the film in motion and barely lets up. Calculated, quiet and cold like your usual Eastwood leading role. Just works for me. Drinking game – take a shot everytime Josey Wales spits chew on a person or animal
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Good western, with Clint Eastwood never disappointing as the main character. The world building was great. I felt the movie lacked overall emotion other than the beginning of the film, as I sometimes forgot what Josie was really fighting for.
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A pure piece of old Hollywood wish fulfilment in the clothes of a New Hollywood revisionist western. More like episodes from a tv show than a movie to be honest, and feels pretty close to a Tarantino parody in places. But there are some fun lines, and Clint is a real movie star all right. Very old-school attitudes to the Confederacy and Mexicans. Oddly progressive when it comes to Native Americans.
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Steeped in Lost Cause shit but beyond that feels thematically and emotionally empty. The Union is the only group in this film (outside of the Comanche) that has any substantial beliefs beyond “Just let me live,” and yet everyone outside Wales’ posse is some scoundrel that just wants to steal and kill. The film doesn’t want to engage with the Confederacy at all, so all you’re left with is that sort of vague unsatisfactory libertarian line. Wales’ is barely a…
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The Outlaw Josey Wales is Eastwood at, or at least near, his best, both as an actor and director. I thought that this would be a pretty straightforward revenge tale after that brutal opening sequence, but instead, Clint portrays his titular gunslinger as a man who just wants to be alone after losing everything. Yes, we still get the gunfights and blood, but that’s not really the focus of this movie. Instead, we see Wales escaping deadly situations, picking up stragglers…
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“I guess we all died a little in that damn war”
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The Outlaw Josey Wales was a great revenge western. It was very fast paced at the beginning and got right in the nitty gritty of things. I really got into it once it settled down a bit though and Wales really started his journey coming across all the different characters many of which were very interesting. I really liked Chief Dan George’s character here, he was great in Little Big Man as well, it’s a shame he didn’t appear in…
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It’s 2005. Blud at Rockstar after watching this movie: ‘I’ve got an idea…’
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I western con Clint Eastwood hanno quasi sempre una marcia in più, se poi sono diretti da lui, tanto meglio.
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Western perfection
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Clint Eastwood is on the revenge trail as the aftermath of the Civil War tears his life apart. Following that revenge thread through, it becomes a story of finding some sense of family or belonging again. Classic Eastwood anti-hero, with some stunning cinematography, and just a great Western.
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Épica…
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I reckon Clint Eastwood’s wielding guns…
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I’m in love with this movie. I’m in love with Clint in this movie. I’m in love with how Clint directed this movie. I’m in love with how good his hair looks in this movie. I want to watch it again right now. 4K is socks-blown-off good. MMC August 2026 – Westerns! – Watch the highest rated Western from TSPDT that you haven’t yet seen.
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One of the best physical media transfers
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Best Eastwood.
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Lige loping out of that tall grass has always chilled me to the marrow. True primal fear, a figure from of a nightmare.
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It had me for so long. The unmatched cool of Eastwood, the varied series of unique and loveable characters, the building of a found family that you actually care for, then it shot itself in the head and flopped around for half an hour That last third was agony. One too many scenes of them running into trouble, getting out of trouble, and running into trouble again. None of the scenes connected to the one before or after. It should…
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“Sometimes trouble just follows a man…” A Clint Eastwood Western with a sublime natural beauty in the harshest of landscapes. Josey Wales isn’t a hero or a villain, he’s just a man who wants a simple life, to escape the endless violence that automatically appears in this western world. Some of the coolest gunfire with Josey Wales’ twin colts. Eastwood’s direction is simply incredible as always. Godly cinematography – which I didn’t expect. Josey Wales: Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?
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A state’s right to what? I’ve had erections lasting longer than the Confederacy. The cinematography is great and it was nice to see Clint Eastwood show a tender side, but a sympathetic protagonist who began his career as an outlaw because he fought with Confederate guerrillas is Lost Cause horseshit. 🇺🇸
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Suggested drinking game for this film: Take one hit of your favorite hooch every time that Josey Wales spits on a person and take two hits of your favorite hooch every time that Wales spits on the dog.
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‘Dying ain’t much of a living’ ‘I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas: sunshine, sunflowers, and sons of bitches’ The longer this goes, the worse it gets. Both overlong and rushed, with nearly every scene in the last act not given enough time to breathe. Eastwood’s revenge story is gradually abandoned in favor of him collecting settlers and Native Americans into one big happy family, making (a wow, that came out of nowhere!) peace with the…
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MMorgan 8 月 12, 2026
Less a tale of vengeance and more an odyssey. The story of a man who wants to disappear and escape the past. So structurally off-beat, and not what you may expect. One of Eastwood’s best, no doubt. A rich work. Love the way it looks, the way it’s shot. That final scene still astounds me.
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That dog got spit on a lot
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“Dying ain’t much of a living, boy.” Bro is literally just aura farming the whole movie. I love when men get their revenge and heal from trauma.
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Was beginning to question why I liked this film so much, but that final act is near perfect. Clint Eastwood should have stuck to aura farming in his movies instead of being racist.
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Wow! Exceptional. Chief Dan George is so damn good in this. The screenplay is the best kind of sour candy. Dense and rich with character, front to back. First time watch! / 4K Blu Ray
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that poor native american woman got beat up more than josey wales 😭 so did the dog he spat on it every time it was in shot interesting choice to portray the confederates in a fairly generous light (and in turn the unionists as villainous). i understand that to make a more personal and reflective story it’s best to make the confederates motivations in turn more personal and family orientated, but it seems a bit disingenuous to omit slavery entirely when, let’s be honest, that’s what they were fighting over great directing and acting by clint eastwood, definitely up there as one of his best
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One Clint Eastwood’s all-time best entries to the Western genre, what makes this film so special and poignant is that it has plenty of real heart and humor to go along with all the expected promised action and violence. While Missouri farmer Josey Wales loses his wife and child to some brutal marauding Union soldiers, he fortunately attracts a motley assortment of lovely and endearing oddballs and misfits who wind up becoming a ragtag surrogate family for Wales who replace…
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My memory is failing me a bit, but the movie can’t have been that bad.
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This film is absolutely amazing, and honestly, it’s the most underrated film I’ve ever seen. At first, I thought Eastwood or Wells’ character was calm, unlike his other films, but as I finished the movie, I realized I was wrong. This film is filled with indescribable emotions.
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A lot of talk about aspect ratios these days, with THE ODYSSEY’s overwhelming IMAX presentation intended to expand beyond the viewer’s field of vision, but also in a literal sense a narrower or squarer frame (1.43:1). To what extent that necessitates compromises in order to work in other formats is a question for another day, but I was struck watching this how the wide-wide screen Panavision (2.39:1) creates such sharply delineated space for blocking and for things to appear from…
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Someday I’ll read Asa “Forrest” Carter’s original story of this; despite the Lost Cause mythology clearly ingrained deep in the story, Eastwood manages to make this much more about an angry, grief-stricken man finally accepting family and society again….while shooting as many people as possible.
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I’ve always heard quite a bit about Josey Wales over the years yet i’ve never actually seen it despite seeing a bunch of other Eastwoods classics over the years. But i’ve gotta say it really is a great film. It manages to both have some pretty dark moments while also having some great comedy and even heartfelt scenes across the film that worked well for the film,the opening when Eastwoods family is murdered and we see him burying them and…
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El principio es un poco atropellado, pero el resto de la película es bastante buena.
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Clint Eastwood’s acting is great. But as usual, with films that he has directed, the film is long. “Bloated” may be a better adjective. Definitely worth a watch. *The music was terrible.
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“Dyin’ ain’t much of a living, boy.” A mythical quest where the prize is peace, freedom and loving community with your fellow survivors.
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Only Joesy Wales can spit out tobacco like that! Now this is an absolutely iconic Western, and I loved it so much. Instead of Clint Eastwood’s usual man with no name approach, this guy has a name, and the title of the film tells you. Despite the fact this scrapes a little over two hours, it has the lushness of a three hour epic. Of course there’s that one infamous scene which was given a PG for some baffling reason.…
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Öööm… keräilen ajatuksia… Joo nno tää oli ihan hyvä. Tykkäsin siis. Tietenkin vähän ikävä olla confederate jätkän puolella mut sentään ne teki selväks et se ei taistellu orjuuden puolesta. Tää oli mun mielestä vähän risti riitanen siinä kuinka tää yritti olla sellanen tyylikäs yhdes kohtauksessa ja sit toisessa ei. Ne red footit tai mitä nyt olikaan oli kyl vähä dumb bombadilei. Onhan se kanssa aina kiva nähdä amerikan alkuperäis kansat edustettuna kunnolla. (Searchers böääääh)
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This, I believe is the first collaboration with sondra Locke. Did they do 6 or 7 together? Anyway it ended in tears. The movie is class. Clint directs this and what you get is a good movie. Clint is a classy director. He been in some crap films, but when he gets it right you get the outlaw Jose’s wales. Love it You gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie.
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A person is a contradiction. Stack them together, things get complicated. Hold each one together with the other—bind them. Is the result truth? Bind them. This is law. Here is government, a sought after sublation. Or meet eye to eye. “I bring life and death”. We deal in the seasons: You and I. This is ritual. Here we let the contradictions play out. Eastwood is content to put himself on show. This is infinitely refreshing. But it sounds strange. He…
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Bought the 4k blu ray disc on a blind buy. Great reviews and a great revenge western with Eastwood. Well, I don’t know what really happened. I mean I kind of do but I wasn’t a fan. His family dies. That sucks. It’s by the union. That sucks. He fought for the confederacy. That sucks. I think I watched a confederate man take vengeance on the union. lol but he was friends with Indians so it’s cool. I guess. Then…
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Clint Eastwood’s saliva glands worked so hard they deserve acting credits on this movie
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Really great western with a heartfelt story. The supporting cast is really fun and all put in good performances. Love the conversations between Josey and the kid early on in the film, later on he collects a bigger group of followers that are all very colorful, great stuff between Josey and his Indian friend, granny, and Laura especially. Really good action throughout but the best scene is the peace treaty between Josey and the Comanche, great conversation between the two…
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One of the more reactionary entries in Clint’s canon, similar to Dirty Harry in how it manifests the ugliest parts of the American consciousness. It’s based on a novel written by a KKK leader posing as a Native American, and while his real identity had not been uncovered at the time Malpaso adapted his work, it doesn’t take much sleuthing to notice the story’s Confederate propaganda. The movie begins with bad omens—hoof-thunder and black smoke—and then moves into cycles of…
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Ending is a bit shady in my head cause I had too much rhum. But it’s still very solid. Looks amazing, the slow process of redemption is greatly tackled and the action is solid. Plus it’s often quite funny. Not as memorable as Unforgiven but a strong movie anyway.
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Erm what a masterpiece. I don’t know much about the American Civil war so discovering through this film the “Redlegs” and “Bushwhackers” was fascinating. Through my own ignorance I thought it was just “confederate” vs “Yankee.” That in combination with his Josey’s extended cast mainly his Native American friend “Lone Waite” is incredible in his role. The film just feels so ahead of its time talking about the west and the many factions. Everyone is incredible in this film. Lastly this new 4K transfer makes the film look incredible. This might be the best looking film of the 70’s I’ve seen in 4K in recent memory.
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This is one of the best scripts that Eastwood ever directed and one of the great revenge films. Making the hero a very flawed, ex-Confederate soldier is an interesting choice (let’s ignore the controversial author of the novel this script is based on). The anti-government sentiment is strong. I hadn’t seen this since I was young, so I only remembered pieces of it. I didn’t appreciate Wales constantly spitting on the dog (if you grew up around people chewing tobacco you already have nightmares about spittoons and spit cups). The 4K disc looks great. 4/5
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Still one of my favourite Eastwood westerns, along with High Plains Drifter & Unforgiven. Chief Dan George steals the show.
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Clint has listed this as one of his personal favorite directorial works & I can see why, but what I find odd is it’s based in Missouri, is the South really claiming Missouri? I would’ve never guessed, but either way, this film looks a little more polished than a traditional western & I loved the storyline. It’s also interesting to me to see how nice they treated the Natives which is usually the opposite in other films. The scenes with Chief Dan George were very cool, & John Vernon’s character gave me Paul Dano vibes.
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Some really timeless filmmaking at work here. Clint Eastwood takes what he learned from his time acting in Italy with the hammy quotable hero swag and over the top violence but adds in a brutal post classical story about america screwing over its people following the civil war. I heard there’s three kinds of suns in kansas: sunshine, sunflowers and sons of bitches
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First watch in 4k. Amazing transfer so well done. Atmos track especially the music is so good. I was chatting with my manager this week about our favorite directors. Both of us had Clint Eastwood on our list. So today when I had some free time just had to put on one of his best. This is Eastwood’s best western. Hands down. The 4k disc brings it to even bigger heights.
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«Джоси Уэйлс (1976) человек вне закона» – художественный фильм в жанре вестерн. Снят Клинтом Иствудом, который также сыграл в нём главную роль. В основу сценария фильма легла книга Форреста Картера «Ушедшие в Техас». Опять же можно бесконечно болтать за экранизацию фильмов. Я не дочитывал книгу Картера, но уже понял, что фильм намного слабее. Изначально я его оценил очень даже высоко, но перед этим не читал книгу. Я разочарован в фильме как никогда если честно. ★ ★/★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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95/100
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B
“He’ll have to run now, and hell is running with him.” “Personally, I don’t think much of Hoosiers neither.” An allegory about Vietnam War vets, disguised as a Civil War Western. Another really just ANGRY 1976 film. The opening is absolutely brutal and hard to stomach. Clint is so perfect in this. There are weird, unexpected bits of humor in this film, between just the sheer vengeance and blood lust. The “found family” Josey discovers along his quest is really, really great and so well plotted out. Movie Ladder Suggestion: The Searchers
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To say that praise of the Confederacy is subtext in The Outlaw Josie Wales is like saying praise for the KKK is subtext in Birth of the Nation. But I still really liked this film. See, for me, the point of this film isn’t in glorifying the exploits of the South and even praising their actions (particularly in comparison to the weak and effete Northerners in this film). The point of the film lies in Josie Wales’s slow growth into…
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Pretty fantastic. Loved the sweeping landscapes, the moody lighting, and the clear homage paid to Leone throughout the movie. Immediately among my favorite westerns.
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AAdam 8 月 7, 2026
~ Do you really think you can shoot ALL those men down before they shoot you? No, no Mr. Josey Wales. There is such a thing in this country called JUSTICE. ~ Well, Mr. Carpetbagger, we got something in this territory, called a Missoura boat-ride. While I personally love his first film as a director the most (High Plains Drifter), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) , really does feel like less an homage to Leone, and more like Clint finally finding his voice as a director. This feels like a thematic trilogy, with Pale Rider (1985) and Unforgiven (1992).
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Eastwood at his finest. Modern films won’t touch a story of this moral complexity without burying it in historical anachronisms and modern sensibilities. Uncompromising in its portrayal of characters who act out of necessity, revenge, justice, and the need for companionship and common purpose…even with those who once fought on the side of their enemies…and maybe still do.
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I hate being an anti-joy wokescold (just kidding, it’s so much fun) but the popularity of Confederate heroes in Westerns has always irked me. The Outlaw Josey Wales doesn’t explicitly take up the cause of the CSA, but it does feature a bad-ass Rebel gunfighter who heroically refuses to bend the knee to Uncle Sam and a comically evil group of Jayhawkers terrorizing the countryside. Thankfully, beyond this Southern fried premise, Eastwood’s film is more concerned with the effect of…
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perhaps one of the most problematic depictions of a found family ever
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BBryce 8 月 2, 2026
Loose and messy. But still a decent watch.
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A beloved film to an old best friend. While this is a long one for what it portrays, the first hour is emotionally powerful and has nice commentary on the fractured relationship between the soldiers of North and South.
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T
Mélancolique chevauchée retorse à travers un pays en mal de cicatrisation, lancinante ballade d’une après-guerre au goût de cendres.
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Clint Eastwood’s “The Outlaw Josey Wales” is a strange and daring Western that brings together two of the genre’s usually incompatible story lines. On the one hand, it’s about a loner, a man of action and few words, who turns his back on civilization and lights out for the Indian nations. On the other hand, it’s about a group of people heading West who meet along the trail and cast their destinies together. What happens next is supposed to be…
- Synopsis
- After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Writer
- Philip Kaufman, Sonia Chernus
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Malpaso Productions
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English, Spanish, Navajo, Navaho
- Year
- 1976
- Runtime
- 135 mins
- USA26 Jun 1976
- Canada30 Jun 1976
- USA14 Jul 1976
- UK07 Aug 1976
- Ireland10 Sep 1976
- Denmark13 Sep 1976
- France30 Sep 1976
- Greece04 Nov 1976
- Germany05 Nov 1976
- South Korea29 May 1977
- Netherlands13 Jun 2001
- Netherlands21 Jun 2002
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