mikey and nicky is a 1976 american film written and directed by elaine may and starring peter falk and john cassavetes .

the supporting cast features ned beatty and noted acting teacher sanford meisner .

mikey and nicky

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john cassavetes and peter falk star in “mikey and nicky , ” a drama of friendship and betrayal .
the impeccably played mikey & nicky moves with such certainty and glory that it emerges as an underrated masterpiece .
when mikey and nicky are talking on the street after the fight , the sleeve of mikey ' s jacket changes between being close to and far from his tie .
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“mikey and nicky” follows the friends as they wander in aimless desperation around a neon‐lit city , and as we learn eventually that mikey is , in fact , the finger , man .
[ video essay ] elaine may wrote and directed
mikey and nicky
( 1976 ) as a feminist think piece driven by her volatile male characters .
mikey and nicky finds two of the most inventive american actors of their generation riffing off of each other to provide a relatively thorough series of observations about the difficulties of male friendship .
the sense of dread that pervades mikey and nicky is almost unbearable . in this dog eat dog world , all women are portrayed as cognitively impaired bitches , violence is pervasive , and social relationships are physically and psychologically abusive .
later in the evening , mikey angrily accuses nicky of having nicknamed him “the echo” for always saying everything twice . but so do nicky and everyone else in the film . miss may used to write that kind of dialogue to be funny . this time she means to be serious but the method isn ' t good enough .
nick is desperate , holed up in a cheap hotel , suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mobster wants him killed . he calls mikey , his friend since childhood , but when mikey arrives . . .
nicky ( john cassavetes ) , convinced that his bosses have put out a contract on his life , summons mikey ( peter falk ) to his hideout in a fleabag hotel . nicky needs help . he ' s scared out of his wits . he ' s coming apart at the seams . he ' s afraid of being murdered but his ulcer is killing him anyway . he isn ' t sure he can trust mikey , but if he can ' t trust mikey , he can ' t trust anybody .
when mikey arrives at the hotel , nicky at first refuses to let him in , but then he relents . the two men embrace . they are in tears . they clutch each other . they laugh . they cry . they argue . they reconcile . mikey tries to be reasonable with his distraught friend .
elaine may ' s first two films , “a new leaf’ and “the heartbreak kid , ” were comedies of sometimes inspired and often touching lunacy , mostly about , t : the uncertain progress of romantic love between men and women . her third film , “mikey and nicky , ” which opened yesterday at the little carnegie , issomthing else entirely .
nicky and mikey are not godfathers but godsons , family men who , like children , depend on the big boss , not merely for their livelihoods but for their lives . their fearful yet proud loyalty to the mob causes trouble at home . even when the men are alone together , their lives with women are in the foreground , and may shares the women’s perspectives throughout . at heart , the movie is a portrait of two marriages : nicky’s , to jan ( joyce van patten ) , from whom he’s separated because of his carousing , and mikey’s , to annie ( rose arrick ) , to whom he’s both deeply devoted and wantonly abrasive . both men take their frustrations out on a fragile woman , nellie ( carol grace ) , nicky’s occasional lover , whom they treat with contempt and brutality—and who calls them on it .
when he hears that the mob have a contract out on him , smalltime hood nicky ( john cassavetes ) calls his old friend mikey ( peter falk ) and asks for help . the two go on the run , but cracks begin to appear in their friendship and it becomes apparent that one of them has betrayed the other . written and directed by elaine may .
it ' s written and directed by elaine may but this feels like an auxiliary cassavettes film . somehow his gangster sagas are engaging no matter how slow they are . the friendship that mikey and nicky have is mined from the real life friendship of cassavettes and falk . and since we ' ve already seen these two in films before it feels like yet another hangout a la husbands , albeit in a more purposeful and digestible form .
since they were kids , it’s always been the same : nicky ( john cassavetes ) gets in trouble , and mikey ( peter falk ) bails him out . this time , however , there’s a price on nicky’s head , so the guys have to keep on the move over the course of one night in the lower depths of philadelphia . it’s tempting to call this the best cassavetes movie that cassavetes didn’t make , but director elaine may brings a mordant humor all her own to this meeting of geniuses .
i would recommend that you by the region1 dvd of mikey & nicky . ; the us edition really has a restored print , not just says so on the cover . it ' s in widescreen 1 . 85 : 1 , has some interviews with the filmmakers , and a restoration documentary . the movie itself is one of the most original us movies from the seventies .
need proof the world isn ' t as great as it used to be ( in regards to movie - going options anyway ) ? at one point cassevetes as nicky gets the urge to go to the movies .
it ' s after midnight , where are you going to go to the movies ?
peter falk ' s mikey asks .
though we are told more than once that the cassavetes character is a charmer and that he has always treated his friends rottenly , including mikey , there ' s no evidence in the performance that nicky is charming in any way . nor do we believe that mikey is a jerk , as he ' s supposed to be . both ‘actors are , in fact , as interchangeable in their characters as are their character names . it ' s significant , i think , that as i write this review i have to keep referring to my notes to remember which ‐actor which
nick is desperate , holed up in a cheap hotel , suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed . desperate , he calls mikey , his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster . so begins a long night…
this movie also has a understated performance from the great william hickey . it may look like a cassavetes movie , but the dialogue is definitely elaine may . it has a great emotional arc , and has snappy dialogue . [ kinney ] is that him ? [ mikey ] no . [ kinney ] hey , you sure ? [ mikey ] yes i ' m sure . you wanna shoot him just in case ?
elaine may began in second city where she formed a successful comedy team with mike nichols . she earned a drama desk award for her play adaptation ; wrote , directed and performed in a new leaf ; directed the heartbreak kid ( the original ) ; wrote and directed mikey & nicky and ishtar ; received an oscar nomination for writing heaven can wait ; reunited with nichols to write the birdcage and primary colors ( a bafta - winner ) ; and worked with producer julian schlossberg on six new york productions . she has done other things , but this is enough .
“mikey and nicky , ” which miss may wrote as well as directed , takes place in one approximately 12‐hour period . it involves a lot of self‐conscious exposition that never quite succeeds in telling us , all we have a decent right to know . it ' s about a couple of small‐time los angeles hoods who ' ve grown up together , joined the same mob and now , on this particular night , find their lifelong relationship passing in front of our eyes in aggressive close‐up .
3 1 / 2 out of 5 stars . mikey & nicky felt like a diet version of a cassavetes film . not necessarily a bad thing but for as great of a movie about friendship as this is , i almost ( elaine may pulled this off ) feel if cassavetes directed this himself it would ' ve had more of a kick behind it . still raw at times ( namely towards the powerful ending ) cassavetes and falk are as always great together .
short portions of the film‐come to vivid life , especially toward the end . there ' s a very funny , typically urban confrontation between mr . cassavetes and an officious’ lady on a bus who doesn ' t want to start up with his “element , ” and a fine sequence in an all‐black bar whose patrons take mikey and nicky for white cops . not so good is a sequence in a neighborhood bar where miss may ' s camera keeps panning across the great faces of the real‐life ( i ' m sure ) customers as if she were showing us hinder temcarvings .
nick is desperate , holed up in a cheap hotel , suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mobster wants him killed . he calls mikey , his friend since childhood , but when mikey arrives , nick won ' t let him in : his moods swing . so begins a long night as mike tries to take care of nick , calm him down and get him out of town . their sojourn - on foot and in a city bus - takes them to a bar , a club , toward a movie theater , to the cemetery where nick ' s mom is buried , and to nick ' s girlfriend ' s apartment . tempers fray and the friendship is tested . meanwhile , a hit man who ' s getting information from someone is indeed looking for nick .
m1key and nicky , directed and written by elaine may ; orocuced by micnael hausman : executive producer , bud austin ; director of photography , victor j . kemper ; editor , john carter ; music , john strauss ; distributed by paramount pictures . running time : 118 minutes . at the little carnegie theater , 57th street , east of seventh avenue . this film has been rated r :
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nickey ( john cassavetes ) is a small - time jewish gangster in trouble with the mob . he calls on his lifelong friend mikey ( peter falk ) for help . during the night the two spend together , the power of their friendship is undermined by their mutual nastiness and pressing financial concerns . elaine may ' s script was allegedly taken from an episode in the life of her uncle .
is a professor of english and creative writing at the college of william and mary . she is the author of
there ' s the all night place that shows double features . has the candy bar that stays open and serves ice cream sandwiches .
later when a hitman played by ned beatty goes looking for nicky at this theater , we see that it ' s playing a kung fu movie . so you ' re telling me that in 1973 philadelphia there was an all - night movie theater that had ice cream sandwiches and kung fu double features ? get right out…
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perhaps the greatest
buddy film
ever . falk and cassavetes create characters of unforgettable depth and passion . outstanding .
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the script is a + + + and so funny , and of course cassavetes and falk rule . very fortunate to see this for the first time on the big screen on 35mm !
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, and coauthor with her husband , sam kashner , of books on oscar levant , george reeves , and the relationship between elizabeth taylor and richard burton . she lives in williamsburg , virginia .
mike nichols and elaine may recorded only three albums during their performing years , but their cool , dry , and exacting style remains enthralling .
starring john cassavetes and peter falk , as well as ned beatty , sanford meisner , joyce van patten , and m . emmet walsh .
, it ' s 1970s cinematic male bonding at its most rueful . when doomed nicky visits his estranged wife ( joyce van patten ) and apologizes , saying
i went to work for you , not for me ,
he might be any businessman who grabbed for the brass ring and neglected his family in the process ; later , when he goes into an all - night candy store and asks for the sweets he enjoyed as a boy , there ' s the between - the - lines sadness of a man trying to regain the lost innocence of his youth . it ' s an understated moment in a movie that sometimes verges on being over the top .
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cassavettes and falk together for two hours . . . need i say more ?
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an underrated little movie about small - time crooks and killers . cassavetes and falk are at their naturalistic best . a must for fans of gritty new york movies .
is illustrated with 170 photos from the actor ' s private life and professional career .
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two low level hoods and childhood buddies spit philosophy in elaine may ' s blackly comic and brutally honest genre turn , the penultimate film in her all too brief career as new hollywood auteur . cassavetes and falk play the odd couple who , over the course of an hour and three quarters , probe the frailty and hidden resentment at the heart of their floundering bromance . well deserves a place alongside ' the killing of a chinese bookie ' and ' mean streets ' in the annals of great unconventional gangster pictures of the ' 70s
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. in other words , it has equal parts mid - life crisis and violent betrayal .
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a powerful dark tale that is emotional and profound in its unsentimental characterization of lowly underworld figures .
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the best film i have seen about male bonding , and its directed by a woman . the exchanges between cassavetes and falk felt so raw and real that i was pretty surprised when i heard this wasn ' t improvised . while she is very sympathetic towards her characters , so much so that she treads the very fine line between sympathy and misogyny , her view of male bonding is far more bleak . whatever the love one has for each other , the sheer influence of money and power strangles both of them , which is why the final shot in the film remains very affecting and lingers long after the film is over .
this one stands out in elaine may ' s mainly comical oeuvre as an intriguing drama about the fragility of friendship and the trust that ' s linked to it . john cassavetes and peter falk , friends in real life , collaborated succesfully a couple of times before and succeeded in delivering a realistic tragedy of betrayal .
. . . it ' s difficult not to admire the performances and may ' s dialogue . . .
a couple of lowlifes excavate their friendship and to that end whether they can ever overcome their own selfishness .
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and that’s what makes her such an interesting subject of study . in a hollywood even more male - dominated than today , may blazed her own short , highly erratic trail as a director and left four films : the compromised debut ; the bittersweet hit ; the neglected classic ; and the notorious flop . let’s take a look .
, biographer and film historian scott eyman spoke with fonda ' s widow and children as well as three of stewart ' s children , plus actors and directors who had worked with the men - - in addition to doing extensive archival research to get the full details of their time together . this is not another hollywood story , but a fascinating portrait of an extraordinary friendship that lasted through war , marriages , children , careers , and everything else .
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the duo’s rowdy , overheated friendship was forged in a painful childhood , memories of which are forced to the surface under mortal pressure , along with bitter grudges . their bromantic bonds are stretched by the frantic , conflict - riddled nighttime ramble . this yields a chaotic blend of comedy and horror , tenderness and brutality , self - revealing intimacy and brazen power plays .
may details her protagonists’ ugliness along with their reckless , depraved beauty . she captures her freewheeling , pugnacious actors—their street poetry and wild antics , their grim whispers and furious cries—with a loose intensity and an engaged but critical distance . cassavetes , his head down , his forehead like the prow of a near - wreck , and falk , with his canny nervousness , blaze a trail of trouble that , in its emotional extremes , distills a lifetime of frustrated energy into a single deadly night . ♦
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not a typical mob movie , they are more of a side story . the real story is basically shot like a case study of two friends . it was a good movie and it was nice to see peter falk in a different type role , since this was the columbo era . it shows a friend pushing his other to the breaking point through deceit and selfishness . it had very good acting and you could believe the bond between falk and casavetes . the end has a nice build up with a sudden but warranted end .
, and gave them the freedom to stray from the script where they saw fit . as with cassavetes ' movies , some mistakenly think
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without placing it into the context of cassavetes ' movies as a director . may cast him and falk , who had starred in cassavetes '
challenges audiences with its relentlessly raw and probing tale , and took a stylistic cue from the independent movies directed by one of its stars , john cassavetes . even in the director - friendly 1970s , may ' s independent - minded production didn ' t fly with the studio heads .
rather , she alluded to the production indirectly : “all this misplaced visual gloss doesn’t compensate for what’s missing : comic energy . ” in any case , she wasn’t alone , and she was far from the most negative ; and may , lamentably , has never directed a movie again .
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this is one of those tricky films that was able to find the perfect balance between dangerous plotting , character based comedy , and genuine heart .
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was unscripted ; the cast followed the script , but were allowed to go
off the page
and extend the scenes , as falk and cassavetes often did ( may used multiple cameras set - ups to capture such moments ) . her movie feels pitched somewhere between the wounded masculinity of
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buddy thriller elaine may wrote and directed for paramount in the mid - 1970s . while may ' s previous movies as a director were the offbeat comedies
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the unbeatable combination of john cassavetes and peter falk , this time both on the same side of the camera with elaine may in the director ' s chair . written and directed by elaine may . starring john cassavetes , peter falk , ned beatty , rose arrick , carol grace , joyce van patten . . .
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( 1954 ) - - was in many ways the anti - auteur . during his unprecedented twenty - seven - year tenure at warner bros . , he directed swashbuckling adventures , westerns , musicals , war epics , historical dramas , horror films , melodramas , comedies , and film noir masterpieces . the director ' s staggering output of 180 films surpasses that of the legendary john ford and exceeds the combined total of films directed by george cukor , victor fleming , and howard hawks .
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ugh , the only thought that comes up to my mind right now is : men . but that ' s utterly stupid because i feel like i ' m ignoring the fact that a woman wrote and directed this , and that me not liking the characters and not being able to connect with the story , or at least to put my subjectivity aside to appreciate it , says more about me than the actual film . anyway , not feeling this one but i ' m not rating it .
got scant , blink - and - you ' ll - miss - it theatrical play in 1976 , with paramount merely satisfying its contractual obligations to release the movie . it later had a similarly spotty arthouse re - release in a may - shortened version during the late 1980s . now that version is out on dvd from home vision entertainment , replete with interviews with producer michael hausman and cinematographer victor j . kemper that speak copiously to may ' s blend of cockamamie obsession and inspired artistic perfectionism .
scorsese ' s career began in new york city at nyu where he made a series of short films . in 1968 , he wrote and directed his debut feature ,
they got along famously , with a shared interest in elaborate practical jokes and model airplanes , among other things . fonda was a liberal democrat , stewart a conservative republican , but after one memorable blow - up over politics , they agreed never to discuss that subject again . fonda was a ladies ' man who was married five times ; stewart remained married to the same woman for forty - five years . both men volunteered during world war ii and were decorated for their service . when stewart returned home , still unmarried , he once again moved in with fonda , his wife , and his two children , jane and peter , who knew him as uncle jimmy .
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these actors cassavetes and falk are an excellent combo . the story is good has a great plot . the ending is not what you expect . i like this movie .
peter falk and john cassavetes are a pair of bar flies  with the former hired by an underworld boss ( ned beatty ) to lure the latter to his death .
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elaine , elaine , you crazy cook . fresh from my experience on a new leaf i just had to check out what else she had in store , and this doesn ' t disappoint . elaine may lets the two fantastic leads just have at it , often letting camera ( s , there were plenty of them , and cinematographers to boot ) roll , in the hopes of catching improvised gold . it didn ' t excactly help her standing with producers and studios , as budgets never really entered into her equations , it seems .
( 1955 ) . like many pop crooners , damone was unmoored by the rise of rock - n - roll in the early 1960s , though he segued successfully into the casino circuit in the 1970s , where he remained active and in fine voice until his retirement following a stroke in 2001 . though never a cultural institution like sinatra or nat
king
cole , vic damone ' s rich baritone provided him with a slew of hits in the 1950s and a career on stage that compared with and even outlasted many of his contemporaries .
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elaine may . . . is a political filmmaker . one of the slipperiest , most allegorical films i ' ve seen , from an era when those attributes were garden variety . out - conversations the conversation . these characters change face so regularly , identity is a misnomer . between this and ishtar , no one felt intrigue and the nihilism of human endeavor like may .
in philadelphia , a small - time bookie who stole mob money is in hiding and he begs a childhood friend to help him evade the hit - man who ' s on his trail .
, ” said of may “elaine was too formidable , one of the most intelligent , beautiful , and witty women i had ever met . i hoped i would never see her again . ” )
really glad i gave this one a watch . the grittiest of 70 ' s gritty movies . everything was dirty and sweaty . every shirt collar was stretched out . i needed a shower after watching .
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for over twenty years john ford and john wayne were a blockbuster hollywood team , turning out many of the finest western films ever made . their most productive years saw the release of one iconic film after another :
several supporting actors have i some good moments , including ned beatty , who plays the hired‐ ' murderer who worries about the cost of the gasoline he ' s using up , and carol grace , who is superb as slightly dimwitted girlfriend of mr . cassavetes . what mr . , cassavetes and mr . falk do , though , exists beyond the fringe of film criticism . they just seem to be carrying . cinmaking elaborate actorish fusses—
two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the cia , the emir of ishtar , and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime .
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the idea of the director of “ishtar” being worried about having her name attached to something that someone else “fucks up” may seem kind of paradoxical , but it’s oddly in line with what we can conclude about may’s style of filmmaking—as imperfect as the results may seem , may’s attitude was jealously perfectionist . almost all of her films had issues with creative control : may wanted more of it , the studio and the producers frequently wanted to give her less , and cost overruns and missed release dates were usually the result . but to give may her due , there’s no sense in which she owns her successes more than her failures—she may have subsequently voiced suspicions that producers on “ishtar” had a personal beef with beatty that contributed to their sabotaging its release , but her response to the derision and ignominy that greeted the film was as honest as it was final : she never directed another film .
. he has been awarded the william k . everson award for film history by the national board of review . he teaches film history at the university of miami and lives in west palm beach with his wife , lynn .
finally got back on my cassavetes kick with this film . well , admittedly this film isn ' t actually written or directed by cassavetes but it stars him and peter falk and is very much in the same vein as his work so i included it in my viewing plans . quite good really although i was perhaps a little tired when i started which isn ' t a great idea for these types of films . - 18 / 06 / 2008
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considering the gross overextension of the shoot and the indulgence of the actors , . . . it makes perfect sense that the movie feels like the result of a game of 52 pick - up rather than the realization of a design .
was something else entirely - a dark night of the soul suffered through by two philadelphia gangsters and lifelong friends , one of whom just may be helping their bosses carry out a hit on the other . unlike the comedies before it ,
no less a figure than frank sinatra once proclaimed singer vic damone as possessing the
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which he parlayed into a popular recording career in the late 1940s and 1950s with such hits as
you ' re breaking my heart ,
again
and
my heart cries for you ,
among many other lush romantic ballads . damone also enjoyed a secondary career as an actor , largely as lovestruck youth in such hollywood musicals as
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thanks to terry teachout , at about last night , for his post linking to an effervescent time capsule : a 1960 appearance on “what’s my line ? ” by mike nichols and elaine may , then a comedy duo and not yet movie directors . nichols’s directing career continues , if fitfully ( his last movie was “charlie wilson’s war , ” from 2007 ) ; may’s , the greater , if briefer , career , was killed by a masterpiece , “ishtar , ” in 1987 .
( 1951 ) . after scoring one more top 5 hit with
my truly truly fair
in 1951 , damone was inducted into the army , where he served until 1953 . mercury kept him in the spotlight during this period by releasing a steady string of material recorded by damone prior to his tour of duty , including the top 10 hits
here in my heart
( 1952 ) and
april in portugal
and
ebb tide ,
both in 1953 .
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henry graham lives the life of a playboy . when his lawyer tells him one day that his lifestyle has consumed all his funds , he needs an idea to avoid climbing down the social ladder . so he intends to marry a rich woman and - murder her .
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i’ve already happily linked to online copies of two elaine may films on feature friday— the heartbreak kid ( 1972 ) and a new leaf ( 1971 ) , both still up at youtube . now i’m happy to link to a third ; i like elaine may that much .
a gentleman ,
he insisted .
to me the term implies artificiality - - a studied pose , and i ' m damned if i ' m artificial !
as the late robert osborne aptly stated ,
marshall ' s personal story is a fascinating one .
this is one of my favorite films of all time . falk and cassavettes are incredible but elaine may deserves more respect then she gets for her work directing this . just because it ' s nothing like her comedies i honestly think some people suppose cassavettes ghost - directed it or something .
rode also investigates curtiz ' s dramatic personal life , discussing his enduring creative partnership with his wife , screenwriter bess meredyth , as well as his numerous affairs and children born of his extramarital relationships . his meticulously researched biography provides a nuanced understanding of one of the most talented filmmakers of hollywood ' s golden age .
. ” in a vanity fair piece from earlier this year , the first substantial press interview the famously publicity - shy may has given since 1967 , she implied that , far from it being a source of rancor , that’s kind of how she likes it : “you can make a deal if you’re going to do the original writing . but if you’re going to do the original re - writing , you can’t . no matter how much you write , what you write , you’re still a hired gun , and you have no control… the only time i really ever took credit was when i worked with mike… because i knew him , and i thought probably he won’t fuck it up . ”


you got me ! is a 2007 filipino romantic-comedy film that tells a love story between three people , the strong aggressive police woman played by actress-host toni gonzaga , the shy-type police man played by actor-singer sam milby , and the bad boy played by model-actor zanjoe marudo .

it was produced by star cinema , abs-cbn film productions .

you got me !

i think i felt my heart skip a beat i ' m standing here and i can hardly breathe - you got me you got me .
oh , i just can ' t get enough how much do i need to fill me up . it feels so good it must be love i give up . i give in . i let go . let ' s begin . cause no matter what i do oh ( oh ) you got me . you got me . oh ( oh ) you got me . you got me .
casper : hey jake , you know that cheeseburger you just ate . you thought it didn & apos ; t have mayo , but i put it on there and you totally didn & apos ; t know . jake : ( rolling his eyes ) you got me .
you ' re stuck on me and my laughing eyes i can ' t pretend though i try to hide - i like you i like you .
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you ' re stuck on me and my laughing eyes i can ' t pretend though i try to hide - i like you i like you . i think i felt my heart skip a beat i ' m standing here and i can hardly breathe - you got me you got me . the way you take my hand is just so sweet and that crooked smile of yours it knocks me off my feet [ chorus : ] oh , i just can ' t get enough how much do i need to fill me up . it feels so good it must be love it ' s everything that i ' ve been dreaming of . i give up . i give in . i let go . let ' s begin . cause no matter what i do , oh ( oh ) my heart is filled with you . i can ' t imagine what it ' d be like living each day in this life - without you . without you . one look from you i know you understand this mess we ' re in you know is just so out of hand . [ chorus ] i hope we always feel this way ( i know we will ) and in my heart i know that you will always stay oh , i just can ' t get enough how much do i need to fill me up . it feels so good it must be love i give up . i give in . i let go . let ' s begin . cause no matter what i do , [ chorus ] oh ( oh ) you got me . you got me . oh ( oh ) you got me . you got me .
i can ' t imagine what it ' d be like living each day in this life - without you . without you . one look from you i know you understand this mess we ' re in you know is just so out of hand .
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my guitarist / synthist & horn arranger / conductor chad raines just put out an album . if you ' ve seen us on tour , you know this : the sweet sounds of the simple pleasure will make you dance your ass off ! !
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the most lit song on my sports hype list tbh . it gets me amped before i play football or before i skate .
you got me singing . in august , 2015 , i was eight months pregnant , and my dad jack and i went into a studio in upstate new york and recorded 12 cover songs . i wrote a much , much longer story here… urltoken the album is available for only $ 1 on bandcamp because all the studio costs were covered by my supporters at urltoken . please consider joining in so i can make even more art .
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“‘you got me’ is about fully letting go . it’s about giving no fucks at all . i had flown to atlanta to start working on the album and i was working with southside [ the producer ] down there , and if you’re gonna go work with southside , that’s the point—it’s to [ make a trap record ] . on the last album , i did most of the record with one producer . this one , i made the rounds and worked with a lot of different people , but at the end of the day , if it didn’t feel genuine to me , i didn’t do it . i listen to future as much as i listen to tribe called quest , you know what i mean ? there’s multiple sides of my personality , it’s not just all introspective and moody . that might be me on certain days , but like , i’m actually that dude throwing $ 5 , 000 in the strip club with my homies , being drunk and obliterated out of my mind and coming home at 6 a . m . ”
oh , i just can ' t get enough how much do i need to fill me up . it feels so good it must be love it ' s everything that i ' ve been dreaming of . i give up . i give in . i let go . let ' s begin . cause no matter what i do oh ( oh ) my heart is filled with you .
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such a beautiful collection of very personal cover songs from amanda and her father ! have a listen here . highly recommended !
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valdez is coming is a 1971 american western film starring burt lancaster , susan clark , richard jordan and jon cypher .

the film is based on the elmore leonard novel of the same name .

valdez is coming

he captures one of the rancher’s men and sends him back with the message “valdez is coming . ”
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richard jordan plays a tanner gunman who releases valdez from his cross and is then captured by valdez in turn .
directed by jimmy valdez and produced by chris barish and jimmy valdez of barish / valdez entertainment . bv2 is a newly formed production company by christopher barish and jim valdez with an initial focus on family entertainment .
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the town constable , bob valdez , is forced to kill someone accused by frank tanner of being a murderer . valdez asks tanner for monetary help for the man ' s wife , but he is ridiculed and almost killed by tanner ' s henchmen . valdez recovers and summons up his days in the u . s . cavalry in order to fight them . valdez wounds one of the henchmen and sends him back to tanner with the message ,
valdez is coming .
you ride to mr . tanner , all right ? tell him valdez is coming . you hear what i said ? valdez is coming .
he is two men . first , there was roberto valdez , born of mexican parents in the united states territory of arizona . he was an apache tracker and worked for a stagecoach company . then there is bob valdez , a part - time constable who wears a suit and knows his place . he will need to be both men when a pissing contest with a wealthy local escalates into a war .
roberto valdez returned ,
she said . he smile
elmore leonard’s valdez is coming is the second western i’ve read and the first real western , since i gather true grit is properly considered more of an anti - western , a self - conscious ( if appreciative ) tongue - in - cheek revision of western tropes rather than a sincere instance of them .
valdez , coming off a stint in thailand ' s commercial league , came away with 25 points , but creamline was weighed down by 46 points it gave away in terms of errors .
valdez is coming was director sherin’s first movie . he had previously worked as a director on broadway and apparently was burt lancaster’s choice . his direction is anonymous and the action scenes are disappointing ; they’re sudden and rather bloody , but lack intensity . there are some similarities to john sturges ' eastwood vehicle joe kidd ( also written by elmore leonard ) and andrew v . mclaglen’s the last hard men ( without any elmore leonard connection ) . valdez is coming is more compelling than joe kidd , and less violent than the last hard men .
they tore his body . they buried his pride . but they forgot his old uniform , his sharps rifle , and his buffalo gun . find tanner , el segundo , and the 16 others . and tell them valdez is coming .
one of the american westerns shot in spain in the early seventies . like most of these productions , valdez is coming appears to acknowledge the influence of the spaghetti western without showing much understanding for it . the result is a somewhat indistinct ( if highly enjoyable ) genre outing .
juan valdez cafe has opened its doors this morning and the gorgeous smell of colombian coffee is in the air .
there are two sides to valdez . one side is bob valdez , a respectable constable , business like in his approach to handle conflicts in town . this is a peaceful , calm and reasonable valdez , one who will talk and listen and reasonably work things out . then there’s roberto valdez . there’s a little bit of charles bronson and rambo in roberto valdez . his knowledge of battle tactics , weaponry and vigilantism might make these two green with envy . i also see a little of the hulk in roberto valdez . no , he
it turns out “only good ones” is in the collection of leonard’s stories i do have ( the tonto woman and other stories ) – thanks for the heads - up about its relationship to valdez is coming , as i hadn’t really intended to read the whole volume . ( i got it for “three - ten to yuma , ” which is as great as people said . )
el segundo : [ after pausing and nervously clearing his throat ] tell me something… who are you ? valdez : i told you once before – bob valdez . el segundo : [ referring to valdez’s earlier marksmanship against his men ] you know something , bob valdez , you hit one , i think , 700 - 800 yards . valdez : [ with certitude ] closer to a thousand . el segundo : what was it ? sharps ? valdez : [ nods ] my own load . el segundo : you ever hunt buffalo ? valdez : apache . el segundo : i knew it . when ? valdez : before i know better . el segundo : you know how many men you kill these last two days ? valdez : eleven . el segundo : you counted . valdez : you better .
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a man chooses his actions ; he cannot choose the consequences . bob valdez , the part - time town constable chooses to try and bring a peaceful end to a stand - off . another man , frank tanner , chooses to use valdez ' s good intentions for his own ends . it costs the man in the middle of the stand - off his life . valdez and tanner come into direct conflict when valdez insists that the dead man ' s woman receive compensation for his death . the dead man wasn ' t the murdering , deserting soldier everybody ' d been convinced he was . valdez thinks the woman deserves compensation , but nobody ' s interested in paying - - especially tanner . so after tanner has his men humiliate valdez , he strikes back . is it justice ? is it revenge ? is it compensation ? it doesn ' t matter . it only matters that valdez is coming . it will cost frank tanner everything .
cypher will put up the rest . when lancaster confronts the man he is rebuffed , then tied to a cross and left to wander in the desert . lancaster vows revenge and sends cypher a message :
valdez is coming .
he kidnaps clark , cypher ' s mistress and the murdered trader ' s widow . she admits to killing her
“you tell him i’m coming ! you tell him i’m fucking comiiiing ! ” terence stamp in the limey is my favourite example of the type of character bob valdez becomes . he doesn ' t care about the odds , he will do what it takes to ensure those responsible do what is right or die trying . it ' s this certainty that he is right whilst having no fear of dying in its pursuit that makes bob valdez such an interesting character . the fact that he is constantly underestimated by everyone around him only serves to heigh
i was thinking about this film just this week . in a discussion on remakes , a film reviewer mentioned that someone is considering a remake of the wild bunch ( horrible , horribal idea ) which got me thinking about westerns i like and this one popped into mind . it has been years since i saw valdez is coming but i remember enjoying burt lancaster ' s performance and i remember the buffalo gun . valdez goes into my netflix queue today .
leading tanner’s men on the hunt is el segundo ( barton heyman ) , tanner’s mexican foreman who comes to his own grudging respect for valdez .
valdez asks the rancher for $ 100 in reparations for the black man’s pregnant indian widow , and in response is almost killed by the rancher’s henchmen .
valdez captures the rancher’s girlfriend ( susan clark ) , who is also the widow of the man the original black man was supposed to have murdered .
i sat down late yesterday afternoon to read valdez is coming . i never stopped until finishing it . this , this is what a western ( or any story from any genre ) should be . the characters for the most part are neither good people nor bad people , each with validation for what they do , each roaming in the gray area we all do . the main character valdez is one of the most fascinating characters i ' ve come across . after being humiliated and mistreated , he will do just about anything for vengeance and does ,
leonard did everything right , here . his sparing use of description suits the badlands of the west . the plot is simple : a small town constable wants restitution for a woman done wrong . and he ' s coming to get it .
of being a murderer . valdez asks tanner for monetary help for the man ' s wife ,
elm0ore leonard ' s valdez is coming is the first of the author ' s westerns that i have read - - and hopefully not the last . although i love the western film genre , i have read only a handful of western fiction all these years . roberto valdez is a mexican - american part - time lawman who rides shotgun for a stage line . his enemies are to find out that he has a strong sense of justice , good judgment , and a dead aim with firearms . out of self - defense , he shoots an army deserter that rancher frank tanner
when rancher frank tanner ( jon cypher ) hoodwinks local lawman bob valdez ( burt lancaster ) into shooting an innocent man , valdez is remorseful and tries to take up a collection for the widow . tanner won ' t hear of it , however , and punishes valdez by driving him into the desert with a cross strapped to his back . valdez is freed by one of tanner ' s henchmen ( richard jordan ) and , after convalescing , begins waging a one - man war against tanner , picking off his men with his trusty sharps rifle .
after a brief recuperation , valdez suits up in his old gear from his days as an army scout .
valdez recovers and summons up his days in the u . s . cavalry in order to fight them .
burt lancaster is bob valdez ( lancaster was 57 but in great shape ) , a new mexico peace officer of latino ancestry . he is forced by powerful rancher frank tanner ( john cypher ) to . kill a black man accused of murder .
taken together with another elmore leonard story from the mid - 1960s ( hombre , also an excellent movie from 1967 ) , you can see leonard playing with unusually capable protagonists from minorities ( bob valdez is latino , john russell is more apache than white ) .
“valdez is coming” is a revenge western , set in postcivil war arizona , about a man whose principles are somewhat loftier than those of the movie that contains them . it stars blue‐eyed burt lancaster , wearing a lot of dark brown make‐up , as a discriminated‐against mexican constable , and it was directed by edwin sherin , the man who directed the prizewinning stage version of “the great white hope . ” it opened yesterday at the victoria theater on broadway and at other theaters throughout the city .
in the picture of valdez , taken when he was an army scout , he had sergeant stripes on his shirt .
before valdez shoots from long distance in the valley , tanner ' s man segundo says he has already killed 5 men . after the valley ambush , when sugundo meets up with valdez , he confirms there were a total of 11 killed . however , segundo told tanner there were 5 more killed in the valley , so valdez should have said a total of only 10 .
man after man sent after valdez comes a cropper . by the time we get to the last reel and the final standoff between valdez and tanner , eleven men have bitten the dust . we see several picked off by buffalo gun in this clip (
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the setup of the situation in the first chapter was masterful as was the portrayal of tanner . the way valdez & tanner got valdez into the situation was a devilishly clever by leonard . the more i think about it , the better i like it .
this was the first time i ' ve ever read a western novel . i ' ve had a few on my to - read list but never gotten around to them . set somewhere along the us - mexico border this is a classic story of revenge . after rich local crime boss tanner causes valdez to kill an innocent man . valdez seeks retribution money for the dead man ' s wife and unborn child . tanner declines valdez by almost killing him . that ' s the wrong thing to do to valdez . i was looking for a bit more in this book though . it just seemed to
everything leonard ever wrote is worth reading . this particular book is an excellent example of an elmore leonard western novel . as engaging as any of his detroit or miami based crime novels , this book should be less than it is . the plot is of the
hardheaded old west guy gets his revenge against powerful , rich rancher guy
variety that is the base of seemingly one third of the western novels and movies ever produced . despite this fatal flaw , or flaw one would think would be fatal , this book is
what exactly is that code ? it begins with an instinct for justice : valdez kills a man for the wrong reasons , not without meaning to but certainly without wanting to , and figures that he and the others responsible owe the man’s pregnant widow reparations . the dead man is black , however , and his woman is apache , so nobody else believes they owe her anything . when valdez confronts tanner , whose wrong identification led to the shooting , with his proposals , tanner’s men test his nerve by using the wall around him for target practice :
this is a simple tale of vengeance where everybody cusses a lot , but elmore makes it interesting by developing the idea that
a man can be in two different places and he will be two different men .
what the villains in this story learn too late is that bob valdez , the part - time constable who gets along with everyone , is the same man
who had been a contract guide when general crook chased geronimo down into the madres .
that bob valdez was once
in charge of the apache police at whiteriver ,
where he could , by the way ,
shoot his springfield carbine one hell of a lot better than any of them could shoot .
prey becomes predator , and readers see the transition coming , but elmore keeps the story moving along at a good clip .
bob valdez is a small - town constable who also rides shotgun for a stage coach company . he arrives home one saturday afternoon to find that much of the town has gathered around a shack on the outskirts of town . the wealthiest man around - - a mr . tanner - - has identified a man he saw in town as an army deserter and murderer . the accused has taken refuge in the shack along with his indian woman who is pregnant . valdez attempts to defuse the situation but is forced to kill the accused man when one of the
. barton heyman deserves mention as el segundo , tanner’s chief henchman . the film is rated
this is one of those movies that time has not treated kindly in a physical sense .
an honest marshal is the only man willing to stand against a powerful but ruthless rancher .
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quiet , part - time town constable roberto valdez is called in when a mob has tracked down a black man who is accused by tanner , a rich businessman in town , of being an army deserter and murderer . roberto tries to diffuse the situation and is forced to shoot the man , who was holed up in a house with his pregnant girlfriend and turned out to be totally innocent . when valdez goes to tanner to ask for reparations for the man ' s wife , tanner ' s crew beats roberto and tries to crucify him , leaving him for
this is a simple tale of vengeance where everybody cusses a lot , but elmore makes it interesting by developing the idea that
a man can be in two different places and he will be two different men .
what the villains in this story learn too late is that bob valdez , the part - time constable who gets along with everyone , is the same man
who had been a contract guide when general crook chased geronimo down into the madres .
that bob valdez was once
in charge of the apache police at whiteriver ,
whe
a man chooses his actions ; he cannot choose the consequences . bob valdez , the part - time town constable chooses to try and bring a peaceful end to a stand - off . another man , frank tanner , chooses to use valdez ' s good intentions for his own ends . it costs the man in the middle of the stand - off his life . valdez and tanner come into direct conflict when valdez insists that the dead man ' s woman receive compensation for his death . the dead man wasn ' t the murdering , deserting soldier everybody ' d been co
this diverse list makes me think that “revenge” is about as helpful for explaining what a novel is about as “marriage” : perhaps the revenge plot , like the marriage plot , is primarily a structuring device that provides a framework in which other issues can be explored and possibly resolved .
haven ' t read that many western novels , but i doubt they come better than this short , laconic masterpiece . this is existential territory , a man being shaped by his actions . valdez ' s reaction to his circumstances seems monomanic , but is motivated by his sense of honor and justice . he is a man , but he is also a concept being formed , under the blazing sun and under the readers ' eyes . and after all this hard , violent stuff , at the end leonard lets the story fly away like a feather , while yet another decision is being made . . . brilliant .
valdez , is a wonderful action packed 70 ' s western , that should be a favorite of any fan of westerns . very well - acted and a wonderful music track . burt lancaster , as always effortlessly plays a very interesting character .
it’s a central paradox of the hard - boiled private eye that his violence elevates rather than condemns him : for us to accept that , we have to be convinced of his “private moral code , ” to believe that he kills for the right reasons . this means that though the stories are filled with action , they really turn on principle — and that is exactly true of valdez is coming . by the end of the novel valdez has killed over a dozen men , but even though by then things are more complicated than they seemed at first , there’s no doubt that he’s in the right , that we are rooting for him as he picks them off one by one in defense of himself but also of the code he can’t quite articulate but follows without equivocation .
this is a fantastic movie , driven primarily by lancaster ' s embodiment of the character of valdez - a town constable who kills an innocent man in self - defense , only to then become the subject of constant abuse by the slain ' s pursuer . valdez ' s vengeful reactions to this abuse , the episodic pacing , and the great supporting actors make this a real cinematic treat . lancaster ' s treatment of voice and body language show he is an actor of extreme talent . of further interest is the landscape of spain , which makes up the film ' s authentic exteriors .
they laughed at roberto valdez and then ignored him . but when a dark - skinned man was holed up in a shack with a gun , they sent the part - time town constable to deal with the problem - - and made sure he had no choice but to gun the fugitive down . trouble was , valdez killed an innocent man . and when he asked for justice - - and some money for the dead man ' s woman - - they beat valdez and tied him to a cross . they were still laughing when valdez came back . and then they began to die . . .
elmore leonard knows drama and this early western is that . frank tanner runs his men and his life with an iron hand . his word was good enough for a group of men to go after an innocent man and he ends up being killed by valdez in self defense . valdez goes after frank tanner to help pay the widow of the innocent man , five hundred dollars . tanner has him beaten and left for dead . now the game has changed and valdez finds that it has gone far beyond giving the woman justice for her dead husband .
valdez wants to compensate the man’s widow and attempts to collect $ 100 from the man , frank tanner , who wrongly accused the victim . tanner refuses and humiliates valdez , then has him tied to a cross when he persists . arming himself , valdez surprises tanner in his bed and asks again for the $ 100 . failing in this attempt , he takes the man’s girlfriend ( susan clark ) as a hostage , and thus begins a long chase .
i ' ve read a huge chunk of elmore leonard ' s work over the years , but this was my first western of his . seriously very glad i finally got to it , as it ' s one of his best . valdez is a lawman who gets zero respect , hired basically to do thankless grunt work . he ' s not taken seriously by the town ' s governing bodies ( or anyone else , really ) , and when they need someone to roust a black man with an indian wife , holed up in a cabin , they tag valdez to do it . valdez is forced to kill the man - - who turns out
everything leonard ever wrote is worth reading . this particular book is an excellent example of an elmore leonard western novel . as engaging as any of his detroit or miami based crime novels , this book should be less than it is . the plot is of the
hardheaded old west guy gets his revenge against powerful , rich rancher guy
variety that is the base of seemingly one third of the western novels and movies ever produced . despite this fatal flaw , or flaw one would think would be fatal , this book is quite engrossing , with decently drawn characters and crackling dialog .
i think maybe part of the shame of liking poe ( there is some shame , i think ) is the possibility that one does perhaps identify , or at least sympathize , with his narrators . yes , shelley’s creature is probably more sympathetic ; we at least see and feel his wrongs .
over time , she develops an attraction to valdez because of his tired decency , and because he treats her better than the other men she has known .
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haven ' t read that many western novels , but i doubt they come better than this short , laconic masterpiece . this is existential territory , a man being shaped by his actions . valdez ' s reaction to his circumstances seems monomanic , but is motivated by his sense of honor and justice . he is a man , but he is also a concept being formed , under the blazing sun and under the readers ' eyes . and after all this hard , violent stuff , at the end leonard lets the story fly away like a feather , while yet another
i’m surprised , really , how much fun i found valdez is coming . still , i can’t imagine reading a lot of books like this — not in a row , certainly . i also have some hesitations about teaching it : it is full of racial slurs , for one thing , and while i think it’s pretty clear not just that they are historically and contextually appropriate but also that the novel as a whole rejects the attitudes they express , that does create some pedagogical challenges . there’s also a lot about its contexts that i don’t know , and of course this is not the kind of novel that’s available in a helpfully annotated edition ! that can be rectified with research , though , and for better and for worse it does seem more “pulpy” than true grit .
it had a lot of pretty good action , but the motivations didn ' t work for me at different times . valdez ' s character was erratic & didn ' t seem complete . everyone seemed to know everyone , so the dichotomy of the perception of valdez was tough to swallow . the innkeeper knew who he was . part of the problem is that too much was taken out of the short story , i think .
synopsis / blurb . . . . . . . . . . . they laughed at roberto valdez and then ignored him . but when a dark - skinned man was holed up in a shack with a gun , they sent the part - time town constable to deal with the problem - - and made sure he had no choice but to gun the fugitive down . trouble was , valdez killed an innocent man . and when he asked for justice - - and some money for the dead man ' s woman - - they beat valdez and tied him to a cross . they were still laughing when valdez came back . and then they began
good sound and visual quality . this is one of the best performances that burt lancaster ever turned in , for my money equal to his birdman of alcatraz . he is one of those actors that like good red wine , improves with age . this has got to be up in the top five of the
lone hero
western genre . all the actors put in good performances , not a bum note to be seen . the plot is both original and interesting , the main event though is the very nature of the man ; valdez . the end of the film is both surprising and thought provoking ; those who require the usual clear cut resolution may feel let down .
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this was the first time i ' ve ever read a western novel . i ' ve had a few on my to - read list but never gotten around to them . set somewhere along the us - mexico border this is a classic story of revenge . after rich local crime boss tanner causes valdez to kill an innocent man . valdez seeks retribution money for the dead man ' s wife and unborn child . tanner declines valdez by almost killing him . that ' s the wrong thing to do to valdez . i was looking for a bit more in this book though . it just seemed to be missing something and the ending was a let - down . i think it could have been much better than it was . most of the characters were poorly fleshed out . this is one of leonard ' s earlier books so maybe next time i ' ll try something newer .
the film has a steady level of excitement but is thankfully also interested in character . it’s not just marksmanship with firearms that keeps valdez going . there’s also a hidden depth of intelligence as he continues to outsmart his pursuers . it’s a battle of wits right to the end .
read this for a book club . first of leonard ' s westerns i ' ve read . pulls you in right from the start as valdez gets caught up in the persecution and death of an innocent man . valdez attempts at a civil restitution are rebuffed , again and again , until it ' s time to pull out the guns .
shot in spain , this elmore leonard story makes for an absorbing tale of pursuit and justice . the valdez of the title ( burt lancaster ) is a mexican - american and former cavalryman , who is now a star - wearing constable of a western border town . in a bungled attempt to secure the surrender of a suspect wanted for murder , he shoots and kills an innocent man .
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within the first half‐hour of the movie , bob valdez ( lancaster ) is humiliated , called a greaser , shot at and mock‐crucified , all because he wants to raise $ 200 from the white men responsible ( along with himself ) for the killing of a black freed‐man , a murder‐suspect later known to have been innocent . the money is to go to the black man ' s pregnant apache woman .
to the chivalric tradition — a tradition he shares in this country with the westerner . he is not of the people ; he is alone . his adventures are solitary statements . his commitment is to a private moral code without which no other code makes sense to him . he regularly reaffirms the code on behalf of people who don’t have one . he is the last gentleman , and to remain that he must often fight . sometimes he must kill .
( 1967 ) , another elmore leonard story that picks up some of the same racial issues . ( i didn ' t mention that the man shot at the beginning of the movie is black and his wife is indian . )
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i have actually taught city of glass in my detective fiction class : it was fun to work through something that is definitely using but then rejecting many of the tropes and certainties of the genre . unsatisfying , for sure , if what you want or expect is closure . what you say about true grit seems right to me : it makes the moves but the tone is different .
this is one of my favourite western films of all time . have read the book too . . . . years ago .
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i listened to this as a short story in the complete western stories of elmore leonard . the first chapter of this book is a cut down version of that & the rest of the book has a totally different tone . the setup of the situation in the first chapter was masterful as was the portrayal of tanner . the way valdez & tanner got valdez into the situation was a devilishly clever by leonard . the more i think about it , the better i like it . it had a lot of pretty good action , but the motivations did
this version is better , in large part because of lancaster’s performance and a fairly coherent story based on a novel by elmore leonard .
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honour is always worth fighting for . burt lancaster stars as an ageing mexican - american lawman who erupts into a one - man army in this bold saga of retribution and redemption . when it comes to keeping the peace , former frontier sherriff bob valdez ( lancaster ) has always been the voice of reason in a sea of chaos . when frank tanner ( jon cypher ) provokes a shoot - out resulting in the death of an innocent man , valdez dusts off his old uniform , straps on his guns and vows to exact justice and vengeance at any cost .
. the first chapter of this book is a cut down version of that & the rest of the book has a totally different tone .
wuthering heights does not fit your definition . it is heathcliff who seeks revenge , and his victims are more or less innocent . if frankenstein’s monster ( with whom i strongly sympathize and identify – like me , he loves goethe ! ) is not allowed , heathcliff won’t work .
i ' d give this one a 3 . 5 to be fair . the book keeps you reading and there is the hint of interest in the characters but i feel that is a false sense of character . you feel like you are getting invested in a character but this is a western , and part of the appeal or genre characteristic of westerns is that they are the the story of a man measuring his character against nature , other men , and himself . so you are shown the character of your character . all the same , the characters in this story were
the plot is a typical elmore leonard story , in which bad guys underestimate somebody who looks regular but has hidden skills—an everyman rising to battle .
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they laughed at roberto valdez and then ignored him . but when a dark - skinned man was holed up in a shack with a gun , they sent the part - time town constable to deal with the problem - - and made sure he had no choice but to gun the fugitive down . trouble was , valdez killed an innocent man . and when he asked for justice - - and some money for the dead man ' s woman - - they beat
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i ' d give this one a 3 . 5 to be fair . the book keeps you reading and there is the hint of interest in the characters but i feel that is a false sense of character . you feel like you are getting invested in a character but this is a western , and part of the appeal or genre characteristic of westerns is that they are the the story of a man measuring his character against nature , other men , and himself . so you are shown the character of your character . all the same , the characters in this story were static and fairly shallow . in the end the long and the short of the book was : see this guy that seems all meek and mild ? well let me show you how absolutely a bad ass he is while i expose this guy who seems like a bad ass to be a coward . the end . despite the simplicity of the story and the lack of a strong take - away this is still an entertaining title .
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but , of course , leonard isn’t really a pulp author , any more than portis is . his language goes to a purpose : in this case , the way that everything about western society — its race relations , its class disparities , its sexual hierarchies — all descend inevitably into the singular outcome of righteous bloodshed . just look at the very clever way that leonard has the image and memory of the pregnant widow gradually fade from valdez’s mind . by the end of the novel , he can barely even recall the ostensible motivation for his actions , let alone care about her welfare . the only thing that matters is revenge .
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this one happens to be a favorite ( as well as hombre ) . i have a kindle of leonard ' s western fiction . is that the one you referred to cullen ?
valdez felt his hat move and felt powder dust from the adobe brick in his eyes and in his nose and felt chips of adobe sting his face and hands and felt a bullet plow into the wall between his knees and a voice say , “a little higher you get him good . ”
western . bob valdez , an ageing mexican constable on the the south - western border of the usa , shoots and kills a black man accused of murder by local ranch owner frank tanner . however he discovers the man he had shot was innocent . based on the novel by elmore leonard .
a kentucky widower bound for 1820 ' s texas with his young son is thwarted in his efforts by a corrupt constable , a long - standing family feud , and a beautiful indentured servant .
well , this is a dandy western . it ' s lean and economical ( only about 140 pages ) , very straightforward and linear in structure ( our hero sets out to get compensation for a widow , is rebuffed and tortured , but of course turns around and comes hell - bent for payback ) , but with good meat in its sketchy but complex ( well , within the limits of hyper - macho lit ) characterization - - a scene in which we track the death of a minor character is especially nice . it ' s mostly predictable , a good example of its typ
“a man can be in two different places and he will be two different men . maybe if you think of more places he will be more men , but two is enough for now . ”
it is through kristin’s commitment to the children that hutch slowly begins to change his ways . along the way , he begins to bond with the children in a way he could never have imagined .
we don’t have books - a - million up here ! i was recently at our local chapters , which is the largest chain bookstore in these parts , and they didn’t even have a western section .
a solid revenge western , highly enjoyable but with a few flaws . the gender politics have not aged well , for one , and some of the characterizations are hit - and - miss . still , the plot is gripping , the action on point , and the dialog strong ( though leonard ' s best was yet to come in that department ) . this is often hailed as one of the great westerns , and is a darn good one . i ' ve been wanting to read it for about ten years now , and was overjoyed when i saw my local library had a copy . i read it in abou
, this is one of the two “old scout” movies lancaster made about the same time , among the best of their type . for susan clark in another western , see her with james garner in the comedy
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lancaster is a mexican - american peace officer who runs across a party of men blasting guns at a shack . he learns that the men are trying to bring out monson , a black man accused of murdering a local trader . after lancaster calms the group monson comes out only to be shot at by a still angry vigilante . monson fires back , and lancaster is forced to kill him . . . . read more
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i like this idea about the similarity between detective fiction and western fiction . i wonder it the way that portis is “anti - western” works with certain detective fiction . are there “anti - detective” novels out there ? probably .
a very disappointing film . i thoroughly enjoyed the book which creates real and complex characters , but the film misses most of these subtleties and motivations and we are left with an average tv film . the dvd isn ' t in widescreen ( which it was filmed in ) and has so many jump cuts that it is obviously heavily edited . the two stars are because i love westerns and burt lancaster is quite good . however , overall the film is very shallow , cheaply made and not a patch on the book . if you can buy it for a £1 and can waste 85 minutes , then by all means try it but otherwise , give bit a wide berth .
, he immediately sent a copy to lancaster . lancaster was so impressed with leonard ' s storyline , he agreed to co - produce the picture with steiner . lancaster initially intended to play the evil tanner , with marlon brando playing valdez . sydney pollack was set to direct , and david rayfiel began work on the script . but that would all change .
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a solid revenge western , highly enjoyable but with a few flaws . the gender politics have not aged well , for one , and some of the characterizations are hit - and - miss . still , the plot is gripping , the action on point , and the dialog strong ( though leonard ' s best was yet to come in that department ) . this is often hailed as one of the great westerns , and is a darn good one . i ' ve been wanting to read it for about ten years now , and was overjoyed when i saw my local library had a copy . i read it in about a day . it ' s quick , simple , and a lot of fun despite the somewhat grim premise .
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cullen - - did you see the omnibus of leonard ' s western fiction ? you need that . inevitably , this reminds me that i still need to see the valdez horses , though i doubt that film will live up to lee hoffman ' s novel . . . thanks , ron ! i wonder how many other american as well as italian westerns were shot in the spanish desert . . .
elmore leonard is currently enjoying one of those critical re - evaluation periods that see a writer previously regarded as lowbrow or populist elevated to some kind of canonical great hope for literature status - in some people ' s minds . i don ' t think it makes sense in his case . this early western is impressively cinematic , but considering it ' s structured like a pretty conventional thriller it really isn ' t thrilling at all , and the themes are pretty tired if you ' ve watched more than a couple of we
no western section ? appalling ! but , then , it’s not as though you should actually have to * buy * a copy of the book , anyway . i mean , isn’t this exactly the sort of situation that steve donoghue is * here * for ?
he would say to tanner , ‘you see how it is ? the woman doesn’t have a man , so she needs money . you have money , but you don’t have a woman . all right , you pay for the man and you get your woman . ’
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