Reacting to THE COWBOYS (1972) | Movie Reaction

[@DawnMarieX]

ATTENTION ALL WESTERN MOVIE FANS!!!! 🤠 Pale Rider has just been published over on Patreon, the full reaction and early access to the KZbin edit: www.patreon.com/DawnMarieAnderson

[@jamesharper3933]

I think you'd also love John Wayne's last movie The Shootist. Legendary John Williams did the music for The Cowboys.

[@kenb51960]

OPEN RANGE with Kevin Costner is one of the best cowboy movies EVER

[@fannybuster]

no more abe please@@jonmercano1138

[@sparky6086]

Bruce Dern did a great job playing one of the top movie villians ever!

[@sparky6086]

Bruce Dern said despite their big age difference, & John Wayne only having one lung, he'd lost the other to cancer, John Wayne roughed him up pretty good in that fight. It was so realistic for Dern; it was difficult for him to think of it as fake. Both Dern & Wayne were college athletes. John Wayne was a gridiron football player, & Bruce Dern ran track.

[@mikehigbee2320]

I'm 59 years old. I remember my Dad showing me and my brother this movie when I was about those boys' age. We loved it and never forgot it. I've showed it to my boys, too. I just lost my Dad, so it really hit home. Thanks, Dawn.

[@jwrow350]

My dad took me and my brothers to the drive-in to see it

[@DavidSmith-pg1ob]

I vaguely remember reading the book this was based on when I was a kid. Pretty sure the wandering "brothel" didn't just ride off with out scoring some work, if I recall correctly, heh.

[@jpbliss1]

My condolences for your loss.

[@mikehigbee2320]

@@jpbliss1 Thank you.

[@roachman1412]

My first driven movies were Big Jake,and Man Called Horse what a double feature I'm 65

[@michaelragnarsson3476]

This is probably my favorite western of all time. Not enough people react to this, or are even aware of it, its criminally underrated IMO

[@markr9730]

John Wayne's last film was "The Shootist". You'll love it.

[@user-mg5mv2tn8q]

Have tissues close at hand.

[@jhilal2385]

He did all his own stunts with only 1 lung.

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

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[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Hello, it was cancer. Alot of people wept a lot of prayers for his cure. I think that he lived another 14 years.

[@jhilal2385]

@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 "The Shootist" was released in 1976. He passed away in 1979.

[@LilHoss]

I heard the smallest boy in the group grew up to be an award winning rodeo rider, and John Wayne said the boy was the most natural cowboy he had ever seen.....👍

[@brandonangstman]

Actually he was already one when this was filmed. Half the boys in the film were city kids who could act the other half were country boys who where junior rodeo stars.

[@LilHoss]

@@brandonangstman Was t he an actor, cause he did other stuff, acting wise. I think he did Gunsmoke and wasn't he in Cahill US Marshall?

[@brandonangstman]

@@LilHoss no pretty sure that was a different kid in Cahill.

[@98nh3609]

@@LilHoss that's his younger son in the movie Cahill US Marshall. One of the other boys is one of the carradines and went on to be the father in Lizzie McGuire

[@LilHoss]

@@98nh3609 you mean the guy we're talking about was his younger son in the movie The Cowboys? You're not talking about Ethan Wayne? Ethan Wayne played his grandson in Big Jake.

[@HuntingViolets]

The guy who tracked them is played by Bruce Dern, who has had a long career and is also the father of actress Laura Dern.

[@BouillaBased]

Dawn needs to review The ‘Burbs. One of Bruce Dern’s funniest and most unhinged roles.

[@McPh1741]

Another really good cattle drive movie is the comedy "City Slickers" starring Billy Crystal. You would love it.

[@paulpeterson4216]

Yes, in a sense City Slickers is a remake of Cowboys; but, substitute middle-aged Jewish New Yorkers for the kids.

[@thekevinjmiller]

When my Tennessee-born wife saw City Slickers, she thought the concept so funny she bought her NYC born husband a week on a working ranch in Wyoming. I prepped for it by riding twice a week in Central Park with a friend for six weeks. But even so, twelve hours in the saddle, my ass felt it. But fun memories, and I love Wyoming.

[@MrYoup11]

You should do Clint Eastwood's "2 Mules for Sister Sara", a good Western for you. Another Western era movie you should watch is "Hidalgo", A old time long distance race horse movie, he's won pretty well every race in Old West, and then goes over to Arabia for a long Distance desert race. This one stars Viggo Mortensen, who also played Aragorn in Lord of the Rings.

[@thunderstruck5484]

Hidalgo is so good

[@user-mg5mv2tn8q]

Both very good movies. I'd also recommend The Big Country, with Gregory Peck. It's got everything you're looking for, Dawn-Marie: an upstanding hero, grand adventure, romance, and an extremely rousing musical score, one of the greatest ever composed. I don't think anyone else on KZbin has done a reaction to it yet, so it's high time.

[@sparky6086]

The late Don Imus, a popular US radio personality, had a charity cowboy training camp which trained children with cancer or recovering from cancer, plus the siblings of SIDS victims, to be cowbows. It was a kind of Summer camp.

[@waterbeauty85]

Roscoe Lee Browne almost steals every scene he's in.

[@Hiraghm]

I really liked him as Boxx in Logan's Run...

[@mikemilne]

"Almost" every scene?

[@waterbeauty85]

@@mikemilne You're right. He is so great.

[@user-mg5mv2tn8q]

I love Vincent D'Onofrio's take on the Kingpin character in the Marvel Universe. But Roscoe Lee Browne provided the voice of the Kingpin on the 1990s Spider-Man cartoon, and the fact is, his depiction was the most loyal to Stan Lee's original vision for the character.

[@flibber123]

One of the interesting things to me about this movie is that John Wayne was an old school 'movie star' kind of actor. Bruce Dern, the bad guy in this movie, is a method actor. So in their scenes together you get to see the two approaches to acting with both actors at the top of their form. This movie is like a transition point, the old guy passing the torch to the younger generation.

[@darylabrams2]

Very interesting way to describe it. Many of the actors in the film were trained actors, unlike Wayne who basically just learned as he went through his career. Wayne always was on set though Watching and learning and listening. He would also instruct on ways to do the fight scenes for others.

[@shawnmiller4781]

Yup and that is why John Wayne always had to play the role as John Wayne

[@darylabrams2]

@@shawnmiller4781 a lot of people say that. Personally I see differences in his characters but they usually have similar qualities. It was probably both good and bad for him. He couldn't play a villain like Dern. He had to be the strong hero. That's what fans expected.

[@pnwcruiser]

"The Big Country" with Gregory Peck...great old western.

[@dustyblack1855]

The Cowboys has always been one of my favorite movies. Always reminds me of Dad.

[@richiecabral3602]

You obviously haven't seen either of the "City Slickers" movies yet, but there are camps like this in real life that you can pay to go to for a working vacation, and drive cattle. They have places like that here in the US, and I've heard of ones in Australia too. Probably other countries too. Wouldn't be surprised if they had places like that in Argentina, or other countries in South America.

[@BouillaBased]

I would love to see Dawn’s video diary from a long weekend on a dude ranch.

[@bobschenkel7921]

Two of the kids went on to longer movie careers, Robert Carradine (Revenge Of The Nerds) and A Martinez (Ghost). And Mr. Nightlinger was played by Roscoe Lee Brown, who is in a lot of movies. "The Cowboys" is one of Mr. Wayne's last movies, within his last five years, and one of his best. And...Best Movie Ever. LOL.

[@ryanphillips4218]

Spoilers: I thinks one of only three he dies in. This, the Shootist, and The Alamo.

[@bobschenkel7921]

He also dies in "The Sands of Iwo Jima" where he played Sgt. Striker.@@ryanphillips4218

[@jamesbednar8625]

"Sands of Iwo Jima" he bites the dust as well. Think there were a few more movie as well. Suggest checking out the KZbin channel "Famous People with Wrangler". He does an awesome job of presenting various actors/actresses in western films and a bunch other stuff western movie related. He also has a listing of ALL the movies that John Wayne died in. Want to say there are 7 movies but cannot remember.@@ryanphillips4218

[@gawainethefirst]

@@ryanphillips4218 Sands of Iwo Jima also.

[@bobschenkel7921]

"Ghost" Yes. A Martinez played one of the bad guys that killed the main character, Patrick Swayze, and then got swallowed up by the beings that took him to hell.@@Dave-hb7lx

[@GregInHouston2]

One of my favorites is "Two Mules for Sister Sarah"

[@wwciii]

I love Nightlinger's making peace with his maker. You need to watch Silverado with a cameo by John Cleese.

[@thomastimlin1724]

Dawn: Did You Know??? Bruce Dern's [Long Hair bad guy] maternal grandfather was a Vice President of the Carson, Pirie and Scott stores, which were established by his own father, Scottish-born businessman Andrew MacLeish. Dern's maternal granduncle was poet Archibald MacLeish, an American poet and writer, who was associated with the modernist school of poetry. He was awarded three Pulitzer Prizes for his work.

[@angelohernandez6060]

And Bruce Dern is the father of Laura Dern. She starred in Jurrasic Park.

[@corbinhbucknerjr558]

So basically Bruce Dern was a Scottish spy right there in Hollywood.

[@dbsagacious]

"Take his teeth and sell them for piano keys". Holy hell. Remind me never to piss her off

[@toodlescae]

My absolute favorite Western and John Wayne movie. Other westerns on my favorites list: Rio Bravo (JW) McLintock (JW) Big Jake (JW) El Dorado (JW) Silverado Sons Of Katie Elder (JW) Tombstone 5 Card Stud You've watched my favorites of Clint Eastwood westerns. Actually Cimmaron was supposed to be roughly the same age as Slim. He was more than likely giving them Castor Oil or Cod Liver Oil for their hangovers. 😂 I always wanted a sequel that showed the boys taking care of Wil Andersen's wife and running the ranch for her. Finally Cimmaron would have a home and the other boys would adopt her as a 2nd mother.

[@matta5498]

This is my favorite JW movie, but my favorite western is The Outlaw Josey Wales.

[@wadeheaton123]

What? No SEARCHERS?

[@toodlescae]

@@wadeheaton123 oops. Forgot that one. I knew I was missing one.

[@darylabrams2]

If you can find it, they did a TV show that lasted one season. It basically picked up with the boys bringing Mrs. Anderson the money from the drive and offering to work the ranch. Same name as the film and I believe that 3 or 4 from the film were in it.

[@bigbow62]

Heres another one for the list once you watch it that is..... Red River ( 1948 ) Definitely one of John Waynes best acting jobs Also staring... Montgomery Clift Walter Brennan Joanne Dru Its about the first cattle drive up the Chisholm Trail I can't believe so many people missed or have never seen this amazing movieits a great western and one of Waynes best !

[@eaglepep1]

I come from a ranch family and was the oldest of 3 boys. For our family, a 1/2 beef (side) would last us a year. We had 2 deep freezers, one for the meat and one for everything else that needed freezing, BTW, the longest cattle drive we ever had to do with our cattle was about 10 miles, but there were some ranches near by that drove cattle by horseback as far as 25 miles. Some of my grandfather's ranch (a true cowboy from South Dakota) has been incorporated into the East Block of the Grasslands National Park of Canada, my youngest brother has taken over my parent's ranch, which is just outside of the borders of the park in the Wood Mountain Hills of Saskatchewan, Canada on the north side of the State of Montana, USA.

[@Hiraghm]

How long would those drives take? Days? Hours?

[@laurab68707]

I love John Wayne and this is one of my favorites of his. The other John Wayne movie I love is Hatari.

[@Hiraghm]

Hatari is great fun! I love Red Buttons in it... "Tell me again, Sean... "

[@StuBarroo]

ALRIGHT! You the first person I know of to finally get around to reacting to the BEST MOVIE EVER! Congrats, Dawn...

[@saaamember97]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet, but in the early day of movies, there was an overture, an intermission, and ending credits themes. The overture music acted like a call to everyone to take their seats, because the show was about to start. The intermission was to allow folks a chance to get up and stretch, go to the restroom, and partake in snacks from the concession stand. It was needed because back in those days, folks weren't used to sitting for long periods of time.

[@PamArtsValentine]

This is my all-time favorite John Wayne cowboy movie-and almost forgotten, or never seen, by most people- glad to see you are bringing it back into the spotlight!

[@THOMMGB]

Hi Dawn, I think you would really enjoy, Little Big Man (1970) It's stars Dustin Hoffman. It about the old West and the massacre of General Custer at the Little Bighorn. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot to mention Open Range with Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall.

[@paulklenknyc]

What I love about you, Dawn Marie, is that regardless of how I feel about the film genre of the day, I just jump right in, because I know it’ll be a very entertaining reaction.

[@KT-iy9vc]

In the pre-streaming/pre DVR days this movie cost me a lot of sleep. No matter how many times it came on TV at 10 or 11 at night I'd get caught up watching it again and would stay up late watching the whole movie.

[@jamesbednar8625]

Still do the same to this day whenever flipping through the TV channels late at night and come across a John Wayne movie.

[@LilHoss]

I heard Bruce Dern didn't tell anyone that he was going to dunk the boy in the river, not even the kid, so his reaction was genuine.

[@creech54]

The score by John Williams (every "Star War" movie, every Spielberg movie) is one of my favorites.

[@michaeldouglass840]

If you Seach FSO ( Film Score Orchestra ) on KZbin you will find a bunch of live performances of the music from The Cowboys, Rocky, Star Wars abd several other movies

[@vojtanick738]

Please react to My name is nobody from 1973 with Terence Hill and Henry Fonda. It is amazing western movie.

[@garybradford8332]

My 3 favorite Westerns that were more recent are Appaloosa, Open Range and Unforgiven. You've watched a few of my older favorites but Red River, which also stars John Wayne, is considered a classic. It also introduced Montgomery Clift who absolutely nailed his first film role which made him an instant movie star.

[@totallytomanimation]

Overtures are orchestral pieces played before an Opera, Play, or the like that are usually comprised of a number of the musical themes in the actual show. It became a part of Films back in the day, before there was 15+ minutes of previews to bore everyone to death. Definitely a classy way to open a movie.

[@Madbandit77]

King Kong, Lawrence of Arabia, Ice Station Zebra, and Jeremiah Johnston are the most notable films with overtures. The Hateful Eight had one in its' roadshow version.

[@pauld6967]

Indeed, some music to entertain the audience as people enter and find their seats. Much better than our current system of advertisements and coming attractions.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

All KZbin reactors should be told about overtures and such. It would save us having to sit there watching them go "What's going on? Is it supposed to do this?" for two or three minutes.

[@pauld6967]

@@porflepopnecker4376 Nah, it's fun watching their puzzlement. If for nothing else than watching the slow realization that things haven't always been done the way they are used to and that they don't know everything.

[@gypsylights9518]

"Donovan's" Reef" is a John Wayne comedy that you might enjoy

[@markwilliams6394]

My grandfather took me to the movie theater only once, and this was the movie he took me to see. I was 7 at the time.

[@crystalclarity6766]

I was attending high school in Wyoming when “The Cowboys” arrived at our small-town theater. We lived on acreage and had horses which I rode all of the time in the foothills of the magnificent Wind River mountains. Super great memories!

[@richardrodriguez2120]

The town of Belle Fourche is my hometown. Born and raised there until I was 14. Don’t live to far from there now. Still lots of family there. They have an annual rodeo that has been going on for 100yrs if not longer. It’s also known as the geographic center of the nation for all 50 states

[@beowulfthedane]

The town where they finish the Cattle drive, Belle Fourche, South Dakota is a nice place to visit. It's just a short distance from Deadwood and Sturgis. I spent a few days there in June of '22.

[@lawrencejones1517]

So glad you watched this one! This was The Duke in one of his best! I was about the same age as the youngest Cowboy when this came out. Bruce Dern scared the living hell out of me when I first saw this! A bit of trivia, half of the boys that played the were actors, and half were real cowboys that competed in rodeo professionally! The youngest was one of them! Clay O'Brien was his name, and he was 8 years old at the time! He had been competing since he was 4!

[@garybradford8332]

The actors taught the cowboys how to act and the cowboys taught the actors how to cowboy. Genius casting.

[@Flastew]

Another true western. Great reaction Dawn, you are one of only a few who didn't cry when that kid died.

[@bobschenkel7921]

BTW, the bad guy with the long hair and big teeth, was Bruce Dern (Hang 'Em High), and the father of Laura Dern (Jurassic Park, Blue Velvet).

[@stupidsmart-phone6911]

I liked him in Support Your Local Sheriff.

[@DavidSmith-pg1ob]

He was also in a sci-fi movie I liked, "Silent Running".

[@barryscott8041]

Bruce Dern was intense as the Vietnam veteran, troubled husband in "Coming Home" w/Jane Fonda, Jon Voight

[@leemacpeek2698]

This was supposed to be John Waynes last movie. It was so popular that it gave a huge boost to John Wayne's career and westerns in general

[@Herzog-II]

Hang em high with Clint is a much watch classic, Dawn.

[@rhwinner]

I saw this with my family at the premier weekend in NYC 1969. Still one of my fave movies.

[@mjtribby6328]

I remember going to the theatre to see this movie. My first John Wayne movie seen in theatre. I love this movie. I am glad to see someone reviewing this on the net. You can visit a "dude ranch" and get the cowboy life for a vacation. Great reaction. That is the same reaction I had years ago.

[@reesebn38]

I saw The Cowboys in the theatre when I was 8. It was a big shock to see the Hero killed in a movie. I love the music! There is a really cool 50th Anniversary reunion of the Kids on KZbin. 10 kids, 5 actors, 5 real cowboys. They had to learn to become the each other. After making the movie 2 of the Actor kids became real cowboys. They have some cool stories about the Duke. It's a great watch.

[@mannys4036]

I saw it and it was amazing. To see John Wayne's youngest son keeping the legacy of his dad alive is heartwarming. He is such a humble person and seeing the boys all grown up was surreal. They all seemed to care for each other after all these years and they were really funny. Plus the let the audience ask questions. A must see!

[@reesebn38]

It's awesome! @@mannys4036

[@thomast8539]

Harrison Ford is the tall cowboy of the 3 that go off to find gold at the beginning. Edit: Upon review, this post is incorrect. IMDB is your friend. LOL.

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

I pulled up the full cast of The Cowboys & didn’t see Harrison Ford’s name on the list.

[@Leorstef]

No, it's Walter Scott. He's credited on the movie, as an actor, as the role "Okay' at IMDB if you look it up. He was a stunt man for the film, as well, and was put in that scene at the beginning. Mr. Scott became a stunt coordinator, did a little film called "Back to the Future". He was driving the Jeep, Michael J Fox grabbed onto in the film.

[@thomast8539]

@@Leorstef You are spot on. My bad. I was certain that was him, the guy looked and sounded just like Harrison Ford. Dang.

[@thomast8539]

@@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw I am wrong. Dang.

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

@@thomast8539 👍👌✌️

[@cleekmaker00]

Matt Clark (the Cowboy at the start who says "You got my word on that") was the Bartender in Santa Rio from The Outlaw Josey Wales. He's a fixture in the Western genre.

[@stupidsmart-phone6911]

I looked it up just now and didn't know all these years the score was done by John Williams.

[@scottgorski7931]

FYI: Overture was played before the movie started while people were in the lobby and the lobby lights would flash, signaling the people to enter and take their seats. Intermission was time to use the restrooms and have a smoke, lights would flash again signaling it was time to get back to your seats. It was more of an experience back then, before people were simply herded in after paying admission then expected to leave as soon as the show ended so the next batch of people could be herded in.

[@Buskieboy]

OMG! I've been begging reactors to PLEASE react to my FAVORITE western movie ever! I saw this when I was 12 and always wanted to be a cowboy and all the boys in the our neighbourhood played Cowboys and Indians! This movie is beautifully filmed showing how hard a life being a trail hand is and watching these young boys grow up. Plus it has some very funny scenes! The guitar piece played by Slim is "Largo" by Vivaldi. To me it is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever composed. It makes me want to cry, it's so beautiful! And I love how they play it during the rugged work day. A great contrast! Bruce Dern, aka "Long Hair" found it hard to get work after he killed The Duke! The ending killed me when a dying John Wayne tells them he's proud of them! Please thank your "Patreon Tim" for us! "Best Movie Ever" ™ Thank-you Dawn!

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Delighted to see you reacting to this classic! This and "The Big Trail" are my two favorite John Wayne movies. My parents took me to see this when it came out. It was a wide, curved screen and I was sitting front row center, so I almost felt like I was inside the movie.

[@tommywalker3746]

This a great movie

[@amusedmarine7402]

My family and I went to the Drive-in theater to see this, I was 5. STILL today I always enjoy this movie. Wayne at his best along with True Grit!! I'm so very glad you enjoyed this classic!!

[@DaveB806]

Thank you so much for watching this movie. Brought tears to my eyes remembering watching it with my son many years ago. ❤

[@ejtappan1802]

This is such an outstanding movie!! So glad someone requested it!

[@harrytrevenen2310]

Dawn, another really good one with John Wayne as a western father of 2 boys, "Cahill U.S. Marshall" from 1973, equally as good but a happier ending.

[@fishouttawtr]

I'm 59, grew up on the Duke and this is one of my favorites! I love the coming of age aspect, especially under the firm, fair, loving hand of John Wayne!

[@bighuge1060]

Great John Williams score, too.

[@tfish1955]

Enjoyed watching you enjoy one my favorite movies from my childhood.

[@pnwcruiser]

When you asked if you're the only one who wants a pet cow I had the best laugh I've had in a while...thanks for being Dawn Dawn 🙂

[@billolsen4360]

You're so delightful enjoying western movies. I'd forgotten all about that one who was killed retrieving his friend's glasses. Cowboys were generally boys back in the real wild west. Most people went to work at about age 14 unless their family had land they had to work. Kids in those days in the western states & territories were around 85% farm or ranch children and knew how to handle horses and cattle and working a cattle drive earned them real money they could save to start their place when they were full growed.

[@davidlestervoice8914]

Dawn. There is a "The Cowboys" 50th anniversary video of the remaining cast on 'Word on Westerns' KZbin channel. Great interviews and stories!💛

[@karlmortoniv2951]

I'm watching this now. Very chatty, rather like a podcast - maybe it originally was a podcast? Very cool seeing the guys shoot the shit. Thanks for mentioning it, I had no idea it existed. 🙂

[@thomastimlin1724]

John Williams did the music...he did Jaws , Star Wars, all those.

[@pauld6967]

I have used *burning daylight" for decades. It was an expression I picked up in my military days. It is nice that it is used in a John Wayne film. That means it will live on forever as his movies are always "must watch" cinema for someone to have a proper education when it comes to films.

[@WithTwoFlakes]

I can't explain why, but you calling Bruce Dern " ... a big old meanie ! " had me cracked up laughing.🤣

[@nataliestclair6176]

Yay! I follow several movie and TV series reactors and you are the first to react to the Cowboys! One of my all time favorite westerns! A little trivia, Bruce Dern who played the leader of the bad guys and went on to have a great acting carreer had a hard time getting cast for movies for a couple of years after the Cowboys was released. No on wanted to hire the man who killed John Wayne. True story

[@metrolax]

As a 10-year old growing up in Minnesota when this came out, this was the greatest movie I could have ever seen

[@robcannon9165]

HI DAWN MARIE YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT JOHN WAYNES LAST MOVIE "THE SHOOTIST" THIS IS SUCH A GOOD MOVIE 🎥 AND JOHN WAYNE WAS SERIOUSLY ILL WHEN MAKING "THE SHOOTIST" AND TRAGICALLY JOHN WAYNE PASSED AWAY AFTER FINISHING THE MOVIE AND ITS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THE DUKE AS HE WAS PLAYING A DYING MAN IN HIS LAST EVER 😢 MOVIE.

[@farmerbill6855]

WHY ARE YOU YELLING?

[@denroy3]

The older boy was Robert Carradine, son of famous actor John Carradine, and brother to both David and Keith, also popular actors. The brothers starred in the western 'The Long Riders', with other sets of brothers, playing the real life brothers in the James-Younger gang. John Carradine starred in Stagecoach(1939) with Wayne, the movie that made Wayne a bona-fide star.

[@SciFiCatGuy]

When I was but a wee lad, my grandpa tool mento seenthis film when it came out. He used to tell me stories about running herds up the Shawnee trail from Texas to Kansas City, when he was but a wee lad, with his dad, brothers, and uncles.

[@johnallen4030]

Growing up in Mississippi, my dad told me stories about they used to break horses in a shallow pond to prevent getting hurt in the fall

[@wheelmanstan]

That's Laura Dern's dad, Bruce Dern, and he's such a great bad guy..so anytime you see those teeth you know there's trouble. Haha. You GOTTA watch Red River. It's the ultimate cowboy film I think, fantastic film. It's really amazing how these films were made, riding horses is actually very dangerous. Lots of expert lifelong horse riders and owners die riding horses and it's no fault of their own usually. A horse gets startled by a snake or bee or sound etc or simply trips in a hole or trips like any animal can and that can end you. In the old films you can actually fairly often see horses falling over, especially in the old epic sword and sandal films where there's a hundred or so extras. Still..who doesn't want to ride a horse, all our ancestors did all the way up until 1900 or so, many millions were lost in the world wars. The connection we have to them and the debt we owe them, just imagine. This film reminds me of Toy Soldiers. Anyone remember that film?

[@revjohnlee]

This was the movie that taught me to love westerns when I was a child. I was ambivalent before this one. I was already a John Wayne fan because I remember seeing "The Quiet Man" several times by that age. I had also seen him in some war movies but this was the first Western I saw the Duke in.

[@fionnmaccumhaill3257]

The intermission is perfect for going to get popcorn or candy.

[@barryscott8041]

Or the bathroom

[@reinholdmueller4882]

Great reaction! Among all the great John Wayne Western *Red River* (1948) is my favorite. The film narrates the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

This was a bonafide classic as soon as it premiered. Cured the boy's stuttering, but gave him turrets! LOL. "Well, I have the inclination, the maturity, and the wherewithal - but, unfortunately, I don't have the time." - Jebediah Nightlinger speaking to the Madam - and I've actually used that line in real life. We used to get a side of beef for the freezer, and it fed a family of six for much of the year. Try another John Wayne classic, by Howard Hawks filmed in Tanganyika (E. Africa) in HATARI! (1962).

[@PlasticMacele]

It is just so awesome to see a reactor who loves Westerns and John Wayne.

[@maryg8152]

Irish Guy Reacts is great for Westerns. He's watched quite a lot of John Wayne. Madison K watches Westerns too.

[@McPh1741]

This is one of The Dukes best. His war movies are pretty good too. Personal recommendations: Sands of Iwo Jima They Were Expendable In Harm's Way Back Bataan

[@joerogers9413]

Flying Leathernecks is a good war movie too.

[@Hiraghm]

Okay, the one guy who he fired at the beginning... he was in both "The Outlaw Josey Wales" and "Jeremiah Johnson" (I think you've seen both...) He's made a lot of westerns. The Schoolteacher was the crazy woman in "Jeremiah Johnson".

[@bugvswindshield]

great great john wayne movie. I own 16...forgot about this one..just bought it....17 of his movies Thank you so much for helping keep his memory alive.

[@hornerinf]

He didn't call them buttheads , he told them If they had any arguments between them (because he took away their weapons) to butt heads. Haha

[@MikeBronson515]

All time classic. Roscoe Lee Brown, and John Wayne were perfect together

[@Hiraghm]

Dawn, IIRC, I started watching when you were reacting to Monty Python. Now that you've seen "The Cowboys" and "The Searchers", there are 4 John Wayne westerns I feel you must see. "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" "Rio Bravo" "El Dorado" and "The Shootist". The Shootist is Wayne's final film. Several of his friends were in it, including Jimmy Stewart. Wayne made a lot of cowboy movies, but he also had a set of cavalry movies; "Rio Grande", "Fort Apache" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" among them. Most were written by James Warner Bellah, who was an exceptional western writer. "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" was probably the definitive movie in the collection. I know it's by far my favorite. "I'm not gonna cry; I want to stand up and cheer".

[@markoconnor995]

Great choice and great reaction. This was Wayne's favorite movie, because he liked teaching the boys roping and riding. 5 of those boys went on to become rodeo champions. You might like, "Sons of Katie Elder,"

[@BogeyDopeYT]

“ you could sell em…..for like piano keys” 😂🤣🤣🤣

[@rodsnrounds]

Clay O'Brien, who played Hardy Fimp, went on to become a seven-time world champion roper and is in the National Rodeo Hall of Fame after his child actor days were done. If you have ever seen the TV series Longmire, the character Jacob Nighthorse is played by the kid who played Cimarron (A Martinez). Weedy(Norman Howell Jr) went on to be a Hollywood stunt man

[@Pokyhawk]

Some interesting trivia about the boys selected by John Wayne: The boy Weedy that Wayne didn't want (so he drew the line above his head on the chalk board) is Clay O'Brien. O'Brien also starred in "The Apple Dumpling Gang" in 1975 and, again with John Wayne, in "Cahill: U.S. Marshall" in 1973. The reason that it's interesting is that, Clay O'Brien left acting in 1976 and returned to cowboying full-time. He is the holder of at least seven World Titles in team roping along with many other rodeo achievements. The boy called 'Slim' is played by Robert Carradine (whose father John Carradine also plays Oscar Schmidt in this movie) who is probably best known for his character Lewis Skulnick in 1984s "Revenge of the Nerds". Most of the other boys have gone on to become well known as well but I'll let you read up on them at your leisure.

[@Hiraghm]

Oh, I had forgotten Cahill. Another good one. "Don't rob banks".

[@Blue-qr7qe]

Since you're enjoying Westerns so much, i'm going to keep recommending my two favorites: OPEN RANGE (2003) Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Bening. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990) Kevin Costner, Graham Greene, Mary McDonnell. Enjoy -

[@robeskridge7948]

“McLintock” and “Big Jake” are definitely worth the watch. You’ll love seeing John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara together in 2 classic movies. Michael (producer), Patrick, and Ethan Wayne were working with their dad on “Big Jake”.

[@garybradford8332]

The US was still fighting in Vietnam when this was filmed. John Wayne supported the war while Bruce Dern opposed it. The college campus of Berkley, California was an especially anti war hot spot. Regarding the shooting of John Wayne's character in the back, he told Dern "You know, when this comes out, most of America will hate you." Dern smiled and replied "Yeah, but they'll f*cking love me at Berkley.". Duke had a big laugh over that one.

[@aaronburdon221]

ooo ooo good movie. P.S. a single cow weighs about 1200-1400 pounds (500-600 kgs) After processing it weighs about 600 (250 kgs) or so (depending on how it was raised and how good your butcher is). So if you gave everyone a half pound hamburger's worth of meat, you could easily feed 1000 people with 1 cow. It's one of the reasons why we breed them and fatten them up so much. It's an extremely heavy front end investment, but if you run them smart and hard you can make big money off of it. A single cow is about 2000-2500 dollars (depending on breeding lines) so 600 pounds of meat (including premium cuts) will save you quite a bit of money if you buy the full cow from the farmer himself.

[@user-xw2uh7ih2r]

I've watched all your videos. Thank you for you company. You are absolutely not hard to look at and I wish you all the best. Good luck and I hope this channel makes you famous.

[@custardflan]

The guy you thought looked like Nicolas Cage is Bruce Dern. He's the father of Laura Dern. Glad you're reacting to this. It's one of my favorite late-in-life John Wayne westerns.

[@topherbec7578]

This film reminds me of my youth when I worked on my Uncle's ranch. Best education I ever got.

[@robertjames-life4768]

My favorite western as a kid, full of life lessons.

[@markraffety3246]

There's so many great Western films. Three that I like that don't get to much mention anymore are Nevada Smith (Steve McQueen), McKenna's Gold (Gregory Peck), and the epic How the West was Won. A couple of western themed sci-fi/fantasy films are the Valley of Gwangi (a cowboy and dinosaur film that worked well) and the Seven Faces of Dr. Lao (Tony Randall).

[@redbelli8297]

It makes me happy when a reaction to the Cowboys is best! 🤩

[@RonnyWestberry]

average cow produces about 450 pounds of beef and that will feed approximatel 2300 people.1000 cows at 50 each =50,000 thousand dollars minus expenses

[@philmullineaux5405]

The older teen is from acting royalty a John Carradine kid. He went on to many TV shows and movies and did, The Nerds trilogy!