![]() ![]() The Editors of American Cowboy Magazine Foreword by Douglas BrodeĬopyright © 2011 by Morris Book Publishing, LLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The introduction sets forth the criteria for the selections while also presenting a short history of the genre. ![]() Each essay makes the case for why the selected movie belongs in the top one hundred-and included are five movies you’ve never heard of but should immediately put high on your list to view. Beyond being eminently browseable and lavishly illustrated, the book-compiled by the editors of the popular Western magazine American Cowboy-is sure to generate hot debate over its “top 100” list, and it covers plenty of movies that appeal to a wide variety of ages and tastes-from Once Upon a Time in the West (#1), High Noon (#4) Shane (#5), Unforgiven (#6), The Wild Bunch (#8), The OxBow Incident (#18), and The Magnificent Seven (#34) to Ride the High Country (#44), Little Big Horn (#67), The Outlaw Josey Wales (#84), Jeremiah Johnson (#85), Brokeback Mountain (#97), and The Kentuckian (#100). This unique compendium of short essays about, and evocative photos from, the one hundred greatest Western movies of all time is the authoritative new resource on the subject-and the ideal illustrated gift book for all cowboy enthusiasts and cinema fans. Part of Active Interest Media since 2003, the magazine also features artistic pictorials of Western landscapes and stories on cowboy gear, ranch know-how, and history. The 100 Greatest Western Movies of All TimeĪ fun, opinionated, illustrated look at Westerns- with great photographs from great moviesĪmerican Cowboy magazine was founded in 1994 and is based in Boulder, Colorado (It celebrates the authentic Western lifestyle with in-depth personality profiles, travel stories, and event coverage-including articles on the great Western movie genre. ![]() TwoDot® Guilford, Connecticut TwoDot® is an imprint of Globe Pequot Press Watch these, celebrate these, and by all means make your own catalog of favorites. We’ve tried to make our reasons for including them clear-but we didn’t want to give away the endings. Put together by editors who are movie lovers, but more specifically Western movie lovers and connoisseurs, our list tries to look at the genre as the art form it is, not comparing it with other movies out there. We’ve tried to make a point of calling extra attention to these unsung gems of the genre. And included in our list there are also five (or more) movies that you’ve probably never heard of, much less seen. Because we couldn’t help ourselves, there’s also an appendix with a few more. The list starts with our very favorite in the #1 slot, and the rankings follow from there through our least favorite favorite at #100. The opinions about what should be included, indeed about what constitutes a Western at all, are endless and deeply rooted in tradition and a heartfelt love for the heroes of the silver screen. Front cover photo of The Duke, legendary movie actor John Wayne, 1948 © Getty Images Printed in the United States of Americaįrom the Introduction As we look toward the future of the Western, it is appropriate to look back on the genre and to feature what we believe are the greatest one hundred (or so) Westerns to come out of Hollywood and elsewhere in the last hundred (or so) years. ![]()
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