1966 Directed by Howard Hawks
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
A solid, colorful Western, Howard Hawks' "El Dorado" finds John Wayne and Robert Mitchum joining forces and playing out sturdy but unremarkable plot beats. The whole enterprise is unashamedly old fashioned, but it results in an appealing experience.
John Wayne plays a gun-for-hire who teams up with Robert Mitchum's sheriff to make peace between rival ranchers. The story does not have much forward motion, but it is entertaining to see Wayne, Mitchum, and James Caan doing their thing on an old-west playground. The story suggests themes standard to the genre like the epidemic of violence, the taming of the frontier, and the importance of allies, but there is not any great depth here.
The film is stately and sturdily executed.…
Fiftysomething Mitchum, pushing sixty Wayne and self plagarising Hawks manage to coast by on charm and somehow come up with something that works despite the sagginess. The first hour or so creates just enough back story and characterisation to make the movie as a whole more than just a Rio Bravo knock off, even if the second hour pretty much is that.
It's very hard to watch without making point by point comparisons with Rio Bravo which is a shame as that is one of my all time favourite movies and has wayne and Hawks a lot closer to the peak of their powers. Wayne has his moments here but largely just feels old, there are sections where the loose…
Around the mid to late sixties the Western was being reinvigorated by the likes of Sergio Leone and a certain Sam Peckinpah who turned the genre on its head. We got the death-knell of the Old West in films like Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid and The Wild Bunch, but there were still directors like Howard Hawks willing to do it old-style.
El Dorado is very much like 1959's Rio Bravo. This has been called a remake, but I think that's slightly unfair as although similar in storyline, there's more here that just another payday for The Duke. Pairing titans John Wayne and Robert Mitchum together had already been done in The Longest Day, but seeing them together on screen…
SEHR SPAßIG, WENIGER TIEFGANG
=====================================================================Kurz zur Story: Der alternde Söldner Cole Thornton bekommt ein harmlos wirkendes Arbeitsangebot von Bart Jason, einem Viehbaron. Als sich heraustellt das er in diesem eigentlich seinem alten Kumpel J.P. Harrah, dem derzeiten Sheriff vor Ort Schwierigkeiten machen soll, lehnt er ab. Doch jemand anders hat das Angebot angenommen, wie Cole einige Zeit später festellen muss....
Die Bewertungen: Rotten Tomatoes: Kritiker: 100% Zuschauer: 87%
IMDb: 7,6
Meine Meinung: An erster Stelle sollte man sich darüber bewusst sein, dass der Film nicht in die gleiche Kerbe der Italo Wester, von bspw. Sergio Leone, schlägt. "El Dorado" ist auch kein nachdenkliches Meisterwerk, sondern nur ein einfacher Western, mit sehr viel Humor und einem Zusammenspiel der Figuren, welches mich…
Las "variaciones Hawks", casi tan célebres como las Goldgerg, tienen su máximo exponente en la dupla Rio Bravo/El Dorado. A pesar de no partir esta vez de un guión original, Hawks y la guionista Leigh Brackett adulteraron el contenido de la novela The Stars in Their Courses hasta acercarlo a la propuesta argumental del film de 1959, que se cita en paráfrasis de principio a fin. El resultado fue un film que, en esencia, vuelve a hablar de profesionalidad y camaradería masculina según los postulados hawksianos, repitiendo los roles y situaciones ya conocidos pero aumentando el espectro tonal: en El Dorado las cosas comienzan siendo más trágicas que en Rio Bravo, pero acabarán acentuándose también los aspectos humorísticos, algunos de…
Even though El Dorado doesn't come close to the other Wayne/Hawks collaborations, Red River (1948) and Rio Bravo (1959), it's nonetheless a very entertaining movie - and in fact one of the better John Wayne movies he made in the later stage of his career (not counting True Grit).
Yes, El Dorado is a very old-fashioned movie made in a period when the American western was reinventing itself with a new generation of westerns like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Wild Bunch, and maybe even cringe-worthy at times to watch, but Hawks still manages to produce a quality film that holds up quite well.
The movie is moderately paced and the action scenes are exactly what you expect from a vehicle starring both John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. It has a classic western soundtrack and to me at least, a very nostalgic film to watch from time to time.
Robert Mitchum has officially become "that creepy guy from The Night of the Hunter" for me and i can't unsee it. It's just his face i guess.
Howard hawks directs this such precision, and whit. Mixed with action, and exciting performances. Likeable tough guys like mitchum and wayne ignite the screen embodying the cowboy lifestyle...
James cann young plays a mysterious character that appears to be the leads guardian angel.. excellent western
Classic Howard Hawks western staring John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. Basically it’s a remake of Rio Bravo but not as good. That’s not to say it’s not good at all. It stands up as a good solid western.
Part of the Nat Dinga let's drink Scotch and watch a John Wayne movie by myself film festival!
This movie is pretty good. John Waynes gets to play John Wayne, Robert Mitchum plays the sheriff who becomes a drunk (the basis for Gene Wilder in Blazing Saddles I would think) and Jame Caan before he would play Sonny Corleone. It's also weird to see Ed Asner play a bad guy.
Still very well done, a solid Western.
The most dated scene: James Caan squints his eyes, put on a hat and pretends to be a "Chinaman" to trick a cowboy. HE'S JAMES CAAN, HOW WOULD ANYONE BELIEVE THAT HE'S ASIAN! Like even for a second. It was remarkably dumb.
Another one I always have to see when I come across it in the tv. Is tense and fun. And even if I also love Rio Bravo I like this one a bit better. Is more dark but in a way that makes the characters and plot more interesting and layered.
I just really like it.
SEHR SPAßIG, WENIGER TIEFGANG
=====================================================================Kurz zur Story: Der alternde Söldner Cole Thornton bekommt ein harmlos wirkendes Arbeitsangebot von Bart Jason, einem Viehbaron. Als sich heraustellt das er in diesem eigentlich seinem alten Kumpel J.P. Harrah, dem derzeiten Sheriff vor Ort Schwierigkeiten machen soll, lehnt er ab. Doch jemand anders hat das Angebot angenommen, wie Cole einige Zeit später festellen muss....
Die Bewertungen: Rotten Tomatoes: Kritiker: 100% Zuschauer: 87%
IMDb: 7,6
Meine Meinung: An erster Stelle sollte man sich darüber bewusst sein, dass der Film nicht in die gleiche Kerbe der Italo Wester, von bspw. Sergio Leone, schlägt. "El Dorado" ist auch kein nachdenkliches Meisterwerk, sondern nur ein einfacher Western, mit sehr viel Humor und einem Zusammenspiel der Figuren, welches mich…
Wayne, Mitchum and Caan square off against a mangled Christopher George and Ed Asner (?!) What a crazy, mixed up world. James Caan really steals the show, many of his Caanisms are already on display, his trademark endearingly arrogant downbeat smartass sadness is all over this picture and holy cow that impression he does near the end is something else, lookout Mickey Rooney. El Dorado is about 30 minutes too long and there’s a little too much Apple Dumpling Gang in the mix, no offense intended to ADG (sorry,fellers) but a set of teeth would do right by this. Still, it’s a mighty agreeable way to spend a couple hours.
Very similar to Rio Bravo while I do like the banter of John Wayne and Robert Mitchum better. Rio Bravo has the better overall story...but not by much. 7/10
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