@@robertsmith5217 I’ve seen movie prop rifles auctioned off and they are pretty neat on their own. Rubber or something similar with a wooden or aluminum etc center shaft so they don’t flop around but actors can have them fall on them or on too of them with no harm. I really hope that’s what this was…
And a well deserved warning, in this case. Yup, God made man. And Sam Colt made it possible for some men to make things equal. There is the potential for good and evil in any tool in the hands of men. A gun or a spade.
@@pier-lukevigneault3128 You seem to forget that with a modicum of effort you can make an explosive out of fertilizer, one such case killing more people in a attack than any mass shooting. Teachers should be allowed to arm themselves, as such will allow them to stop a shooting I their school and protect children, but sure, gun free zones have always stopped the shooter from shooting...when the inverse is proven true. Funny how the places with the least strict gun laws are some of the safest in the USA.
Even when playing villains, Alan Rickman threw in a bit of wit or humor, as if to say to the audience: "I'm not really this bad a guy. I'm just acting!" Indeed, most actors who worked with him said he was one of the kindest, most generous persons one could meet. RIP, Alan Rickman
I often find through media etc that those that play baddies, or evil characters are in fact the nicest people in real life and a lot of those that play superheroes or the hero are not so nice or just plain A Holes. Rickman was certainly one of the most underrated actors ever.
Love his line at the end, "Said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." You know it's a cool statement when the bad guy dies with a smile on his face.
The first time Quigley said "I never had much use for one", I knew he was going to be called upon to use one before the end of the movie, and when Marston stood him up in front of "his old pistol target" I knew he was going to come out on top and I knew, almost to the exact words, that he was going to say what he said.
Marston's wish was to be a legendary gunfighter. He was trying to live out his fantasy but grossly underestimated his opponent. His smile was the realization that even if HE couldn't be a great pistolero, he HAD died at the hands of one (Quigley), who even had a badass quote to boot.
Quigley is thinking. “This fool. He’s got all this land, power and rich. And he was a Wild West fantasy.” POW! POW! POW! “People die in fairy tales too. What a waste.”
I'm a John Wayne/Clint Eastwood cowboy movies kind of guy, but Quigley Down Under is one of the best western genre movies of all time. The acting and writing/plot line are superb - a fine tribute to cowboy movies, everywhere.
I agree. Didn't see it when it was released and just thought it was a vehicle to make Selleck a movie star. But his acting was understated, the supporting cast was superb, the story enlightening. I came away thinking, "This was a good movie that would have held its own during the heyday of great Westerns." Theme wasn't bad either. Good comment.
Great movie with long range shooting. If you haven't seen it watch an old Burt Lancaster movie called, "Valdez is Coming," you will probably enjoy it as well.
Yeah it tends to get overlooked as do almost all the westerns from the 80s (which was such a low period) - Pale Rider, Silverado, Man From Snowy River (another overlooked western from Australia), Lonesome Dove - we got too many things like Young Guns, Long Riders (gimmick westerns) or satires like Bronco Billy (which I did like), Three Amigos and Rustler's Rhapsody. I also enjoyed Selleck's two tv westerns - The Sacketts, Last Stand at Saber River and Shadow Riders
Dark Matter Thanks for the compliment but I did see a lot of black and white westerns featuring the cowboys from the past. Some were even silent films.
"That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas." - Alan Rickman starring as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves AR was one of the most humorous bad guys in movie history.
WeWantSome FallenStarNow I really enjoyed “The Sacketts” as well. Glenn Ford as Tom Sunday was incredible as was Ben Johnson as Cap Roundtree. Not to mention Sam Elliott.
I liked the Sacketts movies a lot but if you really want to get into the characters and the family bonds, you should read Louis L'Amours Sackett books. He wrote 16 novels about the Sackett family plus multiple stories. Sackett family members also appeared in several other of L'Amour's books as secondary characters. He wanted to write half a dozen more but died before he could accomplish it. His intention was to cover a family from their roots in England until the end of the 19th Century, covering the branches in the Caribbean, in the Revolutionary War, as Mountain Men, in the Civil War and as miners and cattlemen throughout the history of the western expansion. He was a marvelous author, and did not restrict himself to Westerns, although that was his most well known genre.
@@donwild50 I've read The Sacketts series of books several times. Just can't get enough of those stories, so well written and full of life. Read a few of his other stories as well, Kid Rodelo, Lando, Bendigo Shafter, Yondering, The Man From The Broken Hills, Hondo, Last Stand at Papago Wells, The Man from Skibbereen, The Quick and the Dead, Last of the Breed, Milo Talon and Fair Blows The Wind. All are well written and take you on the adventure of a lifetime.
The thing that I liked about Rickman's villains were the small nuances that he gave them; after Quigley makes the last comment ["didn't say I didn't know how to use one"], Rickman's villain smiles as he's dying, as if he appreciates the humor/ irony of the situation. The man -and his characters- had serious CLASS. Sure do miss him...
In older times of movie history this movie would have had a much larger box office draw. It was as fun to watch as other movies of action and adventure including Indiana Jones. We can blame youth not having an interest in the Westerns genre, only thing I might find if I did some digging is perhaps the marketing of this movie wasn't good. Rickman and Selleck would not be to blame at all they did a fabulous job acting and being in character as Ralston and Quigley.
Is it really 31 yrs since I watched this film on VHS. I wasn't so sure when I first heard about it having been made in Australia they usually had the same half dozen actors in them but with Alan Rickman and Tom Selleck (Magnum) starring I soon changed my mind, thank goodness I did. An excellent cowboy style film set in the mid 1850's in the rugged Australian outback.
What I love is not just the fact that the good guy wins in the end, but the fact that it's the bad guy's own arrogance that gets himself killed. THAT is called poetic justice.
"By the way you're fired". I don't know if he threw that line in himself but it was so typical of Alan Rickman. He could generate humor in virtually any situation. Such a great actor. I think over the years Tom Selleck was under rated as well. Always believable. If you were going to war you could do worse than having him nearby.
Alan made every movie he was in so much better. And you're right about Selleck. The first serious role I remember him in was Runaway. One of my favorites.
@@1968CudaGuy there are some interesting incidents when priceless props were not swapped put. A Martin guitar was smashed and a small model ship. Both were worth about $100,000 .
iirc there was at least one prop rifle, plus a couple of fully functional extras. Also the Sharps was an incredibly robust firearm, and being tossed in the dirt would likely not have incurred much damage, if any at all.
Nice touch, the little gunslinger twirl as shoves the revolver into his belt, great scene. Good to see Selleck before he became a reverse mortgage salesman.
I have this movie on Blu-ray. Love the last line he says to him. "Said I didn't have much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." Classic.
@@MoxieMike66 Thanx, and no need to be sorry. I've always liked this movie, have watched it many times and have also been to Australia many times, and since my wife is Australian, has a brother there who is about a week older than I and who still lives in Melbourne, we have been there many times to visit. One of my all-time favorite movies and was actually introduced to me by my youngest son. My AU wife went to London for a visit, lived there a while and then came to visit the USA on a visa and never left. I met her while on a solo motorcycle ride and married her two years later. From our home at 1100', we have an excellent view of the ocean and every clear day will find us on our deck observing the sunset, always on the lookout for that ever ellusive ''green flash''. BHE
Rickman had a similar insult to Bruce Willis in Die Hard 1988, when Rickman said something like "THis time, the American Hero doesn't ride off into the sunset with Grace Kelly"
They have had a good natured competition going on for a while now. They are friends. In The Ranch on Netflix there were several joking comments made about Tom Sellecks moustache being the best. Sam Elliot was in that.
When you think of it, that sentence was a last warning to tell, Alan Rickmanns bad guy character, that he was way out of his depth. Play with fire and you get burned 🤔🤔🤔
" I said I never had much use for one.....Never said I didn't know how to use it " That has got to be one of the Best Lines in a Western. Right up there with Eastwood's " Dying ain't much of a living boy "
"this ant dodge city... and you ant Bill Hickok" great quote from a great movie.... havent seen this one in years gonna have to watch it again soon... and yeah... Allan Rickman was and still is one of my favorite actors of all time.... gone but NEVER forgotten... R.i.P. Mr Rickman
John Williamson he was also very memorable as the villain Hans Gruber in Die Hard one of my favorite roles of his and consider more of a role to remember him by then people I know remember him as Snape in Harry Potter movies.
Jan. 3, 2021----The one thing I liked about this scene was the momentary look on Ricks face when Quigley tells him this ain't Dodge City and you ain't Bill Hickock, making Rick realize HE can die even with the odds stacked against Quigley. World of difference shooting unarmed aborigines vs facing a man with a pistol and WON'T back down.
Marsten was a bully, and a coward at that, unless he felt he had the upper hand. When the three hands are chasing him down the mountain, Marsten looks over at Dobkin and says, "Get up there." Never do the job yourself, but of course, when your men fail, it's their fault, not yours.....Marsten's hubris got the better of him in the end. I like the smile Quigley gives him as he's taking off the glove..."This ain't Dodge City......."
Laura San Giacomo was superb too. The scene where she fights off the dingos is a defining moment for her deeply troubled, but heroic character, just a beautiful performance.
This is a timeless classic and Tom's best movie in my opinion. My favorite line... "I said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use it."
If Quigley is on and I’m flipping through the channels. Guess what I’m watching. I doesn’t matter if it just started or is almost over, I’m watching it.
Alan Rickman usually played villains, but in almost every instance he upstaged the protagonist lead. Think Robin Hood (with Kevin Costner), Die Hard, perhaps Quigley .... He somehow found just the right blend of menacing evil with an undercurrent of subtle tongue-in-cheek comedy. One of my favorite actors, will be missed ----And by the way ... this scene is badassss! :)
He was the ONLY good thing in Robin Hood. I laughed my ass off at most of his scenes. Kostner is a piece of wood next to him. Hell, Bruce Willis couldn't ham it up enough to out do Rickman for screen presence.
@@slowpokebr549 Its doubly funny as he was under contract to make the film, despite hating the role and not wanting anything to do with a Costner Robin Hood. He hammed it up hoping they would let him out of it, and ended up the only good part.
@@josephinebennington7247 Truth is.. there never were gun battles like this in the old west.. it has been noted no more than 4 times in history of men meeting in a street to pull guns.. the most famous was Wyatt Earp at the OK Corral..which didn't actually happen in the Corral.. Wild Bill Hickok was shot in the back of his head from behind while playing poker.. to this day his hand Aces and 8s is called the dead mans hand. IT was VERY rare for men to shoot face to face... most cities after the civil war outlawed the carrying of weapons.. the only one with a weapon would be the outlaw or the police.. and that is why there are more stories about the Sherriff of the town than anyone else.
@@zinta1 There's so much fiction and tall tales about our countries history. The sad part is, there's a large number of people that believe these myths are real. One of my favorites is the midnight ride of Paul Revere. And the Boston tea party.
@@fivestring65ify the ride of Paul Revere did happen.. but nobody knows the truth.. what WE think of that ride is from a POEM by Henry Wadsorth Longfellow But the ride actually happened. the details.. not so much. The Boston Tea party happened.. but it was NOT for the reason stated.. she ships were American ships bringing in imported Chinese tea...and the men were merchants pissed because that tea would actually LOWER tea prices thus putting them out of business.
I always thought it was to the Rickman character's credit that even in the instants before his death he was able to smile at the fact that his own assumption had gotten him killed.
One of my favourite movies of all time of both Tom Selleck and Alan Rickman and to have them both in one epic movie that was truly entertaining was a cinematic treat!
I love Selleck's westerns. This one, "Last Stand at Saber River, Crossfire Trail", and I think as his best performance portraying a fading cowboy as a new era is ushering in and passing him by "Monte Walsh". "You have no idea just how little I care!" is one of his signature lines in that last movie.
When messing around on set, they found Alan Rickman was the fastest draw, even though he hated guns, never owned one and only ever held prop guns in his life.
Alan Rickman was (according to reports) a gentle man but well trained in the thespian craft. But he was outstanding when he played a villain or a seriously flawed character.
He was a down to earth actor who was known as a stage actor prior to starring in his very first movie role as Hans Gruber in Die Hard in 1988 at age 41. He was recluant at first as he was afraid to be typecast as primary villain which he was in Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves and Quiqley Down Under before wanting to do more drama roles.
alan did a great job playing snape on harry potter what was not known was alan was the Only character who knew the ending of the movie and snape no one else did the first day on the set he had a meeting with the author of the books i think it helped him developed snape the way he did
3:27 Never even got the hammer cocked... and he was Quigley's _second_ shot... When somebody thinks they're a fast draw, and finds out the hard way they aren't.
Yea, and after Quigley tells him "I said l never had much use for one. l never said l didnt know how to use one" his last thought before dying was, "Damn...was l stupid!😖"
You don't get to write screenplay so you're bitter? lol. It's not bullshit. You don't like the ending which is fine. But it's plausible. Which is all that's required. Peace out.
The rifle had more use than the revolver did. You learn basic shooting and target acquisition with the pistol, then move on to the rifle for distance shooting. Pistols weren't very good past 15yards, at best. Only use for them was close-range self-defense.
I thought it was hilarious. "What the fuck are you doing?" They give a guy who makes a living at using firearms a firearm, as if it being a revolver will make a difference.
@@billyboblillybob344 I think he put Rickman in his place with that line much better than Eastwood's dyin' ain't much of a living line. Both knew that their enemy was about to die.
@@chrisflaherty8991 I understand that but Marsten was a victim of his own arrogance, paying with his life. Josey Wales had the biggest target on his back in several states so he was always dealing with unknowns trying to kill him. A man's gotta do something for a livin' these days, applied to many desperate people. It's really just a matter of taste though. Both are very well placed one-liners for their respective stories.
@@billyboblillybob344 And Marsten's arrogance made him a more powerful target for the death he was dealt, largely because he didn't see himself as arrogant or inferior to Quigley. Had Eastwood's foe had similar braggadocio instead of fear the scene from Josey Wales would have been more compelling.
The rifle is the weapon of a rifleman. For him, a pistol is a weapon of last resort. A good rifleman wont put himself in situations where a pistol is needed. Quigley is a riflemans rifleman. Makes sense he would not "have much use for one", but that he would be proficient with one.
Never over-specialize. You become great with something, but never make it your only thing, for there are no guarantees in life you will always have it with you.
@@ScooterFXRS that's why it's called a "sidearm". A weapon on the side for emergencies. Just because you might not get much use out of it doesn't mean you shouldn't practice with it.
“This ain’t dodge city and you ain’t Bill Hickcok” followed up by one of the best shoot downs in movie history that’s why Tom will always be up there and his stache will only ever be rivaled by Sam Elliot
Oh seeing that rifle being thrown like that... ugh, it hurts..
No worries ... it was a fully trained stunt rifle! ;-P
@@robertsmith5217 I’ve seen movie prop rifles auctioned off and they are pretty neat on their own. Rubber or something similar with a wooden or aluminum etc center shaft so they don’t flop around but actors can have them fall on them or on too of them with no harm. I really hope that’s what this was…
@@Whitpusmc no it was a sharps lol
@@jamesjones2002 Bad… just bad… punishing even…
pedersoli repro. no value.
“This ain’t Dodge City. And you ain’t Bill Hickock”. One of the subtlest warnings ever uttered.
And a well deserved warning, in this case. Yup, God made man. And Sam Colt made it possible for some men to make things equal. There is the potential for good and evil in any tool in the hands of men. A gun or a spade.
That slight twinge of doubt in Alan Rickman's eyes . . .
just harder to kill kids at school with a spade lul
@@pier-lukevigneault3128 You seem to forget that with a modicum of effort you can make an explosive out of fertilizer, one such case killing more people in a attack than any mass shooting.
Teachers should be allowed to arm themselves, as such will allow them to stop a shooting I their school and protect children, but sure, gun free zones have always stopped the shooter from shooting...when the inverse is proven true. Funny how the places with the least strict gun laws are some of the safest in the USA.
@@josephryan9230 Noticed that too...brilliant. He was such a great actor.
Even when playing villains, Alan Rickman threw in a bit of wit or humor, as if to say to the audience: "I'm not really this bad a guy. I'm just acting!" Indeed, most actors who worked with him said he was one of the kindest, most generous persons one could meet. RIP, Alan Rickman
Agreed
I often find through media etc that those that play baddies, or evil characters are in fact the nicest people in real life and a lot of those that play superheroes or the hero are not so nice or just plain A Holes. Rickman was certainly one of the most underrated actors ever.
definitely someone who was taken from us too soon, RIP.
I've played both, but being a villain is so much more fun. A good guy can really only be good, but a bad guy can do it all, good or bad.
R.I.P
Love his line at the end, "Said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." You know it's a cool statement when the bad guy dies with a smile on his face.
The first time Quigley said "I never had much use for one", I knew he was going to be called upon to use one before the end of the movie, and when Marston stood him up in front of "his old pistol target" I knew he was going to come out on top and I knew, almost to the exact words, that he was going to say what he said.
Marston's wish was to be a legendary gunfighter. He was trying to live out his fantasy but grossly underestimated his opponent.
His smile was the realization that even if HE couldn't be a great pistolero, he HAD died at the hands of one (Quigley), who even had a badass quote to boot.
Quigley is thinking.
“This fool. He’s got all this land, power and rich.
And he was a Wild West fantasy.”
POW! POW! POW!
“People die in fairy tales too.
What a waste.”
@@Arbeedubya Somewhere in the art of war it says when you are strong apear weak...
"No, you clearly said you didn't kn...
Oh crap, that's right"
Dang! That Tom Selleck and Allen Rickman are awesome in this movie!!! Probably my favorite western of all I've seen☺☺☺
I'm a John Wayne/Clint Eastwood cowboy movies kind of guy, but Quigley Down Under is one of the best western genre movies of all time. The acting and writing/plot line are superb - a fine tribute to cowboy movies, everywhere.
I agree. Didn't see it when it was released and just thought it was a vehicle to make Selleck a movie star. But his acting was understated, the supporting cast was superb, the story enlightening. I came away thinking, "This was a good movie that would have held its own during the heyday of great Westerns." Theme wasn't bad either. Good comment.
superb western
Great movie with long range shooting. If you haven't seen it watch an old Burt Lancaster movie called, "Valdez is Coming," you will probably enjoy it as well.
@@denniswarren3211 Tom Selleck,very much underrated, no idea why. Superb actor. Just take a look at his career. Valdez? Belting film!
Try: Appaloosa
Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen
You won't be disappointed.
I still love this scene. Classic case of Sun Tsu: When your enemy is making a mistake, don't interrupt him.
Sun Tazu that's the chinese Machiavelli
"Oh, by the way you're fired" delivered in a way only Rickman could pull off.
As if that mattered when he was about to kill him. Lol!
Just like his best line in "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves," "And cancel Christmas!"
Legendary
@@scribblerjohn1 "I'll cut his heart out with a spoon. " " why a spoon cousin? " Because it hurts more, you twit."
Robocop approves
One of the best western movies I have ever seen. Tom Selleck And Alan Rickman nailed their characters. The supporting cast was great also.
Yeah it tends to get overlooked as do almost all the westerns from the 80s (which was such a low period) - Pale Rider, Silverado, Man From Snowy River (another overlooked western from Australia), Lonesome Dove - we got too many things like Young Guns, Long Riders (gimmick westerns) or satires like Bronco Billy (which I did like), Three Amigos and Rustler's Rhapsody. I also enjoyed Selleck's two tv westerns - The Sacketts, Last Stand at Saber River and Shadow Riders
You've never seen a good Western, then. You were born too late.
Dark Matter Thanks for the compliment but I did see a lot of black and white westerns featuring the cowboys from the past. Some were even silent films.
Rickman is 50 times the actor Selleck ever was.
@@timthompson8297 They worked great together so WTF. ;)
Rickman's ironic smile at the joke while he lay dying made me love him even more. One of the all time great weasel bad guys in film history.
I'm a bit late to the party, but that was exactly the comment I intended to write after seeing the end scene.
He was a great Sheriff of Nottingham.
He was the vilain who we love to hate ...
I think that smile shows how happy he was to die at the hands of a real western gunslinger. Something he desired to be.
"That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas." - Alan Rickman starring as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
AR was one of the most humorous bad guys in movie history.
"Said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." Best line in the movie
Agreed.
In any movie.
Yup!
Longest running joke. They spent the entire movie setting up that punch line.
respectfully disagree "We already took care of the misfits in our country......sent them back to England."
Selleck was born to play a cowboy. I love all his westerns.
Always considered this one of the best westerns around, it's a shame it didn't get the recognition it deserved.
maybe not the best, but 100% deserved more attention than it got
I didn't watch this movie for years, I thought it was some kind of fish out of water comedy. Now it's one of my favorites.
I think some of the comedy is what hurt it. It was tickling the fringes of a spaghetti western at times.
@@ElementofKindness You're kidding! What comedy did you see in this movie besides a humorous line every now and then?
@@mr.w.146 Comedy?! Did we see the same movie?
"This ain't Dodge City, and you ain't Bill Hickock."
Introducing a seed of doubt (and a casual insult) when he should be pleading for his life.
David Lowen I just said I never had much use of one, never said I didn’t know how to use one.
David Lowen BEST. LINE. EVER.
A clue that was missed completely by the soon to be late.
So gangster, he subtly said are you sure you know what you are getting into.
Micro Nesia , Kind of like the line in Jack reacher right before the fight, “remember , you wanted this”
one of the best westerns ever made - very well written, the casting is great and the music rounds it up to an absolute wonderful classic
Best line of western ever heard : " I said I never had much use for one , never said I don't know how to use it " !
I’m now 53 a lot the kids don’t know about me but they learn more every year hahaha by the way it’s funny my birthday is 6668 no shit
The fact that the other two guy's already had thier guns drawn says alot about the speed of Tom's draw.
Yeah Tom Selleck is the most underrated western actor of all time. I love this movie and the sacketts series....
WeWantSome FallenStarNow I really enjoyed “The Sacketts” as well. Glenn Ford as Tom Sunday was incredible as was Ben Johnson as Cap Roundtree. Not to mention Sam Elliott.
Always loved watching The Sacketts whenever I visited my grandparents. I enjoy all Selleck westerns. Monte Walsh and Crossfire Trail are great too!
Shadow riders also was great
I liked the Sacketts movies a lot but if you really want to get into the characters and the family bonds, you should read Louis L'Amours Sackett books. He wrote 16 novels about the Sackett family plus multiple stories. Sackett family members also appeared in several other of L'Amour's books as secondary characters. He wanted to write half a dozen more but died before he could accomplish it. His intention was to cover a family from their roots in England until the end of the 19th Century, covering the branches in the Caribbean, in the Revolutionary War, as Mountain Men, in the Civil War and as miners and cattlemen throughout the history of the western expansion. He was a marvelous author, and did not restrict himself to Westerns, although that was his most well known genre.
@@donwild50 I've read The Sacketts series of books several times. Just can't get enough of those stories, so well written and full of life. Read a few of his other stories as well, Kid Rodelo, Lando, Bendigo Shafter, Yondering, The Man From The Broken Hills, Hondo, Last Stand at Papago Wells, The Man from Skibbereen, The Quick and the Dead, Last of the Breed, Milo Talon and Fair Blows The Wind. All are well written and take you on the adventure of a lifetime.
Alan Rickman - the best movie villain of all times.
Yeah, absolute right... Alan Rickman was a real Genius. So sorry he must Died 😞😣
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Brilliant actor brilliant. Tommy Magnum wasn’t too bad in this either infact I thought he did a brilliant job too
The actor playing O'Flynn is doing very well as a bad guy. Look him up.
Always
And decent comic actor as well
One of the most underrated movies of all time.
Another great movie scene and a very underrated film.
I watched it for the first time a few weeks back and couldn't believe what I missed.
Hard to believe this movie is 30+ years old... I feel ancient having first seen it in a theater.
Movies like this will never age
But unfortunately we will.
If your lucky enough you will see reruns you saw as a kid 60 years ago !
Same here.
When movies cost $4.50 to get a ticket.
The thing that I liked about Rickman's villains were the small nuances that he gave them; after Quigley makes the last comment ["didn't say I didn't know how to use one"], Rickman's villain smiles as he's dying, as if he appreciates the humor/ irony of the situation. The man -and his characters- had serious CLASS. Sure do miss him...
He nailed it in Die Hard and especially in Robin Hood
"CANCEL CHRISTMAS!"
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This film gets overlooked so much but Sellect and Rickman absolutely sell it, brilliant!
In older times of movie history this movie would have had a much larger box office draw. It was as fun to watch as other movies of action and adventure including Indiana Jones. We can blame youth not having an interest in the Westerns genre, only thing I might find if I did some digging is perhaps the marketing of this movie wasn't good. Rickman and Selleck would not be to blame at all they did a fabulous job acting and being in character as Ralston and Quigley.
I miss Alan Rickman , such a great actor. I was shocked when I heard of his passing.
I sit and watch Galaxy quest on a regular basis. He was an absolute star in that film. yes, sorely missed.
Gone too soon, way too soon. RIP
We lost him, Bowie, and Lemmy of Motorhead Within 3 weeks. Alan and Bowie THE SAME WEEK. All the same age too.
I do too
@@teckeleddie he never recovered from his fall from the building. Sad but true.
"I said I never had much use for one. I never said I didn't know how to use it".
Lack of english comprehension can be terminal.
English is always capitalized.
@@PolaOpposite LOL!
NOT if you are of Irish descent.
He was no daisy, no daisy at all
Aussies speak english?? More like turd twat cockney.
@@volpiguitar Better English than you do
An instant classic forever embedded in movie history as one of the best scenes in cinema. Two great actors in a riveting match up. RIP Alan Rickman.
That and Tom S walking off the Rosie show.
Qual é o nome do filme?
the hell it is
@@ricardosouzasantos1480 Quigley Down Under
Is it really 31 yrs since I watched this film on VHS. I wasn't so sure when I first heard about it having been made in Australia they usually had the same half dozen actors in them but with Alan Rickman and Tom Selleck (Magnum) starring I soon changed my mind, thank goodness I did. An excellent cowboy style film set in the mid 1850's in the rugged Australian outback.
What I love is not just the fact that the good guy wins in the end, but the fact that it's the bad guy's own arrogance that gets himself killed. THAT is called poetic justice.
That's also how it generally goes for the super-sized bad guys known as dictators...
@@alanparsonsfan I know of one in Russia that meets that description.
@@828enigma6 but will he lose in the end?
We have our own dictator in America. He’s a rat that hides in a swamp of corruption.
That's called---"YO MAMA"🌋
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Quigley is such a badass. Great Western. Loved Tom Selleck in this role.
"By the way you're fired". I don't know if he threw that line in himself but it was so typical of Alan Rickman. He could generate humor in virtually any situation. Such a great actor. I think over the years Tom Selleck was under rated as well. Always believable. If you were going to war you could do worse than having him nearby.
I have always assumed it was improvised. It fits Rickman better than the character he is playing.
If it's improvised, the fact that Quigley stands up straighter after hearing it is a wonderfully telling detail.
I always laugh when I hear that line or think of it. It was such dry humor, which I have also.
Alan made every movie he was in so much better. And you're right about Selleck. The first serious role I remember him in was Runaway. One of my favorites.
he didn't want it said that he killed one of his own men
Underrated classic.
Alan Rickman ~ dignified, cunning, brilliant, witty, and definitely 1 of the most memorable movie villain of all times.
GOD i cringed when they throw the rifle in the dirt!
Usually there are high value props and cheap doubles for abuse. And probably a couple rubber ones for fight scenes.
Yea, me too.. Hope it was a stunt rifle..
@@1968CudaGuy there are some interesting incidents when priceless props were not swapped put. A Martin guitar was smashed and a small model ship. Both were worth about $100,000 .
iirc there was at least one prop rifle, plus a couple of fully functional extras. Also the Sharps was an incredibly robust firearm, and being tossed in the dirt would likely not have incurred much damage, if any at all.
They deserved their bullets just for that, eh? I agree, wholeheartedly.
Nice touch, the little gunslinger twirl as shoves the revolver into his belt, great scene. Good to see Selleck before he became a reverse mortgage salesman.
Check out Toms portrayal in the Jessie Stone series, its epic.
@@bayouboy8644 I'll do it, thanks. I see something on Amazon Prime
yeah, he was ok, until he sold his soul to the money grubbers. oh well
everybody's got bills to pay .... everybody 'cept the government
yea, I had a lot of admiration for him before he became a lying bass turd shyster
Critical listening skills and not jumping to conclusions is important!
True!
That Roy sure knows how to handle a shootin' iron.
Quigley Down Under, The Unforgiven, Silverado, Young Guns and Dances with Wolves are some of the best westerns ever made, regardless of when made.
Whiplash, it’s just ‘Unforgiven’. Metallica does ‘The Unforgiven’.
Don't forget Blazing Saddles
Ahhhhh yes, time when movies were made, not some cgi bullshit.
@The Raisin This guy knows what's up.
No High Plains Drifter? Sacrilege!
"....never said I didn't know how to use it" CLASSIC !
Yep, just watched it.
One of the all time great "Westerns". And Tom Selleck is one of the all time greats.
Dances With Dingoes
I HAVE SEEN THIS ONE MANY TIMES AND LOVE IT, VERY MUCH.😊🥇👌👍💚💐🎉🎊
Great finale to a great underrated Western
I have this movie on Blu-ray. Love the last line he says to him. "Said I didn't have much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." Classic.
I completely missed that line at the dinner, but after this scene, I had to go back and replay that part again.
@@blackholeentry3489 Sorry, it was towards the end of the movie. There were a few lines that were inter-connected throughout the film.
@@MoxieMike66 Thanx, and no need to be sorry. I've always liked this movie, have watched it many times and have also been to Australia many times, and since my wife is Australian, has a brother there who is about a week older than I and who still lives in Melbourne, we have been there many times to visit.
One of my all-time favorite movies and was actually introduced to me by my youngest son.
My AU wife went to London for a visit, lived there a while and then came to visit the USA on a visa and never left. I met her while on a solo motorcycle ride and married her two years later. From our home at 1100', we have an excellent view of the ocean and every clear day will find us on our deck observing the sunset, always on the lookout for that ever ellusive ''green flash''. BHE
I love this scene. I have watched it eleventy seven dozen times, and I still love it!!
Underrated comment! 😅 Imma try to catch u bro!! 🤣🤣🤣
Eleventy seven dozen times is a lot of times.
@@GreenManelishi Yup!!!
"This ain't Dodge City and you ain't Bill Hickok." One of the great movie insults of all time.
Rickman had a similar insult to Bruce Willis in Die Hard 1988, when Rickman said something like "THis time, the American Hero doesn't ride off into the sunset with Grace Kelly"
This is one of the greatest western scenes of all time.
Alan Rickman, still missed.
The best "bad guy" ever!
Quigley didn't miss him. :-)
So be it!
Missed?
He didnt even get a shot off!
Alan is better with a dull spoon
A real showdown would be between Tom Selleck's and Sam Elliott's mustaches.
Nice
That’s like two black holes colliding. Not good for the universe
I mean they have acted together in tv movies as brothers
Sam Elliott's comes out on top...in my book.
They have had a good natured competition going on for a while now. They are friends. In The Ranch on Netflix there were several joking comments made about Tom Sellecks moustache being the best. Sam Elliot was in that.
Love that.
Never make assumptions about someone!!
Tom Sellecks mustache should have won an Oscar for it's performance in this film.
Tom Sellecks moustache won awards regardless of films....
Such a great movie. Tom Selleck has always played such a good cowboy. “This ain’t Dodge City. And you ain’t Bill Hicock.” So great.
Crispin Julius: He was in one with the bloke from NCIS
When you think of it, that sentence was a last warning to tell, Alan Rickmanns bad guy character, that he was way out of his depth.
Play with fire and you get burned
🤔🤔🤔
Happy 77th Birthday, Mr. Selleck!!! U R awesome.
" I said I never had much use for one.....Never said I didn't know how to use it "
That has got to be one of the Best Lines in a Western.
Right up there with Eastwood's " Dying ain't much of a living boy "
"I was lucky in the order... but I've always been lucky when it comes to killin' folks."
My favourite.
Your spurs........
@@johnblack8655 "We all have it coming kid".
"This ain't Dodge City; and you ain't Bill Hickok". That's an even better line.
many people just say those quotes , but never think of their content , funny .
"this ant dodge city... and you ant Bill Hickok" great quote from a great movie.... havent seen this one in years gonna have to watch it again soon... and yeah... Allan Rickman was and still is one of my favorite actors of all time.... gone but NEVER forgotten... R.i.P. Mr Rickman
Punisher Snake it’s on Netflix right now I have it in my favourites
Hickok45 here..
I really liked him in Robin Hood. He did an outstanding job as the Sheriff of Nottingham.
John Williamson he was also very memorable as the villain Hans Gruber in Die Hard one of my favorite roles of his and consider more of a role to remember him by then people I know remember him as Snape in Harry Potter movies.
*ain't
The real nose rubbing in the dirt of this scene is along with the twirl to re holster was the fact that the bad guys gun wasn't even cocked.
Yeah, I noticed that, too. He cleared leather, but hadn't cocked the pistol.
did not get the chance ........ only one shot sound a three shot for one sound thats called FAST!
Jan. 3, 2021----The one thing I liked about this scene was the momentary look on Ricks face when Quigley tells him this ain't Dodge City and you ain't Bill Hickock, making Rick realize HE can die even with the odds stacked against Quigley. World of difference shooting unarmed aborigines vs facing a man with a pistol and WON'T back down.
Marsten was a bully, and a coward at that, unless he felt he had the upper hand. When the three hands are chasing him down the mountain, Marsten looks over at Dobkin and says, "Get up there." Never do the job yourself, but of course, when your men fail, it's their fault, not yours.....Marsten's hubris got the better of him in the end. I like the smile Quigley gives him as he's taking off the glove..."This ain't Dodge City......."
"Rember, you ask for this."
Laura San Giacomo was superb too. The scene where she fights off the dingos is a defining moment for her deeply troubled, but heroic character, just a beautiful performance.
Quiqley understood what happened with her and didn't view her as crazy
@@toomanyaccounts He did until he found out why she was like she was. She was wrestling with her demons privately.
@@pantaglieze as I said he understood what had happened with her unlike others when they learned blamed her for what happened
Her line, "It's not uncommon for a new job to not go well at first" , always made me chuckle.
I thought she was magnificent, too. Very underrated. And she looked sexy as hell, to boot.
This is a timeless classic and Tom's best movie in my opinion. My favorite line... "I said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use it."
If Quigley is on and I’m flipping through the channels. Guess what I’m watching. I doesn’t matter if it just started or is almost over, I’m watching it.
agree
@@warrenmichael918 100%!!!!
Great movie, way underated. One of the best lines in cinema!!!!!!
Best movie ever I can watch that scene over and over
This is a underrated but totally Amazing movie. Loved it. A really great and entertaining western.
Alan Rickman usually played villains, but in almost every instance he upstaged the protagonist lead. Think Robin Hood (with Kevin Costner), Die Hard, perhaps Quigley .... He somehow found just the right blend of menacing evil with an undercurrent of subtle tongue-in-cheek comedy. One of my favorite actors, will be missed ----And by the way ... this scene is badassss! :)
Harry Potter!!!!!!!!
He was the ONLY good thing in Robin Hood. I laughed my ass off at most of his scenes. Kostner is a piece of wood next to him. Hell, Bruce Willis couldn't ham it up enough to out do Rickman for screen presence.
Galaxy Quest.
Don't forget he was in Dogma.
@@slowpokebr549 Its doubly funny as he was under contract to make the film, despite hating the role and not wanting anything to do with a Costner Robin Hood. He hammed it up hoping they would let him out of it, and ended up the only good part.
When Tom Selleck said his famous line the whole theater erupted with laughter.
It had the longest buildup of any shaggy dog joke ever told.
This was one best Westerns I seen the film 4 or 5 times I'm a big Tom Selleck fan, also agree that Allen Rickman was a great actor RIP.
When will Hans learn? He just can't beat an American in a standoff.
Sure he could, if the weapon were sarcasm ....
Americans always do their best shooting in front of a film crew and decent director.
@@josephinebennington7247 Truth is.. there never were gun battles like this in the old west.. it has been noted no more than 4 times in history of men meeting in a street to pull guns.. the most famous was Wyatt Earp at the OK Corral..which didn't actually happen in the Corral.. Wild Bill Hickok was
shot in the back of his head from behind while playing poker.. to this day his hand Aces and 8s is called the dead mans hand. IT was VERY rare for men to shoot face to face... most cities after the civil war outlawed the carrying of weapons.. the only one with a weapon would be the outlaw or the police.. and that is why there are more stories about the Sherriff of the town than anyone else.
@@zinta1 There's so much fiction and tall tales about our countries history. The sad part is, there's a large number of people that believe these myths are real. One of my favorites is the midnight ride of Paul Revere. And the Boston tea party.
@@fivestring65ify the ride of Paul Revere did happen.. but nobody knows the truth.. what WE think of that ride is from a POEM by Henry Wadsorth Longfellow But the ride actually happened. the details.. not so much. The Boston Tea party happened.. but it was NOT for the reason stated.. she ships were American ships bringing in imported Chinese tea...and the men were merchants pissed because that tea would actually LOWER tea prices thus putting them out of business.
I always thought it was to the Rickman character's credit that even in the instants before his death he was able to smile at the fact that his own assumption had gotten him killed.
An underestimated film.
Alan, we love you and we miss you. :,-(
One of my favorites
One of my favourite movies of all time of both Tom Selleck and Alan Rickman and to have them both in one epic movie that was truly entertaining was a cinematic treat!
Tom Selleck at his best. One of his bests!
I love Selleck's westerns. This one, "Last Stand at Saber River, Crossfire Trail", and I think as his best performance portraying a fading cowboy as a new era is ushering in and passing him by "Monte Walsh". "You have no idea just how little I care!" is one of his signature lines in that last movie.
"The Sacketts" and "The Shadow Riders" - both co-starring with Sam Elliot.
Tom Selleck is what helped make this movie so great. His every western is like that.
Badass good guy
RIP Allan Rickman, one of the best.
Douglas Kerins - He was my favorite villain and one hell of an actor .
RIP Alan
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rickman
Just a great bad guy! RIP
Would have loved to see him play a hero just once!
Douglas Kerins. The best bad guy of all time.
He was epic in the Robin Hood movie
This is one of my all-time favorite movie scenes! I never get tired of watching it!
Same here!
When messing around on set, they found Alan Rickman was the fastest draw, even though he hated guns, never owned one and only ever held prop guns in his life.
Best lesson ever on making sure you understand what someone means when they tell you something about themselves.......
Alan Rickman was (according to reports) a gentle man but well trained in the thespian craft. But he was outstanding when he played a villain or a seriously flawed character.
Thanks for the reminder. I don't know how I ever forgot Galaxy Quest.
Bottle Shock. See Bottle Shock.
I intend to see Bottle Shock but I've been too busy drinking my favorite California wines.
He was a down to earth actor who was known as a stage actor prior to starring in his very first movie role as Hans Gruber in Die Hard in 1988 at age 41. He was recluant at first as he was afraid to be typecast as primary villain which he was in Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves and Quiqley Down Under before wanting to do more drama roles.
alan did a great job playing snape on harry potter
what was not known was alan was the Only character who knew the ending of the movie and snape no one else did the first day on the set he had a meeting with the author of the books
i think it helped him developed snape the way he did
Damn still one of the greatest one-liners even tops a couple Eastwood ones.
3:27 Never even got the hammer cocked... and he was Quigley's _second_ shot...
When somebody thinks they're a fast draw, and finds out the hard way they aren't.
Yea, and after Quigley tells him "I said l never had much use for one. l never said l didnt know how to use one" his last thought before dying was, "Damn...was l stupid!😖"
Man, I burned out this VHS as a kid.
The best part is the gun twirl when Quigley "re-holsters" the revolver, rubbing in the familiarity with the weapon.
Don't see that. He told him I didn't have much use for one, Rickman misinterpreted him and got killed. Not sure why that's bullshit.
You don't get to write screenplay so you're bitter? lol. It's not bullshit. You don't like the ending which is fine. But it's plausible. Which is all that's required. Peace out.
To each their own. A sniper might not "have use" for a pistol but still be pretty good for one. The ending was fine. Agree to disagree.
The rifle had more use than the revolver did. You learn basic shooting and target acquisition with the pistol, then move on to the rifle for distance shooting. Pistols weren't very good past 15yards, at best. Only use for them was close-range self-defense.
Yup, that was short hand for "F- -k You!"
Highly underrated western. Actually a must see for any fan of the western genre. You won't be disappointed.
A western that is npwhere near the west..
@@cheesebob1212 Actually, I live in Sydney. It is bloody far west, mate... ;-)
One of my favorite westerns.
2:22 "This ain't Dodge City and you ain't Bill Hickok."
"What? Just for that I'm canceling Christmas."
Love the flourish as Quigley spins the gun and puts it in his belt.
Like Alan Ladd in Shane
Bet Quigley thought when they gave him the colt , They can't be that stupid.
"Don't throw me in the briar patch, Mr. Fox!"
No shit!🤣
@@teej783 haha. perfect.
@@teej783
Why not?
I thought it was hilarious. "What the fuck are you doing?" They give a guy who makes a living at using firearms a firearm, as if it being a revolver will make a difference.
an awesome underrated film,one of my favorites...
Allen Rickman was one of the best actors on the planet RIP
A very underrated movie.
One of the most iconic lines in movie westerns. This was a good movie.
I'm sorry to say it does not stack up against "Dyin' ain't much of a livin' boy"...
@@billyboblillybob344 I think he put Rickman in his place with that line much better than Eastwood's dyin' ain't much of a living line. Both knew that their enemy was about to die.
@@chrisflaherty8991 I understand that but Marsten was a victim of his own arrogance, paying with his life. Josey Wales had the biggest target on his back in several states so he was always dealing with unknowns trying to kill him. A man's gotta do something for a livin' these days, applied to many desperate people. It's really just a matter of taste though. Both are very well placed one-liners for their respective stories.
@@billyboblillybob344 And Marsten's arrogance made him a more powerful target for the death he was dealt, largely because he didn't see himself as arrogant or inferior to Quigley. Had Eastwood's foe had similar braggadocio instead of fear the scene from Josey Wales would have been more compelling.
Marston has the dying grace to acknowledge Quigley's rebuke with a smile--I believe he would've chortled if it didn't hurt so much. I like that.
Alan Rickman's movie humor was one of a kind.
I love the glare that Tom is giving Rickman during his little speech.
The rifle is the weapon of a rifleman. For him, a pistol is a weapon of last resort. A good rifleman wont put himself in situations where a pistol is needed. Quigley is a riflemans rifleman. Makes sense he would not "have much use for one", but that he would be proficient with one.
Most correct. The rifle is an offensive weapon, the handgun a defensive weapon.
Never over-specialize. You become great with something, but never make it your only thing, for there are no guarantees in life you will always have it with you.
@@ScooterFXRS that's why it's called a "sidearm". A weapon on the side for emergencies. Just because you might not get much use out of it doesn't mean you shouldn't practice with it.
You should be proficient with every weapon you have access to aswell as being proficient enough to defend yourself without one.
@@samsonguy10k or have the space or place for it.
He didn’t play villains, he played “very interesting characters”
in most of his films psychotic, very interesting characters
I really love that scene! I've watched that movie many times and I never get tired of it. Great movie!
something about "pride before a fall" comes to mind here...
Nailed it.
Pride, and an ounce of lead in the heart.
One of my favorite Western movies, and definitely my favorite quote. Wish he had made a sequel.
Allen Cody unfortunately it probably would have been good but not as good as the original
Back in America.
Hard to believe this great movie is over 30 years old!
“This ain’t dodge city and you ain’t Bill Hickcok” followed up by one of the best shoot downs in movie history that’s why Tom will always be up there and his stache will only ever be rivaled by Sam Elliot
Hopefully, Burt Reynolds doesn't read UA-cam comments.
@@seanwickham8905 Burt can’t. He passed away almost four years ago.
Agreed.....what a fantastic ending to an amazing movie...must have watched it 60 or 70 times
I thought that guy was thrown out of the Nakatomi building on Xmas eve in 1988. Wotsi doing Dawnunda?
@@YouD0ntSay
The bloke hit pavement so hard, he fell right through the earth, ended up downunda and a century back, mate.