As the two of them together yeah this would be the best. As individuals I'd say His Girl Friday for Howard Hawks and True Grit for John Wayne. Though is was a tough choice between those two and Bringing Up Baby/The Searchers.
@@slammajamma5435 Red River is also fantastic. I'd say it's a perfect Odyssey Western while Rio Bravo is a perfect Siege Western. Red River definitely features a tour de force performance from Wayne as the anti-hero, one of his best roles.
I always thought Dean Martin was better than Frank Sinatra. I don't think he gets the credit he deserves for both the singing voice and the acting ability@@bluerock4456
I agree completely about "Rio Bravo." Before VCRs, if we saw that it would be on TV in the middle of the night, my father and I would be there watching it.
Also one of those movies where if I was just flipping channels and caught it in the middle.....I'd just go ahead and watch it despite having seen it multiple times. It's almost like a "comfort food".
His description of the hangout movie is basically a perfect explanation of why I love "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood..." so much. That's my favorite hangout movie, dethroning even "Dazed and Confused"
@@aaronyouell680 it’s funny. I read your comment like three times and each time thought, what is “Love Death Proof”? Thinking that it was some movie I haven’t seen. Then I realized that I’m an idiot and you were just saying that you love “Death Proof”. Lol. Right there with ya. Death Proof is great!
The great thing about Howard Hawks was his ability to make his film characters so down to earth and real. They were like the people you knew in real life, how they acted and talked. Throw in the Duke, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Angie Dickinson and one of the coolest guys of all time, Dean Martin and it’s no wonder QT loves this movie so much. It may be my favorite JW film.
The use of music in this movie is amazing. I'm not talking about the scene where the guys sing together in the jail, I'm talking about the brother paying the mariachi band to play the Deguello continuously. Telling the heroes that there is going to be quarter given. Then later right as Dean Martin's character loses all his confidence after first almost being shot by Stumpy, and then getting ambushed, dunked headfirst into a horse trophy, knocked out and tied up. He's going to quit, his hands are shaking, he's going to quit on his friends and himself and start drinking again. And then the music starts playing again. His hands stop shaking, he pours the shot of whiskey back into the bottle without spilling a drop, because right at that moment he remembers that he's in this. He can't stop now, because there is no other alternative. The song meant to unsettle them ends up being the reason that they stick together. That moment always stuck with me.
My senior year in high school, I took a arts class divided into 4 quarters and one quarter was film. The film teacher (who also taught literature) introduced the class to different genres. The movie for westerns was....."Rio Bravo". I was very lucky to have a film teacher with great taste! Thanks Mr. Libis, where ever you are! Classic movie!!!
One of the best opening scenes of all time. A great scene with no dialogue, very much like a similar in tone scene, the opening from Once Upon a Time in the West.
When I was young, I never thought I would like a John Wayne movie. It seemed too "old" to me. A bridge too far for my young imagination. Then, I saw Rio Bravo. Sometimes, being wrong is great!
Yeah, I loved Rio Bravo and The Searchers, but most of his movies, as a kid to adulthood, is just too much. He’ll say something so odd, I’ll just laugh, and the scene is serious as hell. I also saw the Leone movies, and Pale Rider, right at the same time I was saw those Wayne movies. Most friends I had, couldn’t sit through many older movies, after seeing First Blood 2 and Terminator, in the 80’s. It was the same watching the Italian Westerns. Then one finds Corbucci, and all the greats, and the old U.S. ones seem like a different language, snd I guess it is. If there hadn’t been censorship, and they’d had a ratings system, but the 40’s or 50’s, I think they’d have had more realistic dialogue, violence, etc. They were writing in a type of language, whether in dialogue, action or cinematography.
Try an old film of his called Tall in the Saddle. It's not John Ford level of cinematography but I'd give it the edge over Stagecoach as a western story.
People make the mistake of thinking John Wayne had to have some huge ego and always dominate every scene just because he was such a big star but, if the scene called for it, he could let other actors have their moment and even allow himself to be the butt of the joke. I'll link to a scene from Big Jake that I always felt illustrated this best. ua-cam.com/video/4HQyFWcb3AY/v-deo.html
I say the same thing about many TV shows, especially old Britcoms, and 80's/90's Star Trek. It just feels like you are hanging out with a group of friends and we go on adventures sometimes or just have a laugh.
This interview is actually shorter than how long before there is dialog in the movie (3:29 vs 3:47). It also has my favorite line, after butt stroking a bar patron, Sheriff John says "Aw, I'm not going to hurt him!" Cracks me up every time. I have also seen it several dozens of time since first seen it in 1959. At a drive-in!
It was a movie I could almost count on being on television at least once a month where I grew up and got signal from 2 or 3 different markets. One of Wayne's westerns would almost always be available to see either Saturday or Sunday afternoon every week as well as Eastwood's various westerns and of course Wayne's war movies would be mixed in depending on the time of year.
"Rio Bravo", "El Dorado", "Sons of Katie Elder", "Big Jake" are very good. "The Undefeated" is a tour-de-force, former Confederate officer (Rock Hudson) and former Union officer (John Wayne) lead separate groups to Mexico and when crossing paths become friends though they seem to think they shouldn't. Great scenes including the Southern style "Picnic" which Wayne's outfit is invited to, also surprising capable performances by Los Angeles Rams teammates Roman Gabriel (Blue Boy) and Merlin Olsen (Little George).
Growing up I soon realized the names John Wayne and Howard Hawks usually meant a good movie. Hawks is just wonderful even his "weaker" movie like Land of the Pharaoes are very entertaining and his classics are just over the top. No matter if Rio Bravo, El Dorado, Gentlemen prefer blondes, Man´s favorite sports, Hatari!, Baby, whatever from the first minutes you know this will be fun and Hawks never disappoints you. Wayne on the other hand was not only a star but also a top producer. He made also many GOOD movies as a producer and even some of his old not so well known movies are very interesting, he did one with Oliver Hardy as co-star, The Fighting Kentuckian, also very, very entertaining and Hardy and Wayne are a great team, as good as Mitchum or Dean Martin.
Each of the four men, and the one chick, is either deeply flawed or lacking something. Each compensates for the others' weakness. There is no perfect Lone Hero. So refreshing.
The "hangout" movie is a real phenomenon. Another good example is the Japanese movie "Seven Samurai", directed by Akira Kurosawa. Every once in a while I want to go "hangout" with the villagers and the samurai again, and check in on my friends. Oh yeah, "Rio Bravo" is in my collection too, hey it's John Wayne and a very young Angie Dickenson. What's not to like!?
That’s an all time one. I would play sick, to stay home and watch movies, and I watched that one a lot. Coming to America was probably my all time one, as far as when I was a kid. I could quote it, and do the barber shop characters, well enough, that people would ask at lunch once a week for most of the school year it came out on VHS and HBO. I got in trouble for it, because a teacher heard me doing the Sam Jackson scene, in McDowell’s, home of the Big Mic.
I'd argue the Breakfast Club might be the better example of a hangout film from that era as Back to the Future strikes me as being more of an adventure film. But both are excellent films, each in their own way.
Concerning Angie Dickenson's tights at the end of the movie, John Wayne stated, "I didn't say I love you, I said I would arrest you." Angie Dickenson replied, "It's the same thing."
Rio Bravo is in the TOP FIVE greatest westerns Duke of all time in my not so humble opinion. In no particular order... Rio Bravo The Searchers True Grit The Shootist The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
"Robert Mitchum played the drunk in “El Dorado.” Dean Martin played the drunk in “Rio Bravo.” Basically, it was the same part. Now John Wayne, he did the same in both. He played John Wayne. ” - Chili Palmer in "Get Shorty"
Which Singer? Dean martin who is heads above Elvis or Ricky nelson? Who I would also prefer over elvis. Never understood the whole thing with Elvis. Basically stole his whole act
Even if this is a myth, the story of Quentin not sticking with a girl who hates Rio Bravo is so crazy and funny. I would definitely do the same but with 2001: A Space Odyssey.
I am a massive Wayne fan and I do love this film but the finale bothers me, too much joking around and silly talk, should have been way more serious, considering the rest of the film
I've gotta be the only one who didn't like this movie. I first watched it in my youth and felt like the girl didn't need to be in the movie because it felt like she was there just to be eye candy and have no personality. The deputy, that was trying to stop smoking or whatever, I was like "where did this come from. All of a sudden you want character development for 1 scene?" The old man also felt like he belonged in a totally different movie. When it was over I was like "what's the takeaway, what do I learn from this? The sheriff didn't even change as a person. It feels like nothing/nobody changed or grew as a person. With the slight exception of the deputy getting over his nicotine issue but that came out of nowhere for 1 scene.
El Dorado/Rio Bravo. Terrible. Hawkes directing Wayne with Mitchum as the drunk and Caan as the young gun in one and Hawkes drecting Wayne with Martin as the drunk and RICKY NELSON!!!!!!, as a young gun. Horrible movies.
The singing ruined it. The cavalry movies are all better. "El Dorado" is better. I'd much rather see The Duke with Robert Mitchum or Kirk Douglas than with a boost crooner like Dino.
I never get tired of Rio Bravo. I enjoy this movie a lot.
I’m an old guy. Been watching Rio Bravo most of my life. No telling how many times I have seen it. It really is like an old friend.
Rio Bravo is John Wayne/Howard Hawks at their best. Not to mention Dean Martin in perhaps his greatest role. Fantastic movie.
Red River is Wayne and Hawks at their best and I’m saying this as a fan of Rio Bravo.
As the two of them together yeah this would be the best. As individuals I'd say His Girl Friday for Howard Hawks and True Grit for John Wayne. Though is was a tough choice between those two and Bringing Up Baby/The Searchers.
@@slammajamma5435 Red River is also fantastic. I'd say it's a perfect Odyssey Western while Rio Bravo is a perfect Siege Western. Red River definitely features a tour de force performance from Wayne as the anti-hero, one of his best roles.
@@silverjohn6037 All of those films are great and favorites of mine. Yeah, it gets tough when ranking classics.
neat Madness Combat avatar (nostalgia).
The song Dean Martin sings with Ricky Nelson, is worth the price of admission alone, great film
My Rifle, My Pony, & Me. Nobody could sing like Dean Martin.
I always thought Dean Martin was better than Frank Sinatra. I don't think he gets the credit he deserves for both the singing voice and the acting ability@@bluerock4456
It's Tiomkin's main theme from Red River. Check it out.
I agree completely about "Rio Bravo." Before VCRs, if we saw that it would be on TV in the middle of the night, my father and I would be there watching it.
Same watched it like 50
times I guess
@@marcdaniels9079 "El Dorado?"
Also one of those movies where if I was just flipping channels and caught it in the middle.....I'd just go ahead and watch it despite having seen it multiple times. It's almost like a "comfort food".
Perfection on so many levels. Hollywood today needs so much more Rio Bravo.
His description of the hangout movie is basically a perfect explanation of why I love "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood..." so much. That's my favorite hangout movie, dethroning even "Dazed and Confused"
I think you'd really like Mid90s.
Love Death Proof for same reason
What can I say, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood and Dazed and Confused are probably my two favorite movies ever created.
@@aaronyouell680also agree with that, one of the most underrated and falsely under appreciated movies of all time
@@aaronyouell680 it’s funny. I read your comment like three times and each time thought, what is “Love Death Proof”? Thinking that it was some movie I haven’t seen. Then I realized that I’m an idiot and you were just saying that you love “Death Proof”. Lol. Right there with ya. Death Proof is great!
One of my all time favorites.
The great thing about Howard Hawks was his ability to make his film characters so down to earth and real. They were like the people you knew in real life, how they acted and talked. Throw in the Duke, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Angie Dickinson and one of the coolest guys of all time, Dean Martin and it’s no wonder QT loves this movie so much. It may be my favorite JW film.
The use of music in this movie is amazing. I'm not talking about the scene where the guys sing together in the jail, I'm talking about the brother paying the mariachi band to play the Deguello continuously. Telling the heroes that there is going to be quarter given. Then later right as Dean Martin's character loses all his confidence after first almost being shot by Stumpy, and then getting ambushed, dunked headfirst into a horse trophy, knocked out and tied up.
He's going to quit, his hands are shaking, he's going to quit on his friends and himself and start drinking again. And then the music starts playing again. His hands stop shaking, he pours the shot of whiskey back into the bottle without spilling a drop, because right at that moment he remembers that he's in this. He can't stop now, because there is no other alternative. The song meant to unsettle them ends up being the reason that they stick together.
That moment always stuck with me.
My senior year in high school, I took a arts class divided into 4 quarters and one quarter was film. The film teacher (who also taught literature) introduced the class to different genres. The movie for westerns was....."Rio Bravo". I was very lucky to have a film teacher with great taste! Thanks Mr. Libis, where ever you are! Classic movie!!!
One of the best opening scenes of all time. A great scene with no dialogue, very much like a similar in tone scene, the opening from Once Upon a Time in the West.
I'm not always the biggest fan of really old movies but Rio Bravo is great.
just finished watching your John Carpenter on Rio Bravo video and got the notice for this. thank you for the uploads as always
I love this movie!!!
When I was young, I never thought I would like a John Wayne movie. It seemed too "old" to me. A bridge too far for my young imagination.
Then, I saw Rio Bravo. Sometimes, being wrong is great!
Yeah, I loved Rio Bravo and The Searchers, but most of his movies, as a kid to adulthood, is just too much.
He’ll say something so odd, I’ll just laugh, and the scene is serious as hell.
I also saw the Leone movies, and Pale Rider, right at the same time I was saw those Wayne movies.
Most friends I had, couldn’t sit through many older movies, after seeing First Blood 2 and Terminator, in the 80’s. It was the same watching the Italian Westerns.
Then one finds Corbucci, and all the greats, and the old U.S. ones seem like a different language, snd I guess it is.
If there hadn’t been censorship, and they’d had a ratings system, but the 40’s or 50’s, I think they’d have had more realistic dialogue, violence, etc.
They were writing in a type of language, whether in dialogue, action or cinematography.
I thought the same exact way until I saw Stagecoach
Try an old film of his called Tall in the Saddle. It's not John Ford level of cinematography but I'd give it the edge over Stagecoach as a western story.
Either you like John Wayne or you don’t lol
Also try The Angel and the Badman.
"Aw, I'm not gonna hurt him!"--John Wayne right after he just knocked a man to the ground with the barrel of his rifle
I’ll never forget watching this for the first time and being so shocked seeing John Wayne get smacked right in the face in the first 5 minutes 😂😂
People make the mistake of thinking John Wayne had to have some huge ego and always dominate every scene just because he was such a big star but, if the scene called for it, he could let other actors have their moment and even allow himself to be the butt of the joke. I'll link to a scene from Big Jake that I always felt illustrated this best.
ua-cam.com/video/4HQyFWcb3AY/v-deo.html
I say the same thing about many TV shows, especially old Britcoms, and 80's/90's Star Trek. It just feels like you are hanging out with a group of friends and we go on adventures sometimes or just have a laugh.
Rio Bravo and Tombstone are the 2 best westerns of all time.
"Spit'n his eye, Dude! Spit'n his eye!!" Love that line.
The movie so good, they made it twice! Re: El Dorado (Love 'em both!)
One of my favorite John Wayne movies,along with The Quiet Man, Island In The Sky, The Three Godfathers, Stagecoach,Hondo, and The Searchers!!
My friend and I still sing, "My rifle, pony and me."
My cousin's grandson played this at his wedding near Longview, Alberta, last summer. Very apropos.
First older movie I loved as a kid.
It's also one of John Carpenter's favourite movies, one he had remade in a different genre.
This interview is actually shorter than how long before there is dialog in the movie (3:29 vs 3:47). It also has my favorite line, after butt stroking a bar patron, Sheriff John says "Aw, I'm not going to hurt him!" Cracks me up every time. I have also seen it several dozens of time since first seen it in 1959. At a drive-in!
It was a movie I could almost count on being on television at least once a month where I grew up and got signal from 2 or 3 different markets. One of Wayne's westerns would almost always be available to see either Saturday or Sunday afternoon every week as well as Eastwood's various westerns and of course Wayne's war movies would be mixed in depending on the time of year.
John Wayne was part of my childhood. My favorite is The Sons of Katie Elder and McLintock.
My dad was a stuntman in this movie. We have pictures of him my mom and the cast hanging out between filming.
Very cool!
Kamala:" Wow, look at my bus! Hahahaha!" John Wayne:" Oh, stop cacklin´.......
Trump "listen to me babble mindlessly but call it weaving"
"Rio Bravo", "El Dorado", "Sons of Katie Elder", "Big Jake" are very good. "The Undefeated" is a tour-de-force, former Confederate officer (Rock Hudson) and former Union officer (John Wayne) lead separate groups to Mexico and when crossing paths become friends though they seem to think they shouldn't. Great scenes including the Southern style "Picnic" which Wayne's outfit is invited to, also surprising capable performances by Los Angeles Rams teammates Roman Gabriel (Blue Boy) and Merlin Olsen (Little George).
El Dorado is pretty much the same story with a few character changes. Both great.
Robert Mitchum plays the drunk in ' El Dorado.'
My hangout movie is The Machinist with Christian Bale
It's still my favorite Western movie.
Growing up I soon realized the names John Wayne and Howard Hawks usually meant a good movie. Hawks is just wonderful even his "weaker" movie like Land of the Pharaoes are very entertaining and his classics are just over the top. No matter if Rio Bravo, El Dorado, Gentlemen prefer blondes, Man´s favorite sports, Hatari!, Baby, whatever from the first minutes you know this will be fun and Hawks never disappoints you. Wayne on the other hand was not only a star but also a top producer. He made also many GOOD movies as a producer and even some of his old not so well known movies are very interesting, he did one with Oliver Hardy as co-star, The Fighting Kentuckian, also very, very entertaining and Hardy and Wayne are a great team, as good as Mitchum or Dean Martin.
Each of the four men, and the one chick, is either deeply flawed or lacking something. Each compensates for the others' weakness. There is no perfect Lone Hero. So refreshing.
I did the same thing but with Peter Jackson' Bad Taste
show 'em *Meet the Feebles!* If you find a girl that laughs through that, you got a keeper!
The "hangout" movie is a real phenomenon. Another good example is the Japanese movie "Seven Samurai", directed by Akira Kurosawa. Every once in a while I want to go "hangout" with the villagers and the samurai again, and check in on my friends. Oh yeah, "Rio Bravo" is in my collection too, hey it's John Wayne and a very young Angie Dickenson. What's not to like!?
“Purple light, in the canyons, that’s where I long to be!”
Accurate, it is a hangout movie.
Would love to hear opinions on El Topo, my personal favorite Western
There's one to wrap your head around...........
My "hangout" movie - 'Back To The Future'.
That’s an all time one. I would play sick, to stay home and watch movies, and I watched that one a lot.
Coming to America was probably my all time one, as far as when I was a kid.
I could quote it, and do the barber shop characters, well enough, that people would ask at lunch once a week for most of the school year it came out on VHS and HBO.
I got in trouble for it, because a teacher heard me doing the Sam Jackson scene, in McDowell’s, home of the Big Mic.
I'd argue the Breakfast Club might be the better example of a hangout film from that era as Back to the Future strikes me as being more of an adventure film. But both are excellent films, each in their own way.
Concerning Angie Dickenson's tights at the end of the movie, John Wayne stated, "I didn't say I love you, I said I would arrest you." Angie Dickenson replied, "It's the same thing."
Hawks really was a great director and not a one trick pony.
Never bring a gun to a dynamite fight... 😁
I recognize that landscape. Western part of Tucson.
I liked El Dorado almost as much as Rio Lobo.
You bet.
I love both movies
Wonder how QT feels about High Noon.
Now they'll let you in the front door..
Great film
I keep Rio Bravo in my bedroom DVD player, and watch it often as a bedtime story.
IMO, calling it a great movie is a gross understatement.
A better movie than anything Tarentino ever made.
Rio Bravo is in the TOP FIVE greatest westerns Duke of all time in my not so humble opinion.
In no particular order...
Rio Bravo
The Searchers
True Grit
The Shootist
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
#1-The Cowboys, #2-The Searchers, #3-True Grit, #4-The Man who Shot Liberty Valance.
They made it again as Eldorado and it’s not even close!
What is the actual difference between Rio Bravo and El Dorado? Are they not the same exact movie?
They have the same basic plot. I have always enjoyed both.
No much, the movie has been remade 3 times with John Wayne.
"Robert Mitchum played the drunk in “El Dorado.” Dean Martin played the drunk in “Rio Bravo.” Basically, it was the same part. Now John Wayne, he did the same in both. He played John Wayne. ” - Chili Palmer in "Get Shorty"
I agree.
John Wayne was in 3 different versions of it over years.
I’d have loved Elvis in rio bravo over the singer who was in it.
But rio is the greatest western of all time.
Which Singer? Dean martin who is heads above Elvis or Ricky nelson? Who I would also prefer over elvis. Never understood the whole thing with Elvis. Basically stole his whole act
Ricky Nelson was huge at that time. He was basically as big as Elvis.
@@chadjustice8560elvis only sold twice the number of records dean n Ricky did COMBINED
I own this movie. I actually have a hard time deciding which is the best. Rio Bravo or El Dorado.
What's the deal with the audio?
Yeah, but what about Rio Lobo? 😁
Quentin Tarantino on Puss in Boots: The Last Wish?
He’d do Puss in No Boots.
He wants to see them feet. 🦶🏼
Did he talk about it?
@@spencerlane415 I don’t know 🤷
Это он ещё фильм Невского не видел👍
While I appreciate this film for what it is, I actually like the remake, El Dorado, better.
Wow.
👍👍👍
Angie Dickinson was the most beautiful woman even today.
Even if this is a myth, the story of Quentin not sticking with a girl who hates Rio Bravo is so crazy and funny.
I would definitely do the same but with 2001: A Space Odyssey.
She'll fall asleep.
As a piece of art to be studied? Yeah... I guess. As something you just sit down and watch though I'd go with Rio Bravo myself;).
A female version of me would be shit out of luck I guess... don't get 2001: A space odyssey at all. My go to mention for "most overrated".
My female litmus test is GBU
I am a massive Wayne fan and I do love this film but the finale bothers me, too much joking around and silly talk, should have been way more serious, considering the rest of the film
El Dorado was the better "Alcoholic Sheriff" movie.
Excellent ensemble flick.
I loved Rio Bravo but Quentin Tarantino can KMA!
I've gotta be the only one who didn't like this movie. I first watched it in my youth and felt like the girl didn't need to be in the movie because it felt like she was there just to be eye candy and have no personality. The deputy, that was trying to stop smoking or whatever, I was like "where did this come from. All of a sudden you want character development for 1 scene?" The old man also felt like he belonged in a totally different movie. When it was over I was like "what's the takeaway, what do I learn from this? The sheriff didn't even change as a person. It feels like nothing/nobody changed or grew as a person. With the slight exception of the deputy getting over his nicotine issue but that came out of nowhere for 1 scene.
Who cares what Quinton Tarantino says? Not me!
I prefer El Dorado, basically the same movie with James Caan instead of Ricky Nelson and Robert Mitchum for the Dean Martin character.
I love both, but like you prefer El Dorado
I love both movies!
El Dorado is much better
El Dorado is better
Agree
Basically a remake. I like both.
Bull is stumpy, mitchum is martin, can is ricky Nelson.
@@tommo8321 same here. It’s almost like picking a favorite child in a way
El Dorado/Rio Bravo. Terrible. Hawkes directing Wayne with Mitchum as the drunk and Caan as the young gun in one and Hawkes drecting Wayne with Martin as the drunk and RICKY NELSON!!!!!!, as a young gun. Horrible movies.
The singing ruined it. The cavalry movies are all better. "El Dorado" is better. I'd much rather see The Duke with Robert Mitchum or Kirk Douglas than with a boost crooner like Dino.
Be that as it may, Duke and Dino were good friends who enjoyed working together.