John Landis on THE SHOOTIST
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- The Duke rides into the the sunset forever with a moving performance as a dying gunfighter in his final film, surrounded by a top-notch cast and crew.
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Wayne was not dying of cancer in 1976 when this movie came out; he did not get the terminal diagnosis until a few months before his death in 1979. And Landis misses the mark on this one, it's a little slow moving and somber, but is much better than he gives it credit for and the Duke gives a great final performance.
its still crazy tho that he did get cancer and die from it and wasnt far from his last movie he made where in it hes dying from cancer and it just makes the movie that much better. still extremely sad tho we will always love john wayne he is a legend.
All due respect sparky but he had already had a lung removed due to cancer in 1965 . Tho he did not die during or immediately after the movie it was slowly killing him.
John Wayne contracted cancer twice: in 1964, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and had his left lung removed, "Rooster Cogburn" with Katherine Hepburn was filmed shortly after his left lung was removed. In 1979 he contracted stomach cancer, which took his life. And while IMDB says he didn't have cancer during the filming of the "Shootist", his "lung cancer" was in remission, it fails to mention that instead of lung cancer, he had stomach cancer. Wayne smoked 5-6 packs a day. In fact, John Wayne's daughter Aissa writes, a lung cancer diagnosis in 1964 was effectively a death sentence. "He went ahead with surgery to remove most of the diseased lung. The surgeon had to go in through his back, the tumor was so big. Ten weeks later he (Wayne) called a press conference to say he’d “licked the Big C.” “I don’t want to end my life being sick,” he told the assembled crowd. “I want to go out on two feet-in action.”
The Shootist (1976) would be his last film; he was sick again while making it. In March 1978 he had open-heart surgery, a risky procedure. Once again, he got through it. Aissa writes "But the Big C was back. Stomach lining this time. The smell of most food made him want to vomit. In January 1979, surgeons removed Wayne’s stomach and made a new one from his intestines. They found cancer had spread".
Critics be HANGED!!! This film touched me being not only a lifelong Wayne fan, but also as a cancer survivor... I still love the scene where he says goodbye to Mrs Rodgers... It was like he was saying goodbye to all of us. His raw courage displayed in this movie was nothing short of inspiring.
That's a fact,agree 100%. My brother battled brain cancer for more than 2 years. The last time I saw him he was in the hospital for an infection. I didn't know he'd stopped his treatment. I casually talked to him for an hour before I went into work. When I was telling him I had to leave he grabbed my hand and said he wanted to die at home with his boots on like a man. I said,dont be so dramatic you just have a slight infection, you'll be home in a few days. I promised him I'd come by the next day to see him. His room was empty when I came by and I asked the desk nurse if they had moved him,the desk nurse just stared at me. He'd passed away just hours before. I'm glad you beat yours friend. You,me,and my brother are all John Wayne fans and the shootist is a fine swan song. God bless!👍🇺🇸
A real triumph for John Wayne in his last film. Great cameos by James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, John Carradine, Richard Boone and many more. A fond farewell to an American icon in films, Wayne later died in 1979.
"Almost a good film". This film is a total gem. Jealousy is a terrible thing.
It's not jealousy LOL! this guy made the Blues Brothers and An American Werewolf in London and LOVES movies.
I know his films, I must have seen An American Werewolf in London about 50 times by now. The Blues Brothers is very much of its time and is slightly overrated. He may love films, but he's got this one wrong if he's being serious.
You can't get an opinion wrong
This guy is a brain dead f=ing twit who probably never made a western.
Blues Brothers was good but very over rated and I really like the movie but mostly for the music and the performers not the directing.
Yeah, I'd disagree with Landis here. I think it's a good, "almost a GREAT film.' Not Wayne's best by a long shot but as a good as anything he did in the 70's and a fitting end to a monumental career.
John Waynes swan song and it is a GREAT film , a great opening scene , a great ending with a GREAT cast ,EXCELLENT ! ! !
John never explains why he thinks it's bad. I saw it as a kid and didn't get bored so how bad could it have been?
I think John is underestimating this movie. It's a very good movie that gets better and better through repeated watchings.
I had to check out Mr. L's output and since the early '90's he has mostly just been about working with Michael Jackson (yikes!) and that wonderful doc, Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project.
Martin Scorcese is far more generous when discussing other movies.
After watching Mr. Landis' take on It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World I am worried that he may be taking alittle too much pleasure in knocking other people's achievements. IMO.
"I'm a dying man scared of the dark." J.B.Books profound line.
To my mind I think this is a great movie. It's always been in my top 10 of great westerns. There is a lot of joy to be had in this picture, the choice of cast, the performances and the direction are all superb. The chemistry between Wayne and Becall is measured perfectly, the villains are believable, the supporting cast is finely tuned and the ending is superb. I would like to have seen Siegel direct The Duke in a couple more movies although Wayne campaigned for the role of Dirty Harry but was turned down as being too old.
+dcanmore I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on...I don't do these things to other people, I require the same from them
tell me about any other actor that could throw that one like 'ol Duke...
+3333458dale I do have to say, when talking about great westerns, there is "Lonesome Dove" and everything else..
Look, Landis is a comedy director. He's a talkative, smart guy who doesn't have an edit button on his tongue. He says it ain't a great movie but then goes on to list all the MANY reasons this is a GREAT movie. He can't help himself, he has to throw spit balls because it's in his nature but he can't deny the evidence presented before his very eyes. I saw this movie a couple of times when I was a kid when I was lukewarm on westerns on HBO, but now, now I'm going straight to amazon to see how I can purchase it to view again and again. The Duke was the King of American cinema.
Its a great movie because of the message at the end and the fact it Wayne's last movie. I think much of the criticism of Wayne over the years was motivated by his politics-not his ability as an entertainer.
CrippledJim, you hit the nail on the head!!!
Agreed. In fact, my own politics are 180 degrees from Wayne's but that never stopped me from enjoying his films.
agreed
I respect John Landis as a film maker but strongly disagree with his opinion of this film.
It is every bit as classic and perfectly made as True Grit and The Gunfighter is NOT a better movie.
Well opinion's are like assholes...everybody's got one. I agree, this film is good.
Martin Sage
Everybody's got one and they all stink.
I don't respect John Landis and this is a Fine Movie.
John Landis' eternal hate for John Wayne bleeding thru the commentary as usual.
This is a GREAT movie so John Landis is FULL OF SHIT as far as this movie goes !! The ending MIGHT BE the best ending EVER IN A WESTERN ! The Duke is FANTASTIC and so is the rest of a very STELLAR cast. You'd better go see this one again, Mr. Landis !
He said that the ending was great.
This is a very good movie
Landis, all I can say is that you're nuts! This was a terrific movie showing the days of the old gunfighters dying out as the country progresses and modernizes for the times. Sorry there's no stupidity in this movie as we've seen with some of yours! And no one was really killed in the making of this movie!
@Thomas Perry - yes and I expressed mine but I guess only he is entitled to one.
Regarded now as one of the best westerns ever made...Landis has achieved nothing that suggests he is able to tell a good movie from a bad one. He's an intellectual pygmy.
Getting tired of listening to some of Landis commentary. He's frequently off the mark.
John Wayne should have won his Oscar for this movie, this is his best performance.
Disagree with thoughts on film. Found it good and maybe the way John Way would have liked to have gone out for real
John Wayne's last ever film was a good one I know it's slow paste a lot of talking and the action sequence isn't till the end but he did give us a remarkable performance
I THINK DUKE SHOULD OF WON A SECOND OSCAR FOR THE SHOOTIST IT TOOK ALOT OF GUTS TO PLAY THAT PART AND I THINK HE WAS BETTER IN THIS THAN IN TRUE GRIT
Amen brother
I agree. The only reason that Duke got the Oscar for TRUE GRIT was because he had been snubbed for so long. This movie is superior in every aspect. Another in a long line of underrated Don Siegel productions.
i couldnt agee more sir.
Peter Finch ended up winning best actor for his role in Network. Peter effing Finch. "Who's that?" you ask. Exactly
YEAH! And furthermore, he should HAVE won a second Oscar, too!
John Landis sure has no credibility in his review when he uses the well known myth as fact in that John Wayne was dying of cancer during this movie. He wasn't. The cancer that killed him was three years after the movie, in 1979.
Considering the stinkers that Landis has made, he has a lot of gall saying it is "almost a good movie".
this movie was excellent ,you do not know what your talking about .
I have seen almost all John Wayne''s movies when they came out. This is not his best, but it is damn good.
@@Puggy1234ful whats his best then jackass all his movies are his best. he did his best performance in every movie. in my opinion
agreed
"milking a dead horse"?
Landis is too stupid to know how to correctly say the metaphor and he wants to tell us about The Shootist?
@@moncorp1 rigghttt
@@moncorp1 I'm not sure he even saw the picture, and in any event he appears too drunk to make much sense.
Actually, John Wayne did not know he had cancer when the movie was being made. Whether it was yet to appear, or it had not become apparent I don't know, but he was not aware of it when he filmed The Shootist.
"Almost a good film?" Compared to what? Sure there are better films. Sure, there are better Western films and better John Wayne films ("The Searchers" and "Stagecoach" and "True Grit" top my list). But this role was written for John Wayne as was "Rooster Cogburn" even if neither portrayal by John Wayne exactly matched the original books’ "Books" or "Rooster." No better "swan song" could have been given to John Wayne than to have gone out "guns blazing" and "boots on." If anything, the film is a real homage to the "end of the West" genre as Ronny Howard shoots the bartender (spoiler alert) and tosses the gun away and walks out of the bar in a dazed stupor as to all he had just seen and done.
Excellent film amazing end to movie.
No question. They were there to see John Wayne die. RIP John. You'll never be duplicated.
Sorry John. This movie is much better than you think. But I do agree that "The Gunfighter" is better, but only slightly better.
I could not disagree more with his take on this movie. This is not your average western. This is a poignant and moving story with tons of soul and understated elegance. It's not just a mindless shootem up cowboy flick. The acting in it is damn near perfect! The chemistry between the actors is evident and believable and it holds your attention throughout and if I'm being honest makes you wish it was a little longer (at least I did anyway). If I put myself in Mr Wayne's shoes I don't think I could be happier than having the shootist be my farewell.
An excellent movie. A great cast
this movie is fantastic..... it sums up a real great movie star.... john wayne
As far as the quality of the film itself, the atmosphere, the cinematography, the realism, this may have been Wayne’s finest with the Searchers being 2nd
I agree, those are my 2 favorite Duke flicks
It may not have been a super great film and we were not privy to the knowledge of Mr Wayne's cancer return at the time. But to this day I clearly remember walking out of the theater knowing this was the last movie he would make. We were very sad at that thought. It was a somber drive. My friend and I did not talk much on that ride home. We were not surprised to hear of his death about two and half years later. RIP Mr Wayne.
John Landis is nothing more than a tow rag for describing this classic as almost a good film?...This coming from a man who was charged with causing the death of actor Vic Morrow and two children because of his negligence during a movie he was directing. He was found not guilty in court because of a technicality but his career was in the toilet....almost a good film!.....what the hell does he know?
Wayne should have won an oscar for this role. The studio screwed up and released it at the wrong time of the year and it was overshadowed by Rocky and Taxi Driver. Peter Finch ended up winning for Network for crissakes. Give me a break.
John Landis needs to stay in his lane, this was a fantastic swan song for The Duke.
He and the rest of the hippies enjoyed seeing an American Icon die, and see where we are now.
Outstanding movie.
Uh, unless you filmed this commentary in 2011, Harry Morgan had been deceased for almost two years at the date this video was posted. Also (as many other people have pointed out in the comments), his role in this film far exceeded Rooster Cogburn in True Grit. As usual, Landis is a pretentious, arrogant numb-nut bastard who likes to hear the sound of his own voice. Thankfully, the internet frequently calls him out for this and, well, that one thing that happened in 1982. You know, the incident where he clearly caused the deaths of three people, but was later exonerated for reasons that are incomprehensible?
There's a melancholy quality to Wayne's performance in this film hence it's not the same has his Rooster Coburn.
Mr. Landis certainly has a right to his own opinion. Problem is that he knows better than to say "This is almost a good movie". Wow. He really does know better. It's like saying that " Blues Brothers is almost a funny movie."
Totally disagree with John Landis. This is a great movie with some great lines, subtle acting and not continuous over the top gun-fighting.
I completely disagree with John Landis' assertions about this movie.
It is about a man who has outlived the times that he was known for.
(As John Wayne had outlived the time of the Western Genre.)
This was John Wayne's final movie and as John Baynard Books, it was the finale to a life well lived.
In this movie we see a man who knows his glory days are behind him. Such as Wayne himself saw. (He did not have a current case of cancer but he had a case in the past that was in remission)
WARNING! SPOILER ALERT!
At the end of the movie John Wayne gets shot and Gillem (played by Ron Howard) shoots the man that shot Wayne's character. Howard's character then tosses the gun away after killing the man.
Books (Wayne's character) then nods in agreement with Gilllem's choice to rid himself of the violence that took so many lives in Books' time.
It isn't an anti-gun movie though.
It is about settling differences in another way other than taking umbrage with other people's comments.
But still doing the right thing when is necessary.
It is a great movie with a lot of great actors! Well worth the time investment!
It isn’t “almost a good movie” it’s a great movie.
What a jerk John Landis is. By the way, what is he doing now besides youtube vids. The Shootist is a great film.
It is for certain
Incorrect. The Duke did not know he had a recurrence of cancer when he died this. Also, General Jimmy Stewart had a tough time with the scenes due to his hearing loss.
The shootist is a damn good movie....dont understand how critics get paid to be critics.
You're wrong imo TFH. This is a damn good John Wayne western - it's his equivalent to Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven" in retrospect and it was quite well done. Mature, raw and realistic as far as westerns go, it will stand the test of time...
I love how Landis doesn't say his real name in the beginning of any of these Trailers From Hell videos... it's like he's ashamed to be John Landis, and pretends to do it as a joke... it's like he's responsible for the death of actors on the set of one of his films or something.................
It's a good movie, Landis is just reluctant to say something nice about Wayne because reasons.
animal house VS. the shootist. you decide
Never ask another director for an opinion. They'll always think their way of doing it would be better. Instead ask an editor, the real storyteller. They'll give you an objective answer.
how does the magnificent seven even begin to compare to any john wayne movies expecially some of his best like true grit and the shootist. i dont know where you are coming from with that man i love john wayne.
This is a great movie, in spite of what Landis said.
His sarcasm is annoying.
It's a great movie.
we gonna have to dip John Landis in plastic and preserve him forever! Or make a clone, baby John Landis.
Well, pardon me all to hell, but John Wayne is my second favorite actor after Clint Eastwood, and this is John Wayne's best movie in my opinion. Your opinion is yours and yours alone, and that is with a period Mr. Landis.
"milking a dead horse" did he just make that up ?
Landis once said he felt this film need a helicopter decapitation or 3...
kinda crazy how much salt is in this comment section. So Mr. Landis doesn't agree with you about this one film, and even acknowledges that parts of it are quite good, even calling the ending terrific...what's the problem?
Isn't Landis one of the people responsible for the Twilight Zone tragedy that got Vic Morrow and 2 children killed? If so get somebody else to critique this film.
He wasn't dying when this was made it wasn't intended to be the last film
John landis is is still alive?
wayne often died in his movies in reap the wild wind iwo jima seabees wake of the red witch liberty vallance the cowboys and the alamo clint eastwood never died in his westerns unless you count the beguiled as a western rather than a gothic horror but clint in his movies never killed a native american indian im not sure if he ever did in rawhide though. anyway the shootist is a wonderful movie with the bedt known and most sucessfull movie star in it since chaplain.wayne was an absolute legend in his time almost always in the box office top ten from 1939 til almost the day he died a record which i may be wrong but i think is unique regardless he was both physically and in truth an enourmos star.
GREAT movie. Cant agree with this review!!!
Disagree with Landis, of course. This is a very good film. It's off in places -- the photography isn't imaginative, the editing is kind of uneven (especially of Stewart's scenes) -- but to say this isn't a good film is sheep dip.
It may have suffered on release by having so many actors identified with TV. Howard (at the time), Boone, O'Brien, Morgan -- all TV guys. Unusual to have them in with Duke, Bacall, Stewart, and Carradine.
Milking a dead horse?..did not know you could milk a live one..lol..its whipping a dead horse..
And I'll give Landis 50 bucks if he introduces himself as Vic Morrow...
I happen to love this movie and I disagree with him...
It was a great movie !
Coming from the guy who brought us "The Stupids"? This guy completely missed the mark.
I saw this movie when it came out and i think I recall feeling it was ok but not fantastic.
I do not think Wayne had cancer in 1976.
It's a great film!!!
nobody gives this enough credit. the whole thing of JW dying in this one makes it far more interesting than a lot of his films. the scene in the street car is played perfectly by Wayne.and it might be the best scene in the film. (except for when the bartender gets his.) Landis seems to contradict himself here just a bit. but what a boast. he was there watching this being shot.
Great story.
I know this is a decade ago, but why does that prick John Landis have to say how he thinks that great movies aren’t especially great?
Every movie can’t be “The Stupids,” John.
Disagree with this assessment of the film. This was an excellent film. This was a good old slower type film
A meaningful film.
but agree end of movie FANTASTIC
I thought it was great.
What a puffer.
I don't like the way the movie was shot - too much like a made for TV movie, but other than that, it's a very good film
Ridiculous review.
Bat Masterson always was full of sheep dip
The greatest Western actor of all time! Clint Eastwood is 2nd. Blessings 🙏🏼👍🏼
I guess the comment section has never heard of the word opinion
Asa Fisher - Oh yes they have. Their opinion is that Landis is a moron.
I guess you don't realize the folks in the comments section are expressing their opinions?
The was a great film, I think Landis was upset that he was not half the man JW was.
+snappy jO- jOHN wAYNE WAS A DRAFT DOGER AND BULLY.
+Paul Dourlet bullshit. You are an idiot. See how easy that is?
A better movie than unforgiven give me a break. Same concept movie by the way.
Milking a dead horse???
How many westerns has Landis made?......... ............ I thought so
What does this have to do with anything?
I disagree. Dukes best movie!
Talk about milking a dead horse. In Into The Night, a very bad John Landis movie, he offers the most galling display of fake martyrdom I have ever seen. He plays one of the bad guys, and gets taken out, in over the top fashion. Even though his character is very minor. Could not believe my eyes. Why didn't he just put an apple in his mouth while he was at it? Something he should have done here, instead of shooting his mouth off, about the always great The Shootist.
The only good Gregory Peck Movie is The Big Country.
Well, CAPE FEAR. But Mitchum OWNED that movie.
You forgot THE GUNS OF NAVARONE?! How?!!!
Greg Lagsdin....sorry buddy, but you are wrong. The movie Landis mentions (The Gunfighter) IS a wonderful movie. Better than The Shootist? Debatable. See "On The Beach". You will change your mind.
No, The Shootist is a great film.
I'm glad Landis spoke the truth, this movie is a huge disappointment. Poor Don Siegel saddled with a script that is basically worshiping Wayne's persona over and over, but only a bit of suspense/action at the end. Wayne and Ford are massively overrated in the Western genre, give me Stewart and Mann any day.
This the same film director John Landis whose negligence and greed led to the untimely death of Vic Morrow, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen. As well as injuring six others.
We lost probably the greatest, if most unsung actor of the 20th century and two sweet little kids who never should have been on such a dangerous movie set at all.
He the breaker of child labor laws resulting in THREE DEATHS? And Landis has the audacity to criticize The Shootist film?
Take a drink every time there's an attention seeking moron commenting some dumb shit about the Twilight Zone accident on a John Landis video that has nothing to do with said accident whatsoever
It's the in thing to put down john wayne,it makes me sick
Great movie, maybe John Wayne's best. Don't believe this guy. Great ending. It is one of only a couple Wayne did in the new era of western realism movies, and you can see it is a shame the cheesey old school westerns didn't die out earlier.