Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town.
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Joshua Logan
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Title: Paint Your Wagon (1969)
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Cast
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| Lee Marvin | ... | Ben Rumson | |
| Clint Eastwood | ... | Pardner | |
| Jean Seberg | ... | Elizabeth | |
| Harve Presnell | ... | Rotten Luck Willie | |
| Ray Walston | ... | Mad Jack Duncan | |
| Tom Ligon | ... | Horton Fenty | |
| Alan Dexter | ... | Parson | |
| William O'Connell | ... | Horace Tabor | |
| Benny Baker | ... | Haywood Holbrook (as Ben Baker) | |
| Alan Baxter | ... | Mr. Fenty | |
| Paula Trueman | ... | Mrs. Fenty | |
| Robert Easton | ... | Atwell | |
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Geoffrey Norman | ... | Foster |
| H.B. Haggerty | ... | Steve Bull | |
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Terry Jenkins | ... | Joe Mooney |
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A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnaping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boomtown. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. They even find time to do some creative gold mining. Written by David J. Kiseleski <davidk269@aol.com>
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polyamory | men's chorus | california gold rush | digging a grave | year 1849 |Taglines:
Lee Marvin Sings! See more »Parents Guide:
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Horton: I swear before God...
Mad Jack Duncan: I said no one!
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(Shivaree)
Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Sung by Ray Walston, Patrick Hawley, Geoffrey Norman & The Chorus
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Jean Seberg's singing voice was dubbed by Anita Gordon. Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin did their own singing. Marvin's recording of the song "Wanderin' Star" went to number one on the U.K. charts, earning him a gold record. See more »Goofs
When the group is discussing buying one of the Mormon's wives Tabor who is against the purchase of her for a wife declares that she is a married woman and Holbrook states "No she isn't! We don't recognize plural marriages in California!". But they do later when Mrs. Rumson comes up with the idea to marry pardner too. However, it was earlier stated in the film that Elizabeth is married to Ben Rumson through the governing of mining law, which also covers the point that mining partners get equal share of what is recognized by mining law as their claim. The Rumsons and Pardner use the latter fact as a loophole to justify the plural marriage. See more »Quotes
Mad Jack Duncan: You tell no one about what we're doing here, you get me? If you so much as breath a word about this, I'll put a stick of dynamite in your mouth, do you get me?Horton: I swear before God...
Mad Jack Duncan: I said no one!
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Crazy Credits
After the end credits and the Paramount logo, the screen goes black and a closing medley of the songs is heard for several minutes. See more »Alternate Versions
On its release to what were then called "neighborhood theatres" (i.e. theatres which showed films that had ended their first runs downtown), the film's running time was shortened by having three songs eliminated, "I Still See Elisa", "The First Thing You Know", and "Gold Fever". This left both Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood with only one solo song each. The film was restored to its original length for its first television showing, and has remained that way ever since. See more »Soundtracks
Whoop-Ti-Ay!(Shivaree)
Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Sung by Ray Walston, Patrick Hawley, Geoffrey Norman & The Chorus
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
15 October 1969 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$14,500,000Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$14,500,000Company Credits
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(No spoilers herein).
My friend sent me this movie wanting to know my comments on it, without telling me even a word of what it was about or what he thought of it. I went and checked out the entry on IMDB and was a touch confused why he was sending me a sort of musical half-western flick, being that neither of those categories would pop up at the top of either our lists.
Needless to say, something about this movie surprised me -- I fully enjoyed watching it ! Right from the start the characters were interesting and the scenes quite absurdly funny. Some of the singing was truly awful (in a funny way), and other songs were actually very toe-tappingly catchy.
There is a whole lot of physical humor in this movie, from the opening scene after they bury the guy, to the ending scenes with the bull. And holy crap the older man drinks a lot. I don't think I've ever seen a movie where a single character drinks so much hard alcohol ! Along with the numerous sexual jokes I certainly wouldn't recommend this movie for children.
As the movie came to a conclusion, I found myself attached to the main characters and wanting to see more of their adventures. The plot had a very natural progression. As silly and ridiculous as it certainly was, the plot made a strange sort of sense.
I rate the movie an 8 out of 10.