Paint Your Wagon

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Alec B @Alec97 2d You might expect one of the leads to be miscast in a big budget musical like this . . . but all three of them!? Eastwood slightly outsings Marvin (just barely) and Seberg might be dubbed but she has no idea how to act in a musical. Joshua Logan appears to have opted for "realism" here which explains the sub par signing, although most of the character actors in the supporting cast are totally out of control, no doubt trying to make up for the boring lead performances. The one exception is Harve Presnell who totally knocks "They Call the Wind Maria" out of the park. A singular great moment in a weird mess of a musical. See more Matthew D @OceanSage Jan 9 Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin singing is worth the price of admission in this outrageously raunchy musical. Sayonara director Joshua Logan’s Western musical-comedy Paint Your Wagon (1969) is one of the silliest films I’ve ever seen. Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin looked like they were having a blast singing and gold mining, while flirting with Jean Seberg. Lee Marvin is a riot as the drunkard gold miner Ben Rumson. He’s vigorous, funny, gruff, tough, crazy, jealous, kind-hearted, loyal, and amusing. His gravel voiced singing is entertaining. Clint Eastwood is very handsome, cool, tough, nice, loyal, and thoughtful as the gold miner Sylvester Newel, who is just called Pardner by Marvin. Eastwood’s clean singing voice is shockingly pleasant and smooth for the best singing in the film. I am genuinely stunned that Eastwood has the most memorable songs here. Jean Seberg is pretty and likable as Elizabeth, who is in love with both Marvin and Eastwood’s miners. See more Nick Z @RT45371203 Oct 13 What was it about the mid-1960's, that every major musical cast almost always featured stars who actually couldn't sing a note or dance a step? Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood are among the most atrociously miscast spectacles in this overwrought and bloated big-screen resurrection of Lerner and Loewe's lithe stagecraft. Perhaps if Mr. Eastwood is talking to the trees, its' only because they are the only audience quite unable to escape his flat tones. Lee Marvin plays a vigorous town drunk. But every time he croaks a song, we are painfully reminded that his acting virtues lay elsewhere. Costly, and a total flop, it's easy to see why. Paint Your Wagon is a travesty. It's as though the director, Joshua Logan, once a darling of the genre, decided to truly test how bad he could make a musical and still get away with it. Note to Mr. Logan. You found out. See more Leo D @Leo7504 Aug 6 Jean Seberg is a damn beautiful woman and a very good actress. Lee Marvin and Eastwood are funny in this musical. Beautiful cinematography and very entertaining. Eastwood and Seberg were an item during the filming of this musical. Later when the FBI attempted to discredit Seberg because of her support for the Black Panthers and Seberg had a miscarriage in 1970 which caused her to attempt suicide each year on the anniversary of her child’s death until her body was found in 1979 in a car in Paris. She had been dead for several days. Tragic story. See more Rick G @RT60355009 03/22/2025 Wonderful entertainment See more Vander A @RT27493688 08/19/2024 Whoever gave this movie a 48% should be taken out and shot. This movie is FAB-U-LOUS. The story, the scenery, the comedy, the music, the singing, did I mention the comedy??? A true classic. I've personally seen it at least 6 or 7 times and it just keeps getting better if only because overall modern movies continue to decline precipitously. Lee Marvin steals the show. Jean Seberg is super excellent, and oh yeah, Clint Eastwood is in it too. MUST SEE. See more Read all reviews

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