Bad company film 1972

Bad company 1972 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Synopsis would i like to get my hands on the son of a who told me to go west. Music is by harvey schmidt and cinematography by gordon willis. The allure of a freespirited desperado life is quickly spoiled by a series of mishaps that leave the bandits lacking food and money, and in constant fear. A genteel northerner during the civil war barry brown is robbed by scalawag jeff bridgesand winds up teaming up with him. This tale of friendship and survival set during the days of the 1860s focuses on a roguish group of runaways living by their wits and natural instincts. Overview of bad company, 1972, directed by robert benton, with jeff bridges, barry brown, jim davis, at turner classic movies. Roger ebert was the film critic of the chicago suntimes from 1967 until his death in 20. Bad company 1972 directed by robert benton genres drama, western subgenres hybrid western, period film, adventure drama, americana, buddy film release date oct 8, 1972 usa unknown run time 93 min. Will not take away from the display value of the poster. Both the cast and script are wonderful in an entertaining film that hasnt been given the attention its due. With jeff bridges, barry brown, jim davis, david huddleston.

It stars barry brown and jeff bridges as two of a group of young men who flee. I was really into reading about the real west and the war of the rebellion, at the. It stars jeff bridges, barry brown, jim davis, david huddleston and john savage. Bad company is a film directed by robert benton with jeff bridges, barry brown, john savage, ed lauter, year. In 1975, he won the pulitzer prize for distinguished criticism. Read bad company 1972 by john dileo available from rakuten kobo. The story is of a wholesome civil war draft dodger who runs into and eventually goes on to run with some lost boys led. Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today. Released 1972, bad company stars jeff bridges, barry brown, jim davis, david huddleston the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 33 min, and received a score of 37 out of 100 on metacritic. Case in point bad company no, not the jerry bruckheimer turkey but the. It stars barry brown and jeff bridges as two of a group of young men that flee the draft during the american civil war to seek their fortune and freedom on the unforgiving american frontier this acid western attempts in many ways to demythologize the american west in its.

The supporting cast wasnt needed and the film shouldve focused solely on the two stars from the beginning making it like the odd couple of the west, which couldve been memorable. Watch bad company online stream full movie directv. Featuring rare film never previously featured on dvd, founder member simon kirke and a team of distinguished critics including biographer steven rosen revisit and reassess the work of. Would be great if they could upgrade the quality of the film to high definition, but. Jeff bridges, barry brown, jim davis, david huddleston, john savage, jerry houser, damon douglas, joshua hill lewis, geoffrey lewis, raymond guth, ed lauter, john quade, jean allison, ned wertimer, charles tyner et ted gehring. I first saw bad companyfilmed 1971, released 1972 on the cbs thursday night movie in the mid 1970s. Despite that its mentioned that the events take place in the year 1863 during the height of the civil war, several anachronistic firearms are. Please contact right away if you do not consider our transaction worthy of five stars.

It also interviews simon kirke and has some live recordings from the 1970s and 1980s. Together, they become a criminal duo although with one member more. Bad company is a 1972 american western film directed by robert benton, who also cowrote the film with david newman. Civil war draft dodger drew dixon barry brown avoids the horrors of war by fleeing west, only to become mixed up with a gang of lawless youths led by the debonair con man jake rumsey jeff bridges. In 1972s bad company a genteel northerner during the american civil war barry brown is robbed by scallywag jeff bridgesand winds up teaming up with him. Lose drustvo je americki vestern film snimljen 1972.

I was really impressed with the way in which the film was. This is a great revisionist western that somehow managed to fly under my radar for all these years. Civil war draft dodger drew dixon barry brown avoids the horrors of war by fleeing west, only to become mixed up with a gang of. Radnja prikazuje kako pokusava zapoceti novi zivot na zapadu, te. Set during the civil war, bad company stars barry brown as a northern boy. Bad company is directed by robert benton and benton cowrites the screenplay with david newman. Bad company movie poster jeff bridges insert 1972 14x36 original insert style movie poster not a reprint. Bad company 1972 stream and watch online moviefone. It also happens to be the second movie ive seen with both jeff bridges and david huddleston, some 25 or so years prior to an actualized cult classic. He falls under the spell of jake rumsey jeff bridges, an.

No pinholes some very minor shelf wear on edges and folds. Except for some punctuation, i havent changed anything from the way it was presented, giving the kid i was back in the 70s a break. Robert benton semiwestern from 1972 with barry browns upstanding young man. Together they become a criminal duo although with one member more reluctant than the other in this entertaining, realistic tale of what the west was really like. Staring juliet anderson, dorothy le may, marlene munroe and juliette anderson. Part ii 1974, perhaps another reason why bad company was lost in the shuffle. A godfearing ohio boy dodging the civil war draft arrives in st. The film was impeccably photographed by gordon willis, whose credits include two small films that sandwich bad company in his filmography, the godfather 1972 and the godfather. Bad company 1972 posted on june 10, 2018 leave a comment.

Set during the civil war, bad company stars barry brown as a northern boy, drew dixon, who heads west to avoid getting drafted. Radnja zapocinje u drzavi ohio za vrijeme gradanskog rata kada adolescent drew ciji lik tumaci barry brown bjezi pred vlastima koje ga zele regrutirati u sjevernjacku vojsku. What i loved about this movie it the fact that it was filmed in 1972 giving it true. He falls under the spell of jake rumsey jeff bridges, an easygoing. I dont imagine its any more realistic than a john wayne movie none of the real westerns are.

Bad company is a 1972 revisionist western starring jeff bridges as the young leader of a gang of thieves who welcome a civil war draft dodger into their group. It stars barry brown and jeff bridges as two of a group of young men who flee the draft during the american civil war to seek their fortune and freedom on the unforgiving american fro. Pauline kael of the new yorker wrote, theres dazzle in the script by robert benton and david newman, but bentons direction is tepid, and the yellowbrown autumnal west is getting very tired. Bad company 19 movie clip give me back my money 1972. Bad company 1972 film wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Bad company is largely a forgotten film, but it marked the beginning of jeff bridges acting a career and robert bentons behind the camera. Brown is the center of the film and exudes the charm and look of a young ryan gosling. Actrices et acteurs bad company 1972 bad company, casting du film. Instead it meanders and only starts to gel by the third act, but. Joseph, mo where he joins up with a hardscrabble group of like runaways heading west.

Case in point bad company no, not the jerry bruckheimer turkey but the undervalued robert benton semiwestern from 1972 with barry browns upstanding young man on the run from the union press gangs during the civil war finding himself in rough company with jeff bridges and his band of juvenile delinquent outcast wouldbe desperadoes john. Bad company 1972 out of the frying pan and into the fire. The film, which benton wrote with newman, exhibits touches of black humour, and cinematographer gordon willis. Genre films french new wave benton is not a particularly gifted director, but he did manage to craft a fun, freewheeling story that has. Bad company movie poster jeff bridges insert 1972 ebay. Genre films french new waves rating of the film bad company. An essay by film historian john dileo about the film bad company 1972. Bad company 79 movie clip shootout 1972 hd youtube. In 2005 paul rodgers began touring and playing bad company songs with queen.