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Joe Kidd is a 1972 American Revisionist Western film starring Clint Eastwood and Robert Duvall, written by Elmore Leonard and directed by John Sturges. The film is about an ex-bounty hunter hired by a wealthy landowner named Frank Harlan to track down Mexican revolutionary leader Luis Chama, who is fighting for land reform .
A Fistful of Dollars was directly adapted from Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961). It was the subject of a lawsuit by Yojimbo ' s producers. [6] Yojimbo ' s protagonist, an unconventional rōnin (a samurai with no master) played by Toshiro Mifune, bears a striking resemblance to Eastwood's character: both are quiet, gruff, eccentric strangers with a strong but unorthodox sense of justice and ...
Leonard has also written several screenplays based on his novels, plus original screenplays such as Joe Kidd (1972). The film Hombre (1967), starring Paul Newman, was an adaptation of Leonard's 1961 eponymous novel. His short story "Three-Ten to Yuma" (March 1953) and novels The Big Bounce (1969) and 52 Pickup (1974) have each been filmed twice
You might be surprised by how many popular movie quotes you're remembering just a bit wrong. 'The Wizard of Oz' Though most people say 'Looks like we're not in Kansas anymore,' or 'Toto, I don't think
The Wild Boys: William S. Burroughs [118] [131] "The Last Temptation of Odysseus" Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One: Justin Wells: The Odyssey: Homer [29] "Lay Down" Bursting at the Seams: Strawbs: The 23rd Psalm of the Book of Psalms from the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament [132] "The Legend of Enoch Arden" Songs Inspired ...
72. Boys: Less drama than girls. But harder to keep alive. 73. A boy-mom win is sitting on the toilet and it not being covered in pee. 74. 50% of raising boys is trying to get them to wear pants ...
With the release of Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department looming, fans on social media have warned “yogurt boy” to stay in hiding as he is speculated to be the subject of many new songs.
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Yip Harburg, it was written for the 1943 film musical Cabin in the Sky, recorded by the MGM Studio Orchestra and sung by Ethel Waters. The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1943 but lost out to "You'll Never Know".