Review of Paint Your Wagon (1969) by Ted K — 02 Nov 2015
Yes there are too many slow spots.
Clint Eastwood is a pacifist. Lee Marvin is a bawdy rough gold miner with strong loyalties.
Clint doesn't give his alleged movie name till the end; until then he is known as 'Partner', in various pronunciations.
Ray Walston is a hoot as Mad Jack, an Irish gold miner.
Clint, Lee and Ray all sing and actually do well. None of them are operatic voices but they do entertain.
Harve Presnell, as Hard Luck Willie, sings a wonderful version of 'They call the Wind Maria'.
All in all it is a great, though very unusual, musical. Stick through the slow and enjoy the humor.
This review of Paint Your Wagon (1969) was written by Ted K on 02 Nov 2015.
Paint Your Wagon has generally received positive reviews.
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