Gone with the West (1975)

Very Cool!!!

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

It's one of the best movies I've ever watched. It's so hilariously funny that I laugh every time I watch it. But I'm surprised that quite a few people don't like it. I guess they are just unable to understand such a good movie. It's funny from the beginning to the end.

I agree with Charlot60. This had to be one of the worst films ever allowed to be made!!! The music sounded like the soundtrack to a bad 70s porn film, the main song was utterly annoying, and all anyone did in this film was screw and fight (well, two out of three ain't bad :D). Caan, Powers, and especially Davis, Jr. didn't belong in this film. It should have been called 'Sodom and Gomorrah goes West'! The only thing that would have made this film easier to tolerate was if it was featured on an episode of 'Mystery Science 3000'. Those guys would have tore it to shreds...and deservedly so. If anyone wants to take the time to rent or buy this (you will probably only find it in the dollar store), watch at your own risk. You will either find it stupid or hilarious. Personally, I found it to be both.

The only way someone could think this movie was not sensational is if their sense of humor was highly uncultivated or if they were just extremely immature. The asides make it clear this movie was made just for laughs. The characters names, the costumes, and the starring roles of such Hollywood heavyweights as James Caan, Stephanie Powers and Sammy Davis Jr. especially made this film hilarious on almost the same level as Blazing Saddles. My roommate and I pride ourselves in having a refined sense of taste and we enjoyed this film thoroughly. And we didn't even have to be intoxicated to laugh uproariously throughout the entire film. The last scene in which Stephanie powers remarks to James Caan that the only person he didn't kill was the camera man was the icing on the cake.

Wow. What a mess. This showed a lot of promised in the beginning. Getting out of jail, James Cann goes back to his hometown, seeking revenge for the death of this wife and son. I like Cann in this movie. His strong presence is needed. Another point - I admire the female characters fighting for what they believed in. Women standing their ground for respect. During a bar brawl, I saw one gal punched a guy down in self defense! These two points really don't save the movie. Gone with the West feels incomplete. Though this movie was filmed in 1972, it wasn't released till 1975. Somewhere during production, they must have run out of money and ideas. The soundtrack is annoying, it can drive you up the wall. Though I liked seeing the familiar faces of TV veterans Robert Walker and Sammy Davis, they don't have much to do. By the way, Stefanie Power's character makes a poor comic relief. The last scene with Cann and Powers looking back at the camera is just plain odd. I purchased this DVD for a dollar, so I didn't risk much. Its just frustrating to see this film. Gone with the West could have been a decent movie if given additional thought and money, Is this western another reason why the genre went away during the 1970s?