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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780790704968 Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC ISBN: 079070496X Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: January 18, 1994 Running Time: 102 minutes Sales Rank: 21554 Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 1958
Description: Teenage desperado Billy The Kid avenges the murder of his employer and escapes to Madero where he is given sanctuary by a gunsmith and his beautiful wife. From the play by Gore Vidal.
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Rating: - Not your typical western
Paul Newman stars as Billy the Kid, only this Kid has psychological overtones. Depicted as being generous though with a self-destructive streak (all part of the Kid's legend), Newman goes a bit off his rocker when his older and respected mentor/father-figure Turnstall (played by Colin Keith-Johnston) is murdered, and he avenges his death. Four men were involved in the murder, and Newman kills two of them before the other two begin chasing him. Friends of his manage to kill the third man, but Billy gets the fourth at Pat Garrett's wedding celebration. Garrett (John Dehner) then goes after Billy ... Read More
Rating: - Gore Vidal...what do you expect?
I agree with Seaside, Ca. He's dead on and the Hamlet characterization couldnt be more accurate.
Is there some reason Hollywood cant get Billy the Kid right? This one was just as bad as Peckinpah's offering, and every bit the worst western of the 50's. Actually, I have no words. Read the guy below...apparently I'm the one that's traumatized.
Rating: - Billy the Kid Goes Method
There is a moment in this heavily stylized western where a character, for no real reason, rolls around in the dirt moaning "You're not him! You're not him!". This scene could be a great metaphor for the entire film; because the movie is definitely NOT about the real Billy the Kid. This movie is about Paul Newman turning in a weirdly over-the-top performance and everyone else in the film looking on, aghast. True, there are some good scenes, and Newman has his good moments. He's intense, that's for sure, and also extremely funny, although not always intentionally, I suspect.
Rating: - Great Movie!!!
I'm not really a western movie fan, but this one caught my attention completely. I believe that it was a very good movie. Paul Newman did a brilliant job playing "Billy the Kid." It had a great story and believable characters, which makes this movie a fantastic one.
Rating: - May be Historically Inaccurate but a Helluva Good Film
Paul Newman, still years away from the legend that he was to become, does a fine job in this heavily-glamorized account of the life of Billy the Kid. His famous blue eyes seem to possess an otherworldly glow in the black and white cinematography and his pouty expression fits perfectly with this melodramatic presentation.
This a typical misunderstood-youth-goes-bad film that probably fit the angst of 1950's teens who were themselves rebelling to the status quo with rock music. The fact that Newman's Kid travels with two other young men makes "Gun" a perfect reflection of the ... Read More
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