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Paint Your Wagon (1969) -- Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town.
Paint Your Wagon (1969) -- Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town.

Overview

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Director:
Joshua Logan
Writers:
Paddy Chayefsky (adaptation)
Alan Jay Lerner (musical play "Paint Your Wagon")
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Release Date:
15 October 1969 (USA) more
Tagline:
Stake Your Claim To The Musical Goldmine of '69! more
Plot:
Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Is Clint Eastwood the Longest-Running Movie Star Ever?
 (From Get The Big Picture. 13 January 2009, 5:19 PM, PST)

In the meadow, we can pan a snowman
 (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 24 December 2008, 9:04 AM, PST)

User Comments:
A very silly but very fun movie more
US TV Schedule:
Sun. July 123:15 AMTCM   

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic material.
Runtime:
158 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Certification:
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:A (original rating) | USA:TV-14 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-8 | Norway:16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG-13 (re-rated: 2001) | West Germany:16 | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Baker, Oregon, USA more

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Trivia:
Released at a time when musicals were rapidly going out of fashion, the film went notoriously over budget . more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Soon after Ben, Pardner, and Mad Jack open their secret "gold mine" underneath No Name City, a young farmer is recruited to help dig. To emphasize the need for secrecy, Mad Jack threatens to shove a stick of dynamite in the farmer's mouth if he blabs. The film is set in 1849 or 1850, before California becomes a state. Dynamite wasn't yet invented (it was patented by Alfred Nobel in 1867). more
Quotes:
Pardner: What happens when you get in a fight?
Rumson: Well, if four of anything come at me at one time, you might lend a fist. Up until that I can pretty well take care of myself.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (2008) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Whoop-Ti-Ay! more

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22 out of 27 people found the following comment useful:-
A very silly but very fun movie, 5 March 2004
8/10
Author: Samus Aran from Canada

(No spoilers herein).

My friend sent me this movie wanting to know my comments on it, without telling me even a word of what it was about or what he thought of it. I went and checked out the entry on IMDB and was a touch confused why he was sending me a sort of musical half-western flick, being that neither of those categories would pop up at the top of either our lists.

Needless to say, something about this movie surprised me -- I fully enjoyed watching it ! Right from the start the characters were interesting and the scenes quite absurdly funny. Some of the singing was truly awful (in a funny way), and other songs were actually very toe-tappingly catchy.

There is a whole lot of physical humor in this movie, from the opening scene after they bury the guy, to the ending scenes with the bull. And holy crap the older man drinks a lot. I don't think I've ever seen a movie where a single character drinks so much hard alcohol ! Along with the numerous sexual jokes I certainly wouldn't recommend this movie for children.

As the movie came to a conclusion, I found myself attached to the main characters and wanting to see more of their adventures. The plot had a very natural progression. As silly and ridiculous as it certainly was, the plot made a strange sort of sense.

I rate the movie an 8 out of 10.

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