Paint Your Wagon (1969)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Joshua Logan

Writers:

Paddy Chayefsky (adaptation)
Alan Jay Lerner (musical play "Paint Your Wagon")
(more)

Release Date:

15 October 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance | Western

Tagline:

Stake Your Claim To The Musical Goldmine of '69!

Plot:

Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town.

Plot Keywords:

Mining | Gold | Prospector | California Gold Rush | Mining Camp

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Lee Marvin	...	Ben Rumson
Clint Eastwood	...	Pardner
Jean Seberg	...	Elizabeth
Harve Presnell	...	Rotten Luck Willie
Ray Walston	...	Mad Jack Duncan
Tom Ligon	...	Horton Fenty
Alan Dexter	...	Parson
William O'Connell	...	Horace Tabor
Benny Baker	...	Haywood Holbrook (as Ben Baker)
Alan Baxter	...	Mr. Fenty
Paula Trueman	...	Mrs. Fenty
Robert Easton	...	Atwell
Geoffrey Norman	...	Foster
H.B. Haggerty	...	Steve Bull
Terry Jenkins	...	Joe Mooney
Karl Bruck	...	Schermerhorn
John Mitchum	...	Jacob Woodling
Sue Casey	...	Sarah Woodling
Eddie Little Sky	...	Indian
Harvey Parry	...	Higgins
H.W. Gim	...	Wong
William Mims	...	Frock-coated man
Roy Jenson	...	Hennessey
Patrick Hawley	...	Clendennon (as Pat Hawley)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band		(as The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
Cal Bartlett	...	Undetermined role (uncredited)
Walt Davis	...	Man (uncredited)
Roger Herren	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Robert S. Holman	...	Zebulon (men's chorus) (uncredited)
Daniel Keough	...	Pioneer (uncredited)
Nick Klar	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Wayne McLaren	...	(uncredited)
Jerry Whittington	...	Gold Prospector (uncredited)

Directed by
Joshua Logan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Paddy Chayefsky		adaptation
Alan Jay Lerner		musical play "Paint Your Wagon"
Alan Jay Lerner		screenplay

Produced by
Alan Jay Lerner	....	producer
Tom Shaw	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Nelson Riddle

Cinematography by
William A. Fraker		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Robert C. Jones

Production Design by
John Truscott

Art Direction by
Carl Braunger

Set Decoration by
James L. Berkey		(as James I. Berkey)

Costume Design by
John Truscott

Makeup Department
Frank McCoy	....	makeup artist
Vivienne Walker	....	hair stylist (as Vivian Zavitz)
Don Marando	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Jan Van Uchelen	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Carl Beringer	....	production manager
Fred Lemoine	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred Lemoine	....	second unit director
Al Murphy	....	first assistant director: second unit
Jack Roe	....	first assistant director
Tom Shaw	....	second unit director

Art Department
Robert Eaton	....	property (as Bob Eaton)
Lloyd R. Apperson	....	construction foreman (uncredited)
Irwin 'Eppy' Epstein	....	drapery (uncredited)

Sound Department
Fred Hynes	....	stereophonic re-recording supervisor
William Randall	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Maurice Ayers	....	special effects
Larry Hampton	....	special effects
Daniel Hays	....	special effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Emile Avery	....	stunts (uncredited)
Buff Brady	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Boyd Cabeen	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Ross Dollarhyde	....	stunts (uncredited)
Patty Elder	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Henry A. Escalante	....	stunts (uncredited)
Diamond Farnsworth	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth	....	stunts (uncredited)
Lee Faulkner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Herron	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Hicks	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dick Hudkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Hudkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Loren Janes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Monty Jordan	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Walt La Rue	....	stunts (uncredited)
Harrold Laswell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Sharon Lucas	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rod McGaughy	....	stunts (uncredited)
Wayne McLaren	....	stunts (uncredited)
Frank Orsatti	....	stunts (uncredited)
Harvey Parry	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Perkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
David Sharpe	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mary Statler	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gibb Stepp	....	stunts (uncredited)
Buddy Van Horn	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Fred M. Waugh	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Yrigoyen	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Bobby Byrne	....	assistant camera (as Bob Byrne)
Loyal Griggs	....	photographer: second unit
Tom May	....	key grip
Joe Smith	....	gaffer
Nelson Tyler	....	aerial photographer
David M. Walsh	....	camera operator (as David Walsh)
Dick Colean	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Richard Debolt	....	camera & mechanical design (uncredited)
Wynn Hammer	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Michael A. Jones	....	electrician (uncredited)
Jerry Whittington	....	electrician (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bill Jobe	....	costume supervisor
Anne Laune	....	costume coordinator
Haleen K. Holt	....	costume illustrator (uncredited)

Music Department
Joseph J. Lilley	....	choral arrangements
Joseph J. Lilley	....	music assistant to producers
Nelson Riddle	....	conductor
Roger Wagner	....	conductor: choral music
Bob Bain	....	musician: guitar (uncredited)
Anita Gordon	....	singing voice: Jean Seberg (uncredited)
Willard Jones	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Nelson Riddle	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Jack Baker	....	choreographer: "Gold Fever" and "Best Things"
Cheryl Crawford	....	presented on the stage by
Joseph Curtis	....	dialogue coach
Jonas Halperin	....	assistant to producer
Gene Levy	....	production coordinator
David Stone Martin	....	title designer
Marshall J. Wolins	....	script supervisor (as Marshall Wolins)
Dominic Santarone	....	caterer (uncredited)
Ruth Santarone	....	caterer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Malpaso Company, The
• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1973) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Paramount (1970) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Paramount-Films (1970) (Finland) (theatrical)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (????) (Australia) (VHS)
• Esselte Video (????) (Finland) (video)
• Paramount Home Entertainment Finland (2002) (Finland) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• Paramount Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (1997) (Finland) (TV)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic material.

Runtime:

158 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

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

Company:

Malpaso Company, The

Trivia:

Paint Your Wagon opened at the Shubert Theater on November 12, 1951 and ran for 289 performances.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: While working in the "mine", Ben Rumson can clearly be seen wearing a carbide lamp. Carbide lamps were not developed until 1892, but the movie is set in 1849.

Quotes:

Rumson: You show me in them commandments where it says a woman cain't have two husbands.
Pardner: There AIN'T no commandment like that.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "M*A*S*H: They Call the Wind Korea (#7.7)" (1978)

Soundtrack:

I'm On My Way

A very silly but very fun movie

(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.