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PALE RIDER (1985) |
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| The Preacher is a man who wanders into a dusty California town and tries to rescue a community of gold prospectors that is being terrorized by the local corporate mining operation, which is strip-mining the land. He's taken in by Hull Barrett, who lives with Sarah Wheeler and her 14-year- old daughter Megan. The Preacher remains a mysterious character, but in the end, as he takes on the evil mining corporation's hired guns, it's impossible not to root for him. |
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| Clint Eastwood (Preacher), Michael Moriarty (Hull Barret), Carrie Snodgress (Sarah Wheeler), Chris Penn (Josh La Good), Richard A. Dysart (Coy La Hood), Sydney Penny (Megan Wheeler), Richard Kiel (Club), Doug McGrath (Spider Conway), John Russell (Stockburn), Charles Hallahan (McGill), Marvin J. McIntyre (Jagou), Fran Ryan (Ma Blankenship), Richard Hamilton (Jed Blankenship), Graham Paul (Ev Gossage), Chuck Lafont (Eddie Conway), Jeffrey Weissman (Teddy Conway), Allen Keller (Tyson), Tom Oglesby (Elam), Herman Poope (Ulrik Lindquist), Kathleen Wygle (Bess Gossage), Terrence Evans (Jake Henderson), Jim Hitson (Biggs), Loren Adkins (Bossy), Thomas H. Friedkin (Miner Tom), S.A. Griffin (Deputy Folke), Jack Radosta (Deputy Grissom), Robert Winley (Deputy Kobold), Billy Drago (Deputy Mather), Jeffrey Josephson (Deputy Sedge), John Dennis Johnston (Deputy Tucker), Buddy Van Horn, Fritz Manes, Glenn Wright (Stage Riders). |
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...AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH HIM. |
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RELEASE DATE: June 28th, 1985 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $9.1 million (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $41.4 million (USA)
- This was Clint Eastwood's first Western in nine years, after The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976).
- Screenwriters Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack also wrote The Gauntlet (1977). They told Eastwood that they wanted to write a Western, so he worked with them on the treatement for this film. |
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DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood (The Outlaw Josey Wales).
WRITERS: Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack.
PRODUCER: Clint Eastwood.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: David Valdes.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Fritz Manes.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Lennie Niehaus.
DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros. |
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QUOTES |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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The Preacher: Nothing like a good piece of hickory! |
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| "Eastwood in fine form." -- Gerry Shamray, Sun Newspapers of Cleveland |
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Coy LaHood: Sacramento ain't worth moose piss. |
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Coy LaHood: Do you imbibe?
The Preacher: Only after nine in the morning. |
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| "The cowboys of the Old West ride again in this tried and proven Western from Clint Eastwood." -- Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews |
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Megan Wheeler: Preacher, Preacher? We love you Preacher...I love you!...Good Bye! |
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| "See it if you haven't." -- Kevin A. Ranson, Moviecrypt.com |
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