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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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le nubian - Jan 25, 2011 6:13:06 pm PST #13030 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Frankenbuddha - Jan 26, 2011 9:52:55 am PST #13031 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I doubt there are many Oscar-quality movies out there that give the lead role to someone that young in the first place, though.
The Coens' reportedly looked at over 15,000 actresses to fill the part, although I doubt that was actual (live) auditions. The language was the #1 problem everyone else had with the role.
Consuela - Jan 26, 2011 11:10:21 am PST #13032 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Didn't that happen in the new one?
Nope, he gets cold-cocked by Chaney but survives to pull Mattie out of the pit, and she mentions him in the epilogue, although she never saw him again.
Laga - Jan 26, 2011 11:19:17 am PST #13033 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
although she never saw him again.
thank goodness! Not having read the book I was also worried they'd somehow end up together.
Connie Neil - Jan 26, 2011 1:17:47 pm PST #13034 of 30000
brillig
If I remember the original correctly, he gets shot by Chaney, manages to pull Mattie out of the pit, then dies as Cogburn is riding off to save Mattie.
(not bad for it being probably 25 years since I've seen it)
quester - Jan 26, 2011 3:04:18 pm PST #13035 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I believe that is how it is in the book, too.
dcp - Jan 26, 2011 3:34:09 pm PST #13036 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
In the book, Chaney bashes LaBoeuf's head with a rock. Mattie shoots Chaney and falls into the pit. Rooster returns and kills Chaney, whose body falls into the pit. Rooster comes down into the pit with a rope to get Mattie, and LaBoeuf uses Little Blackie to pull them out. Rooster and Mattie ride off to get her snake bite treated.
Mattie later learns that LaBoeuf retrieved Chaney's body from the pit and took it back to Texas.
The first line of the final paragraph is:
I heard nothing more of the Texas officer, LaBoeuf.
quester - Jan 26, 2011 3:40:52 pm PST #13037 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Oh, I misremembered.
Hayden - Jan 26, 2011 7:43:29 pm PST #13038 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm sure they killed off LaBoeuf in the John Wayne version just to shut Glen Campbell up.
Laga - Jan 26, 2011 8:02:21 pm PST #13039 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I may have cheered a little.