Isn't that the one where they stole a herd of cattle, then hung some horse thieves with no trial?
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Isn't that the one where they stole a herd of cattle, then hung some horse thieves with no trial?
Duvall/Augustus made that series, all others were in my opinion supporting characters of the saga. Gus was a Scot/Texan, Ranger, drinker, womanizer, gambler, a man of beliefs, cross him at your peril!
I know of a "shiner" who calls his rig "Gus" in of honor of Augustus McRae!
Lonesome Dove. Awesome book, awesome movie. Doesn't work out that way very often.
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Had to be Texan's,lowest form of white man their is.....nope,wrong movie.I did like his answer to why he didn't rent pigs,how true!
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"I was just trying to get thru the territory without getting scalped, Gus"
If it was easy, anybody could do it.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
"You don't get the point, do you Pea? I mean chase 'em, because before long, there won't be any buffalo left *to* chase."
I saw this in a cartoon once. I'm pretty sure I can pull it off...
No matter what movie I see him in, Robert Duvall reminds me of my late father, every time.
Particularly though, in Lonesome Dove. All through my childhood, we did western reenactments and shows all over the south west, so the Augustus McCrae persona is that much more significant to me.
I also enjoyed Duvall as Bluebonnet Spearman....great lines from that movie.
Do any of you "fans" remember Duvall wiping out the competition in the TV series (and here I falter, the title escapes me). Many years
before Gladiators. This was in the early '70's. Anyhow he was a great natural athlete.
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The way is ONLY through HIM.
I still don't like Jake Spoon......
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
Met Larry once at a round up with several different ranches involved . Knew and worked with his father and brother . Worked on the slash L ranch and the Mc Murrays adjoined it near the Little Wichita River in Archer county TX .
No turning back , No turning back !
My wife and I went to Archer, Texas several years ago and it would be difficult to find a more depressing place. Larry spent a lot of time in the library when he was a boy and he loves books. When a business would close in Archer he would buy the building and fill it with books. There is a large staff of women setting at computers taking orders from around the world. I got to go in in one book store and my wife had to drag me out. She said, no mas, no mas. McMurtry got the idea for the book Lonesome Dove from the exploits of Charles Goodnight and Ralph Loving and the cattle drives they made out of Texas. Ralph was hit in the arm by a Comanche arrowhead and died three days later. He wrote other stories that became great movies.
A GUN THAT'S COCKED AND UNLOADED AIN'T GOOD FOR NUTHIN'........... ROOSTER COGBURN
Yea , Archer City had it's moment of fame in the early 70's from the ... Last Picture Show movie . It was the movie set to make it . I was in high school , a senior . Some I rodeo'ed with were extras and went to Hollywood as stunt men and bit roles .
No turning back , No turning back !
Another of my favorite Duvall roles was in Second Hand Lions. Great story.
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Blue Duck's flying didn't work out so well.
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"I always wanted to shoot an educated man" was another quote.
"I've seen your father bury many a man,but I've never seen him carve a sign before..Let's go see what he wrote" ..A.McCrae...
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Lonesome Dove - Don't Underestimate Gus!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7EivcfYOZI
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
Duval is probably our best actor extant, and certainly is at the very least one of the best. His role as Gus was, IMO, his greatest effort ever. Had anyone else played Gus, or anyone other than Tommy Lee Jones played Woodrow, I don't believe the film would have the following it has. I'm one of those followers, and when it's on, I forget watching anything else. Many great life lessons in it, if we'll just discern and learn from them. It's always edifying, and they remind me so much of some of the folks I was raised among, and always wanted and strove to be like when I grew up. Certainly, none were very PC! The way Gus treated the prostitute, played by Dianne Lane, with respect, was very touching. He never held himself above anyone else, except those he hung or shot, and that wasn't hubris in any way - just simple acknowledgement of reality. And he was a philosopher, even if it wasn't always university grade. He simply went with what he saw in his life, and worked it all out through experience. Quite different from the process most "moderns" use these days. QUITE different!
"Yur that sheriff from Arkansas that was looking for Jake Spoon."
"Well that was a long time ago. Don't recon I'm looking for him any more."
"That's good, 'cause he fell in with a bad bunch and we hung 'im."
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