Description: Gunslingers of '69 : Western Movies' Greatest Year, Paperback by Hannan, Brian, ISBN 1476679355, ISBN-13 9781476679358, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "In 1969-the counter-cultural moment when Easy Rider triggered a "youthquake" in audience interests-Westerns proved more dominant than ever at the box office and at the Oscars. It was a year of masterpieces-The Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Once Upon a Time in the West and True Grit. Robert Redford achieved star status. Old stagers like John Wayne, Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum appeared in two Westerns apiece. Raquel Welch took on the mantle of Queen of the West. Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin tried their hand at a musical (Paint Your Wagon). New directors like George Roy Hill reinvigorated the genre while veteran Sam Peckinpah at last found popular approval. Themes included women's rights, social anxieties about violence and changing attitudes of and towards African-Americans and Native Americans. All of the 40-plus Westerns released in the . in 1969 are here covered in depth, offering a new perspective the genre"--
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Number of Pages: 308 Pages
Publication Name: Gunslingers of '69 : Western Movies' Greatest Year
Language: English
Publisher: Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Film / Genres / Westerns, Film / History & Criticism
Item Weight: 19.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 10 in
Subject Area: Performing Arts
Author: Brian Hannan
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
