Paint Your Wagon

1969
PG-13
2h 44m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

15K

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Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, and Jean Seberg in Paint Your Wagon (1969)

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Classical Western Comedy Drama Musical Romance Western

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

Director
- Joshua Logan
Writers
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Paddy Chayefsky
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

15K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Joshua Logan
Writers
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Paddy Chayefsky
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

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Paint Your Wagon

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Trivia
Lee Marvin drank real alcohol throughout the production, even though director Joshua Logan fought him about it. In most movies, the actors and actresses drink tea for whiskey and water for vodka. Marvin would only work if he got real liquor.

Goofs
Soon after Ben, Pardner, and Mad Jack open their secret "gold mine" underneath No Name City, a young farmer is recruited to help dig. To emphasize the need for secrecy, Mad Jack threatens to shove a stick of dynamite in the farmer's mouth if he blabs. The film is set in 1849 or 1850, before California becomes a state. Dynamite wasn't yet invented (it was patented by Alfred Nobel in 1867).

Quotes
Mrs. Fenty: You should read the Bible, Mr. Rumson.
Ben Rumson: I have read the Bible, Mrs. Fenty.
Mrs. Fenty: Didn't that discourage you about drinking?
Ben Rumson: No, but it sure killed my appetite for readin'!

Crazy credits
After the end credits and the Paramount logo, the screen goes black and a closing medley of the songs is heard for several minutes.

Alternate versions
On its release to what were then called "neighborhood theatres" (i.e. theatres which showed films that had ended their first runs downtown), the film's running time was shortened by having three songs eliminated, "I Still See Elisa", "The First Thing You Know", and "Gold Fever". This left both Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood with only one solo song each. The film was restored to its original length for its first television showing, and has remained that way ever since.

Connections
Edited into The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)

Soundtracks
I'm On My Way
(Main Title)
Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Sung by The Chorus

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Featured review

Old Fashioned fun

I first watched Paint your wagon at the age of about ten when my dad who incidentally loves this movie had it on in the lounge. At ten years old it is a film that seems to rather drag and seemed so old to me I could barely watch, but now watching it again many years later have come to appreciate it as quite a comic take on the old west. Its characters are amusing and despite some criticism on clint eastwoods performance as partner i enjoy all the actors performances including his. My favourite song of the film would have to be 'no name city' as i remember as a child being amazed at how low the reverends voice goes during that song. Overall I enjoy this movie and will watch it if it is on television. An 9 out of 10. Good old fashioned fun.