This is what cults are made of, and they can take on legendary status when they are purposefully/accidently misunderstood. Stephen King always disliked Stanley Kubrick’s… The Missouri Breaks 1976 Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rosenberg next hired Sam Peckinpah, who finished his first script on 11 November 1957. Penn's direction is nothing to write home about. Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando in a western. Yet the film belongs not to these two worthies but to Arthur Penn, the director. Dad angrily leaves after telling her she has no appreciation for everything he has done for her. "[11] Dave Kehr of The Chicago Reader wrote: "There is a strong Freudian pull to the situation (the partner's name is “Dad”) that is more ritualized than dramatized: the most memorable scenes have a fierce masochistic intensity, as if Brando were taking the opportunity to punish himself for some unknown crime."[12]. Knowing that the outcome of his trial is certain, Rio expects to be hanged in two days. Anticipation that was not met at the time as the film became a critical and commercial failure. Marlon Brando plays the role of a Hawk, who searches out horse thieves and uses every horrible way in order to torture them with a horrible evil deed. In fact, it's slightly unbalanced and in parts borders on insane... yet somehow what emerges is a film that is just about believable, as are the various colourful characters who act it out. Nicholson himself had already reached super stardom with "Chinatown" and "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", so this project wasn't so much a risk for either actor as an opportunity to explore some 'outside the box' boundaries of a genre generally calling for shoot 'em up action and a clear delineation between good guys and bad guys. Just watched it again. I was anxious to finally see the film excoriated by most critics after all these years, and didn't exactly hate it, and did find that Nicholson gives one of his least mannered performances, subdued and believable, perhaps in reaction to the Brando silliness--but given the talent, several folks seemed to have their heads elsewhere. They both seem to deflect people. He said, "I always wondered why in the history of lethal weapons no one invented that particular one. There are at least a dozen scenes in this movie that are fascinating, memorable and stunningly original, causing me to wonder how a mediocrity like Leonard Maltin could give the film a "bomb" rating in his best-selling reference work. While they are out, Rio with great difficulty is able to get hold of the pistol. To see Jack Nicholson (who is also excellent in this) with Brando is a terrific treat. Brando used a hat full of tricks to upstage Nicholson, right at the time when Nicholson was overtaking Brando's position as the finest American actor. There's nothing like it, and this is not a run-of-the-mill western. I'm assuming Brando's the problem with most of the film's detractors. No one can. Rio himself claims he had never been captured, and as such has no reason to feel vengeful towards Dad. He is and always will be one of our great Film Actors of all TIME! Almost every single actor gets one scene alone with Brando, and both Randy Quaid and Harry Dean Stanton deliver excellent performances especially in those scenes. The book was a fictional treatment of the familiar Billy the Kid story, relocated from New Mexico to the Monterey Peninsula in California. With Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd. Seeing the movie for the second time after a break of some twenty plus years, I realized that I was watching a film that deserved more attention than it has received over the decades. Like Mickey One & Left-Handed Gun, it's one of Arthur Penn's more offbeat & original films. Remembering Marlon Brando, by Jack Nicholson With his talent, charisma and sexuality, Brando burned through Hollywood like no actor before or since. This character is very eccentric, and I'm guessing that Brando had a lot of artistic input on this one based on his later career. [7], The film was released on March 30, 1961 in New York City. Jack Nicholson plays his rival. He decides to forgo vengeance, fetch Louisa and leave town. It is indeed an alternate Western, but unlike the moving Monte Walsh or Open Range, or McCabe And Mrs. Miller, it's largely attitudinal in nature, which may be enough for some. This movie got some bad reviews at the box office, but I cannot fault it. No, Jack’s not friendly. 8/10. Brando's eccentricity keeps you captivated. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando. He discovers Dad has become the sheriff of Monterey, California. It entertains the whole way through and what a fantastic end to the movie… "[1], Variety, on the other hand, wrote: "It is an oddity of this film that both its strength and its weakness lie in the area of characterization. Missouri Breaks is much more straighforward in that respect, and perhaps it is here that it could have used a boost of energy. Do not miss an opportunity to watch this movie... Read more. Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson in New York. Awards Coming off the success of "The Godfather" and "Last Tango in Paris", one can only imagine what may have possessed Marlon Brando to team up with Jack Nicholson in an off the wall film like "The Missouri Breaks". What's not to like? He's almost ready to go straight, having found a nice, small ranch and a girlfriend (Kathleen Lloyd). You just had your throat cut!" After Brando's death in 2004, Nicholson purchased his bungalow for $6.1 million, with the purpose of having it demolished. Brando's concept calls, above all, for depth of character, for human figures endowed with overlapping good and bad sides to their nature. Dad's awkward, self-serving version of events is easily seen through, but Rio's story is no less implausible. In a May 24, 1976, Time interview, Brando was revealed to have "changed the entire flavor of his character—an Irish-American bounty hunter called "Robert E. Lee Clayton"—by inventing a deadly hand weapon resembling both a harpoon and a mace that he uses to kill. Rio and Louisa ride out to the dunes and say a sentimental farewell. Jane Braxton character….very loyal. Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson teamed up for the first and only time in the quirky and fascinating 1976 Western, The Missouri Breaks, directed by Arthur Penn. He and a partner kill Chico and pull off the bank job without Rio's knowledge. One of Nicholson’s most divisive performances in a very divisive film. Nicholson was beginning his acting career, and Brando was winding down. When Karl Malden was asked who really wrote the story, he said: "There is one answer to your question—Marlon Brando, a genius in our time."[6]. 32 of 33 found this interesting great music score, and funnily enough, very realistic. It is, in my opinion, the most sadly underrated western ever. This movie got some bad reviews at the box office, but I cannot fault it. Dad has one last private talk with him, again attempting to absolve himself for all he has done. Kathleen Floyd(Jane Braxton),"The Car",'77, who plays a very sexy role and is bold enough to ask Jack Nicholson if he wants sexual intercourse on their second date. Movie Poster (Bob Peak art) wonderful poster. The story line hits the mark and Nicholson and Brando bounce off each other brilliantly. Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson ignite the screen in this rousing story of a wealthy Montana rancher who hires a professional killer to track down a gang of horse thieves. The film fell into the public domain and for years was only available via numerous low quality, budget reissues on VHS and DVD. Realism is redolent in them, as it is in many details of the film. While Mulholland Drive was immortalized in 2001 as the location of a surreal mystery thriller by David Lynch, the actual Drive played host to its own saga of debauchery and nightmares. Wow! Nicholson and Brando in The Missouri Breaks IT WAS dark, cramped and run-down, but for nearly half a century it was Marlon Brando’s home. They gamble for it, with Rio fixing it so his pal, Dad, can be the one to go. Plus sides …. However, this unfortunate guy stole a horse and it was a major offense in the State of Missouri and the story revolves around a gang lead by Jack Nicholson who is burning out from trying to steal horses for a living and decides to send some of his gang into Canada for some fresh horses. Metacritic Reviews, 'The Missouri Breaks' was filmed from a screenplay by National Book Award-winner Thomas McGuane, whose novels are often characterized as 'revisionist westerns', a sort of sub genre in which the romantic conventions of the western--the noble, idealized hero in the white hat taking on swarthy outlaws or bloodthirsty Indians, occasionally aided by a lone, sage, 'noble savage'-type Indian sidekick--are upended for the sake of a muddier, morally ambiguous, more historically truthful account of 'how the west was won.'. Randy Quaid and Harry Dean Stanton give great performances, as usual. Tom Logan is a horse thief. "Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson ignite the screen in this rousing story of a wealthy Montana rancher who hires a professional killer to track down a gang of horse thieves." Was Robert Lee really a bad man for taking out the thieves, or were the rustlers merely "boys being boys"? What's not to like? This movie was great people who find it slow are spoiled by transformers and John wick movies. In a 1975 Rolling Stone interview Brando said of directing, "You work yourself to death. Oh yes! I would guess than he had something to do with their co-star; I do think Brando deserves some credit for the excellence of these scenes. Elsewhere, Maria confronts Dad and insists on being told the truth about the relationship between him and Rio, stating she knew something was wrong since the moment Rio arrived. In the 1970s Mulholland Drive became associated with not one, not two, but three legendary Tinseltown hellraisers: Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty and Marlon Brando. Nickelson is a great anti-hero, and Brando's character is truly something to experience. This movie got some bad reviews at the box office, but I cannot fault it. Still enraged, he traps Rio, ties him up in the middle of the town, and administers a vicious beating with a whip. I was hesitant to watch this movie after seeing reviews calling this movie "slow and dull", but I thought With Nickelson and Brando at the helm what could possibly go wrong. Oh yes! Rio will now be a hunted man and is already wanted in Mexico, so he tells Louisa that he might go to Oregon. He is then beaten by sadistic deputy Lon Dedrick, who desired and has been denied Louisa's affection. [8] The Cannes screening was that of a 4K restoration supervised by Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and The Film Foundation. However Emory has been brewing his own plans. He tells her to look for him in the spring, when he will return for her. But, at the same time, it is curiously surrounded by elements of creamed-cliché romance and a kind of pictorial extravagance that you usually see in South Sea island films. It was originally planned to be directed by Stanley Kubrick from a screenplay by Sam Peckinpah, but studio disputes led to their replacement by Brando and Guy Trosper. Starring two titans of cinema in Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson, The Missouri Breaks sees Arthur Penn (Bonnie & Clyde) direct, the screenplay provided by Thomas McGuane (Tom Horn) and John Williams composes the score. Slow burn into a boiling finish. Love it. His performance is subdued, and I really think Nicholson is best when he's like that. It appealed to me because I used to be very expert at knife throwing." Rancher brings in killer, played by Brando, to rid area of horse thieves, led by Nicholson. Louisa visits Rio in jail to tell him she is going to have his baby. TV Shows . A hidden masterpiece worth revisiting indeed. One-Eyed Jacks is a 1961 American Technicolor Western film starring and directed by Marlon Brando; it was the only film he directed. In the supporting cast are Harry Dean Stanton, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd, Frederic Forrest and John McLiam. If I was a better businessman than I am a man hunter, I'd put you in the circus. I haven't seen more than a couple of Penn's other films, so I can't comment on that, but it is hardly a bomb. While recovering from his wounds, Rio struggles with his conflicting desires to love the girl and to get revenge on her stepfather. So many good things about this movie, things that you never see in to-days modern movie making. Lovely sparse film score by John Williams. Several scenes appear to be 'natural' (Like when a horse shakes for no reason, mid dialogue – but the acting keeps rolling) The film is also quite dramatic and eery. A gang of horse rustlers take on an ornery rancher causing him to hire a psychotic assassin to terminate his tormentors. The film was Paramount Pictures' last feature released in VistaVision. He looks and sounds like an old horse thief. FAQ The entire picture starts off weird, where you are seeing a man swinging from a rope around his neck and dying quite slowly. Arthur Penn's "The Missouri Breaks" isn't as outlandish as some of these films, yet still manages to seem wholly strange. It's a tiny flaw in what is otherwise a very interesting performance. I just got the news and felt compelled to comment on this flick specifically, because it seems that whenever I ask of self-professed Brando or western fans, "Have you seen Missouri Breaks?" Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. 29. If you like Unforgiven you'll love The Missouri Breaks. However, time has been kind to the piece and now it shows itself to be far better than the iffy reputation that's afforded it. Brando later fired Peckinpah and hired Calder Willingham to further revise the film's script, but he too was eventually fired. It gets the dreaded `BOMB' rating in Leonard Maltin's guide, followed by `The worst film of a great director.' Sharlto Copley , Mahershala Ali , Domnhall Gleeson, Tom Hardy have a lot of innate ability as actors. Rio takes advantage of a fiesta (festival) to spend the night with her on the beach. [1] The film was selected for screening as part of the Cannes Classics section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. I believe Brando put his heart and soul completely into playing this role and it is truly a masterpiece which I will never forget. One way leads to danger and a poor chance at survival with half the loot, the other towards certain safety with all the spoils. User Ratings Additionally, Stanley Kubrick—for unknown reasons—stepped down from directing the film just two weeks prior to starting production. time has done wonders for Missouri Breaks! In their scenes together, Nicholson broke his concentration every time Brando shifted his gaze to the cue card behind the cameraman. Anyone who does not know very much about Marlon Brando may not enjoy this film. He casts one eye towards a point on the ridge sure to be taken by the rurales, and with the other he gazes off in the opposite direction, towards the border and safety. The final act of the film is phenomenal and the supporting cast is top notch. If you're looking for a Howard Hawks/John Wayne-style western, the Missouri Breaks may not be for you. External Reviews After an inauguration party for President Jimmy Carter, Jack Nicholson, with Linda Ronstadt and Carl Bernstein, leaves Georgetown's Pisces disco, Washington, D.C.. Photo by Allan Tannenbaum. Now his neighbour Jack Nicholson, who paid £3.4m for the house after Brando died two years ago, is planning to demolish it and plant frangipani flowers over the plot. Marlon wasn’t neighborly. I mean, we shot that thing on the run, you know, you make up the dialogue the scene before, improvising, and your brain is going crazy". Marlon Brando's Pennebaker Productions had paid $40,000 for the rights to Authentic Death and then signed a contract with Stanley Kubrick to direct for Paramount Pictures. May 1977. Great Underrated movie! What's on TV & Streaming What's on TV & Streaming Top Rated Shows Most Popular Shows Browse TV Shows by Genre TV News India TV Spotlight. I was completely shocked by the way this picture ended and I always remembered the ending and forgot the entire story. Peckinpah handed in a revised screenplay on 6 May 1959. The dialogue is fantastic. Along with Marlon Brando, Nicholson eagerly sought the role of Dr. Martin Dysart in Sidney Lumet's film adaptation of Sir Peter Shaffer's play Equus (1977). Marlon Brando gives a highly inventive performance & demonstrates once more that he is one of the great comic performers of the screen (as he did more conventionally in Teahouse of the August Moon). He repeatedly practices shooting with his injured right hand to rehabilitate it. Jack Nicholson did not like the fact that Marlon Brando used cue cards while filming. She says she knows Dad is wanting to hang him purely out of guilt. See it to decide for yourself whether you like the direction Brando takes it. [15] This restoration was issued on Blu-ray and DVD in November 2016 by the Criterion Collection in the US, and in June 2017 by Arrow Video in the UK. Later, other directors worked on the rest of the film after Brando walked away from the production. I love the two other films I've seen by him, Mickey One and Bonnie and Clyde, but, let's face it, he was more or less ripping off the Italian and French cinemas of the time, respectively. But there are a number of new and different actors who have a lot of potential. In 1976, Brando appeared in The Missouri Breaks with his friend Jack Nicholson. Lead males were all great, but like so many westerns The Girl was a let-down. Nicholson lived next door to Marlon Brando for a number of years on Mulholland Drive in Beverly Hills. Brando was superb as the insane Robert Lee, and Nicholson turned in his usual fine performance as the enigmatic gang leader. | It is contradictory in every way, the ultimate enigma- brando puts his whole acting ability on the line with the edgiest performance of the decade, almost challenging the audience to let him suffer fools with contempt..What defines beauty is when great artists speak to the few, whilst doing a play on the inevitable criticism/backlash of fame, and Brando knew that better than anyone. Nicholson was always close friends with Marlon Brando, and after the late actor passed away, Nicholson paid him the ultimate tribute… By demolishing his house! Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone television series, wrote an adaptation of the 1956 novel The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones by Charles Neider, at the request of producer Frank P. Rosenberg. | Rio (also called "The Kid"), his mentor Dad Longworth, and a third man called Doc rob a bank of two saddlebags of gold in Sonora, Mexico in 1880. Directed by Arthur Penn. Jack Nicholson. The flaws of the film are offset by the number of great scenes in it. | All Jack Nicholson Movies Ranked by comicbookzookeeper | created - 27 Jan 2020 | updated - 11 months ago | Public Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. Monsters that are anti-anti-establishment only rear their ugly heads once every so often. Harry Dean Stanton talks about being Jack Nicholson's roommate, and his relationship with Marlon Brando before his death. The role went instead to Richard Burton, who received his seventh and final Oscar nomination for his performance. Saved by kassidy presley. It entertains the whole way through and what a fantastic end to the movie… Instead of ambushing him, Rio gives him a chance to explain why he left him on the ridge back in Mexico. Dad tries to punish Louisa for what happened, but after intervention by his wife, Maria, he backs down. Glad I found this on Laserdisk. In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.[4]. It entertains the whole way through and what a fantastic end to the movie. It was originally planned to be directed by Stanley Kubrick from a screenplay by Sam Peckinpah, but studio disputes led to their replacement by Brando and Guy Trosper. [2] He did not direct another film in his later years, but he did continue to act. As others have hinted, this film is beyond most people's idea of merely quirky. ), One-Eyed Jacks is the name of a brothel in the TV series, Dialogue from the film is sampled on the song ", This page was last edited on 18 April 2021, at 13:54. Hey, I like Jack's sick humor in all this. 1977. He then smashes Rio's gun hand with the butt of his shotgun, to make sure Rio will never be able to beat him in a gunfight. So imagine this: What if Deliverance had starred Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson? One-Eyed Jacks is a 1961 American Technicolor Western film starring and directed by Marlon Brando; it was the only film he directed. Wow, is his performance weird here. Watch. Rio takes Dedrick's revolver, beats him unconscious, and locks him in a cell. The story line hits the mark and Nicholson and Brando bounce off each other brilliantly. Marlon Brando, gloriously over the top here, disliked the movie industry. However it is without ammunition. Rio figures the rurales will be "swarming all over us inside an hour." The movie also reunited the actor with director Arthur Penn. The adaptation was rejected. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. Photo by Peter L Gould. He plays classical music late at night, and if I’m out walking around in the moonlight, I hear it up there. It's a tiny tale directed with an odd self-importance. Apart from the fact that it contains one of the finest lines in cinema "You know what woke you up? Personally, the waxing and waning accent is my only real problem with the role, and I'm not a big accent baby anyway. In 2016, work was completed on a "New 4K digital restoration, undertaken by Universal Pictures in partnership with The Film Foundation and in consultation with filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg". It’s actually quite a sweet story though – when Brando died, Nicholson quickly forked out the £3.4 million required in order to buy the house (which was handily located right next to Nicholson’s home). Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 61% of critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 6.3/10 based on 18 reviews. The 1970s saw the release of a number of idiosyncratic or revisionist Westerns (Altman's "Buffalo Bill", "Soldier Blue", "Two Mules For Sister Sarah", "The Life And Times of Judge Roy Bean", "El Topo", "Little Big Man" etc etc). Rio is arrested and transported to prison by way of the jacalito, where he learns firsthand of Dad's betrayal. This film has suffered some pretty undue criticism. Worth a look for Brando's Eccentric Performance, Unusual western that entertains with its anti-heroes, Time has done wonders for 'Missouri Breaks...', An uncharacteristically subdued Jack lets Brando go over-the-top, Much better than most would have you believe, Wonderful old western with only Meeting of Nicholson and Brando. Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson on the set of 'The Missouri Breaks,' directed by Arthur Penn. All along Rio planned not only to kill Dad, but also to pull off a bank robbery in Monterey with his new partners Chico and "scum-suckin' pig" Bob Emory. Harry Dean Stanton has a prominent role and is great as usual. After a short moment of reflection he leaves his friend to be taken by the rurales. When I first viewed this film I was completely captivated by the great acting of both Jack Nicholson,"The Last Tycoon",'76 and Marlon Brando, "Sayonara",'57. Rio replies, "You're a one-eyed jack around here, Dad, but I've seen the other side of your face". The film is great fun, and its two hours go by quickly. In the supporting cast are Harry Dean Stanton, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd, Frederic Forrest and John McLiam. The story line hits the mark and Nicholson and Brando bounce off each other brilliantly. Cinematographer Charles Lang received an Academy Award nomination in the Best Cinematography, Color category that year. He escapes with new partner Chico Modesto and goes hunting for Dad. Rugged rifleman rides roughshod over unruly rednecks, riles raunchy rancher, riddles rascally rustlers, The Western Loses It's Way: Jack Nicholson Rises Above The Situation. If they ever make a supporting actors hall of fame, Stanton has to go in right after Strother Martin and Warren Oates. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time. January 1977. As Rio is making his escape he is spotted by Dad, riding into town. Plans are sidetracked when Rio falls in love with Dad's beautiful stepdaughter, Louisa. Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando in a western. Brando creates a very memorable character. Fantastic movie…. They decide one partner might succeed in riding to a nearby jacalito (small adobe house) and returning with fresh mounts. Otherwise a film you should definitely consider watching, if only to see how Brando, Nicholson, and Harry Dean Stanton do a western. Starring two titans of cinema in Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson, The Missouri Breaks sees Arthur Penn (Bonnie & Clyde) direct, the screenplay provided by Thomas McGuane (Tom Horn) and John Williams composes the score. Leonard Maltin called this the worst "big" movie ever made but i don't see it that way. The supporting cast features Pina Pellicer, Katy Jurado, Ben Johnson and Slim Pickens. the answer is, "No.". Excellent western with maximum excitement as well as several good laughs. Along with "The Other Side of Midnight," this is one of my very favorite films that the critics somehow found reason to despise. Emory had used his knowledge of Dad's whereabouts to force his way into the scheme. Rio spends five hard years in a Sonora prison. More than any picture, Missouri Breaks demands that either you get it or you don't. He also speaks with an Irish brogue, some of the time. most reviewers have logically zoomed in on the obvious—the swaggering performance of Marlon Brando at the peak of his career and an overshadowed but endearing performance of Jack Nicholson. It's where Roman Polanski raped a girl, Christian Brando shot his sister's lover, and evidently Marlon … Oh yes! Mexican rurales (mounted police) track them, catch them celebrating in a cantina, and kill Doc. Maybe a bit disjointed, but I liked it, a lot, actually. At various times, the two credited screenwriters and the uncredited Peckinpah have claimed (or had claimed for them) a majority of the responsibility for the film. … Marlon Brando shot a total of five hours of additional footage, some of which was later destroyed. [5] Brando volunteered to direct in his stead. Dad gets to a corral and straps the saddlebags of gold onto a fresh pony, but he gets second thoughts. Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando in a western. 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