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[[TheWestern A western]] directed by Monte Hellman starring Creator/JackNicholson as Billy Spear and Creator/WarrenOates as Willet Gashade. A {{Deconstruction}} of the western made on the same year as ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.
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[[TheWestern A western]] directed by Monte Hellman starring Creator/JackNicholson as Billy Spear and Warren Oates Creator/WarrenOates as Willet Gashade. A {{Deconstruction}} of the western made on the same year as ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.
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[[TheWestern A western]] directed by Monte Hellman starring Jack Nicholson Creator/JackNicholson as Billy Spear and Warren Oates as Willet Gashade. A {{Deconstruction}} of the western made on the same year as ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.
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* {{Revenge}}: The woman's motivation for her single-minded pursuit.
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* CruelMercy: After ambushing Billy Spear and beating him senseless, Willett had him at his mercy. He prepared to smash Billy's head with a rock, but then changed his mind and smashed Billy's gun hand instead.
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* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: A horse trader who barely speaks english is nonetheless capable of reading and writing (no small feat) and seems to run a successful business. He walks away from the confused Willett mumbling in some language or another.
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* DwindlingParty: A variation with the party's horses. They start with a horse for everyone, plus a pack mule. Then the mule disappears. Then the woman's horse dies and she takes Coley's horse. Then Willett's horse dies. Then Billy's horse dies (and he won't even put it out of its misery). Then Coley's horse (being ridden by the woman) dies.
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue:A The Indian horse trader who at Cross Tree barely speaks english is nonetheless capable of reading English, and writing (no small feat) resorts to gestures to communicate with Willett. But he can read and seems to run write, and runs a successful business. He walks away from the confused Willett mumbling muttering in some language or another.his native language.
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* RougeAnglesOfSatin: On the grave of Leland Drum, Willett and Coley's mining partner, who was shot by an unknown gunman . Lousy 19th century education.
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* RougeAnglesOfSatin: On the grave of Leland Drum, Willett and Coley's mining partner, who was shot by an unknown gunman . Lousy 19th century education.writing on Leland Drum's grave marker. To top it off, he even got the month of Drum's death wrong.
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* SoleSurvivor: Of the major characters, only [[spoiler:Willet Gashade]] is alive at the end of the movie, albeit alone in the desert without water or a horse.
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* DoomedHometown: The film opens with Willett Gashade returning to his mining camp and finding depopulated. He finds the fresh grave of his partner Leland Drum, but his brother Coigne and their partner Coley are nowhere to be seen.
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* DoomedHometown: The film opens with Willett Gashade returning to his mining camp and finding it depopulated. He finds sees the fresh grave of his partner Leland Drum, but his brother Coigne and their partner Coley are nowhere to be seen.
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* MuggingTheMonster: Coley's attempt to ambush Billy Spear does not end well for him.
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* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: A horse trader who barely speaks english is nonetheless capable of reading and writing (no small feat) and seems to run a successful business. He walks away from the confused Gillet mumbling in some language or another.
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* DoomedHometown: The film opens with the lead finding Willett Gashade returning to his mining camp depopulated.
and finding depopulated. He finds the fresh grave of his partner Leland Drum, but his brother Coigne and their partner Coley are nowhere to be seen.
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: A horse trader who barely speaks english is nonetheless capable of reading and writing (no small feat) and seems to run a successful business. He walks away from the confusedGillet Willett mumbling in some language or another.
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: A horse trader who barely speaks english is nonetheless capable of reading and writing (no small feat) and seems to run a successful business. He walks away from the confused
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* GoshdangItToHeck: Played painfully straight by Willet's sidekick.
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RetiredGunfighter: Willett Gashade was a bounty hunter before he took up mining.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Onsomeone's grave.the grave of Leland Drum, Willett and Coley's mining partner, who was shot by an unknown gunman . Lousy 19th century education.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: On
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* ViewersAreMorons: Surprisingly averted on the advice of Creator/RogerCorman. The original script gave had several long scenes that made the backstory explicit, but they were clearly dragging the story. Corman convinced the director that people could follow the story as long as the relevant information (that Willet has a brother) is repeated [[RuleOfThree three times]] early in the movie.
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* ViewersAreMorons: Surprisingly averted on the advice of RogerCorman.Creator/RogerCorman. The original script gave had several long scenes that made the backstory explicit, but they were clearly dragging the story. Corman convinced the director that people could follow the story as long as the relevant information (that Willet has a brother) is repeated [[RuleOfThree three times]] early in the movie.
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[[TheWestern A western]] starring Jack Nicholson as Billy Spear and Warren Oates as Willet Gashade. A {{Deconstruction}} of the western made on the same year as ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.
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!!This film has the examples of:
* DoomedHometown: The film opens with the lead finding his mining camp depopulated.
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: A horse trader who barely speaks english is nonetheless capable of reading and writing (no small feat) and seems to run a successful business. He walks away from the confused Gillet mumbling in some language or another.
* GainaxEnding
* GoshdangItToHeck: Played painfully straight by Willet's sidekick.
* HyperAwareness: Willet.
* JumpCut: Stylishly used.
* RetiredGunfighter
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: On someone's grave. Lousy 19th century education.
* KickTheDog: The woman who hires Willet to accompany her to Kingsley keeps killing horses.
* NoNameGiven: The Woman.
* ViewersAreMorons: Surprisingly averted on the advice of RogerCorman. The original script gave had several long scenes that made the backstory explicit, but they were clearly dragging the story. Corman convinced the director that people could follow the story as long as the relevant information (that Willet has a brother) is repeated [[RuleOfThree three times]] early in the movie.
* TheWestern
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!!This film has the examples of:
* DoomedHometown: The film opens with the lead finding his mining camp depopulated.
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: A horse trader who barely speaks english is nonetheless capable of reading and writing (no small feat) and seems to run a successful business. He walks away from the confused Gillet mumbling in some language or another.
* GainaxEnding
* GoshdangItToHeck: Played painfully straight by Willet's sidekick.
* HyperAwareness: Willet.
* JumpCut: Stylishly used.
* RetiredGunfighter
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: On someone's grave. Lousy 19th century education.
* KickTheDog: The woman who hires Willet to accompany her to Kingsley keeps killing horses.
* NoNameGiven: The Woman.
* ViewersAreMorons: Surprisingly averted on the advice of RogerCorman. The original script gave had several long scenes that made the backstory explicit, but they were clearly dragging the story. Corman convinced the director that people could follow the story as long as the relevant information (that Willet has a brother) is repeated [[RuleOfThree three times]] early in the movie.
* TheWestern
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