"Bad Company"... last night on TCM....wow!

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Did anyone see this 70's western on TCM last night? Staring a terrific Jeff Bridges and someone (equally terrific) named Barry Brown. It's about two civil war draft dodgers who hit the road entering into a life of grifting. Events move so fast and furious that our two guys are: up one day, down the next, on one side one day, on the other side the next, friends one day, enemies the next. The message, I guess, is that life is completely unpredictable and anything can and will happen.

Robert Benton's direction is superb. He effortlessly presents a sequence of scenes that flow in a natural and poetic manner.

I think Terrance Malik must have been watching this one and taking mental notes which would wind up five years later in "Days of Heaven".

Leonard Maltin describes this as a real sleeper. I agree. Don't miss this gem. I hope TCM reprises it soon.

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Topic - "Bad Company"... last night on TCM....wow! - The Duke 12:40:12 08/01/08 (4)

ditto, I caught it half-way thru -- love Bridges' work - petew 14:27:13 08/14/08 (0)

IMHO one of the great films of the 70s.... - danj 22:35:46 08/01/08 (0)

Darn, (my gut reaction) I instinctively thought the film you were refering to was a concert video, ... - Audiophilander 14:33:11 08/01/08 (0)

Great, anti-romantic western. - Larry I 12:58:26 08/01/08 (0)

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