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Pale Rider | Year: 1985 Classification: Western Country: USA Language: English Directed: - Michael Butler Actors/Actresses: - Clint Eastwood - Chris Penn - Sondra Locke - Michael Moriarty - Carrie Snodgress - Sydney Penny "High Plains Drifter" Meets "Shane" Clint Eastwood's "Pale Rider" (1985) is an entertaining yet derivative Western that represents the flip side of the actor-director's "High Plains Drifter" -- a far-superior effort. Though Eastwood delivers a fine performance as the mysterious Preacher, with good support from Michael Moriarty and Carrie Snodgress, the overall film lacks the dramatic resonance of "The Outlaw Josey Wales" and "Unforgiven." Instead, "Pale Rider" tries to evoke the classic tradition of George Stevens' "Shane" -- and partially succeeds. The film has some good action sequences, but drags a bit in the midsection. Still, a flawed Eastwood Western is better than none at all. Pale Rider - Melodramatic but very powerful! After almost a full decade away from the western genre, Clint Eastwood was presented with the script for this melodramatic but very powerful western. Taking up his usual roles as producer, director and of course star, Eastwood handles each role admirably and ultimately put a classic western on the silver screen and the home theater screen. Of particular note is the score for the film, which but for the beginning and the end of the film is almost nonexistent but very ominous and powerful when present. The premise: Welcome to Carbon Creek California where a group of tin pan miners are demoralized and ready to quit due to the efforts of mining boss Coy LaHood (Richard Dysart) and his men. In what can only be described as prophetic, after the opening sequence, young Megan (Sydney Penny) is burying her dog, praying for a miracle and we see the Preacher (Clint Eastwood) riding into town. We then see Hull Barret (Michael Moriarty) riding into town despite warnings about what happened to him the last time he went there. In classic Eastwood style, Barret is being beaten brutally in the middle of town and Eastwood as the stranger saves the day. What follows may not be Eastwood's best western of his career but it certainly has a very intriguing and poignant plot that is quite memorable. I would highly recommend this film to die hard Eastwood fans or the casual western fan as I believe you will find yourself pleasantly surprised by this film. {ssintrepid} Special Features: Production notes: A text script written by Eastwood about directing and the standard actors list with their credits. Theatrical trailers: Pale Rider and Unforgiven an homage to clint westerns yes the story is similar to shane (although the preacher was but if anything this was more like a retrospective of clint's the parallel with High Plains Drifter is obvious; the ending the last deputy is dispatched looks like a scene from Hang 'Em Buy Pale Rider at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Pale Rider Search with the Priority Search Engine on Pale Rider This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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