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| The Outlaw Josey Wales | |
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| Directed by | Clint Eastwood |
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| Based on | Gone to Texas by Forrest Carter |
| Produced by | Robert Daley |
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| Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
| Edited by | Ferris Webster |
| Music by | Jerry Fielding |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.7 million[1] |
| Box office | $31.8 million[2] |
The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 American revisionist Western film set during and after the American Civil War.[3] It was directed by and starred Clint Eastwood (as Josey Wales), with Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney and John Vernon.[4][5] The film tells the story of Josey Wales, a Missouri farmer whose family is murdered by Union militia during the Civil War. Driven to revenge, Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla band and makes a name for himself as a feared gunfighter. After the war, all the fighters in Wales' group except for him surrender to Union soldiers, but the Confederates end up being massacred. Wales becomes an outlaw and is pursued by bounty hunters and Union soldiers as he tries to make a new life for himself.
The film was adapted by Sonia Chernus and Philip Kaufman from author Asa Earl "Forrest" Carter's 1972 novel The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales (republished, as shown in the movie's opening credits, as Gone to Texas).[6] The film was a commercial success, earning $31.8 million against a $3.7 million budget. In 1996, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Josey Wales was portrayed by Michael Parks in the film's 1986 sequel, The Return of Josey Wales.[7] His wife Laura Lee was played by Mary Ann Averett in the sequel.
- ^ Munn, p. 156
- ^ "The Outlaw Josey Wales". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on February 1, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
- ^ Foote, John H. (2008). Clint Eastwood: Evolution of a Filmmaker. Westport, CT: Praeger. p. 32. ISBN 978-031335247-8.
- ^ Variety Staff (December 31, 1975). "The Outlaw Josey Wales". Film – Reviews. Variety. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
- ^ "IMDB - The Outlaw Josie Wales". Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
- ^ Barra, Allen (December 20, 2001). "The Education of Little Fraud". Salon.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014.
- ^ Eleanor Mannikka (2015). "The Return of Josey Wales". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 9, 2015.