Have to say, Amazon is remarkably thorough sometimes. When it says it's going to deliver, it delivers. I pre-ordered this film as it's a new release and it was hand-delivered yesterday - on a Sunday! Such a shame the film doesn't warrant such special attention.
It's one of Widmark's later films - 1972 - so he's pretty old in this, but frankly it's just rather dull. It goes on for far too long. There's a hefty chunk of backstory about the Ute Indian kid, Thomas Black Bull (Frederic Forrest), living in the wilderness with his pet bear, who gets dragged off to school and learns how to be good with horses. (The kid, not the bear. Now that would have been interesting). Black Bull then gets noticed and taken on by Red Dillon (Widmark) who wants to promote him in rodeo. Cue lots of shots of Black Bull falling off horses (some stunt men had their work cut out for this film, I imagine) and then lots of shots of lots of different rodeos. It didn't hold my interest and I don't think this film will be going high up the watch list. The relationship between them sours of course. Dillon takes all the money and either drinks it or spends on women until one day Black Bull dumps him and takes off alone. There are a couple of fights but nothing too exciting. Black Bull comes back in time to see Dillon die and then he returns to his roots. A slow film, a very long film - or at least it felt that way. I'm afraid this one is just going to sit on the shelf now.
It's one of Widmark's later films - 1972 - so he's pretty old in this, but frankly it's just rather dull. It goes on for far too long. There's a hefty chunk of backstory about the Ute Indian kid, Thomas Black Bull (Frederic Forrest), living in the wilderness with his pet bear, who gets dragged off to school and learns how to be good with horses. (The kid, not the bear. Now that would have been interesting). Black Bull then gets noticed and taken on by Red Dillon (Widmark) who wants to promote him in rodeo. Cue lots of shots of Black Bull falling off horses (some stunt men had their work cut out for this film, I imagine) and then lots of shots of lots of different rodeos. It didn't hold my interest and I don't think this film will be going high up the watch list. The relationship between them sours of course. Dillon takes all the money and either drinks it or spends on women until one day Black Bull dumps him and takes off alone. There are a couple of fights but nothing too exciting. Black Bull comes back in time to see Dillon die and then he returns to his roots. A slow film, a very long film - or at least it felt that way. I'm afraid this one is just going to sit on the shelf now.
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