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Movie: Back to the Future Part III (1990)

“Stranded in 1955, Marty McFly receives written word from his friend, Doctor Emmett Brown, as to where can be found the DeLorean time machine. However, an unfortunate discovery prompts Marty to go to his friend’s aid. Using the time machine, Marty travels to the old west where his friend has run afoul of a gang of thugs and has fallen in love with a local schoolteacher. Using the technology from the time, Marty and Emmett devise one last chance to send the two of them back to the future. Written by Vampire Sharpshooter”

• Director: Robert Zemeckis
• Release Date: 25 May 1990 (USA)
• Run Time: 118 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Family , Sci-Fi , Western

Tagline: They've saved the best trip for last… But this time they may have gone too far.

Trivia: Mary Steenburgen’s children were the ones who persuaded her to be in the film.

Goofs: Continuity: The shadow of the train at the end.

Movie: True Grit (1969)

“The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy, Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), on a mission of “justice”, which involves avenging her father’s death. She recruits a tough old marshal, “Rooster” Cogburn (John Wayne), because he has “grit”, and a reputation of getting the job done. The two are joined by a Texas Ranger, La Boeuf (Glen Campbell), who is looking for the same man (Jeff Corey) for a separate murder in Texas. Their odyssey takes them from Fort Smith, Arkansas, deep into the Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) to find their man. Written by John Vogel {jlvogel@comcast.net} [edited]“

• Director: Henry Hathaway
• Release Date: 11 June 1969 (USA)
• Run Time: 128 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Adventure , Western , Drama

Tagline: The strangest trio ever to track a killer.

Trivia: Finnish censorship certificate # 77983

Goofs: Continuity: After Mattie rides her horse across the river, when Rooster and Le Boeuf won’t let her on the ferry, her clothes are perfectly dry.

Movie: Rio Bravo (1959)

“A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy. Written by Bruce Stadfeld {stadfel@cc.umanitoba.ca}”

• Director: Howard Hawks
• Release Date: 4 April 1959 (USA)
• Run Time: 141 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Western , Romance , Drama

Tagline: and Dean and Ricky sing, too! "Rio Bravo" "My Rifle, My Pony and Me" "Cindy"

Trivia: More or less remade as El Dorado (1966) and Rio Lobo (1970).

Goofs: Continuity: When Wheeler first gets to town and is talking to Chance about everybody stopping him, Chance’s right hand is alternately holding his rifle, or resting up on the Pommel of Wheeler’s saddle. It changes a few times during the scene.

Movie: Legends of the Fall (1994)

“Set in the Rocky Mountains of Montana in the early 1900s, this is a tale of love, betrayal, and brotherhood. After being discharged, Colonel Ludlow decides to raise his three sons in the wilds of Montana, where they can grow up away from the government and society he has learned to dispise. The three brothers mature and seem to have an unbreakable bond, until Susanna enters their lives. When Samuel, the youngest of the three, returns from college he brings with him his beautiful fiance, Susanna. The eldest son, Alfred, soon finds himself in love with his brother’s fiance, and things get worse when he discovers a growing passion between Susanna and Tristan. Colonel Ludlow’s favorite son, Tristan is willful and as wild as the mountains. As the brothers set out to fight a war in Europe, suspicion and jelousy threatens to tear apart their once indestructable bond. Written by saunders11@yahoo.com”

• Director: Edward Zwick
• Release Date: 13 January 1995 (USA)
• Run Time: 133 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama , Romance , War , Western
• MPAA: Rated R for violence, and for some sexuality and language.

Tagline: He was a rock they broke themselves against however much he tried to protect them

Trivia: Originally conceived as a starring vehicle for Sean Connery and Tom Cruise.

Goofs: Continuity: The color of the letter from Tristan changes from yellow to white to yellow.

Movie: "Little House on the Prairie" (1974)

“Based on the popular “Little House” book series by Laura Ingalls-Wilder, this hour long dramatic series followed the frontier lives of Charles and Caroline Ingalls, and their three young daughters: Mary, Laura and Carrie. Written by Phil Fernando”

• Release Date: 11 September 1974 (USA)
• Run Time: 60 min | Germany:45 min (210 episodes) | USA:60 min (203 episodes)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama , Family , Romance , Western

Trivia: Quite possibly the first TV show where male adults (and practically everyone else) would be seen crying in all seriousness (as opposed to for comical effect etc.). Because of this trend, once the show got aired in Iceland, it quickly got nicknamed “Crying in The Cornfield” by viewers and haters alike.

Goofs: Continuity: In the episode “Christmas at Plum Creek”, Laura’s horse Bunny is referred to as being male. However, in the episodes “Bunny”, “The Race” and “Journey in the Spring”, the same horse is always referred to as being female.

Movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)

“Lt. John Dunbar is dubbed a hero after he accidentally leads Union troops to a victory during the Civil War. He requests a position on the western frontier, but finds it deserted. He soon finds out he is not alone, but meets a wolf he dubs “Two-socks” and a curious Indian tribe. Dunbar quickly makes friends with the tribe, and discovers a white woman who was raised by the Indians. He gradually earns the respect of these native people, and sheds his white-man’s ways. Written by Greg Bole {bole@life.bio.sunysb.edu}”

• Director: Kevin Costner
• Release Date: 21 November 1990 (USA)
• Run Time: 181 min | USA:224 min (extended version) | USA:236 min (director's cut)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Adventure , Drama , Western

Tagline: Inside everyone is a frontier waiting to be discovered.

Trivia: Two Socks was played by two wolves. One was called Buck and the other was called Teddy, and both were kept on set at all times.

Goofs: Anachronisms: The flag flying at Ft. Sedgwick is the flag with 50 stars rather than the flag used during the Civil War.

Movie: Pale Rider (1985)

“A gold mining camp in the California foothills is besieged by a neighboring landowner intent on stealing their claims. A preacher rides into camp and uses all of his powers of persuasion to convince the landowner to give up his attacks on the miners. Written by David J. Kiseleski {davidk269@aol.com}”

• Director: Clint Eastwood
• Release Date: 28 June 1985 (USA)
• Run Time: 115 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Western

Tagline: Hell comes home

Trivia: Warren Clarke has said in an interview with TV Times that he was offered a role in this project

Goofs: Continuity: When Barret throws a stick of dynamite into the tent, it lands near the front of the tent. The explosion comes from inside the tent. After the explosion the lit fuse of the thrown dynamite can clearly be seen.

Movie: "Deadwood" (2004)

“The town of Deadwood, South Dakota in the weeks following the Custer massacre is a lawless sinkhole of crime and corruption. Into this uncivilized outpost ride a disillusioned and bitter ex-lawman, Wild Bill Hickok, and Seth Bullock, a man hoping to find a new start for himself. Both men find themselves quickly on opposite sides of the legal and moral fence from Al Swearengen, saloon owner, hotel operator, and incipient boss of Deadwood. The lives of these three intertwine with many others, the high-minded and the low-lifes who populate Deadwood in 1876. Written by Jim Beaver {jumblejim@prodigy.net}”

• Release Date: 21 March 2004 (USA)
• Run Time: 60 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Crime , Drama , History , Western

Tagline: No Law Can Make It Respectable

Trivia: The real Seth Bullock was born in a town called Amherstburg in Ontario, Canada.

Goofs: Anachronisms: In one scene set in the Gem Saloon, the tune to “Waiting for the Robert E. Lee” is played on the piano. This song was composed in 1912, and the show is set in 1876-77.

Movie: 3:10 to Yuma (2007)

“Rancher Dan Evans heads into Bisbee to clear up issues concerning the sale of his land when he witnesses the closing events of a stagecoach robbery led by famed outlaw Ben Wade. Shortly thereafter, Wade is captured by the law in Bisbee and Evans finds himself one of the escorts who will take Wade to the 3:10 to Yuma train in Contention for the reward of $200. Evans’s effort to take Wade to the station is in part an effort to save his land but also part of an inner battle to determine whether he can be more than just a naive rancher in the eyes of his impetuous and gunslinging son William Evans. The transport to Contention is hazardous and filled with ambushes by Indians, pursuits by Wade’s vengeful gang and Wade’s own conniving and surreptitious demeanor that makes the ride all the more intense. Written by commanderblue”

• Director: James Mangold
• Release Date: 7 September 2007 (USA)
• Run Time: 122 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Crime , Drama , Western
• MPAA: Rated R for violence and some language.

Tagline: Time waits for one man

Trivia: The weekend before shooting was scheduled to wrap, a freak storm dumped nearly 2 feet of snow on the supposedly drought plagued town. Labourers shoveled the snow from the buildings’ balconies and roofs and distributed 89 dump trucks worth of dry soil on the ground. Backhoes created an 8 foot tall rampart of snow just beyond camera sight lines for the remaining 6 days of shooting.

Goofs: Continuity: After the stage coach tips over Charlie Prince goes over and picks up Byron McElroy’s shotgun, he breaks it open to check it. The scene then starts from another angle still showing Charlie Prince and he breaks the shotgun open a second time.