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Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.
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Harry Dean Stanton
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Neil Summers
- Ward
- (as Neil Summer)
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- TriviaDuring the making of this film, Jack Nicholson told Harry Dean Stanton that he should basically not do anything, and let the wardrobe do the acting for him. Dean Stanton has stated in interviews that this particular piece of advice really solidified his approach to acting.
- GoofsRight before saying he lost his spurs, Wes (Jack Nicholson) is shown carrying them, then not carrying them (and the spurs are nowhere in sight as he is not wearing them either), then carrying them again, then being shot at and dropping them.
- ConnectionsFeatured in A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
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Conceptual-art Western
Monte Hellman makes art movies--as in Mr. Wim Wenders, or Mr. Robert Bresson, for that matter. How he disguised them as hot-rod movies, or trendy hippie bashes, or simple old Westerns, is beyond me, so rarefied, quiet, composed, and art-conscious are they. RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND, scripted by its star, Jack Nicholson, reduces "the Western" to abstract essentials. Guys in a shack getting smoked out by the lawmen outside. Guys on the lam from a lynch mob. Stoical lynch-mob hanging. Tense, purse-lipped conversation between outlaw and kidnapped good-girl type. Presented against a stark landscape with no extras (I'm sure Hellman'll tell you it's sheer economics), the scenes take on the quality of gallery installations based on Western plot devices. If you ever wondered where the laconic sensibility of such latter-day types as Jim Jarmusch and Michael Almereyda came from, here's a hint.
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