Case in point bad company no, not the jerry bruckheimer turkey but the undervalued robert benton semiwestern from 1972 with barry browns upstanding young man on the run. Disc one contains material from a concert at the summit in houston, texas on may 23, 1977. He was especially known for daisy miller 1974, piranha 1978 and this bad company 1972. Set during the civil war, bad company stars barry brown as a northern boy, drew dixon, who. The internet adult film database is an online searchable database of over 490,038 adult movies titles and 200,604 porn performers. Bentons first film, a western good enough to make everything he has done since seem disappointing by comparison. With jeff bridges, barry brown, jim davis, david huddleston. Robert bentons western movie bad company opens with a boy in a dress being forcibly ejected from a school house by cavalry soldiers and thrown into the back of a wagon with a bunch of other kids, some of whom are also wearing dresses. Dec 17, 2012 bad company deluxe licensed to youtube by wmg on behalf of rhino atlantic. Bad company is a 1972 american western film directed by robert benton, who also cowrote the film with david newman. Drew is a good boy from godfearing stock in ohio, out west to evade the draft. The classic rock band bad company named itself after this film. The year is 1863, and these boys have been rounded up for trying to dodge the draft into the union army.
Bad company 1972 film wikimili, the free encyclopedia. In 1972 s bad company a genteel northerner during the american civil war barry brown is robbed by scallywag jeff bridgesand winds up teaming up with him. I dont imagine its any more realistic than a john wayne movie none of the real westerns are. In schlechter gesellschaft ist ein western aus dem jahr. When a harvardeducated cia agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother. Nothing to do with the rock band of the same name, although reportedly they took their name from the movie, bad company is a 1972 reality western, showcasing jeff bridges in one of his first leads. Latinautor umpg, pedl, latinautor warner chappell, ascap, umpg publishing, cmrra, latinautor, warner chappell, umpi, and 9 music rights societies. It also happens to be the second movie ive seen with both jeff bridges and david huddleston, some 25 or so years prior to an actualized cult classic. Bad company this tale of friendship and survival set during the days of the 1860s focuses on a roguish group of runaways living by their wits and natural instincts. Mar 20, 2012 studio album by bad company released 26 june 1974 recorded november 1973 at headley grange, east hampshire, england1 genre hard rock length 34. Bad company is a 1972 revisionist western starring jeff bridges as the young leader of a gang of thieves who welcome a civil war draft dodger into their group. In 2005 paul rodgers began touring and playing bad company songs with queen. It stars barry brown and jeff bridges as two of a group of young men who flee the draft during the american civil war to seek their fortune and freedom on the unforgiving american frontier.
Two of them in particular are complementary opposites. Bad company is a 2002 action comedy thriller film directed by joel schumacher, produced by jerry bruckheimer and starring anthony hopkins and chris rock. Sympathetic jeff bridges as gang leader, he steals the show as likable as well as twofisted young gunslinger. Released 1972, bad company stars jeff bridges, barry brown, jim davis, david huddleston the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 33 min, and received a score of 37 out of 100 on metacritic. He falls under the spell of jake rumsey jeff bridges, an easygoing. Sep 27, 2011 bad company 1972 starring jeff bridges and barry brown. Studio album by bad company released 26 june 1974 recorded november 1973 at headley grange, east hampshire, england1 genre hard rock length 34. A godfearing ohio boy dodging the civil war draft arrives in st. Bad company original trailer turner classic movies. Bad company 1972 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Its about a group of young civil war draftdodgers who leave the united states at st. Bad company 1972 michael ds region 4 dvd info page. Set during the civil war, bad company stars barry brown as a northern boy, drew dixon, who heads west to avoid getting drafted. A must, and pretty much in agreement with the assessment so not really anything to add. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing bad company 1972 near you. Bad company 1972 internet movie firearms database guns. It also interviews simon kirke and has some live recordings from the 1970s and 1980s. Case in point bad company no, not the jerry bruckheimer turkey but the undervalued robert benton semiwestern from 1972 with barry browns upstanding young man on the run from the union press gangs during the civil war finding himself in rough company with jeff bridges and his band of juvenile delinquent outcast wouldbe desperadoes john. According to jeff bridges the gunfight in the forest had to be completely re shot after the film was ruined in the lab. Together they become a criminal duo although with one member more reluctant than the other in this entertaining, realistic tale of what the west was really like. After drew dixon, an upright young man, is sent west by his religious family to avoid being drafted into the civil war, he drifts across the land with a loose confederation of young vagrants. Jeff bridges, barry brown, jim davis, david huddleston, john savage, jerry houser. Bad company 1972 starring jeff bridges and barry brown. Despite that its mentioned that the events take place in the year 1863 during the height of the civil war, several anachronistic firearms are seen in the film.
It is an archival album with recordings taken from two concerts from their tours in 1977 and 1979. Jeff bridges, barry brown, jim davis, david huddleston, john savage, jerry houser, damon cofer, joshua. Bad company ost prague orchestral only by trevor rabin duration. After all, the film s likable protagonist brown is a draft dodger. Bad company 1972 cast and crew cast photos and info. Bad company 79 movie clip shootout 1972 hd youtube.
Pauline kael of the new yorker wrote, theres dazzle in the script by robert benton and david newman, but bentons direction is tepid, and the yellowbrown autumnal west is getting very tired. Bad company 1972 out of the frying pan and into the fire. Rveno great little adventure story, i think this might be jeff bridges his best role. He falls under the spell of jake rumsey jeff bridges, an easygoing young con artist. Featuring rare film never previously featured on dvd, founder member simon kirke and a team of distinguished critics including biographer steven rosen revisit and reassess the work of the classic era of bad company. Drew barry brown is a young man living in the south during the civil war who manages to avoid going into the army by hiding from the soldiers when they come to his family home to retrieve him. Watch bad company online free, download badcompany. Would be great if they could upgrade the quality of the film to high definition, but given the. Roger ebert october 25, 1972 tweet the myth of the american west was mostly invented long after the west itself had been settled, civilized and made fit for disneyland. When paul rodgers exfree formed a band with mick ralphs ex mott the hoople in 1973, the first public warm up gigs were in germany. I dont imagine its any more realistic than a john wayne movie none of the real westerns are, actually but it has a nice, blunt, sliceoflife quality about it that grows on you. Joseph, mo where he joins up with a hardscrabble group of like runaways heading west.
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