Like beautiful women (as well as wine) CAT BALLOU has grown so much better with age.
Jane Fonda "glows" with not only sex appeal, but with acting genius. She plays it straight as her director instructed...while Callan and Hickman play it "over the top." What a point...and counterpoint.
What a movie.
Lee Marvin (AND HIS HORSE) may have stolen this film, but what remains is what real movies are really about. And what is missing today.
And the music? Well, Frank DeVol (as others back then) knew what importance music makes to EVERY great movie.
What's wrong with today's box office? Today's movies don't even have a clue as to why CAT BALLOU was a good film. It's the same as why today people don't know how the pyramids were really built.
I have heard that nobody wanted to make this movie, so it flew under the radar and got made just as the director and writers wanted. Hurray! The director knew how to get his movie right...and he did...and we are all so much better for it.
Find CAT BALLOU and show it to your children and grandkids every year.
They will love you for it!
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