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The Western is an American genre in literature and film. Westerns are art works – films, literature, television and radio shows, sculpture (particularly that by Frederic Remington), and paintings – devoted to telling stories set in the 19th Century American West (and sometimes Mexico, Canada or the Australian Outback, during the same time period), with the setting ocassionally portrayed in a romanticised light.
While the Western has been popular throughout the history of movies, it has decreased in prominence since the late 1970s.
Definition
Westerns, by definition, are set in the Western United States during the period from the start of the US Civil War in 1860 to the end of the so-called "Indian Wars" at Wounded Knee in 1890. But this definition is very elastic. Some westerns incorporate the Civil War, which was essentially an "eastern" conflict (i.e., east of the Mississippi river). Westerns have crossed the US borders: frequently into Mexico, sometimes into Canada and even, famously, into Bolivia. The timeframe is stretched even further. The genre includes films about the Battle of the Alamo in 1836; and the Mexican Revolution as late as 1920. More on [ Western (genre) ]
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After watching westerns, Im starting to believe that everyone in Texas wears cowboy hats, boots & smells of sand, piss and sweat
EvilEatingEddie (James Harmon) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:14:01 -0000
After watching westerns, Im starting to believe that everyone in Texas wears cowboy hats, boots & smells of sand, piss and sweat
OH: "Where are your boots, spurs and cowboy hat? I thought all them folks out west looked like those westerns." -crazy aunt
kbump (Kenny Bump) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:38:11 -0000
OH: "Where are your boots, spurs and cowboy hat? I thought all them folks out west looked like those westerns." -crazy aunt
I just misread "David's Bridal" as "David's Burial." Also, found Midnight Cowboy filed with the westerns at discount DVD store.
floodfish (Jason Das) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:05:10 -0000
I just misread "David's Bridal" as "David's Burial." Also, found Midnight Cowboy filed with the westerns at discount DVD store.
@TheGallyBlog @albolte Sam Elliott is too busy playing cowboys. He should always play a cowboy in any and all westerns ever.
WisconsinRob (Robert Strupp) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:17:47 -0000
@TheGallyBlog @albolte Sam Elliott is too busy playing cowboys. He should always play a cowboy in any and all westerns ever.
i feel like a cowboy tnite. watching 4 Tom Selleck westerns.
Deron74 (Deron Collings) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:09:32 -0000
i feel like a cowboy tnite. watching 4 Tom Selleck westerns.
Photoset: Marshall: âTodayâs category: classic westerns that involve red cowboy boots. Robin.â Robin: âThe... http://tumblr.com/xye4tb8xf
MauroGdtv (Mauro) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:51:40 -0000
Photoset: Marshall: “Today’s category: classic westerns that involve red cowboy boots. Robin.” Robin: “The... http://tumblr.com/xye4tb8xf
A Fistful of Westerns - Dedicated to spaghetti westerns, with information on the genre, its films and stars.
Meta Description: [ A site dedicated to Spaghetti Westerns, Western All'Italiana, Macaroni Westerns. ]
Couch Cowboy - Reviews and discussion of American western movies, divided into Classics, Must Sees, Good Viewers, Rough Riders and Camp.
Meta Description: [ Couchcowboy Reviews and discusses the American West and cowboy movies, western movie stars, and western movie directors ]
CowboyPal, Home of the Silver Screen Cowboys - Ride down the trail with your heroes from the thirties to the fifties with the Legends of Silver Screen.
Meta Description: [ Ride down the trail with your heroes from the thirties to the fifties with the Legends of Silver Screen, Ride down the trail with your heroes from the thirties to the fifties with the Legends of Silver Screen ]
Images: The Western - The iconography of the Western is the largest and richest of all the film genres, and Hollywood has burned it into the minds of moviegoers from Dodge City to Timbuktu.
Meta Description: [ The iconography of the Western is the largest and richest of all the film genres, and Hollywood has burned it into the minds of moviegoers from Dodge City to Timbuktu. ]
IMDb: Western - Guide to Western movies, search or browse the titles alphabetically.
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My Western Collection - Fansite features favorite western films plus pictures of indian wallplates, indian statues and details of factual western books. Also some brief historical western character facts.
Shobary's Spaghetti Westerns - Contains reviews with film stills for major films, plus related trivia.
Teddy Blue's Bunkhouse - An Old West re-enactor's site includes information about the real Old West, classic western movies (including 1903's The Great Train Robbery), as well as the western stars and their horses.
The Old Corral - Cowboy heroes, heroines, bad guys and supporting players who rode the silver screen in western films from the 1930s to the early 1950s.
Meta Description: [ The Old Corral - the great cowboy films, heroes, heroines, sidekicks and heavies of the 1930s and 1940s ]
The Silent Westerns - Examines early movie myths of the American West.
Western Films - Article covering the history of the genre, including the silent era and early B-westerns, major stars, influential films, and sub-genres. Offers movie reviews and profiles of the actors and directors.
Westerns - Collection of articles and links relating to Westerns.
Meta Description: [ An examination of the one genre/artform that Hollywood can truly call its own: the western! From Ford to Leone and all parts inbetween, this site will explore the unique language of the western, as well as its impact on American and World cinema. - dewey decimal 791.436278 ]
Westerns - Database of several hundred films with photographs and information on directors, actors, authors, and musical scores.
Meta Description: [ Une base de donnees de westerns : réalisateurs, acteurs, scenaristes-A western movie database : directors, actors, authors ]
Wild East: Spaghetti Western - Detailed examination of the sub-genre, with particular reference to its impact on the film industry and the revitalisation of the Western. Illustrated with film stills and posters.
Wildest Westerns Magazine - Online version of the print magazine dedicated to western movies, TV shows, actors and actresses. Features articles, photographs, and movie reviews.
Meta Description: [ Western magazine dedicated to classic and contemporary western movies and TV shows and the actors and actresses who starred in them. ]
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