Reviews

10 pinning and the occasional acid flashback.

When I saw this movie for the first time I was flabbergasted. It was quite simply the funniest movie I'd ever seen... It still is! The C Bros. have once again pulled it off: a masterpiece.

The dialogue is second to none and John S. Lyons should have won innumerable awards for his unprecedented casting job! Sure I've met people who didn't like it... But then again I've also met people who didn't care for Roger & Me. I guess we're just on separate planets.

The Dude, Walter Sobchak, Donny Karabozoz and the rarely appearing Jesus Quintana are gut splittingly hilarious and the essence of working class heroes! I love'um!

Since I fist saw this gem I've bought the movie, the soundtrack and a pair of clear plastic sandals!

I rate it supreme...

The Dancing Outlaw is so convincingly incredible in every possible way. The kin, the trailers, the mood, the entertainment, the tale of how Jesco nearly forgot his gold-rimmed shades, Jesco's three personalities; himself, Elvis & and the Devil! The theme alone - Jesco White the second greatest tap dancer of the Appalachians, his old man being the greatest (with archive footage to prove it), is insane!!! Are you kidding me? Is this documentary for real? My arms were bruised from the pinching and my belly aching from laughter after seeing Jesco in action. The movie is just shy of being as down home as the field recordings John & Ruby Lomax did for the Library Of Congress. Back in 1939 mind you. This stroke of genius from Jacob Young should - if not already - be filed under the L.O.C.'s Southern Mosaic series.

As a music fanatic I obviously loved this movie. But had it not been for Dr. John, Waits, Redbone and Johansen etc. I would most likely not have given it the time of day.

Got to love it though!

It scores a 7 for the cast, effort and humour.

I have to admit... I LOVE THIS MOVIE and have since the first time I saw it as a kid. No other western - if it indeed is a true western? - tells the story of the white man's disrespect for the ORIGINAL Americans, without the tear-teasing guilt or the cheesy wigs chasing the stagecoach.

It is the story of an amazing man and his encounter with the Cheyenne. We follow young Jack Crab through his LONG life, and WHAT a life. Jack is abducted by Indians, raised by the preacher's ultra sexy wife, becomes the fastest gun in the west, sells dodgy "medicine" and joins General Custer at Little Big Horn.

A MUST SEE if you ask me.

And to top it off, the blues great John Hammond provides a fantastic score. A very hard to find album, but worth the effort and money... As is the movie.

Have to rate it 10 folks!