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Bob & Margie Mach
Montgomery
MN
USA
Yes
06 Mar 2002
00:45:48
209.23.135.246
My husband and I really like to watch westerns. I wish there were more on TV. I like to read Louis L'amour books, and when I see one made into a movie I watch it. The combination of Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, and Jeffrey Osterhage in westerns is great. Let's bring back more of them. My husband likes the old westerns also.
Holly Petersen
Greeneville
TN
USA
Yes
05 Mar 2002
22:57:46
216.98.87.138
The "old west", cowboys and Indians, and the visions they conjure up, are all a vital part of what made this country the great place that it is- good and bad. There's an endless supply of subject material to make quality movies about, and a vast audience of fans hungry for those movies....bring on the westerns!
leo felix
rio rico
Az
USA
Yes
05 Mar 2002
17:16:50
216.39.188.181
Westerns are not dead, they still are alive!" producers should think about making more western movies, those beautiful country shots, clouds, and you could just smell that country fresh air when watching westerns, would bring a very relaxing atmosphere to your soul. It was violence, but not what we watch in todays' cinema, everything seems to be fabricated with the same plot over and over again. I'd rather buy or rent these old westerns and watch them over and over again.
Jim Parish
Topeka
KS
USA
03 Mar 2002
16:25:09
63.15.249.4
Need more fun movies than gory realistic trash!
t tanner-howard
watford
England
03 Mar 2002
11:23:50
194.201.84.110
please, more westerns and SOON!!!!!!!!! i've been a major western movie & tv fan all my life. if it's western, i'll watch it AND buy promotional products as well. round up sam elliott, tom selleck, clint eastwood, etc and get busy NOW!!!!!!!! i'm desperate for another "fix"!!!!!!!! thanks pard!
John Fox
Hillsboro
KY,
USA
Yes
03 Mar 2002
03:44:54
216.202.209.54
I don't believe anybody alive has a stronger feeling about BEING a cowboy than I. I love to watch them good old western movies Hollywood - but the real excitement is living it every day - in every way - the best I can. Just tired of hearing and seeing unhappy folks who don't change anything.
Preston Montfort
Waco
Tx
USA
Yes
02 Mar 2002
13:05:46
205.188.199.42
With the traumatic changes in everyday life, due to recent tragedy, the traditional Western reassures us that the good guy can and will win.
RICHARD KEIBLER
JENSEN BEACH
FL
USA
Yes
02 Mar 2002
01:51:11
152.163.195.204
PLEASE......GIVE US SOME GOOD MOVIES!! WHAT YOU ARE PUTTING OUT AT THIS TIME IS AWFUL! TRY WATCHING THEM WITH YOUR IN-LAWS IN THE ROOM......SOME GOOD WESTERNS PLEASE!!
harry a cox
akron
ohio
USA
Yes
01 Mar 2002
22:48:05
216.144.4.111
I, like so many others, love the westerns. so please dont keep us waiting. you can do it.
Candy Zaehringer
Hampton
illinois
USA
Yes
01 Mar 2002
09:02:04
12.217.140.57
To whom it may concern, I think it is way time more westerns were made again!! The people who shaped this country were part of the american west!! With all that has gone on with our country it is time we return to the pride of it too!! The people that forged ahead and went west were proud to help shape this land that was the united states and the american west was part of being an american!!! Please consider how so many of us want to see more westerns made. There are many fine actresses and actors today that could do wonderful jobs in these movies. I for one am one of the many who want to see a return to the american western!!! And i am proud to be called an American too!!! As Ever, Candy Zaehringer
Julie Annette
Silver City
NM
USA
Yes
28 Feb 2002
21:11:14
166.3.48.225
There is nothing like a the History of the Great American West to remind us of our roots. It's still a wild west.There are alot of stories to tell about it. There are those who are still living it today, often in the beautiful solitude of the mountains and plains. We need more westerns, we need to inspire our children with movies of those who worked hard to build their lives without the many conveninces we have and take for granted today.
X Miller
Houston
TX
USA
Yes
28 Feb 2002
18:31:11
64.219.197.244
Maybe it is because I'm over 70 years old, but since Hollywood has stopped making good Western movies, I no longer go to the theaters. I have been renting DVDs. After viewing the same old videos over and over, I have decided I need to become more pro-active. No more sex, no more, dionic people, I'm tired of violence....WHERE ARE THE GOOD OL' COWBOY MOVIES? Maybe they won't win awards, but there is a market out here and we would buy the DVD! And they will make money overseas, too! Come on, McMurtry isn't the only living Western writer! X M
Elizabeth Lester
Gainesville
GA
USA
Yes
25 Feb 2002
19:42:12
65.56.53.250
I believe that westerns should be made. The values and history that they share with an audience make them extremely valuable to the American and worldwide public. Westerns more than any other genre reflect what it truely means to be American. Sadly, not enough get the attention they deserve, and the silly Hollywood pap they serve makes the bucks. Film makers need to sit up and listen There is an enormous audience for a good western.
Cory Schiebelbein
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Yes
24 Feb 2002
13:35:22
24.70.95.205
I think there needs to be more great westerns made. Not only will it help preserve our past, but I think that westerns are the type of movie that people still want to see, because they are "timeless".
harry a cox
akron
ohio
USA
Yes
21 Feb 2002
13:05:54
216.144.4.217
please more westerns i can not get enough
R. J. Terry
Marengo
IN
USA
Yes
21 Feb 2002
12:25:11
63.24.144.161
Western movies are wonderful entertainment. They also can be educational when true to history and not nearly as detrimental to the younger generations as are all the violence shown in other types of films. GO WESTERN!
Terry Boettcher
Fort Morgan
CO
USA
Yes
19 Feb 2002
20:43:32
209.240.222.32
Mr. Holywood Producer: If and when you start making westerns again, the kind I can take my grandkids to, without having to apologize for the language or plot, then I will start going to movies again. If you are not sure how to go about this, rent some old Randolph Scott westerns, and pay close attention while you watch them. That should tell you everything you need to know. Whatever you do, pleaee do not expect me to lay down my hard-earned dollars for the junk you are presently trying to pass of as entertainment.
Rose Loyd
Macon
GA
USA
Yes
19 Feb 2002
19:06:56
64.12.96.234
I have always enjoyed reading and watching westerns. Thanks to Sam Elliott and Tom Selleck for turning away from the Hollywood gore and being our current cowboys. I would love to see more new westerns.
anthony Pace
Toronto
on
Canada
Yes
18 Feb 2002
22:45:03
63.25.157.60
Hi. I am one of the people who work in, "Hollywood North". NAFTA led to many jobs moving to the U.S. Canada lost three professional sports teams to the U.S. in this time as well. One of the few bright spots has been the film industry. Canadian crews are now considered to be among the best in the world. Please give credit to the fact that we have also earned our jobs. If it was all about money, everything would be shot in Mexico.
Editor's note: We've never been fans of NAFTA. And it's important to note that more & more films ARE being shot in Mexico. Recently Mexico proudly reported a whopping 80% increase in film productions there compared to last year! However, the editorial never once inferred that Canadian crews aren't talented or haven't earned their position within the film industry. The article was taking a pro-American stance, speakingin partto runaway productions that go to cheaper locales, and the resulting negative economical impact that has had on the equally talented American crews and family businesses that have long-served the entertainment industry here in the U.S. Sadly, many of those folks have since been forced out of business. That is why NAFTA sucks--it IS all about money & power & greed.
...But then, historically, that's what makes Hollywood "Hollywood"--be it here in the USA, north of the border, or south.
Pam
Tucson
AZ
USA
Yes
18 Feb 2002
13:19:12
64.12.96.234
I, like many others, grew up with Westerns and Western Music. I think it is past time that the younger generations were able to enjoy the same type of good westerns that we grew up with!
James D. Wright, Ph.D.
Wichita
KS
USA
Yes
18 Feb 2002
12:39:59
65.68.8.210
Few recent cinematic efforts can top contemporary Western movies like "The Unforgiven" and "Tombstone" for urgency, scope, authenticity of characters, and enjoyment, not to mention box-office receipts. Keep 'em coming!
C. W. Ivy
Jackson
Tn
USA
Yes
17 Feb 2002
13:53:22
66.168.144.161
Hollywood should not forget that the western is what developed Hollywood into what it is now. It is the very anchor of that business. Especially at this time when we are at war everyone like to see the good guys going at it with the bad guys. It's un-American not to love a good western.
Catherine
Chelmsford
MA
USA
Yes
17 Feb 2002
13:10:15
24.147.150.185
We need more quality westerns ! There is just nothing like a good western movie. Western Americana is hugely popular across the nation, but we are definitely lacking this venue. Are there just not enough screenplays being written, or is it just not profitable enough to research and produce?
Jo Jones
St. George
Ut
USA
09 Feb 2002
11:11:02
216.190.25.66
American was founded on the dream of the west. Stories of courage and sacrifice. Lets give the current generations of children (and adults) stories they can grow from, to learn what it took to be a westerner. To be proud of their heritage and turn to acts of honor and courage instead of futuristic violence and myhem that is more about visual effect than story. There was violence in the west. Lots of it. But it was conquered by strong men and women of vision and endurance. Lets not lose that vision. Please make more westerns.
starlightrider
lebanon
mo
USA
Yes
08 Feb 2002
09:45:19
208.7.51.43
C'MON HOLLYWOOD! LET'S GET WITH IT OUT THERE IN "THE WEST"! WE'RE TIRED OF CHEAP "HU FLUNG DUNG" KARATE! GIVE US SOME OF THEM GOOD OLD WESTERNS AND "MORE OF EM"!
Paul Pruitt
Canton
TX
USA
Yes
08 Feb 2002
06:24:26
67.202.3.77
I would like to see more Westerns in the movies and TV. They show a time when men made large tracks on the land, and stood up for what they believed in. Paul
Megan Gillespie
McComb
OH
USA
Yes
06 Feb 2002
13:05:59
131.187.254.2
I absolutely love westerns... and I never see any anywhere... ya need to start makin more!!! Megan
keith burnett
johnson city
tx
USA
Yes
04 Feb 2002
13:01:25
168.58.171.3
More westerns like Conagher and Tombstone...pronto... Sam Elliott defines the image that can relate to any audience...Since Richard Farnsworth passed, Sam will take the torch and forever be the "king of westerns". Too, Hollywood fund the "Outfit"...
Cristi Heisman
Paola
ks
USA
03 Feb 2002
17:27:51
209.242.84.148
I personally think more westerns should be made. I mean, people have stereotyped it so much, that any time someone mentions a western, people think of John Wayne. I'd like to see more realistic westerns shown.
Bree Onna Rachelle Spradling
Paola
KS
USA
Yes
02 Feb 2002
14:05:33
216.96.13.59
America needs MORE quality westerns even more now than ever! I think it's about time we had some good westerns with good, casting, plots, and a little bit of humor wouldn't hurt anything either!!! I personally challenge Hollywood to come up with a western (or westerns would be even better) that is better than Tombstone and 8 Seconds. If that happens, I would be incredibally shocked and would give a new respect for Hollwood.
Ray SMITH
Elko
Nv
USA
Yes
29 Jan 2002
22:45:18
208.187.153.151
My point is that producers of movies do so with the idea of making a profit on their investment. I cannot recall a good western losing money. I'm talking good westerns here, like The Unforgiven, Lonesome Dove and the like. If money talks, producers should be looking to the wild wild west.
Roxane Rudick
Chandler
AZ
USA
Yes
26 Jan 2002
21:28:40
68.2.74.237
Sam is one damn fine cowboy! Bring back the western movies so I can see more of my favorite cowboy!
jim smith
greenwood
ny
USA
Yes
26 Jan 2002
18:11:18
209.105.182.60
love the old west and about true stores of the old west
Richie Carter
East Dublin
GA
USA
Yes
26 Jan 2002
07:29:03
12.4.27.248
More westerns should be made because the cowboy and western expansion is the epitomy of the American saga and why we are the greatest nation on the face of the earth today...and they are just plain entertaining
bob sackett
south windsor
ct
USA
24 Jan 2002
06:55:36
216.217.111.100
I think westerns should be brought back to the movie screen. I applaud Selleck and Elliott. I think they should team up to do one again.
Dale Vandagriff
Hodge
Louisiana
USA
Yes
23 Jan 2002
06:58:45
208.180.119.211
The American western is a lost art. In the past, the films by Gene Autry and Roy Rogers would always bring a hope and a smile to those who watched them. They were our heroes. The bad guys wore black hats and the good guys wore white. We need films that establish good moral values and not sexual concepts or foul language. The old westerns proved this and so did the later episodes oof Walker, Texas Ranger. Those episodes were by far the best and they did not concentrate on sexually explicit themes or profanity. Let's bring back the good ole westerns. They are time established proof that programing can be wholesome and prosperous.
Joann McMillan
Eufaula
OK
USA
Yes
22 Jan 2002
17:20:10
164.58.10.123
Sam Elliott doing a movie from JPS Brown's THE OUTFIT would be a magnificent tribute to a vital part of US heritage brought to life by the two most perfect people in the world to do it..heart and soul.
steve whitenburg
toledo
ohio
USA
Yes
22 Jan 2002
13:50:45
152.163.207.53
there is a need in today's society to view our past before it is gone forever and in these times to make everyone feel good. Films of the old west do good to make everyone feel like things are good, and go along way to make everyone forget about todays problems. It reminds everyone of a simplier time in life, how many of us didn't dream of being a cowboy or living the cowboy way.I get to do it daily, but few others get to!
Joseph & Teressa McNew
Alexandria
IN
USA
Yes
20 Jan 2002
15:41:50
64.12.104.173
Western movies help a person releve his/her mind of the day-to-day stress of todays society and remember the simpler times. It also helps children learn a bit of history in a fun way.
Linda Kirk
Grand Junction
CO
USA
Yes
18 Jan 2002
17:16:23
198.81.16.42
IT's time for another Good Western Movie and TV series. I"m sick of sitcoms. I do not watch them. sitcoms are full of sex and their cute little remarks about sex and having sex. AS far as I'm concern it has lowered our standard of living here in the U.S. AT least when I was a kid, in a western there were the good guys and the bad guys. At least there was a standard not full of cute little remarks about sex. Some say the western was full of violence, too much. Well look at the real world on our streets and in our skys. What are we doing with the bad guys now. Giving them little cute remarks about sex or are we taking care of them. Think about it.
Lee Brown
Lubbock
TX
USA
Yes
18 Jan 2002
15:54:39
205.188.197.179
Everyone I know loves Westerns
EDWARD MC ANINCH
PHILADELPHIA
PA
USA
Yes
18 Jan 2002
13:28:22
12.108.99.30
IT'S TIME HOLLYWOOD GETS BACK TO DOING MOVIES THAT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD,AND THE BASIC GOOD VS.BAD TYPE OF MOVIES.A GOOD WESTERN WOULD DO THE TRICK EVEN IF IT WERE A REMAKE OF AN OLD JOHN WAYNE OR CLINT EASTWOOD MOVIE. THE MOVIES THEY MAKE NOW DON'T LEAVE YOU WANTING MORE,THEY LEAVE YOU WISHING THEY DIDN'T BOTHER.
MIke Thompson
Broadwater
N.E.
USA
Yes
18 Jan 2002
07:18:33
162.127.150.253
yes i like westerns e very entertaining and can be fun to watch. please create more of them.
shmuela padnos
neworleans
la
USA
Yes
14 Jan 2002
11:34:51
66.157.37.218
cowgirl stories romance and horses beautiful western settings. jackson hole had 5 female council women in the 1920's that would be a great tale.
Aimee Johnson
Gardiner
MT
USA
Yes
13 Jan 2002
19:40:01
209.178.152.184
I will be short about this- I am in directing school at the moment and when I get out I plan to make westerns!!!!!! It can come back and it will if I have anything to do about it. I am also 18 and all I have done is grow up in the west and watch western movies!!!
Connie Duncan
SAN MIGEUL
Ca
USA
12 Jan 2002
19:46:55
63.174.82.234
Western life is a special 'way of life' that a few of us have been able to experience and thousands of others wish they could. Western Movies provided a taste of this life. Plus once you're addicted to these and the way of life nothing else is as good. They have Honor ,Freedom, Values, Real down to earth characters , Fun, and true realities of life.
Laurie Sheffield
Alamogordo
NM
USA
Yes
12 Jan 2002
14:38:14
216.243.127.187
Absolutely YES we need more westerns! I feel especially now, after the terrible events of 9/11....our children and grandchildren need to know more of what this great country is all about.....They seem to understand it thru film, rather then books. Please.....there is SO MUCH history...lets see some of it on the big screen!
J Pittman
Portland
CT
USA
Yes
12 Jan 2002
06:47:51
64.252.101.130
Hello, Hollywood. It IS time for more QUALITY westerns. Put your heads together and make one. Tom Selleck makes an EXCELLENT cowboy. He "fits" the part: his size, voice, the way he carries himself. In the westerns he's been in, he's proven himself to be a competent western actor. We should use him before he's no longer able. America, especially now, could use a hero...a hero from a time that America romantizes about and adores: The American West. It's a place where people can put their cares aside. Everyone can relate to the American West. It's good for the soul. We're SOOOOO tired of the same old blood and gore of today's movies. There's no creativity in it...heck if I want to see that, all I have to do is turn on the news and I don't have to pay for that. Come on, Hollywood, do yourself a favor, put some thought and energy into something good...a true-blue American Cowboy movie...something that would make "The Duke" want to pursue. I challenge you!!!
Dan Hodges
Elwood
in
USA
Yes
11 Jan 2002
13:57:31
216.117.106.43
westerns teach young ones better morals and good work ethics
Jerry Lunsford
Greenville
SC
USA
Yes
11 Jan 2002
08:54:29
209.214.200.15
The old west is as real to Americans today as it was then - in our hearts! The setteling of the West is the story of America and what's important in the lives of people yesterday and today! They portray all the values for life and give those of us who never lived it a genuine apprecition for what it took to tame this land for todays and tomorrows generations.
S. Larmer
Syracuse
NY
USA
Yes
09 Jan 2002
18:58:52
65.204.46.90
More westerns in the Louis L'amour John Wayne venue:good plots, lots of action, suitable for families!! (RX for success)!!!
rusty brixey
iowa park
texas
USA
09 Jan 2002
18:25:01
152.163.207.84
I haven't seen a good western in a long time. Its time for one.
Dale Rummel
Glenshaw
PA
USA
Yes
09 Jan 2002
18:09:11
12.226.32.30
The old West is rapidly becoming a vanishing part of our history. I know there are many young people who would love the Western life, if given the change to learn about it.
Dan Boden
Columbus
Mich.
USA
Yes
08 Jan 2002
15:20:56
64.240.95.189
The western when well done is a statment of what makes America great and accentuates the ideas that this country is founded on. The horse and the cowboy are allways big sellers in a good script.
Linda Laurin
Los Angeles
CA
USA
03 Jan 2002
21:49:14
152.163.201.64
We need more quality screenwriters to write westerns with heart and a style that is not seen today -- and stories that are aimed at baby boomers and seniors not to adolescent boys. Casting pop teen idols as Western figures is not working --just ask Miramax and the lastest failure American Outlaws. Real westerns have good stories with well developed character relationship -- not stories that try to turn gun battles into a "Boys with Guns" movie scenario with special stunts as special effects.
IT'S THE STORY STUPID!
R. B. Fowler / D-R ranch
Pahrump
Nv.
USA
Yes
03 Jan 2002
01:59:15
152.163.207.192
Ya know I grew up on westerns like the rifleman, rawhide, wagon train, gunsmoke and a few others. I can remember visitin my greatgrandma's house on the weekends, Oh, how she loved those westerns. She'd tell me stories of what it was like growin up on the Nebraska prarie and how she got to see a Buffalo Bill wild west show. Her, her son and a few others including some of them old western stars are the reason I grew up with a little character and became a workin cowboy in the first place. Now that i have a couple of Grandsons I'd sure like to sit with them from time to time and enjoy a good western .
Bob Lien
Lewisville
TX
USA
Yes
01 Jan 2002
11:06:42
4.61.105.200
Having met J.P.S. Brown in Tucson (Introduced by Bud Stout) a while after Pocket Money was made, I can tell you, WE NEED MORE of this honesty in western story telling, writing, and motion pictures. Keep up the good work (Maybe I can come out of retirement) Bob
Richard G. Worthen
Everett
Wa.
USA
Yes
28 Dec 2001
21:10:27
66.114.159.231
I am a product Of 50's& 60's western and proud of it.I love westerns so much I watch "B" and below movies because Hollywood would rather make gargage instead of Shane, Stagecoach,The searchers,Even spaghetti westerns.I am 55 years old, fairly succesful and can"t get enough of the old west. I collect bits &spurs,And travel all over the country to keep this part of Americana alive.I beg Hollywood for more Sam Elliott, Clint, Tom Selleck And how about Val Kilmar as "Doc" in Thombstone.We need more "Gus" and the "Captin" from the Lonesome Dove series. After 9-11 we should NEVER forget this important part of AMERICAN HISTORY!!
Greg Keiser
Medway
Ma
USA
Yes
27 Dec 2001
03:47:50
209.240.222.32
As an avvid Western fan for almost all of my 48 years, growing up sitting on a hobby horse with six gun in hand while in front of the tv helping Hopalong, Roy, and the Lone Ranger. I feel it is time to get back to some real american values and good entertainment. Remember the Duke and Louis L'amore. Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Wilfred Brimley are all doing a great job in carrying on this tradition, if only Hollywood would back them more. It seems only Ted Turner is on the wagon.
Michael G. Veitch
Henderson
NV
USA
Yes
22 Dec 2001
13:07:44
152.163.197.82
Making more westerns and reflectiing the true or imaginary Old West is like Mom and apple pie: It's American, it's a Tradition. Just Do It!
chad nelson
Bluffdale
Utah
USA
Yes
21 Dec 2001
15:01:51
63.230.20.137
Like so many men of my age group, I grew up on 50's and 60's westerns. Not only do I love history and the american west, my love and fascination of cowboys and the 19th century has never left me.Thank goodness for TNT and television movies, otherwise the western would indeed truly be dead. HOLLYWOOD PLEASE MAKE MORE QUALITY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HISTORICALLY ACCURATE WESTERNS!! LETS PASS THE LEGACY ON!!!!!!!!!
Tammy DeShazo
Canton
TX
USA
Yes
20 Dec 2001
22:45:51
67.203.92.185
Yes,we need more westerns on at the movies and on TV. I think it would do us all alot of good to go back to alot more traditional things these days such as the Cowboys way of life anyway a little hard work never hurt anyone,young children can learn many leason from being around animals,such as when their MOMA says NO she means NO AS SHE does not have to say it twice,but Animals can also reteach us alot about family and the true meaning of LOVE AND RESPECT AND THAT IS STILL THE cowboy way of life.God ,family,Country now and always will be the true meaning of the cowboy.
Molly Harrington
Beaumont
TX
USA
Yes
19 Dec 2001
08:15:25
12.83.4.22
I would love to see Alex McArthur in his Desperado series again!!
Loretta Fenstermacher
Alburtis
PA
USA
Yes
19 Dec 2001
05:31:20
209.92.60.49
More non-fiction western movies are needed in our country right now because they would document an important part of the history of our great USA in a positive, informative and entertaining way. Children should know about these unsung western heroes. The strength, courage and hardships endured by western settlers, etc. should be shown.
BK
USA
19 Dec 2001
04:51:19
129.71.108.163
Hollywood definitely needs to bring back more Westerns. I don't understand why they won't listen to the public. Western movies would be highly successful. In my area they repeat all John Wayne's western movies which goes to show that they are as popular today and they were when first made. Also another example of successful westerns are the Desperado movies made by Alex McArthur in 1987-1989. I know personally how much people enjoyed his westerns and wish they would re-air them and also allow Alex McArthur to made some new Desperado movies. It's time to WAKE UP Hollywood!!
Dana
Windsor
PA
USA
Yes
18 Dec 2001
17:05:32
205.188.200.53
Of COURSE we need more Western movies - this is a genre that CANNOT be overdone. Unlike the "blow 'em up" movies and "reality" programming we are all sick of seeing, the Western has so much to offer. There are so many true tales from that period in our nation's history that have yet to be told - no lack of storyline there. "Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman", "The Magnificent Seven" - these were both shows that my family AVIDLY tuned into every week. Both of these shows wove a bit of our nation's history into each week's story. Not only were the shows entertaining, they were also educational and provided a moral compass, which it seems we, as a nation, are in great need of. PLEASE, Hollywood, give us what we, YOUR public, want!!
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