Coming Soon, Regal Burt Lancaster made three westerns all in a row. Unfortunately for Tanner, he has picked on the wrong man: Valdez is a wily, experienced Indian fighter and a marksman with a rifle. The only negative about this is that the film is in many ways about race prejudice and you wonder if maybe casting an Anglo in such a role that it might be undermining the central message. "The Tall T," "3:10 to Yuma," "Hombre," "Valdez is Coming," that I came to know and love Leonard's writing. In 1883, the 7th was stationed in the northern plains. Tanner won't hear of it, however, and punishes Valdez by driving him into the desert with a cross strapped to his back. The moments of brutal violence pack a pretty harsh punch and the ending is pleasingly ambiguous. 25 Jun 2021. He dons his old cavalry uniform and sends Tanner a message via one of the rancher's wounded men (Hctor Elizondo): "Valdez is coming.". He is not of the people; he is alone. Although, Tanner is the main obstacle, Valdez is also challenged by Tanner's formidable collection of professional gunmen assembled by his experienced right-hand man, El Segundo (Barton Heyman). A few racial epithets later and we realize the man is (a) black and (b) possibly innocent of the crime he is accused of. Its enough to quote the pitch-perfectcover blurb: They were still laughing when Valdez came back. This Oater stars Burt Lancaster as a Mexican town constable. So he goes to Tanner to appeal to him to pony up half of the needed dough ($100) but Tanner and his men laugh at Valdez and humiliate him instead, tying him to a cross. At the summary states, this film truly made an unusual casting decision by casting Burt Lancaster as a Hispanic man. (I got it for Three-Ten to Yuma, which is as great as people said.). Elmore Leonard, The Actor's and Dialogue Writer's Friend, The Unloved, Part 111: Devil in a Blue Dress, Female Filmmakers in Focus: Cauleen Smith on Drylongso, True Lies Fails to Capture the Charm of the James Cameron Original, Berlinale 2023 Highlights, Part Two: Reality, Manodrome, The Adults, Inside, Golda. Maybe I underestimate the grandeur of revenge. "How old are you?" Even though the storyline is typical of the era, wrong being righted against over powering odds, Lancaster pulls it off in believable fashion. 7) The Whale Ending Explained. And it's a little disappointing to see how characters and their motivations were poorly translated by changing certain events that altered the dynamics between some of the key characters. Lancaster is interesting to watch as he plays the idealistic outsider up against the bigoted majority. Lancaster is a favorite of mine. and reveals that the cut on the left wrist of Valdez concealed under his glove came when his knife slipped as he cut the ropes off. The experience of a man may be hidden by time, but time cannot hide the experienced man. Highly recommended. This is true: just a few weeks back, I happened to pick up another novel from Elmore Leonard called 'Valdez is coming'. Valdez shoots one of Tanners men and sends him back with a message. He said to himself, What is the sky to me? I dont know if the three short novels that make up Paul Austers New York Trilogy are considered anti-detective novels. An angry Valdez has had enough, and is prompted to dust off his old army uniform, take up his musty Buffalo Rifle,his battered Shotgun and his haggard Winchester and raise Cain on Tanner and his men. What Frank and co. doesn't know is that Valdez is a great shot and smart tactician. It has great action, good acting, a superb plot, and a satisfying ending. You wanna go check it out? It is an example of what became known as a "paella Western"; although the setting is ostensibly the American West, it was actually shot in southern Spain. It takes a minute or so to realize that this is stand-off with a man sealed inside a log cabin. 8) Magic Mike's Last Dance Ending Explained. I also have some hesitations about teaching it: it is full of racial slurs, for one thing, and while I think its pretty clear not just that they are historically and contextually appropriate but also that the novel as a whole rejects the attitudes they express, that does create some pedagogical challenges. His work seems devoid of arcane mechanics, and it lends itself to imitation the way Van Gogh seems easy for students to copy: the brushstrokes are clear and distinct and bold. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. He regularly reaffirms the code on behalf of people who dont have one. The dead man is black, however, and his woman is Apache, so nobody else believes they owe her anything. Despite Gay Erin's help, Valdez is finally surrounded and captured. More than that, I hoped his involvement with the show meant I might get to meet him. False Positive offers a different ending: Lucy refuses to mother the twin . Dialog that tells one story with words while telling a correlative story with the sounds of those words is rare and precious. I can only think of The Count of Monte Cristo as an example of its use in 19th century literature. But now there was more to it. Leonard's splendid way of inventing odd turns of phrase and similes and making them sound as though there were no possible better way to describe something made him, in my opinion, one of the great wordsmiths of the past century. this book), balancing it and/or disguising it with idealized notions of justice and fair play (e.g. And then they began to die . Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! You have money, but you dont have a woman. Tanner is livid at the old man's suggestion. Young, mostly.". On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. When challenged to get the first $100.00 from Mr. Tanner (Jon Cypher) the rich landowner, the task become an impossible quest as Tanner has no intention of giving Valdez anything, but contempt, torture and pain. The German version is uncut. . Just confirm how you got your ticket. Overlooked underrated gem of a western!!!! I guess it was customary for the era, and for the most part the actors made it work, but the idea always jolts me just a little bit. While I try to divorce myself from the source material since I'm not reviewing that, Valdez Is Coming comes out as barebones with the story feeling incomplete or perplexing as they let out several scenes out that would've given the actions the necessary context they deserved. Valdez a former Apache fighter, is a dead shot, choosing to fight with a long range buffalo rifle, shotgun and a revolver. Its fascinating to see the different implications of ending the story at two different points and to wonder whether Valdezs revenge is, in fact, inevitable just from that original act of violence. Ive never been able to read Leonards crime fiction, but Ive not tried his westerns. Davis, and Hector Elizondo pops up in a small part as a treacherous Mexican gunman. Among them is Hector Elizondo as a Mexican Rider and R.L.Davis (Richard Jordon) as a cowardly opportunist. Obwohl Valdez vom leben gezeichnet und wirklich fertig aussieht, ist er irgendwie doch zu weich fr diese knallharte Welt. Great unexpected ending! Leonard's characters talk the way real cowboys and ranchers and trainmen and schoolmarms would talk if they were poets. Any author careful and thoughtful enough to give a damn about just things surely doesnt deserve the dubious honor of pulp a style defined by its willful indifference to good taste and sensitivity. When it finally breaks, the jagged ends are driven into Valdez's back. His side was hanging open and draining his life as he looked at the sky. Frankenstein. This is a very well respected movie and was directed with a deft touch by Edwin Sherrin. The film opens with a town gathering in the desert led by local Frank Tanner (John Cypher) to which the stage coach carrying Valdez arrives. A payback film that attempts, sometimes successfully, to be in the Euro-Western Sergio Leone mold. is not allowed, Heathcliff wont work. Valdez is freed by one of Tanner's henchmen (Richard Jordan) and, after convalescing, begins waging a one-man war against Tanner, picking off his men with his trusty Sharps rifle. But, of course, Leonard isnt REALLY a pulp author, any more than Portis is. It is also stylish: the prose is terse, repetitive, and epigrammatic in ways that reminded me of hard-boiled detective fiction which makes sense, of course, as the two genres are closely related. Largely seen as a revisionist western, it's actually fairly traditional for the most part until an ending that was so surprisingly low-key I thought the last couple of minutes had been cut off.. We dont have Books-A-Million up here! Burt Lancaster(who I just thought was great, though he battled with the accent just a bit..a minor squabble)portrays Bob Valdez, a former Apache hunter for the Calvary now a constable who accidentally shoots an innocent black man claimed to have murdered the husband of Gay Erin(the beautiful redheaded Susan Clark). Still Valdez has a problem when RL tells Frank of Bob's friend's helping him and this act of betrayal proves once and for all that RL is a greedy lowlife simply desiring to be one of the guys. And I think there's nothing more important in writing than getting it right, the way people sound. Poe particularly relishes the cruelty and bitter triumph of the recognition scene in the latter. A succinct summary of this moment occurs in Sondheims Sweeney Todd when Judge Turpin realizes in whose barber chair he is seated with his throat exposed; both he and Todd have the same line, first the judge in astonished fear, Benjamin Barker!, then Sweeney, in triumph, Benjamin Barker!. Now its not just about justice for the woman: its also about his own honor and the need to turn this humiliation and defeat into victory. This is a great movie, one that deserves watching by anyone interested in the Western, and any Elmore Leonard fan. Parts of the movie reminded me of Point Blank and Payback. He isn't a nice villain. I havent seen a Western section in a new-book bookstore for some time, though they do occasionally show up in used book stores and sales. "My momma taught me to remove my hat and my cigar in the presence of a lady. I wont spoil the fun by giving away any more details. Gay's lover is Frank Tanner(Jon Cypher), the leader of a band of cutthroats who lead the crusade to take out the black man who was mistaken for being the one who killed Gay's husband. Two of essentially the most notable girls, who bore arms in opposition to the United States, have been Blanca Canales and Lolita Lebrn. The text on the photograph states it is of "Brig. Filmed in parts of southern Spain previously utilized by Sergio Leone, this is not a spaghetti western. once again hollyWOKE forces its politics into the story. He was shown from underneath, like a giant with a shotgun in each hand. Gen. Crook and Staff 7th Cavalry Troop A. Apache Territory 8 May 1883. Davis), Barton Heyman (El Segundo), Juanita Penaloza (Apache Woman), Werner Hassleman (Sheriff); Runtime: 90; MPAA Rating: PG-13; producer: Ira Steiner; MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.; 1971). Hombre? The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. He imbues natural dialog with rhythms that aren't found in nature, but which speak louder and more powerfully than nature. Afterward, Bob Valdez (Burt Lancaster of "Lawman") goes around trying to take up a collection for the African-American's widow. Director Edwin Sherin, working from an engrossing script by Roland Kibbee and David Rayfiel, brings a plausibly gritty aesthetic as well as a provocative moral complexity to this simple, yet strong and compelling tale of justice, principle, and revenge. Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Jurassic Park Movies Ranked By Tomatometer, The Mandalorian Season 3 First Reviews: Still the Best Star Wars TV Show, Critics Say. Cast & Crew Read More Edwin Sherin Director Burt Lancaster [Bob] Valdez Susan Clark Gay Erin Frank Silvera Diego [Luz] Jon Cypher Frank Tanner Moby-Dick. He automatically looked at him as a weak peasant instead of a great gunfighter and that theme works greatly here in this short and satisfying western. If you use material from this blog, please give proper credit to the author. Valdez Is Coming: A Novel Paperback - December 26, 2012 by Elmore Leonard (Author) 609 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle $13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook $0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover $35.87 6 Used from $35.87 Paperback $9.79 34 Used from $7.49 25 New from $9.59 Mass Market Paperback 9) Top 10 Thai BLs Terrific write-up, and Im happy to see that you enjoyed Valdez as any red-blooded reader properly should. Adapted from an Elmore Leonard novel (as was Martin Ritt's Hombre - a superior western with some similar themes). And then he thought, You should know when youre going to die. True Grit), or working hard to resist its temptations (e.g. Comments that are not civil or constructive will be deleted. They won't be able to see your review if you only submit your rating. 6) Crash Course in Romance Episode 9 Recap & Review. Thank you very much for the response! The action scenes are pretty good. 2) The Interest Of Love Episode 16 Recap, Review & Ending Explained. The desert-like terrain of this isolated region of Spain resembles the U.S. southwest and parts of Sonora, Mexico, though the vegetation is not the same. What kind of man is that? The theme of personal revenge was certainly strong in Western (in the broader sense of occidental) literature at one time, from medieval tales like The Nibelungenlied and Njals Saga to Elizabethan revenge tragedies. Valdez Is Coming is a 1971 American Western film directed by Edwin Sherin and starring Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Richard Jordan and Jon Cypher. What was wonderful was how well these writers captured the essence of Elmore Leonard: the clarity, the boiled-down-to-its-primary-ingredient precision, the humor to be found in the worst possible circumstances, the ability to flip a familiar phrase around to make it new and better. In the early 1970s Burt Lancaster would have been in his late fifties, but (unlike some of his contemporaries who had opted for more sedentary roles) was still keeping himself fit and active in action roles. Valdez Is Coming is a 1971 American Western film directed by Edwin Sherin and starring Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Richard Jordan and Jon Cypher. What ensues is a noble saga worthy of the former Indian scout and tracker. Tanner basically has proven that he lacks courage in front of his men, and he's not willing to risk his life to get Gay Erin back. The resulting confrontation was instigated by thoroughly nasty land baron Frank Tanner (Jon Cypher), who turns out to be a very bad guy indeed. "Valdez" was actor Jon Cyper"s big-screen debut. Here he plays a softly spoken (Mexican) constable, who is set up to kill an innocent man. But when Hendrix burst onto the '60s pop music scene, nobody even remotely resembled him, stylistically or otherwise. Tanner turns out to be a coward one-on-one. IMDb Life's full of coincidence, no? Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. Valdez is Coming is a strange Western with a simple enough premise taken to the extreme. When rancher Frank Tanner (Jon Cypher) hoodwinks local lawman Bob Valdez (Burt Lancaster) into shooting an innocent man, Valdez is remorseful and tries to take up a collection for the widow. Staying in the 19th century, and in English. If you're looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Weekly Recommendation Thread, Suggested Reading page, or ask in r/suggestmeabook. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. All rights reserved. western, outlaw, cowboy, shootout or gunfight western, cowboy, outlaw, wild or frontier violence, action, guns, cops or killing historical, epic, battle, historic or fought racism, african american, powerful, hatred or slavery This is not a spaghetti western!!! Are there anti-detective novels out there? The photograph of Valdez with the 7th Cavalry has a several errors. On top of this, the story is its own thing as it defies expectations left and right. They take the form of detective stories, but turn self-referential and obscure, like postmodernist fiction, if Im using that term correctly. Valdez is a low-key, obsequious sort until events force him to kill a man who was unjustly suspected of murder. The action is taut. He orders ranch hand El Segundo (Barton Heyman) and his men to tie Valdez to a heavy wooden cross and drive him into the desert. The mean behavior exhibited by crooked men who lived for wealth and prestige. Mexican-American lawman Burt Lancaster is forced to kill a wrongfully accused black man, during a circus-like standoff. Burt Lancaster gives a great, artistic and very reserved performance as a very tired, lonely man who looks unassuming but should just not be messed with. ", The film was filmed in southern Spain in locales used by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone in his European "spaghetti" Westerns. A former Apache hunter, who has lost his taste for violence, becomes embroiled in a running duel across a scorched, rugged terrain with a gang of gunrunnersall over a lousy 100 bucksand honorand a woman. If Frankensteins monster (with whom I strongly sympathize and identify like me, he loves Goethe!) Valdez himself is an interesting character: though he feels no ambivalence about his specific conflict with Tanner, he is less certain about his own role in life more generally, and the relationship he develops with Tanner's fiance Gay (whom he kidnaps as leverage) adds more nuances. This diverse list makes me think that revenge is about as helpful for explaining what a novel is about as marriage: perhaps the revenge plot, like the marriage plot, is primarily a structuring device that provides a framework in which other issues can be explored and possibly resolved. She's plain as adobe wall.". The proclamation, "Valdez is coming," is the beginning of the end for a cold-hearted American gunrunner who crosses the line when he humiliates a Mexican-American lawman (Burt Lancaster) in this raging action western. Blutig und spannend gehts hier zur Sache, wenn Banditen vom Rcken des. The grandeur of revenge might as well be the title of a doctoral dissertation on Western fiction, and maybe on the works of Elmore Leonard in particular. its the same stories as always except their forcing the heroes to be POC like burt lancaster. Its most certainly at the center of nearly everything in the genre whether characters are willingly giving themselves over to the gory release of it (e.g. Second, a Brigadier General would not have commanded a regiment (let alone a company or troop). In this movie, Valdez appears as a part-time shotgun rider on the Hatch & Hodges stagecoach. Elmore LeonardsValdez Is Coming is the second Western Ive read and the firstreal Western, since I gatherTrue Gritis properly considered more of an anti-Western, a self-conscious (if appreciative) tongue-in-cheek revision of Western tropes rather than a sincere instance of them. Screen legend Burt Lancaster plays Bob Valdez, an ageing Mexican-American lawman who is called upon to assist in the apprehension of a supposed murderer. Talk softly and carry a big gun -- a really big gun! By the end of the novel Valdez has killed over a dozen men, but even though by then things are more complicated than they seemed at first, theres no doubt that hes in the right, that we are rooting for him as he picks them off one by one in defense of himself but also of the code he cant quite articulate but follows without equivocation. Same as it ever was. Burt Lancaster shows he is an actor of such quality and class plus almost perfect as the quiet man; on a mission for bloody revenge. The dead manwho was black, which also entered into the issueleft an Indian woman, and Valdez wants $200 to get her back to the reservation. For some reason, friends that are fans of both Burt Lancaster and/or westerns have not seen this movie. That can be rectified with research, though, and for better and for worse it does seem more pulpy thanTrue Grit. Valdez Is Coming boldly recreates America's western frontier, a place where life was sometimes cheap. Wuthering Heights. Valdez wounds one of the henchmen and sends him back to Tanner with the message, "Valdez is coming." Robbie Burns <burnodo@usit.net> First of all, Crook, in 1883, was the head of the Department Of Arizona, not the 7th Cavalry. I was recently at our local Chapters, which is the largest chain bookstore in these parts, and they didnt even have a Western section. He finds an oasis blocked by two trees that he repeatedly tries to ram with the ends of the cross. That leaves Tanner to do his own dirty workif he can. Screen legend Burt Lancaster plays Bob Valdez, an ageing Mexican-American lawman who is called upon to assist in the apprehension of a supposed murderer. Fast & Furious 9 ending spoilers follow. Thinking further in the 19th century, Poes Hop-Frog and The Cask of Amontillado largely fit my idea of the revenge plot. Your email address will not be published. The town turns him down; too much money. It's a tale of the meek (not the weak) versus the arrogant. <p>(It may be a personal prejudice, but I always found the old circus artiste more convincing in roles like this one than in those in Visconti's frescoes.) 3) Hogwarts Legacy Game Review. The Secretary The Secretary, who calls. Your email address will not be published. Im surprised, really, how much fun I found Valdez Is Coming. The central pole is so long that Valdez must walk bent over. I suspect, though, that youre just calling your course premises into question with your concern over the novels racial (and, it might be added, sexual) language. Not sure this would happen today. The film is a blast to watch. "Within the first half-hour of the movie, Bob Valdez (Lancaster) is humiliated, called a greaser, shot at and mock-crucified, all because he wants to raise $200 from the white men responsible (along with himself) for the killing of a black freed-man, a murder-suspect later known to have been innocent. All Albuquerque's Billy Ray Valdez knows is that, since then, he's wanted to be a professional MMA fighter. He had no feeling in his left side, from his chest into his legs. When it comes to keeping the peace, former frontier sheriff. Valdez sneaks into the compound and, during the ensuing gun battle and his escape, kidnaps Tanner's woman, Gay Erin (Susan Clark), for whose favors it is rumored that Tanner had her husband killed. Press J to jump to the feed. Although I already feel as if these two might beenough Westerns for me, I thoroughly enjoyedValdez Is Coming, partly because it is so sincere, not to mention suspenseful. Yes, Shelleys creature is probably more sympathetic; we at least see and feel his wrongs. After killing an innocent man in self defence, Mexican-American lawman Bob Valdez(BURT LANCASTER)asks gunrunning rancher Frank Tanner(JON CYPHER),who instigated the chaos, to pay the dead man's wife compensation. Instead, a Regiment would have been commanded by a Colonel. I'm sorry I never got to meet him, to tell him how those lines in "The Tall T" inspired me in my own writing, to tell him how proud I was to be part of a show he was at the heart of. His adventures are solitary statements. Still, Icant imagine reading a lot of books like this not in a row, certainly. Bob Valdez (Burt Lancaster) is the principled Mexican-American constable, who despite being discriminated against and referred to as a greaser works for the local sheriff. Similarly, in their respective big-screen debuts, Hector Elizondo is good as Tanner's second-in-command, and Richard Jordan of "Raise the Titanic" has a supporting role. But the weapon smuggler Frank Tanner is greedy and impulsive. When setting up Hammett or Chandlerin my Mystery & Detective Fiction class, I always talk about frontier justice and the appeal of the vigilante, and alsoabout the idea of the hard-boiled hero as (quoting Robert B. Parker) the last gentleman: he belongs, Parker says. 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