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Burt Kennedy’s comic western couldn’t decide if it was slapstick or satire but the inherent appeal of James Garner grinning his way through his role as a reluctant gunslinger made this 1969 release an eventual hit (it stalled at the box office till Garner arranged an extra week in theaters). The movie gallops by with help from such reliable cowpokes as Walter Brennan, Jack Elam, and Bruce Dern.
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About Michael Schlesinger
Michael Schlesinger was widely acknowledged as the dean of classic film distributors, having worked for more than 25 years at MGM, Paramount and Sony, keeping hundreds of vintage movies in theatrical release (and later DVD), and instigating the restoration of many more, including the completion of Orson Welles' 1942 documentary It's All True some 50 years later. Behind the camera, he wrote and produced the American version of Godzilla 2000, co-produced such Larry Blamire parodies as The Lost Skeleton Returns Again and Dark and Stormy Night, and has written, produced and directed several short films featuring the faux-1930s comedy team of Biffle and Shooster. No power on Earth would have ever convinced him that It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World was not the Greatest. Movie. Ever. Sadly, Michael passed away on the morning of January 9, 2025.