Some great stuff there! My favorite: Eli Wallach as Calvera and as Tuco Ramirez. Unforgettable! He's the ultimate Mexican bandit of all time.

@Mrfairchap

3 ай бұрын

Agree 100%. Nobody beats Wallach as the sinister, jovial but menacing bandido.

@DavidNefelimSlayer

2 ай бұрын

Excellent actor. I believe he learned to ride a horse on set. He added the neck lanyard to gunslinger vernacular.

@celebmukupe7131

19 күн бұрын

Very difficult to hate him!

One can learn a lot about how to make a movie scene by watching this.😃

Amazing how the train stopped exactly at the horse ramp!

@asphaltmilkshake4596

3 ай бұрын

Got it going again right quick too.

@Itsisawnotiseen

3 ай бұрын

Luck.

@thepandeslar8062

3 ай бұрын

Skill . . .

@TrevorDennis100

3 ай бұрын

All the times I've watched that movie, I never noticed that before.

@davidbamford9284

Ай бұрын

You are all wet Dreamers

Thank you for sharing with us!

YOu left out the best one , Once Upon a Time in the West

@NimrodScott

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely, true!

@claytonmoore6198

3 ай бұрын

You brought two too many

@lenpey

3 ай бұрын

Yeah....that opening is epic.

@jonathonjubb6626

3 ай бұрын

I would have left the same comment! ... But you beat me to it..

@waltergiles2110

3 ай бұрын

He's right you know😊

yes ,great scenes ,iconic stuff , another era etc

Clint Eastwood the greatest ever man what a legend period

GREAT stuff! Thank you!

That was fun. Lee Van Cleef. Those eyes. Fun seeing Eastwood and Wallach so young. And the Quaid brothers, too.

Strong believer in Lee van Cleef!!

Once upon a time in the west has the best opening scene and My name is nobody has got a great one, too.

@abfutrell

3 ай бұрын

That harmonica sets the tone so quickly.

@Mdebacle

3 ай бұрын

That guy on the left in GB&U was also at the start of Once Upon a Time. It was a superb beginning.

@Daneelro

3 ай бұрын

@@Mdebacle That guy was Al Mulock, who sadly committed suicide by jumping off his hotel balcony in Spain right after the filming of that iconic opening scene.

@tamasdusek2879

3 ай бұрын

absolutely right

@wernervannuffel2608

2 ай бұрын

Yeah... My Name is Nobody is epic too... with that barber shop opening until Terence Hill catch that fish with a stick watched from distance by Henry Fonda... (and with that top music score of Ennio Morricone)... and until that explosion... There I would stop my clip 😉

Music and sound are often overlooked. They are so important.

Love the western ❤❤ movie 🍿

Iconic iconic iconic!!!

yeah...a miss on best of them all. Once upon A Time in the West... the ultimate iconic western opening scene. And had the greatest of all western quotes. Bronson ruled.. you bought two too many...

Lee Van Cleef hat is beautiful! I want it!

@TransparencyandMerit

Ай бұрын

Perhaps you can try and take it

MGM , Bond, James Bond central. 🤗 I know it’s not an MGM, but Silverado’s opening was fabulous (Columbia Pictures). Scott Glen does all the killing inside the shack and opens the door to that canyon vista. Great camera work. 😊

@generybarczyk6993

3 ай бұрын

Agreed. In spades. That's Lawrence Kasdan producing and directing. and writing with his brother, Mark.

@DavidNefelimSlayer

2 ай бұрын

Great cast great movie

@davidfitchet432

2 ай бұрын

For years, "The Magnificent Seven" (1960) was my favorite western. Until I saw "Silverado". That is now my favorite western with "Seven" second place.

@stephenmudiecastles.2938

2 ай бұрын

100% one of the best.

Lee Van Cliff has coolest face in the western movies

"When it's time to shoot, shoot don't talk" -Tuco the Rat

@seifazghandi1228

3 ай бұрын

Tuco îs UNK-nown.

The Magnificent Seven intro: *"I'll be back!"* Who knew the terminator wasn't its author? But Arnold really did that line justice!

5:59 Bronson looked dangerous without even trying

@playingdominoes

2 ай бұрын

And quite pretty in those tights

lee van cleef is the best thing that ever happened to Clint Eastwood those eyes and that stare he was a great actor

@kzmaven7478

Ай бұрын

"I did get off - thanks". Classic LVC

0:33 Before the word *makeup* was ever used in a Western, the original title was *The Good, the Bad* 😂

Tuco! Angel eyes, and Blondie

@lavern007

3 ай бұрын

Colonel Mortimer.

@celebmukupe7131

3 ай бұрын

Colonel Douglas Mortimer.... A brave man...

@davidcook306

3 ай бұрын

@@celebmukupe7131 are you thirsty Blondie? Do you need some water?😭

I was waiting for Once Upon a Time in the West...

@ianpalmer4840

3 ай бұрын

Me too !!

@MrOgdenc66

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, this list fails without it.

@joshpritt2146

3 ай бұрын

Thats from Paramount

By far the best opening scene in a western was in The Searchers. John Wayne rides alone to the home he couldn't live in, with the beautiful Lorena score by Max Steiner, and shots in the distance of Monument Valley---all shot from inside the home of his brother and his long-ago love. The whole shot was framed in the doorway as his long-ago love opens the door. He rides in alone. And, then at the end of the film, he rides away alone, also framed in the doorway.

"Long Riders" had a great hook. The Keaches, Quaids, and Carradines as the Jameses, Youngers, and Millers

@johnloving9401

Ай бұрын

Wrong order - Carradines were the Youngers. Sadly, Beau and the great Jeff Bridges had to decline the roles of the Ford brothers; played instead by Christopher and Nicholas Guest.

Epic wide angle camera frame❤❤❤

Once upon a time in the west has the best opening scene!

Fistful of dollars has left the chat

'I'll be back !' .... The Magnificent Seven. Who knew .... ??!!

@yiddys1556

3 ай бұрын

Searched for this comment! Great find, isn't it? Who knew the terminator wasn't it's author? But Arnold really did that line justice!

Tuco is a legend, the only bad guy that everybody loves...................except Angel Eyes of course!

Happy 100th anniversary, mgm!

@jamieimai9328

4 ай бұрын

Here’s to another 100 years!

@Bucky749

4 ай бұрын

@@jamieimai9328keep up the amazing and great work & keep on roaring, yeah! Happy birthday!

Iconic Western is the goodest western on MGM

12:23 "And you've got a bill of sale to prove it little buddy!"

"I KNOW WE TOOK IT ANYWAY!" 😂😂😂😂

Longriders was a great movie!

4:19 Depth Charge - Bounty Killer

I found out I really like old westerns.

the Long Riders was unique because of the brothers involved ... Quaids , Carradine ,etc...

"For a few Dollars More"... it's not as if the stops are many. I can't believe ANY train would pass any station without stopping.

So, by now you must know that ELY Wallick is (was) also TUCO in the GB&U. Si. I met him while living on 58th street in NYC. I told him how much I loved his Mexican persona and he said they wanted to make a sequel of the GB&U. And I added, no can due because Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleff) had passed on.

@TY-kc3st

3 ай бұрын

There is a Mexican restaurant called Tucos in Sudbury Ontario with a big mural of his face. That character made a lasting impression on many, it seems.

@Fedora5957

3 ай бұрын

Gracias por la informacciones amigo.@@TY-kc3st

"Once Upon A Time In The West". Maybe too long for this. Then the ones shown here. Charles Bronson is my favourite.

Yep, Silverado

Yeah Eli Wallach has got to be like the best bad guys in Indian Western band my favorite anyway

The sad and lonely demise of Rowdy Yates😢!

Blazing Saddles

Where is the opening scene for "The Searchers"?

Nearly

The best movie of the bunch, most people have never heard of; "Chato's Land" with Charles Bronson and just about every other great actor from the day. They messed with Charles Bronson and you don't mess with Charles Bronson.

You and I define "iconic" differently.

@dallisb1047

3 ай бұрын

To each his own. But I have the same opinion on most lists.

@TheBatugan77

2 ай бұрын

My opinion counts.

RIP Clint Eastwood. What an amazing career. Edit: inaccurate. I was taken in by a false report. His amazing career continues

@henrybierman8431

3 ай бұрын

hes still alive though

@lesmoore3638

3 ай бұрын

​​@@henrybierman8431 I'm so glad to hear that. I was taken in by and false report. I've edited my comment thank you very much

@BigT2664

2 ай бұрын

Still going strong in Feb 2024... His long time stunt double passed away a few months ago though... he was 92.

@lesmoore3638

2 ай бұрын

​@@BigT2664My bad. I fell prey to a false report.

Funny that locomotive looks very European, Italian, maybe. Great movie.

@Daneelro

3 ай бұрын

Spanish. Sergio Leone filmed most of the scenes of his iconic westerns there.

My mule thinks your laughing at him,so if you apologize......

I understand that this video was about great opening scenes, and they are. However, for me, as good as the opening scene in "The Magnificent Seven" is, as it establishes the villainy of Calvera, but, for me, one of the stand out scenes in the film is when Brynner and McQueen's characters take the coffin up to Boot Hill.

@TheBatugan77

2 ай бұрын

But this video is about opening scenes.

@davidfitchet432

2 ай бұрын

@@TheBatugan77 And I addressed that. I was just mentioning a favorite scene of mine.

Lee van Cleef csak ennyit szólt hej, hej hejhej!

The wild bunch

You got to give extreme credit to the editor. Back then youu only had one chance

Silverado and Big Jake!

I live in Italy and these guys look like my neighbors.

The greatest beginning and ending in westerns are the set piece acts of violence in The Wild Bunch

👍

Many more missing... decent collage tho...I did like sabata being put in.

the first major defeat of the Japanese in WWII was well before the marines had left the US. Australian soldiers gained that honour when they stopped, then drove the Japanese army back across the mountainous Owen Stanley Ranges in New Guinea

3:57 the guard boards an isolated car - where's he gonna go?

Anyone who's ever been to Tucamcari, NM (TooCumCarry), can see through the train car's window that they are nowhere near that frontier town.

The opening scene from the Wild Bunch should have been here much better than the The Long Riders

@lancecahill5486

2 ай бұрын

Agreed 100%

Loved this! Forget Taylor Swift, Listen to Condition of the Heart by Prince to hear of Clara Bow ;-)

+Silverado

12:00 why is the skipper in a wetsern movie

I will assume that Once Upon a Time in the West was too good for this list, and had its own video.

Ah! To bad Hang’m high could not of continued

High Plains Drifter

Si super mgmayer

Nice to see Quigley Down Under getting some respect. But Tombstone and Once Upon a Time in the West were both snubbed!

The Wild Bunch

@joshpritt2146

3 ай бұрын

That's from Warner Bros.

What name of this films???

@carteranderson8194

4 ай бұрын

It says at the bottom

Yeah! Back when Hollywood made movies the people wanted to see. So unlike HollyWOKE does now!

Any compilation of "iconic" opening scenes for Westerns that doesn't include Silverado is second rate.

@vickyanddanforever

2 ай бұрын

A movie that was so bad that at times the audience was laughing----at it.

Death Rides a Horse had a good opening scene 2

Why is Quigley Down Under on here? The title pretty much speaks for itself. It is not Quigley Out West.

@BluesmanDizzy

Ай бұрын

One of the best westerns ever, no matter the setting .

@FishHeadSalad

Ай бұрын

@@BluesmanDizzy Even westerns made in Italy are supposed to be happening in the old west of the US and sometimes Mexico or some disputed territory in between, but never Australia. Don't get me wrong, I thought the movie was good but as Quigley states at the end of the film... "This ain't Dodge City and you ain't Bill Kickok" ...insinuated that Australia is not the wild west of the United States. The American Film Institute defines Western films as those "set in the American West that [embody] the spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier" ...

@BluesmanDizzy

Ай бұрын

@@FishHeadSalad I saw that coming from miles away, haha. Agreed, if we go by the book, you are right. But I can't shake the western feel Selleck puts into it. Would have loved to see him do a sequel on American soil. 😉

@FishHeadSalad

Ай бұрын

@@BluesmanDizzy I can't argue that! A sequel was in order.

'What,no duck you sucker*?*

Same set used in tombstone

Well. I'm glad to see that people used washing machines and went to the dry cleaners back in the wild west days. Wouldn't want anyone to be walking around with dirty clothes and boots now would we. 😂

Once Upon A Time In The West was released by Paramount.

High plains drifter too

@markohio5517

2 ай бұрын

Or pale rider

...everyone is angry and it seems like life wasn't happy

Cahill US Marshal had good opening scene 2

talk about dueling eyebrows!

Once upon a time in the west shouldn't even be considered a western

Silverado opening scene far superior to half those.

Can we call some thing other than iconic please. There are 250 000 words to choose from , not just 1 (one).

They shouldnt have messed with Jed

Silverado would have been a great choice.

Pointless collection if it doesn't include "Once upon a time in the West"

why do bad guys wear thick winter coats in the desert

What about The Wild Bunch?

This is the way Spaghetti Wood wants people to see history and the world. These films were chances for many actors to start a career. And the world got dumber with every film.

Well those were not opening scenes.

This train will stop at Tucomcarri