A Wild West show entrepreneur leads his ragtag troupe on
one misadventure to another in hopes of gaining fame and
fortune. Clint Eastwood's BRONCO BILLY is a funny and
poignant depiction of one man's quixotic devotion to the
code of the Old West and traditional American values.
Billy (Eastwood) leads his ragtag crew of performers as
they travel the countryside, putting on their bare bones
Wild West show for sparse crowds.
Billy's not an easy man to work for, and he and his
bunch barely make a living, but they are pursuing their
dreams. When Antoinette Lily (Sondra Locke, in a somewhat
shrill performance), a snooty heiress abandoned by her
husband, joins the group, their luck seems to run out, and
Billy has to find a way to keep them together. As in THE
OUTLAW JOSIE WALES, Eastwood plays the patriarch of an
ethnically diverse makeshift family. It would be easy to
dismiss Billy, to laugh at his corny devotion to outmoded
values and old-fashioned entertainment. Like Eastwood
himself, Billy's not even a real cowboy. But, gradually,
the audience comes to admire him for his fierce devotion
to his crew and his insistence on showing the "li'l pards"
in his audience not just a good time but also a dream of
striving to live life as who they want to be.
Shot on location in Idaho.
Merle Haggard is the singer in the bar where the fight
breaks out.
Allison Eastwood, Clint's daughter, is one of the children
in the orphanage.
Walter Barnes, who plays the nasty Sheriff Dix, also
played the sheriff in Eastwood's HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER.
A guard at the asylum whistles the theme from EVERY WHICH
WAY BUT LOOSE while John Arlington (Geoffrey Lewis, who
also starred in that film with Eastwood) hangs from the
rain gutter!! |
- Attractive Retail Box
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Genre: Comedies, Adventure, Comedy,
On-The-Road, Cowboys, Showbiz
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Rating: PG (Canadian Home Video Rating)
- Starring:
Sam Bottoms, Scatman Crothers, Clint Eastwood,
Geoffrey Lewis, Sondra Locke
- Directed
By:
Clint Eastwood
- Release
Information:
- Studio: Warner Studios
- Theatrical Release Date: June 11, 1980
- DVD Release Date: September 2, 2003
- Run Time: 116 minutes
- Production Company: Warner Brothers
- Package Type: Snap Case
- Clint Eastwood Collection
- DVD Features:
- Encoding:
Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other
countries.
- Aspect Ratio(s):
- Widescreen anamorphic - 2.35:1
- Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
- Available
Audio Tracks:
- English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
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Language: English
- Subtitles: English and French
- Closed Captioned: Yes
- Bonus Features:
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Eastwood Profile/Filmography
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Interactive Features:
- Scene Access
- Interactive Menus
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