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Bronco Billy

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Bronco Billy (1980)

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Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 12  Rotten:3 Average Rating: 6.5/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers, Sam Bottoms

Director: Clint Eastwood
Producer: Neal Dobrofsky, Dennis Hackin

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 8, 2000

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Pan & Scan - 1.33
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Surround - English

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Access

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Filmographies - 1. Clint Eastwood - Star

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05/09/08
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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4/5

One of Clint Eastwood's most enjoyable films.

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04/09/07
Rob Gonsalves
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12/06/05
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07/16/05
Emanuel Levy
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An affectionate ode to the fading myth of the American West.

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05/03/05
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness
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Entertaining Eastwood, unusual subject matter.

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01/05/05
Steve Crum
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08/30/04
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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07/08/04
Jake Euker
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Bronco Billy depicts a genuine screen hero who incarnates the place that cowboys occupy in our slow moving dreams.

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01/29/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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06/18/03
James O'Ehley
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02/08/03
Josh Ralske
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11/12/02
Nicolas Lacroix
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07/30/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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This movie clearly means a whole lot to Clint Eastwood, and he does a darn good job of showing why.

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
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Eastwood, much like Burt Reynolds’ character in Boogie Nights, welcomes everyone into an unconventional but strangely warm environment.

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07/25/01
Ed Gonzalez
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If you can overlook the warm fuzzies of this film, it can be charming, lighthearted fun.

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01/01/00
John J. Puccio
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