Long before there was a grid to live off of, there were mountain men, and one of the most legendary was Jeremiah Johnson. When his Flathead wife was slain by a Crow brave, Johnson went on a vengeance spree, some claim killing and scalping as many as 300 Crows. And inspired by the Crow belief that the liver was necessary to enter the afterlife, he soon earned the sobriquet of Liver-Eating Johnson.
Originally intended for Lee Marvin, then Clint Eastwood, John Milius's script landed at Robert Redford's Wildwood Films at precisely the right moment: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid had proven Redford was a leading man and a convincing Westerner. And director Sydney Pollack had proven with The Scalphunters that he could direct powerful Westerns, on time and on budget. Although two other writers would later work on the script, nearly all of the important dialogue and scenes came from Milius's original draft.
With Warner Brothers on board, Redford was floored to learn that Pollack had agreed to shoot not in Utah, Redford's and Johnson's home, but in Spain, plus the Warner's backlot. Redford refused, and refused Lake Arrowhead, threatening to become "ill" if necessary. When the studio insisted they couldn't make the film in Utah for the $4 million budget, Redford guaranteed that he and Pollack would make up for any overages-a complete shock to Pollack. Happily, it came in on time and under budget.
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Three for the Road The Bird Cage, the Butterfield and the Bunch
Three Western legends receive their due, a biography of an outlaw, a new look at La Frontera and a new biography of a Great Plains river.
The Frontier Characters of South Dakota
Calamity Jane, Wild Bill and George Custer roamed the Black Hills.
Kris Kristofferson-A Texan at Oxford
The scholar, songwriter, pilot also acted in dozens of Westerns.
BLACK GOLD ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER
The land Spanish explorers called \"Colorado\" was an untamed wilderness in the mid-nineteenth century. Yet following close on the heels of western trailblazers came pioneers of a different sort determined to tame the Wild West.
Earp, Cowboy Songs & Prairie Hygiene
Marshall Trimble, Arizona's official historian and the beloved, now-retired writer of Ask The Marshall, has shared countless stories over the years.
FRONTIER COLOSSUS
A LOOK BACK AT THE LEGENDARY TEXAS COWBOY WHO TRANSFORMED THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST
The Kindled Flame 1835
A LONG ROAD TO THE BATTLE AT THE ALAMO
King of the Scatterguns
The single best and most economical arm for hunting and defense in the Wild West was the double-barreled shotgun.
A Gut Punch Turns into a Miracle Reprieve
A dedicated father/daughter team is restoring a historic New Mexico treasure.
The Bowie Knife
The Bowie knife is an iconic symbol of American toughness and independence. Yet, its true origins are often misunderstood.
