Paint Your Wagon

Year: 1969

Size/Type: UK Quad / Single Sided / (30" x 40")

Country of Origin: UK

Condition: Very Fine minus; originally folded

Director: Joshue Grogan

Actor/Actress: Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, Ray Walston, Harve Presnell, Alan Dexter, Tom Ligon, William O'Connell, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band,

Comments: No expense was spared by Paramount in assembling the behind-camera talent. Lerner and Loewe's successful stage show was beefed up by Andre Previn's compositions and Nelson Riddle's arrangements, and a script by Paddy Chayefsky. If Clint and Lee aren't exactly Mario Lanza and Tito Gobbi, they are good enough. Clint sings timidly but tunefully ("I Talk To The Trees", "Gold Fever") and Marvin's growly "Wandering Star" was a big chart success back in 1969. The songs are strong, the lyrics clever and the choreography slick and busy. At two and three-quarter hours, the film is rather too long, but it contains plenty of interesting things, including some excellent comedy.