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Paint Your Wagon

1969 · 164 min

A rambling, boisterous musical comedy that mixes rough-and-tumble frontier antics with surprisingly tender moments and catchy tunes.

Directed by
Joshua Logan
Genres
Comedy, Western, Music
Tagline
Stake Your Claim To The Musical Goldmine of '69!
Overview
A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boom town. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. They even find time to do some creative gold mining.

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Directed by
Joshua Logan
Genres
Comedy, Western, Music
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • friendship
  • family
  • freedom
  • greed
Places
  • small town
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour6
Realism4
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, western, music
Directed by
Joshua Logan
Written by
Alan Jay Lerner
Starring
Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, Ray Walston, Harve Presnell, Tom Ligon, Alan Dexter, Terry Jenkins
Music
Nelson Riddle
Cinematography
William A. Fraker
Runtime
164 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, German

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