Lee thompson, starring an ensemble cast featuring gregory peck, omar sharif, telly savalas, te. Publication date 19690101 topics gregory peck, omar sharif language english. Columbia pictures presents huge tale of gold and greed. Mackennas gold british board of film classification.
Gregory peck, telly savalas, omar sharif, ted cassidy, julie newmar, camilla sparv, and keenan wynn in mackennas gold 1969. Mackennas gold is based on the novel of the same name by heck allen using the pen. Peck, gregory 19162003, movie actor american national. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Headlining is 1969 western score for carl foremans mackennas gold. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. It was photographed in super panavision 70 and technicolor by joseph macdonald, with original music by quincy jones mackenna s gold is based on the novel of the same name by heck. The fact that a young george lucas would be on location in utah during the shooting of part of mackenna s gold documenting the making of the film as part of his student studies for usc would forever link the 1969 western to the stories lucas would write later for his indiana jones series of actionadventures. In many ways its a success action all the way, outstanding locations, often excellent cinematography, firstrate musical score, some fine performances and yet it falls short of 5 stars. Attempting to do for westerns what his guns of navarone had done for world war ii action epics, director j. I walk the line 1970, shoot out 1971, and billy two hats 1974 continued the descent.
The plot from will henrys novel mckennas gold is good, the acting adequate. Cut versions one or more versions of this work have been cut. Later explaining his name eldred, which he disliked, peck commented that his mother, looking for something different, picked my name from a phone. Mackennas gold 1969 planned by columbia pictures and producerwriter carl foreman as an allstar western extravaganza, to be shot in 70mm super panavision and slated to run an epic three hours, mackennas gold 1969 was reeled in by the nervous studio, cut down at the last minute to just over two hours, and exhibited mostly in standard 35mm widescreen. The film tells the story of mackenna, played by gregory peck. Lee thompson cast includes gregory peck, omar sharif, telly savalas, camilla sparv, keenan wynn, lee j. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Watch mackennas gold online stream full movie directv. Mackennas gold is a 1969 american western film directed by j. According to legend, gold is hidden in the canon del oro, guarded by the apache spirits. To my knowledge, mackennas gold in super panavision 70 has not been. In the harsh and unforgiving landscape of 1870s arizona, marshal mackenna is taken hostage by john colorado, a ruthless mexican outlaw, who believes that the stoic sheriff has memorised a map which leads to the fabled canyon of gold, the canon del oro. Apaches, townsfolk, a mexican bandit omar sharif and the cavalry follow a sheriff gregory peck to a mythical canyon of gold. Planned by columbia pictures and producerwriter carl foreman as an allstar western extravaganza, to be shot in 70mm super panavision and slated to run an epic three hours, mackenna s gold 1969 was reeled in by the nervous studio, cut down at the last minute to just over two hours, and exhibited mostly in standard 35mm widescreen.
A bandit kidnaps a marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed. Identifier mackennasgold scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. Where to watch mackennas gold full movie download best. Gregory peck, telly savalas, omar sharif, ted cassidy, julie newmar, camilla sparv, and keenan wynn in mackenna s gold 1969. Heck allen novel as will henry, carl foreman screenplay. He tracks traheane for weeks down endless stretches of black top and numerous dead end bars, almost entering a dream like state, before finally finding him.
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It s available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Entrusted with the secret location of the fabled lost canyon of gold by a. In the book, there is no band of apaches who enter the gold canyon while mackenna is there. Multiple links are listed since a different versions exist and b many scripts posted become unavailable over time. And the white girl helps out mackenna much more during his fight with hachita in the movie, the final fight is with colorado. Years later, marshall mackenna is ambushed by a blind indian whom he shoots in selfdefense and then finds a map. Mexican bandit colorado omar sharif wants the gold for himself, and the local preacher.
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