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1 January 1972 (USA) morePlot:
After losing eight years to prison, cowboy J. W. Coop is released to return to life as a professional rodeo cowboy in the 60's... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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COOP? How do you spell that? moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Cliff Robertson | ... | J.W. Coop | |
| Geraldine Page | ... | Mama | |
| Cristina Ferrare | ... | Bean | |
| R.G. Armstrong | ... | Jim Sawyer | |
| R.L. Armstrong | ... | Tooter Watson | |
| John Crawford | ... | Rancher | |
| Wade Crosby | ... | Billy Sol Gibbs | |
| Marjorie Durant | ... | Big Marge (as Marjorie Durant Dye) | |
| Paul Harper | ... | Warden Morgan | |
| Son Hooker | ... | Motorcycle Cop | |
| Richard Kennedy | ... | Sheriff | |
| Bruce Kirby | ... | Diesel Tanker Driver | |
| Larry Mahan | ... | Himself | |
| Mary-Robin Redd | ... | Bonnie May | |
| Dennis Reiners | ... | Billy Hawkins |
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Rated PG-13 for some sensuality, language and brief violence.Parents Guide:
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Growing up in the Mid_West, the concept of `art' film was quite foreign to me in 1971. The first time I saw J.W. Coop, it struck me like a thunderbolt. Lots of ambin' around, reaction shots, quiet confidence, pseudo-documentary style, unspoken sub text WOW.
A labor love for Cliff Robertson, JW COOP is an indie-like movie developed in the 1970's studio system, where titles like POSEIDON ADVENTURE and TOWERING INFERNO were the only things that made sense at the time.
As a result, studio-type compromises are evident throughout--Christina Ferrare is atrocious as the hippie-chick who interjects JW's dust covered mind-set to the present. I'm certain the original script-by Gary Cartwright and the ingenious Bud Shrake was likely funnier and edgier.
What's left is still engaging, and the rest of the supporting cast is solid, the story interesting--spiced with wonderful little vignettes throughout. I highly recommend.