Zachariah (1971)Two gunfighters separate and experience surreal visions on their journey through the west. Director:George Englund |
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Zachariah (1971)Two gunfighters separate and experience surreal visions on their journey through the west. Director:George Englund |
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Zachariah
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Patricia Quinn | ... |
Belle Starr
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| Don Johnson | ... |
Matthew
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Country Joe and the Fish | ... |
The Crackers
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Elvin Jones | ... |
Job Cain
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Doug Kershaw | ... |
The Fiddler
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William Challee | ... |
Old Man
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Robert Ball | ... |
Stage Manager
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| Dick Van Patten | ... |
The Dude
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James Gang | ... |
Job Cain's Band
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White Lightnin' | ... |
Old Man's Band
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The New York Rock Ensemble | ... |
Belle Starr's Band
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Gunfights and electric guitars in the Old West? You bet! Zachariah gets a mail order gun, practices a little, and kills a man in the local saloon. He and his friend Matthew set out to become gunfighters, joining with the Crackers, a rock band who are also (pitifully inept) stage robbers. Having quickly outgrown that gang, Zachariah and Matthew set out to become bigtime gunslingers. Before long, they part company and a rivalry grows between them. Written by George S. Davis <mgeorges@prodigy.net>
Firesign Theatre has distanced themselves from the film, having spoken of a script they wrote for a comic western "that was never made." But this is a quirky little coming-of-age tale some years BEFORE "Blazing Saddles" that has a lot of fun trying to cram rock and roll, dope and westerns into the same screen. Uneven, certainly, but with a number of rewards. Sort of like a Firesign Theatre album.