The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979) (TV)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Burt Kennedy

Writer:

William Bowers (written by)

Release Date:

9 May 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Western | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

James West And Artemus Gordon Return!

Plot:

In the year 1885. after years of retirement West is called in from his Mexican home, and Gordon is taken...

Plot Keywords:

Retirement | Bomb | Russia | Mad Scientist | Train

Cast

Robert Conrad	...	Jim West
Ross Martin	...	Artemus Gordon
Paul Williams	...	Michelito
Harry Morgan	...	Robert T. Malone
Rene Auberjonois	...	Capt. Sir David Edney
Jo Ann Harris	...	Carmelita
Trisha Noble	...	Penelope
Jeff MacKay	...	Hugo Kaufman
Susan Blu	...	Gabrielle
Pavla Ustinov	...	Nadia
Robert Shields	...	Alan (Miguelito's $600 bionic man)
Lorene Yarnell	...	Sonia (Miguelito's $600 bionic woman)
Wilford Brimley	...	President Grover Cleveland (as Wilford A. Brimley)
Ted Hartley	...	Tsar Nicholas of Russia
Skip Homeier	...	Joseph (Malone's assistant)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

Cameo: [Red West]The original stuntman from '"Wild Wild West, The" (1965)' and close friend of 'Robert Conrad' is at the bar when Jim and Artemus come to the saloon and grab one man at the table after he tries to grab one of the girls.

Quotes:

James T. West: Junior, you're crazier than your father ever was.
Dr. Miguelito Loveless, Jr: Did it ever occur to you that my father was, and I am, completely sane and the two of you and the rest of the world are mentally deficient?
James T. West: No, that never occurred to me... Did it ever occur to you, Artie?
Atremus Gordon: Never.
Dr. Miguelito Loveless, Jr: Did it ever occur to you that my father was normal-sized and the two of you might be throwbacks to cavemen types?
Atremus Gordon: Now *that* occurred to me.

Movie Connections:

Followed by More Wild Wild West (1980) (TV)

Pro's & Con's

I was so excited when my ebay search found this video and then even more excited when I won it on the auction. I was really surprised when no one else bided on this video since I know that there are so many fans of this program. I never even new that this video originally existed till I surfed the web on The WWW sites. I still want to find the other video "More of The WWW." Now my thoughts on the video WWW Revisited. It was great to see them in action again. They looked great. Even though the production wasn't quite as good as the original TV series a little hammed up. Of course all reunion shows are never as good as the original. It was still very entertaining to see my heroes from my child hood back in action. I will say this. The start of the video about where Jim and Artie were in there retirement could not have been more perfect. It just seemed so natural that Artie would be traveling in a side show being that he was so dramatic and so able to act like so many different characters. And where else would Jim be but kicked back with beautiful women taking care of him. The producer/director must have let them write this part of the script, cause it seemed so "them." Now I want to know from someone what the hell happen when they were making this movie. And what idiot and how know one did anything to catch and change the script CAUSE JIM WEST WAS KNOWN FOR ALL HIS GADGETS. Jim West did not use any of his gadgets in this movie. Oh it showed him checking out a couple of tricks in the train but what were they thinking when they made this movie. No heel on the boot gadget, knife in the toe of the boot, gun up his sleeve, no nothing. What's up with this, blows my mind.