Wagons East (1994)

In the 1860's Wild West, when a ragged bunch of misfit settlers decide they cannot stand living in their current situation, they hire a grizzled cowboy to take them on a journey back to their hometowns east.

Director:

Peter Markle

Writers:

Matthew Carlson (screenplay), Jerry Abrahamson (story)

Stars:

Joe Bays, Abraham Benrubi, Jill Boyd

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joe Bays	...	River Townsman
Abraham Benrubi	...	Abe Ferguson (as Abe Benrubi)
Jill Boyd	...	Prudence Taylor
John Candy	...	James Harlow
Douglas Carlson	...	Bar Patron
Melinda Culea	...	Constance Taylor
Ryan Cutrona	...	Tom
Bud Davis	...	Desperado Leader
Billy Daydoge	...	Elder (as Bill Daydodge)
Thomas F. Duffy	...	Clayton Ferguson
David Dunard	...	Harry Bob Ferguson
Steve Eastin	...	Bartender
Roger Eschbacher	...	Reporter
Rodney A. Grant	...	Little Feather
Stuart Proud Eagle Grant	...	White Cloud (as Stuart Grant)

Storyline

In the 1860's Wild West, when a ragged bunch of misfit settlers decide they cannot stand living in their current situation, they hire a grizzled cowboy to take them on a journey back to their hometowns east.

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Plot Keywords:

bartender | horse | box office flop | river crossing | u.s. cavalry | 

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Taglines:

They came, they saw, they changed their minds.

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for off-color humor

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 August 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Apo pou pane gia tin Agria Dysi parakalo?

Filming Locations:

Condado De Chavez, Durango, Mexico

Box Office

Gross:

$4,358,940 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Carolco Pictures, Goodman/Rosen Productions, Outlaw Productions (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Candy died during filming. His few remaining scenes were either not filmed, or were filmed using a stand-in, then re-written not to involve him. His second bar sequence re-uses footage from his earlier bar sequence.

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Goofs

After Harlow wins the fight with the General, Belle puts Harlow's hat back on his head. When the camera angle changes, she is still holding Harlow's hat.

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Quotes

Ben Wheeler: But leaving would be like giving up.
Phil Taylor: That's exactly what it would be, Ben - giving up! So let's just give up. Let's get out of here. Let's get ourselves a wagon master and go home. Let's go east. What do you say?
Bartender: I say you're a bunch of gutless lily-livered, yellow-belly eastern sissies. All you've done since you got here was whine and complain. Now why don't you go back and leave the west to the real men?
Julian Rogers: Well, actually, I could have the books on the wagon really quickly. And the cappucino ...

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Connections

Featured in Showbiz Today: Episode dated 24 August 1994 (1994)

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Soundtracks

"Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries"
Music by Richard Wagner

User Reviews

Better than they say, really....

B'leve it or not, most people said this was a sad, sad, movie. Well, I'm here to tell ya I really liked it.

My former teacher reccomended it to my mother....she said she thought I would like it.... so my Mom brought it home, ostensibly for my little sister, and I watched it that night while everyone else was gone, because I really like John Candy and I recently fell in love with Richard Lewis (in "Once Upon a Crime" believe me it doesn't happen often) Anyway, I wasn't particularly expecting a funny movie, but I liked the premise, and then it started and I about died laughing. Candy is distinctly uncomfortable during it, something understandable, and the movie definitely pulls no punches. But even so, all the actors had such great comic presence.... I'm not usually a laugh out loud person, and so the only parts I laughed at was the revelation of Harlow's secret (I';m no snitch, I won't tell you what it is) and ensuing conversation, and the Big Tough General Larchmont asking for a bedtime story, and Lewis's conversation with his kids....amounting to the sort of things that would go on in a regular, modern-day car ride when you have a son and a daughter. But the biggest surprise: Lewis himself. Here we have a guy with a big chin and buggy eyes, who always appears as himself, constantly has shoulder-length greasy hair, and one of the oddest smiles since the days of Chico Marx.... and here we have me, laughing at him. Go figure. I love Chico Marx too.