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Paint Your Wagon

  • 1969
  • PG-13
  • 2h 44m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
14K
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Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, and Jean Seberg in Paint Your Wagon (1969)
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Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town.Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town.Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town.

  • Director
    • Joshua Logan
  • Writers
    • Alan Jay Lerner
    • Paddy Chayefsky
  • Stars
    • Lee Marvin
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Jean Seberg
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    14K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joshua Logan
    • Writers
      • Alan Jay Lerner
      • Paddy Chayefsky
    • Stars
      • Lee Marvin
      • Clint Eastwood
      • Jean Seberg
    • 140User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
    • 50Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Paint Your Wagon
    Trailer 1:07
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    Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin in Paint Your Wagon (1969)
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    Clint Eastwood in Paint Your Wagon (1969)
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    "Paint Your Wagon" Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood, 1969 Paramount
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    Lee Marvin
    Lee Marvin
    • Ben Rumson
    Clint Eastwood
    Clint Eastwood
    • Pardner
    Jean Seberg
    Jean Seberg
    • Elizabeth
    Harve Presnell
    Harve Presnell
    • Rotten Luck Willie
    Ray Walston
    Ray Walston
    • Mad Jack Duncan
    Tom Ligon
    Tom Ligon
    • Horton Fenty
    Alan Dexter
    Alan Dexter
    • Parson
    William O'Connell
    William O'Connell
    • Horace Tabor
    Benny Baker
    Benny Baker
    • Haywood Holbrook
    • (as Ben Baker)
    Alan Baxter
    Alan Baxter
    • Mr. Fenty
    Paula Trueman
    Paula Trueman
    • Mrs. Fenty
    Robert Easton
    Robert Easton
    • Atwell
    Geoffrey Norman
    • Foster
    H.B. Haggerty
    H.B. Haggerty
    • Steve Bull
    Terry Jenkins
    • Joe Mooney
    Karl Bruck
    Karl Bruck
    • Schermerhorn
    John Mitchum
    John Mitchum
    • Jacob Woodling
    Sue Casey
    • Sarah Woodling
    • Director
      • Joshua Logan
    • Writers
      • Alan Jay Lerner
      • Paddy Chayefsky
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Lee Marvin drank real alcohol throughout the production, even though director Joshua Logan fought him about it. In most movies, the actors and actresses drink tea for whiskey and water for vodka. Marvin would only work if he got real liquor.
    • Goofs
      Soon after Ben, Pardner, and Mad Jack open their secret "gold mine" underneath No Name City, a young farmer is recruited to help dig. To emphasize the need for secrecy, Mad Jack threatens to shove a stick of dynamite in the farmer's mouth if he blabs. The film is set in 1849 or 1850, before California becomes a state. Dynamite wasn't yet invented (it was patented by Alfred Nobel in 1867).
    • Quotes

      Mrs. Fenty: You should read the Bible, Mr. Rumson.

      Ben Rumson: I have read the Bible, Mrs. Fenty.

      Mrs. Fenty: Didn't that discourage you about drinking?

      Ben Rumson: No, but it sure killed my appetite for readin'!

    • Crazy credits
      After the end credits and the Paramount logo, the screen goes black and a closing medley of the songs is heard for several minutes.
    • Alternate versions
      On its release to what were then called "neighborhood theatres" (i.e. theatres which showed films that had ended their first runs downtown), the film's running time was shortened by having three songs eliminated, "I Still See Elisa", "The First Thing You Know", and "Gold Fever". This left both Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood with only one solo song each. The film was restored to its original length for its first television showing, and has remained that way ever since.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      I'm On My Way
      (Main Title)

      Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner

      Music by Frederick Loewe

      Sung by The Chorus

    User reviews140

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    A Nicely Naturalistic Musical
    Joshua Logan's screen version of "Paint your wagon" works a treat, perhaps because the original stage version is so little known and apparently has been given something of a make-over by screen writer Paddy Chayefsky. The fact that the leads (Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood and Jean Seberg) can't sing matters not a jot; they perform with charisma, (even Seberg is less wan than usual) and bring a touch of realism to the proceedings, their songs seeming to evolve naturally from the action. Other singing duties are performed by the splendid Harve Presnell and a rousing, mostly male, chorus for this is a musical western of a more robust kind than "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers". It's plot, which concerns mining for gold, polygamy and the building of a town, fairly races along. Logan handles the whole thing with great aplomb and brings to it some nice, naturalistic touches sadly lacking from his earlier musicals, "South Pacific" and "Camelot". Most critics didn't warm to it, though and it remains largely under-valued.
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    • Jun 8, 2004

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 15, 1969 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Westwärts zieht der Wind
    • Filming locations
      • Baker, Oregon, USA
    • Production companies
      • Alan Jay Lerner Productions
      • The Malpaso Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $14,500,000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $14,500,000
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 44 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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