Sometimes I just want to watch some John Wayne. It's mostly because my Dad would put his movies on all the time, so I've kinda inherited that. It's also a therapy thing when I miss him.
This hour and a half documentary is mostly production featurettes with some interviews and other snippets sprinkled in. I'd actually seen the one for McLintock! before. They cover a lot of the bigger hits including The Searchers, Green Berets, The Sons of Katie Elder, Stagecoach, Cahill U.S. Marshall, In Harm's Way and even a couple I was surprised to see like Brannigan and McQ.
I learned a couple things and saw a lot of the Duke. It made me want to watch some movies, which wasn't what I was going for. I was hoping this would scratch the itch so I didn't need to track down a John Wayne movie. But those featurettes were very effective. I suppose I'll need to go on the hunt. For this particular documentary, I'm on the fence. I was getting a bit bored here and there, but other parts were super interesting. Specifically, I want to learn more about Green Berets. Knowing John Wayne was a director and passionate about the story intrigues me.
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