Nevada Smith

[lankeela]

After watching the racing yesterday the dogs were comfortable on my lap and the remote was on the table across the room, so ended up watching this western. Basic premise was fine but how on earth did he manage to get from place to place, with a new set of clothes, money, horse and even when escaping from the place in the swamp still managed to survive and come out with a new job, horse, clothes etc yet again?

[Buenchico]

If I see any jobs advertised for a continuity supervisor, I'll put your name forward, Lankeela ;-)

[Zacs-Master]

Riviera, made very recently, has the same issue. The main character gets into all sorts of scrapes but always looks immaculate the next day. I’m sure the plot lines are reject ‘Pesuaders’ episodes.

[davebro]

All the westerns - loads of horses, many tethered outside saloons etc. Not a trace of any horse droppings!

[davebro]

And Randolph Scott (one of my fav cowboys btw) dressed in black with no sign of dust after rolling around in a street fight.

[emmie]

and always wearing a hat.. no sign of dust, dirt...

[davebro]

There was a bit on telly (poss Jimmy Stewart) he said a bunch of them had to run across the street, get on their horses and ride out of town. It took 2 days to get the shot!

[Ken4155]

And only in Westerns do horses run flat out for miles and miles and miles.
Don't believe i've watched Nevada Smith but i did read the story which formed part of The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins.

[lankeela]

I spent most of the film wondering why it was called Nevada Smith as his name was Max Sand and it wasn't until very late on that he suddenly claimed it was his name.

[EdmundD]

Bit like Bond....

[maggiebee]

Oooh, that's a blast from the past. Saw this film at the cinema and it took me a long time to warm to Karl Malden after watching it.

[sddsddean]

"I spent most of the film wondering why it was called Nevada Smith as his name was Max Sand and it wasn't until very late on that he suddenly claimed it was his name."

As Ken says, you have to read 'The Carpetbaggers' to get the whole context of this film, which forms only about 20% of the novel.

[sanmac]

Earlier, Buenchico mentioned film continuity. An excellent example of a director demanding strict continuity is in the movie starring Gary Cooper and directed by Fred Zinnemann. If you ever watch it, you will notice that every clock or pocket-watch in every scene is set in real time leading up to noon-hour...Imagine orchestrating that continuity!

[Bazile]

Speaking of continuity

Some years ago where I worked they were filming a piece about what we did and the people

Amongst those being followed ,was a Sikh who was famous for his brightly coloured turbans .

One scene showed him going out of a door wearing a yellow turban and then coming into another room wearing a different colour
turban .

They had filmed the scene over two days and he had changed his turban the next day

[davebro]

"If you ever watch it, you will notice that every clock or pocket-watch in every scene is set in real time"

If you mean "High Noon" I reckon it's the most boring film ever made!

[davebro]

Fave cowboys - Jack Elam / Dan Durea / Randolph Scott / John Wayne.

And Paul Newman for Hombre.

[sanmac]

Yes, "High Noon", I forgot to mention the name, and, yes, it is a little boring, but I still like it.