When paul rodgers exfree formed a band with mick ralphs ex mott the hoople in 1973, the first public warm up gigs were in germany. He falls under the spell of jake rumsey jeff bridges, an easygoing. Bad company 1972 starring jeff bridges and barry brown. Bad company is a 1972 american western film directed by robert benton, who also cowrote the film with david newman. Sep 27, 2011 bad company 1972 starring jeff bridges and barry brown. Bad company 1972 out of the frying pan and into the fire. Released 1972, bad company stars jeff bridges, barry brown, jim davis, david huddleston the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 33 min, and received a score of 37 out of 100 on metacritic. He was especially known for daisy miller 1974, piranha 1978 and this bad company 1972. Dec 17, 2012 bad company deluxe licensed to youtube by wmg on behalf of rhino atlantic. The internet adult film database is an online searchable database of over 490,038 adult movies titles and 200,604 porn performers.
Civil war draft dodger drew dixon barry brown avoids the horrors of war by fleeing west, only to become mixed up with a gang of. When a harvardeducated cia agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother. Bad company 1972 stream and watch online moviefone. Bad company 1972 robert benton, jeff bridges, barry brown. Bentons first film, a western good enough to make everything he has done since seem disappointing by comparison. Robert bentons western movie bad company opens with a boy in a dress being forcibly ejected from a school house by cavalry soldiers and thrown into the back of a wagon with a bunch of other kids, some of whom are also wearing dresses.
The film became somewhat famous for its connections to the september 11th terrorist attacks. Watch bad company online free, download badcompany. Joseph, mo where he joins up with a hardscrabble group of like runaways heading west. Case in point bad company no, not the jerry bruckheimer turkey but the undervalued robert benton semiwestern from 1972 with barry browns upstanding young man on the run from the union press gangs during the civil war finding himself in rough company with jeff bridges and his band of juvenile delinquent outcast wouldbe desperadoes john. Nothing to do with the rock band of the same name, although reportedly they took their name from the movie, bad company is a 1972 reality western, showcasing jeff bridges in one of his first leads.
Bad company or bad company, a 2008 electronic arts video game badd company, a tag team of paul diamond and pat tanaka that existed in several wrestling promotions from 1986 to 1994 bad company, a tag team of bruce hart and brian pillman that existed in the canadian stampede wrestling promotion from 1987 to 1989. Disc one contains material from a concert at the summit in houston, texas on may 23, 1977. Bad company 1972 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Jeff bridges, barry brown, jim davis, david huddleston, john savage, jerry houser. Latinautor umpg, pedl, latinautor warner chappell, ascap, umpg publishing, cmrra, latinautor, warner chappell, umpi, and 9 music rights societies. According to jeff bridges the gunfight in the forest had to be completely re shot after the film was ruined in the lab. A must, and pretty much in agreement with the assessment so not really anything to add. I dont imagine its any more realistic than a john wayne movie none of the real westerns are. Bad company 1972 cast and crew cast photos and info.
It is an archival album with recordings taken from two concerts from their tours in 1977 and 1979. In 1972 s bad company a genteel northerner during the american civil war barry brown is robbed by scallywag jeff bridgesand winds up teaming up with him. Together they become a criminal duo although with one member more reluctant than the other in this entertaining, realistic tale of what the west was really like. It stars barry brown and jeff bridges as two of a group of young men who flee the draft during the american civil war to seek their fortune and freedom on the unforgiving american frontier. From the opening scenes of bad company, its clear that benton is aiming here for a similarly revisionist view of america one in which criminals arent always guntoting villains dressed in black, and the difference between right and wrong is rarely clear. The classic rock band bad company named itself after this film.
Two of them in particular are complementary opposites. Bad company 1972 internet movie firearms database guns. Would be great if they could upgrade the quality of the film to high definition, but given the. Civil war draft dodger drew dixon barry brown avoids the horrors of war by fleeing west, only to become mixed up with a. Studio album by bad company released 26 june 1974 recorded november 1973 at headley grange, east hampshire, england1 genre hard rock length 34. Bad company ost prague orchestral only by trevor rabin duration.
Bad company 1972 film wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Bad company is a 2002 action comedy thriller film directed by joel schumacher, produced by jerry bruckheimer and starring anthony hopkins and chris rock. Bad company 1972 film bad company is a 1972 american western film directed by robert benton, who also cowrote the film with david newman. The year is 1863, and these boys have been rounded up for trying to dodge the draft into the union army.
Case in point bad company no, not the jerry bruckheimer turkey but the undervalued robert benton semiwestern from 1972 with barry browns upstanding young man on the run. With jeff bridges, barry brown, jim davis, david huddleston. Mar 20, 2012 studio album by bad company released 26 june 1974 recorded november 1973 at headley grange, east hampshire, england1 genre hard rock length 34. Rveno great little adventure story, i think this might be jeff bridges his best role. He falls under the spell of jake rumsey jeff bridges, an easygoing young con artist.
Its about a group of young civil war draftdodgers who leave the united states at st. Bad company 79 movie clip shootout 1972 hd youtube. Roger ebert october 25, 1972 tweet the myth of the american west was mostly invented long after the west itself had been settled, civilized and made fit for disneyland. In 2005 paul rodgers began touring and playing bad company songs with queen. After all, the film s likable protagonist brown is a draft dodger. Set during the civil war, bad company stars barry brown as a northern boy, drew dixon, who heads west to avoid getting drafted. Aug 11, 2012 when a harvardeducated cia agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother. Sympathetic jeff bridges as gang leader, he steals the show as likable as well as twofisted young gunslinger.
I dont imagine its any more realistic than a john wayne movie none of the real westerns are, actually but it has a nice, blunt, sliceoflife quality about it that grows on you. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing bad company 1972 near you. Bad company 1972 robert benton, jeff bridges, barry brown, jim davis march 28, 2020 a group of naive boys find that life as desperadoes in the west is more serious that they understood when they embark on abortive careers in bushwhacking. It also happens to be the second movie ive seen with both jeff bridges and david huddleston, some 25 or so years prior to an actualized cult classic. It also interviews simon kirke and has some live recordings from the 1970s and 1980s.
After drew dixon, an upright young man, is sent west by his religious family to avoid being drafted into the civil war, he drifts across the land with a loose confederation of young vagrants. Bad company 1972 michael ds region 4 dvd info page. A godfearing ohio boy dodging the civil war draft arrives in st. Featuring rare film never previously featured on dvd, founder member simon kirke and a team of distinguished critics including biographer steven rosen revisit and reassess the work of the classic era of bad company. Set during the civil war, bad company stars barry brown as a northern boy, drew dixon, who. Bad company original trailer turner classic movies. Despite that its mentioned that the events take place in the year 1863 during the height of the civil war, several anachronistic firearms are seen in the film. Jeff bridges, barry brown, jim davis, david huddleston, john savage, jerry houser, damon cofer, joshua. Drew barry brown is a young man living in the south during the civil war who manages to avoid going into the army by hiding from the soldiers when they come to his family home to retrieve him. Bad company this tale of friendship and survival set during the days of the 1860s focuses on a roguish group of runaways living by their wits and natural instincts.
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