Best Montana Movie? Vote Early and Often!

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Permalink Reply by Philip Aaberg on February 4, 2010 at 2:59pm

At the risk of sounding Montana-centric, I'll just ask "What IS a Montana movie?" There's really only one with a fully Montana subject and "cast", Montana-born directors, and a Montana composer, and that's "Class C." Correct me if I'm wrong, and thanks for watching and listening!

Permalink Reply by Jill Munson on February 3, 2010 at 12:47pm

Parts of Heaven's Gate were filmed in the North Fork area of The Flathead.

Separate categories for docs and films?

Permalink Reply by Jill Munson on February 3, 2010 at 12:51pm

Another movie that is forgotten - "Winterhawk" (1975) also filmed in the Flathead Valley and featuring the fantastic Woody Strode. I can't say the MOVIE was fantastic, and I have no idea if it is even available anymore, but you can look it up on www.imbd.com

Permalink Reply by Kathleen Ely on February 4, 2010 at 2:57pm

I think you mean http://www.imdb.com/!

Permalink Reply by Jill Munson on February 4, 2010 at 3:01pm

Yes, Kathleen - thank you!

Permalink Reply by Kathleen Ely on February 4, 2010 at 3:10pm

My personal favorite is *Rancho Deluxe*, in part because Livingston is my home town and I knew about half the extras in the movie. I also attended the premiere and wrote the review for the *Billings Gazette*. The film so often rings TRUE about the Montana where I grew up.

*Little Big Man* is great, as are so many Arthur Penn films. *Pow Wow Highway* is wonderfully authentic in its own way, and deliciously surreal in parts.

I like the book of *Legends of the Fall* so much better than the movie, despite all the eye candy.

You're missing a lot of Montana films on this list but maybe that's because you were going for the BEST. There's *Don't Come Knocking*, for example, filmed in Butte by Wim Wenders. Go to http://montanafilm.com/madeinmt_03.htm and you'll find a pretty comprehensive list of films made in Montana back to 1920, including features and documentaries. You'll be surprised.

Permalink Reply by Judy Klein on February 7, 2010 at 3:51pm

A couple more Montana movies: who can ever forget LAST OF THE DOGMEN with Tom Beringer and Barbara Hershey...no matter how hard they try? and NORTHFORK, with Peter Coyote and Nick Nolte? And where do I find PSYCHO SHEEP OF BUTTE ...

Permalink Reply by Patrick Finnegan on February 8, 2010 at 12:42pm

One Montana film that I found will cruising the internet is the 1930 "Danger Lights." It is available to download at www.archive.org/details/danger_lights Although it is not high-quality, it is a good film. For more of my comments on "Danger Lights," go to www.tfhistory.org/contribTPF.html.

I vote for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, A River Runs Through It, Class C, Danger Lights, Horse Whisperer

Permalink Reply by Jill Munson on February 8, 2010 at 12:49pm

I also forgot "Stone Boy" with Robert Duvall and Glenn Close. Not the feel-good movie of the year, but it features the Montana State Fair in Great Falls prominently.

Permalink Reply by Bruce Whittenberg on February 8, 2010 at 3:20pm

A River Runs Through It
Legends of the Fall
Horse Whisperer
Class C
The Slaughter Rule

Permalink Reply by Kim Anderson on February 13, 2010 at 12:58am

A heads up to voters on Montana Movie Mania. Everything That Rises, a movie that many of us may not have seen, was written by Wyoming and Montana native and novelist Mark Spragg, who was a gala reader at the Montana Festival of the Book, and is a generous friend of the Festival. Just sayin...

Permalink Reply by Ken Egan on February 21, 2010 at 5:44pm

All I can say is the Sweet 16 is VERY competitive--choosing between, say, "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" and "A River Runs Through It"? Tough, very.

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