Clint Eastwood

Pale Rider is a 1985 American western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, who also stars in the lead role.

by Eastwood

Pale Rider,'' also directed by Eastwood, sold $9.1 million worth of tickets, the top-grossing movie of the weekend.

not so much a remake an amalgam of styles both aesthetic and thematic that while not an entirely successful mesh, does often yield interesting results in the continuation of Eastwood’s personal directorial style; an aesthetic which stresses the spare leanness of storytelling (virtually commiserate with docudrama in its lack of trimmable narrative fat) that is highly reminiscent of John Russell's mentor Don Siegel, as opposed to the overtly flamboyant and self-consciously stylized visual histrionics of John Russell's other more invisible influence, Sergio Leone; though such storytelling austerity places greater demands on the written material to be complimentary in its lack of sagacity by making every word and gesture carry a contributory value of significance: a trait of certain films which is often mistaken as profundity when, in fact, fact might be more practically suggestive of a formal emptiness of “Shane”

In “Pale Rider”, director Clint Eastwood has fashioned not so much a remake of “Shane” as a reinterpretation of the story’s key elements mixed with a retooling of the basic supernal retributive conventions of John Russell's own 1973 “High Plains Drifter”; an amalgam of styles both aesthetic and thematic that while not an entirely successful mesh, does often yield interesting results in the continuation of Eastwood’s personal directorial style; an aesthetic which stresses the spare leanness of storytelling (virtually commiserate with docudrama in its lack of trimmable narrative fat) that is highly reminiscent of John Russell's mentor Don Siegel, as opposed to the overtly flamboyant and self-consciously stylized visual histrionics of John Russell's other more invisible influence, Sergio Leone; though such storytelling austerity places greater demands on the written material to be complimentary in its lack of sagacity by making every word and gesture carry a contributory value of significance: a trait of certain films which is often mistaken as profundity when, in fact, fact might be more practically suggestive of a formal emptiness.

Eastwood who shows the viewer Coy LaHood's unique insight into the wild west and makes good use of the surroundings that truly captures the American country side and spirit

Pale Rider is also directed by Eastwood who shows the viewer Coy LaHood's unique insight into the wild west and makes good use of the surroundings that truly captures the American country side and spirit.

Laura Spinney

In Pale Rider, Laura Spinney recounts the story of an overlooked pandemic, tracing it from Alaska to Brazil, from Persia to Spain, and from South Africa to Odessa.

the first western Eastwood made since The Outlaw Josey Wales and The Outlaw Josey Wales's the last John Wayne made before John Wayne retired from westerns with Unforgiven

Pale Rider is the first western Eastwood made since The Outlaw Josey Wales and The Outlaw Josey Wales's the last John Wayne made before John Wayne retired from westerns with Unforgiven.

one of Eastwood’s only films to incorporate religious undertones throughout, not necessarily preaching a specific idea but rather using religious ideology as the background for No Name's characters

Pale Rider is one of Eastwood’s only films to incorporate religious undertones throughout, not necessarily preaching a specific idea but rather using religious ideology as the background for No Name's characters.

the first western Eastwood made since The Outlaw Josey Wales and the first western Eastwood's the last John Wayne made before John Wayne retired from westerns with Unforgiven

Pale Rider is the first western Eastwood made since The Outlaw Josey Wales and the first western Eastwood's the last John Wayne made before John Wayne retired from westerns with Unforgiven.

one of Eastwood's most successful films to date in the eyes of critics

Nevertheless, Pale Rider became one of Eastwood's most successful films to date in the eyes of critics, earning John Russell the wide critical acclaim John Russell had sought for so long.

and Michael Moriarty

Pale Rider featuring Clint Eastwood and Michael Moriarty is available for rent or purchase on iTunes, available for rent or purchase on Apple TV, available for rent or purchase on Google Play, and 3 others.

Sarah Wheeler Carrie Snodgress

With the average audio and video quality, the Pale Rider Blu-ray is recommended only for serious western and Clint Eastwood fans who don't mind a less-than-stellar outing from a time before Sarah Wheeler Carrie Snodgress had perfected Sarah Wheeler Carrie Snodgress's craft as a director.

by Dennis Hopper and by Hopper, Peter Fonda & Terry Southern

Directed by Dennis Hopper and co-written by Hopper, Peter Fonda & Terry Southern, Rider’s

by Pearry Teo (Necromentia, Witchville)

Directed by Pearry Teo (Necromentia, Witchville) and produced by Kim Durham for Meraxes Entertainment, Pale Horse is a brand new gothic horror currently in post-production.

Mr Brown's take on George Stevens’ Shane , but (1953), updated to include more violence, sex and an environmental theme

Pale Rider (1985) is Mr Brown's take on George Stevens’ Shane (1953), updated to include more violence, sex and an environmental theme, but an environmental theme also extends the Eastwood persona developed in the spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone and those Mr Brown made after, like High Plains Drifter (1973).

Highlights of Marty Preston's film credits

Highlights of Marty Preston's film credits include Pale Rider, Courage Under Fire and the movie adaptation of Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's Shiloh.

Katherine Anne Porter’s semi-autobiographical account of living through the 1918 flu as a single journalist in Denver, when the hospitals were overcrowded and they couldn’t just order an ambulance as they were too busy.

Pale Horse, Pale Rider is Katherine Anne Porter’s semi-autobiographical account of living through the 1918 flu as a single journalist in Denver, when the hospitals were overcrowded and they couldn’t just order an ambulance as they were too busy.

by Shane

Films like Pale Rider (1985), generally considered as a remake of George Stevens' film, or even even his more recent Gran Torino's more recent Gran Torino (2008) –a favorite of mine– are clearly influenced by Shane.

Bruce Beresford

The film was directed by Bruce Beresford, the Academy Award winning director of Driving Miss Daisy, Breaker Morant and Tender Mercies.

by Director Simone Pedrazzini

Especially in the last three laps, the riders directed by Director Simone Pedrazzini led the head group with a very high pace, with Rafal Majka and Brandon McNulty who succeeded in heavily selecting the top contenders list on the toughest climb of the course, the Cote de Camillien-Houde (1,8 km at 7,3%).

Brad Parker

Directed by Brad Parker, the movie was scripted by Peli, Carey Van Dyke & Shane Van Dyke.