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« on: May 03, 2012, 02:59:34 AM »
A poster on IMDb mentioned that GUB was a great buddy film. I say reluctant buddy film. But no matter I posted that I couldn't really think of an earlier US film off hand, can anybody?.

Is GBU the first "buddy" film? 
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« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2012, 04:06:53 AM »
As I said on a previous thread that the big gundown reminds me a bit of "midnight run", the hunter getting all pally with his prey (well at the end anyway).

But you could say all the b/w double act films of the 30īs 40īs and 50īs these  could all be interpreted as buddy movies
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« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2012, 01:22:55 PM »
Quote from: emmo26 on May 03, 2012, 04:06:53 AM
As I said on a previous thread that the big gundown reminds me a bit of "midnight run", the hunter getting all pally with his prey (well at the end anyway).

But you could say all the b/w double act films of the 30īs 40īs and 50īs these  could all be interpreted as buddy movies

You mean like Laurel & Hardy, Abbot & Costello, Martin & Lewis?
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« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2012, 07:40:36 PM »
Quote from: cigar joe on May 03, 2012, 02:59:34 AM
A poster on IMDb mentioned that GUB was a great buddy film. I say reluctant buddy film. But no matter I posted that I couldn't really think of an earlier US film off hand, can anybody?.

Is GBU the first "buddy" film?  

I'd say Vera Cruz qualifies.
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« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2012, 03:08:14 AM »
Quote from: Groggy on May 03, 2012, 07:40:36 PM
I'd say Vera Cruz qualifies.

and probably to some extent Ride The High Country
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« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2012, 03:43:20 AM »
The Defiant Ones may also count. I don't think dual protagonists was ever that rare of a trope.
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« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2012, 03:49:38 AM »
true, but it didn't seem to have that much popularity until post GBU and Italian Westerns in general
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« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2012, 06:02:58 AM »
Well, let's not forget FAFDM either.
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« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2012, 03:08:28 PM »
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

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« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2012, 03:34:41 AM »
Quote from: Groggy on May 04, 2012, 06:02:58 AM
Well, let's not forget FAFDM either.

I agree. If GBU is a buddy film, then FAFDM has to be one as well.



btw, I just saw Edge of the City (1957), with Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes. A very good buddy film
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« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2012, 04:40:20 AM »
Recently watched Texas (1941).

First half is definitely a buddy film, in the 2nd half the friendship between Holden and Ford gets a tragic turn.

FaFDM is not really a buddy film. I would call it a "companion film".
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« Reply #11 on: August 09, 2012, 05:47:26 AM »
 
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« Reply #12 on: August 09, 2012, 06:22:54 AM »
Reluctant "buddies": The Defiant Ones?
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« Reply #13 on: August 09, 2012, 07:20:03 AM »
Yes, Texas is definitely a buddy film, as is The Defiant Ones. I really liked the former; as for the latter, I only saw the last hour of it (once they've escaped), but it was very good.

I'm not saying that FAFDM/GBU are buddy films. All I'm saying is that if GBU is a buddy film, FAFDM has to be one as well.

btw, I once watched Die Hard on AMC with those little notes, I recall one note saying that Bruce Willis said the movie can be considered a buddy movie, John MacLean and the black cop he is on the radio with  Wink
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« Reply #14 on: August 09, 2012, 08:59:56 AM »
We forgot another Leone favorite - The Comancheros.
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