The fellows with the big beards

[Poggle]

On the scene when Tuco goes to that town to kill Blondie and that fellow is yelling "Hooooray!" out of the doorway of his hotel there are these four horsemen with really big beards shown riding into the town.

Knowing Leone's attention to detail and historical accuracy and the fact that every shot is planned out to perfection and with the utmost importance, I'm just wondering if those are supposed to be real historical characters from the Civil War? The way he puts an emphasis on them and the fact that they look the way they do I wouldn't doubt it.

Also, about the two towns in the movie that get bombed, were they based on real occurances?

[cigar joe]

It doesn't seem to be any well known pic of guys with big beards that I recall off hand that I could point to, perhaps a copy of a M. Brady image.

That time period had a real contrast in facial and head hair styles. You see a lot of historical picts of clean shaven guys with long hair, or handelbar mustaches, others with full beards and short hair, some with huge sideburns, some with just chin wiskers, others goatees, a really wide range.

I allways assumed the long beards were scouts, but thats just my opinion.

About the towns, there were a lot of southern towns that got heavily bombarded under sieges, I don't think any New Mexico Territory towns were ever battered like that, Texas maybe.

[sadhill]

Stockburn's deputies...ooops wrong movie!

These 5 guys, appear not in uniform but are excorting/maybe protecting  General Sibley in his carriage (man w/white beard)

[HEX]

come on ppl!

they are obviously rabbis







 

[The Peacemaker]

LOL! That was a good one! Seriously. I think it was just Leone's attention to detail because if you look at the old Civil War pictures, almost every single soldier had a beard. I don't think they were carrying a shaving kit up to the frontline.....but maybe there were! Would anyone know?

[iceman]

I agree with CJ, I always thought they were body guards(they are pretty tough looking) or scouts of some kind

ICE

[KERMIT]

z.z. topp's great granddaddys ? 

seriously, i agree w/ c/j & ice.  behind the lines raiders/scouts ?
only leone could conjure up a scene like these guys.

[Beebs]

Always seemed to me like they were some sort of hired gun or Mercenaries. Could be to act as body guards but maybe just sort of elite contracted guns working for the Confederates. Reminds me of Joesy Wales. No uniform just a good gun. They seem to be the rough and ready don't have time for a shave, been out in the woods and battle fields for years kinda guys.

[sadhill]

Kermit was right! Look what I found freeze framing the "special edition" DVD.. 

(my apologies to Mr. Leone)

[Beebs]

Sadhill, Once again, you are the king of capturing the screenshots and magic of photoshop. But I don't know where you got this still. Clearly not a photoshop. Thats the real thing

[Jordan Krug]

Hilarious! Nice work - put a smile on my face today....

Kermit was right! Look what I found freeze framing the "special edition" DVD.. 

(my apologies to Mr. Leone)

[iceman]

Could they have been trying to look like Blackbeard the Pirate
who was supposed to be very intimidating...just a thought

ICE

[HEX]

i hear old BLACKBEARD would put smoke stacks in his hair so his face would always be covered in a haze to make him look more demonic.


pretty fascinating.

[iceman]

On the scene when Tuco goes to that town to kill Blondie and that fellow is yelling "Hooooray!" out of the doorway of his hotel there are these four horsemen with really big beards shown riding into the town.

Knowing Leone's attention to detail and historical accuracy and the fact that every shot is planned out to perfection and with the utmost importance, I'm just wondering if those are supposed to be real historical characters from the Civil War? The way he puts an emphasis on them and the fact that they look the way they do I wouldn't doubt it.

Also, about the two towns in the movie that get bombed, were they based on real occurances?

They are also in the deleted night scene where tuco arrives at the confed road block just as he com from the desert


ICE

[HEX]

They are also in the deleted night scene where tuco arrives at the confed road block just as he com from the desert


ICE

where in the background?

never seen that before


thanks ICE.