For reference, the first line of the Preacher in Pale Rider is a reference to the first line of the Stranger in High Plains Drifter. Some would go the next step and say he’s also the same person as the Man With No Name from the famous Sergio Leone old west movies.
Then, What does the end of Pale Rider mean? (idiomatic) Death, the Grim Reaper or angel of death; and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Does preacher sleep with Sarah in Pale Rider?
One minute he’s smiting the evildoers and the next he’s passing out sensitive family-counseling-type advice. He won’t sleep with Megan but he will sleep with Sarah—just after she’s announced she’s going to marry Hull Barrett.
Likewise Why does the Man with No Name wear a poncho? Leone also thought a poncho could hide Eastwood’s slender stature and make him look stronger and more menacing. Because of budgetary reasons, the gun and holster Eastwood used for Rawhide, were also used in the movie.
Is Clint Eastwood a ghost in High Plains Drifter? Though never explicitly stated, there are regular hints that Eastwood’s Stranger is in fact the ghost of a Marshal (played by longtime Eastwood stunt double Buddy Van Horn), seen brutally killed in flashback as Lago’s citizens look on.
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Why does the man with no name wear a poncho?
Leone also thought a poncho could hide Eastwood’s slender stature and make him look stronger and more menacing. Because of budgetary reasons, the gun and holster Eastwood used for Rawhide, were also used in the movie.
Is Pale Rider a remake of Shane?
“Pale Rider” is Producer/Director/Star Clint Eastwood’s unofficial remake of George Stevens’ “Shane” (1953).
Is High Plains Drifter and Pale Rider the same?
`PALE RIDER` JUST ANOTHER GALLOP FOR THE HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER
But sadly, the film never really breaks new ground, settling to walk through the same dramatic territory as ”High Plains Drifter” (1973), the first western Eastwood directed.
What year is pale rider set in?
Plot. The film opens in the countryside outside the fictional town of Lahood, California, and takes place sometime in the 1870s or early 1880s (based on remarks in the film about outlawing hydraulic mining).
Is Pale Rider Death?
the pale rider
(idiomatic) Death, the Grim Reaper or angel of death; and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
