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The Shootist. Roger Ebert January 01, 1976. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. He rides onscreen in The Shootist afraid that he is dying. Not afraid he'll be killed, but afraid he's dying, which is the last thing we anticipated a John Wayne character would do of his own accord. It is 1901: He has outlived his century.
81% Tomatometer 26 Reviews 88% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings J.B. Books (John Wayne, in his final film role) is an aging gunfighter diagnosed with cancer who comes to Nevada at the turn of the ...
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- Don Siegel
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- John Wayne
Directed By: Don Siegel. Written By: Glendon Swarthout, Miles Hood Swarthout, Scott Hale. The Shootist. Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews. 77. User Score Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings. 7.5. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Add My Review. Where to Watch. Amazon ($3.99) All Watch Options. View All.
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- Don Siegel
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The Shootist Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Emilie Black Cinema Crazed. The Shootist is a solid Western with some deeper themes to its center, making the...
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"The Shootist" is one of his best. The last thing we expect in a John Wayne film is a dying, frail, pessimistic human being. We get it. Books, the titular "shootist," is arguably Wayne's deepest character he would ever play; and his story is one of the most compelling of Wayne's entire career.
The film has an 81% rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 26 reviews. The film was nominated by the American Film Institute as one of the best Western films in 2008. In 2020, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino wrote:
Jul 21, 1976 · The Shootist: Directed by Don Siegel. With John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart. A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.
