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Budd Boetticher. Oscar Boetticher Jr. ( / ˈbɛtɪkər / BET-i-kər; July 29, 1916 – November 29, 2001), known as Budd Boetticher , was an American film director. He is best remembered for a series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph Scott. [1] [2]
- Film director
- 1942–1985
- Oscar Boetticher
Budd Boetticher (1916-2001) Budd Boetticher. Brilliant, distinguished American director, particularly of Westerns, whose simple, bleak style disguises a complex artistic temperament. The adopted son of a wealthy hardware retailer, Boetticher attended Culver Military Academy and Ohio State University, where he excelled in football and boxing.
- January 1, 1
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- January 1, 1
- Ramona, California, USA
Budd Boetticher. Director: Bullfighter and the Lady. Brilliant, distinguished American director, particularly of Westerns, whose simple, bleak style disguises a complex artistic temperament. The adopted son of a wealthy hardware retailer, Boetticher attended Culver Military Academy and Ohio State University, where he excelled in football and boxing. Following his schooling Boetticher ...
- July 29, 1916
- November 29, 2001
Apr 23, 2024 · Budd Boetticher (born July 29, 1916, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died November 29, 2001, Ramona, California) was an American film director who was best known for a series of classic westerns that starred Randolph Scott. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) Early life and work
- Michael Barson
- The Tall T. 1957. Based on a story by Elmore Leonard, this collaboration between director Budd Boetticher, actor Randolph Scott, and screenwriter Burt Kennedy is a model of elegantly economical storytelling charged with psychological tension.
- Decision at Sundown. 1957. Randolph Scott boldly subverts his upstanding image in this stark, often startlingly bleak tale of revenge and a man’s misguided quest for redemption.
- Buchanan Rides Alone. 1958. Welcome to Agry Town, a corrupt border outpost presided over by a pair of rival brothers whose bottomless greed corrupts everything in their orbit.
- Ride Lonesome. 1959. Mysterious motivations drive taciturn bounty hunter Ben Brigade (Randolph Scott) to capture a wanted murderer—but his quest is complicated when he is accosted by a pair of outlaws who have their own inscrutable reasons for riding along.
Dec 1, 2001 · Budd Boetticher, who directed a series of stark, low-budget westerns regarded by film scholars as classics of the genre, died on Thursday at his home in Ramona, Calif. He was 85.
Feb 7, 2006 · Issue 38. Issue 83. Budd Boetticher stumbled into the movies in the fluky way so many of Hollywood’s two-fisted directors of the silent days landed in the director’s chair, but with a high society twist only Hollywood could have written. The 20-year-old kid from a wealthy family decided he wanted to learn how to bullfight and wound up ...
