When its gone....its gone. Act FAST. This poster is from my private collection of rare hard to find posters sitting in storage for the last couple decades. Many of them or exceedingly hard to find. This may be the only chance to get some of these posters. This poster was obtained directly from a movie theater or video store at the time of movie release The pictures attached are the actual poster (not stock photos). This poster is show in my poster frame which is lighted. This listing is for the poster only, not my frame :) The poster is in great shape for how old it is, but does show normal wear from being in storage, and also actually being hung at a movie theater/video store. Consult pictures. Overall, still a great find on a vintage poster. Thanks for looking at my listing. Please check out my other listings. When the posters are gone, they are gone. Thanks!! |
Wagons East (sometimes stylised as Wagons East!) is a 1994 American Western adventure comedy film directed by Peter Markle and starring John Candy and Richard Lewis. The film was released in the United States on August 26, 1994. Filming took place in Sierra de Órganos National Park in the town of Sombrerete, Mexico, and in Durango, Mexico.[1]
During the final days of the film's production in Durango, Mexico, John Candy died of a heart attack at the age of 43.[2] Script re-writes, a stand-in and special effects were used to complete his remaining scenes, and it was released five months after his death.[3] The film marked Candy's penultimate performance. His last film, Canadian Bacon, which he had completed before Wagons East!, had a delayed release in the end of 1995.
In the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute Belle, and homosexual bookseller Julian decide they cannot live in their current situation in the west, so they hire a grizzled alcoholic wagon master by the name of James Harlow to take them on a journey back to their hometowns in the East.
Comedic exploits ensue as the drunken wagon master lets his horse choose the correct fork in the road, leads them to a dried out watering hole, and eventually guides them into Sioux territory where they are captured. The Chief, however, is sympathetic to the idea of 'white men heading back east', and offers an escort off Sioux land. Meanwhile, they must also contend with (inept) hired gunslingers who have been sent by railroad magnates to stop the journey, as they fear the bad publicity it could create for the settlers about to commence a 'land rush' into the west.
Harlow's secret, that he had been wagon master for the infamous Donner Party, eventually comes out, and the group confront Harlow about his past; he chooses to walk away from the group and they proceed on their own. As he resumes his drinking at the closest tavern, he overhears that the cavalry will be confronting the group the following day, and intends to wipe them out, as directed by the head of the railroad company.
As the cavalry arrives the next day, and the group 'square their wagons', Harlow rides in to the rescue and 'calls out' the cavalry leader to single combat. After a drawn out and comical fight scene, Harlow is victorious, and the group celebrates. Harlow and Belle decide to pursue a relationship, Julian departs for somewhere 'even further west' (San Francisco) and the group rides toward the now visible St. Louis to finish the journey.