Six films into the countdown and we already have two John Wayne flicks, both directed by Henry Hathaway. North to Alaska is a brawny, comedic yarn featuring Wayne up in the Nome, AK Gold Rush with Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Capucine, and Fabian! Slow West is one of the latest round of Westerns, a beautifully shot contemplative piece with Michael Fassbender's grizzled gun helping a young lovelorn Scotsman traverse the violent plains to find his true love before bounty hunters kill her and her father.
If you watch these two together may I suggest adding Goin' South and Wagons East to complete a cardinal direction Western quartet?
North to Alaska and Warlock had the same number of points but NTA's top vote was a third placer while Warlock's was a fifth placer. North to Alaska was only on two ballots, but that 23-point vote catapulted it high enough to make the countdown.
Slow West was on three ballots, it's highest spot being an eighth place (18-point) vote.
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"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra
"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra
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