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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : ''El Dorado'' is a tightly directed, humorous, altogether successful Western, turned out almost effortlessly, it would seem, by three old pros: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and director Howard Hawks. You could call it, of course a ''John Wayne Western.'' I guess that means it has the Duke in the saddle once again, drawl and all, making his laconic comments on the state of the universe and marching through old Western cliches. But ''El Dorado'' is more than that. It is a very good John Wayne Western. more...
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www.clevelandmemory.org - : While it will not make movie history, ''El Dorado'' will provide a diverting two hours for western fans and those who don't care about such things might still find some enjoyment in it should they stumble across it. more...
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www.sover.net - : The 70-year-old Howard Hawks' (''The Thing''/''Rio Lobo'') easy-going but disappointingly routine Western is based on the book The Stars in Their Courses by Harry Brown and is written by female writer Leigh Brackett, who scripted Hawks' 1959 Rio Bravo. The film resembles Brackett's Rio Bravo script more than it does Brown's book, though I found it inferior to the original. The roles previously played by Dean Martin, Rick Nelson, Walter Brennan and Angie Dickinson are now filled by Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Arthur Hunnicutt and Charlene Holt. more...
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