The Big Country (1958)
Directed by William Wyler
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.
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What critics compared The Big Country to
Joe is not one to let go easily and keeps on the trail on a chase through a canyon reminiscent of the Gregory Peck/Burl Ives 1958 movie “The Big Country.”
First, there's the earlier title song sung by Glen Campbell, which was singularly mundane and dated, and Elmer Bernstein's musical score, which worked harder to sound like Jerome Moross's theme for "The Big Country" than it did to evoke the spirit of the West.
From its opening shots of Monument Valley, with Joel McNeeley’s score cheerfully pastiching everything from Bonanza to The Big Country , it’s evident that with his second feature (after 2012’s Ted ) MacFarlane’s set out to crap on the entire sagebrush canon from a great height.