Zachariah
Zachariah

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Gunfights and electric guitars in the Old West? You bet! Zachariah gets a mail order gun, practices a little, and kills a man in the local saloon. He and his friend Matthew set out to become gunfighters, joining with the Crackers, a rock band who are also (pitifully inept) stage robbers. Having quickly outgrown that gang, Zachariah and Matthew set out to become bigtime gunslingers. Before long, they part company and a rivalry grows between them.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Zachariah:

John Rubinstein
Patricia Quinn
Don Johnson
Elvin Jones
Dick Van Patten
Doug Kershaw

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Gunfights and electric guitars in the Old West? You bet! Zachariah gets a mail order gun, practices a little, and kills a man in the local saloon. He and his friend Matthew set out to become gunfighters, joining with the Crackers, a rock band who are also (pitifully inept) stage robbers. Having quickly outgrown that gang, Zachariah and Matthew set out to become bigtime gunslingers. Before long, they part company and a rivalry grows between them.

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User Review - 10/10 by Pami GI saw this in the theatre when I was in high school. Loved it then. Don Johnson was unknown at the time, and very cute.
User Review - 8/10 by Patrick DI only watched this because my dad admitted to loving it while stationed in Vietnam and while on mushrooms, but if you like the James Gang, like I, then its great entertainment.
User Review - 8/10 by Private UIt's like what "Brokeback Mountain" would have looked like if Robert Downey Sr. was behind it. It's not a very good movie, but it's not a movie I can ignore.
User Review - 8/10 by Sean LA rock-western version of Siddhartha. Yes, really! The Firesign Theatre came up with this little number, only to disown it later on, but it's surprisingly good.
User Review - 8/10 by Chris PThe reason why "So bad, it's good" never rang more true. Unlike any other film. Thank God.
User Review - 6/10 by Wayne LDon Johnson, Joe Walsh, Country Joe, etc. make a cool RNR fantasy about a group of robbers making a name for themselves. The soundtrack is awesome.
User Review - 6/10 by Grant HThe only film of it's kind, an Electric Western, made on the tail end of the psychedelic era. It has wannabe gunfighter Zachariah (John Rubinstein) teaming up with his blacksmith friend Matthew (Don Johnson), to join up with the Crackers, (played by Country Joe and the Fish), a band of robbers, (quite literally a band!!) Soon after though, they drift apart, which leads to rivalry. It's easy to see why this is the only film of it's kind, but it was a good idea, at the time!! But, it does feature good music from Country Joe and the Fish, The James Gang, White Lightnin' and New York Rock Ensemble. More of an extended rock video than a proper film, could have been better.
User Review - 6/10 by Ola GZachariah (John Rubinstein), a young man in the wild west nourish a dream of being a gunslinger. He gets a mail order gun and eventually kills a man in the local saloon. He and his friend Matthew (Don Johnson) then sets out to become gunfighters by joining The Crackers (Country Joe & The Fish), a rock band who are also robbers. Having quickly outgrown The Crackers and having bigger plans, Zachariah and Matthew set out to find new challenges. Before long, they part company and a rivalry grows between them... "Zachariah"(1971) is loosely based on Hermann Hesse's novel "Siddhartha", surrealistically adapted as a musical Western by Joe Massot and the members of the Firesign Theatre comedy troupe. The band Country Joe and the Fish perform as an inept gang of robbers (more adept as musicians) called "the Crackers," who are always "looking for people who like to draw." In the same vein, Zachariah boasts: "I can think, I can wait, and I'm fast on the draw." This is a parody of Siddhartha's famous line: "I can think, I can wait, I can fast." Underneath the gunplay, the jokes, and the music, an important message is delivered: a life of pacifism, quiet contemplation, male bonding and vegetarianism is preferable to a life of violence. This film is defined as being part of the Acid Western genre. More precisely, in its own publicity releases, it was called, "The first electric western." This was, in no small part, because this film featured several appearances and music supplied by successful rock bands from the era, including The James Gang and Country Joe and the Fish. Fiddler Doug Kershaw has a musical cameo that advances the plot of the film. The movie also features former John Coltrane sideman Elvin Jones as a gunslinging drummer named "Job Cain." Cream's drummer Ginger Baker was originally going to play the part of Zachariah. The Minneapolis group White Lightnin' (an off-shoot of the band The Litter) performs their rock and roll version of the William Tell Overture on the soundtrack. The New York Rock and Roll Ensemble perform Grave Digger on the soundtrack. The soundtrack features songs by the James Gang, Joe Walsh, and Country Joe and the Fish. "Laguna Salada" and "Country Fever", performed in the film by the James Gang, later reappeared as bonus tracks on the 2000 re-release of The James Gang Greatest Hits. This is yet another movie that has been floated around in my head for a long time and finally I have seen it. There´s a slight resemblance to The Who´s rock opera "Tommy" and I do love the crossing of modern rock n roll and the western storyline. Love the music scenes with particularly The James Gang. Yes, the acting is dodgy and the script is partly dodgy but there´s some sort of psychedelic Woodstock charm to it. "Zachariah" stands out for sure and it carries a cult status sign all over it.
User Review - 6/10 by Michael DAbsolutely ridiculous, yet quite enjoyably so. Inhabiting the same oddball universe as 'El Topo' and 'Greaser's Palace', this is not quite as good as those films, but at the same time it made me laugh more.
User Review - 6/10 by Jenna IRemember the good old days of traveling rock n roll bandits, metal-playing gun slingers, stripper chautauquas and wise ol' coots that live in mountains and teach you about being zen with nature? ZACHARIAH REMEMBERS. Honestly, this was better than I expected. Country Joe and the Fish cameos are always welcome, the music in this movie in general is pretty killer and the film itself is actually way more coherent than I anticipated. Then there's its script, co-written by Firesign Theater... well, somewhere in here is a flat out hilarious screenplay that was unfortunately smothered by bad acting/timing and possibly a director who was too high to notice he was missing the jokes. Like, dude gets a mail order gun, shoots a guy and decides "I can't go home" despite the fact that nobody's looking for him/cares. That in itself is a hilarious concept, but unfortunately it's funnier to write out than to watch. There's a buncha amusing shit, from one lines to chase scenes that don't go anywhere, crazy out of place 60s western outfits, silly sets, and that freaking fiddle player who - had he not been Doug Kershaw and instead cast as a comedian - could have been on par with Monty Python's Brave Sir Robin. Alas! Lost potential. It's THERE, you just gotta kinda autotune the comedy in your head if you really want some laughs. The second half of the film focuses more heavily on messages of peace and being one with nature (though still includes some amusing dialogue had it only been delivered better). "Do you ever look for your bullets after they've left your gun?" is a great line that sort of sums up the point of the entire silly thing; the folly of man, the importance of finding inner peace vs engaging in competition which will lead you nowhere. It's based on Siddhartha and very much in the same vein as Holy Mountain in that respect, though this came out two years earlier! This was a fun watch though, I'd recommend it if you're in the mood.

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