Wagons East

Original title: Wagons East!

1994
PG-13
1h 47m

IMDb RATING

4.8/10

6.4K

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John Candy and Richard Lewis in Wagons East (1994)

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Satire Adventure Comedy Western

In the 1860s Wild West, a ragged bunch of misfit settlers decides they cannot stand living in their current situation and they hire a grizzled cowboy to take them on a journey back East to t... Read allIn the 1860s Wild West, a ragged bunch of misfit settlers decides they cannot stand living in their current situation and they hire a grizzled cowboy to take them on a journey back East to their hometowns.In the 1860s Wild West, a ragged bunch of misfit settlers decides they cannot stand living in their current situation and they hire a grizzled cowboy to take them on a journey back East to their hometowns.

Director
- Peter Markle
Writers
- Matthew Carlson
- Jerry Abrahamson
Stars

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IMDb RATING

4.8/10

6.4K

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Director
- Peter Markle
Writers
- Matthew Carlson
- Jerry Abrahamson
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
John Candy was contractually mandated to make this film due to his existing contract with Carolco Pictures from their scrapped John Hughes comedy Bartholomew v. Neff, which Candy was to star in with Sylvester Stallone.

Goofs
When they find out the cavalry is coming, they are supposedly close to St. Louis but there is a palm tree in the background.

Quotes
James H. Harlow: [drunk] We leave at dawn... noon-ish.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Color of Night/Andre/Killing Zoe/A Man in Uniform/Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

Soundtracks
Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
Music by Richard Wagner

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Wagos East! A pathetic film about cowards turning back east after not making it out west.

My favorite comedian John Candy went out of life on a terrible note. This film did nothing but MAR his brilliant career with a stinker at the end. He died while filming this pathetic Western spoof that is not funny nor is it a taste of any West that ever existed.

I still feel sad when I see him on TV and realize that there will be no more of that Candy warmth and Candy brilliance in this world. I just saw "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" tonight. This is a great film. Watch the way he interacts with Steve Martin. Touching and sidesplitingly funny at the same time. I can not think of one funny bit from Wagons East. He looked bloated on this picture and was ill-suited on a horse. Go, Candy go! But please don't ask anyone to remember you from this film.