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4.5
I write from Germany and in German TV there's only a few american movies and/or TV films, that really struck me.It's mainly films of the 1970ties. One day I caught one of these mostly latenight films, J. W. Coop or "Der Cowboy" how it's called in German.I recorded it on VHS (no one could think of dvd then, it must have been around 1990 or shortly after) and from then on seen it at least 15 or 20 times.Its one of these rare films, that get me real involved in the plot (like Black Rain or The Silence of the lambs).When I'm sitting before my video player (I just ordered the dvd version from Amazon US a few days ago) its not Cliff Robertson acting on the screen, but J.W. Coop. And that makes a great actor, one who is able, to catch the viewers attention, so that he sort of dives into the action.J.W. Coop is not a real action movie, but a kind of silent one with a silent ending, inspite of the tragic closing.I always had my regrets, that Cliff Robertson didn't write and/or direct any more movies. And yesterday I read that he died last year. Sure. he made a few more films, but J. W. Coop should be his greatest.
