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Jeremiah Johnson The Rewatchables
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Jeremiah Johnson

Most Rewatchable Scene

The cabin-building montage, final peace gesture, and first Crow-camp attack are explicit favorites among a broad set of frontier and action nominees.

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  • Hatchet Jack’s frozen body, letter, and inherited rifle are nominated.
  • Jeremiah’s early fur trade with Native Americans is nominated.
  • Jeremiah rescuing the bald man and helping recover his horses is nominated.
  • The first family meal with Woman and the boy is nominated.
  • Swan teaching Jeremiah to hunt and the family building a cabin are selected as a favorite montage.
  • The wolf attack is nominated.
  • The reluctant passage through the Crow burial ground is nominated.
  • Jeremiah’s successive fights with Crow warriors and the murder montage are nominated.
  • Jeremiah’s return to the cabin is nominated for the line that some say he is dead and some say he never will be.
  • The final raised-arm exchange with Paints His Shirt Red is selected as a favorite and the film’s resolution of the feud.
  • Jeremiah’s first attack on a Crow camp is selected as another favorite for its single-shot-weapon choreography.
Jeremiah Johnson The Rewatchables
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Jeremiah Johnson

What’s Aged the Best?

The final nod; John Milius dialogue; voiceover and music; facial hair; Crow memorial; Redford’s unique catalog entry.

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  • The final nod of approval is the immediate aged-best choice.
  • John Milius’s sparse dialogue is praised as memorable.
  • The voiceover and music work despite one speaker’s usual dislike of both devices.
  • Redford’s changing beard is proposed as an exceptional facial-hair performance; a beard-extension conspiracy is raised jokingly and rejected.
  • The Crow statue honoring Jeremiah’s kills is praised.
  • The patient survival routines and mountain setting are praised.
  • The film is called unique in Redford’s catalog and identified as his favorite.
Jeremiah Johnson The Rewatchables
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Jeremiah Johnson

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

Jeremiah crossing the burial ground and surviving repeated severe injuries

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  • Jeremiah allowing the reverend to push him into crossing the Crow burial ground is selected as the main weak link.
  • Jeremiah surviving an axe, spear, eye injury, and many unseen fights is selected as another weak link.
Jeremiah Johnson The Rewatchables
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Jeremiah Johnson

What’s Aged the Worst?

The daughter-as-repayment custom, dated Native representation, slower Bear Claw passages, and songs narrating visible action

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  • A daughter being given as repayment for a gift is selected as dated.
  • The movie’s language for Native people and its presentation of their customs are debated.
  • The Bear Claw passages are said to drag on repeat viewing.
  • The opening song laying out the movie’s plot is criticized.
Jeremiah Johnson The Rewatchables
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Jeremiah Johnson

Casting What-Ifs

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  • Lee Marvin was originally intended for Jeremiah and is rejected by the panel.
  • A Clint Eastwood version directed by Sam Peckinpah reportedly collapsed when they did not get along.
  • Steve McQueen is considered capable of the physical role but still inferior to Redford.
  • Redford’s real attachment to nature and Utah is cited as making him uniquely suited.
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