J. W. Coop

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.

I have relative's in this movie. It's really close to real life Rodeo back then,lol. Even more wild things depending which Rodeo and group of cowboys you hung around, lol. Good times for sure, not a fancy movie but entertaining.

Husband loved it, it was a good story about second chances, entertaining and simple.

Having grown up around Rodeo in the early 50s and 60s, I found J.W. Coop to be a magic carpet ride into the past when Rodeo hadn't been tainted by big money sponsors and television. One more thing that made this movie enjoyable to watch was that it was filmed on location in two of my home towns I lived in Porterville and Springville, California, as a very young man. Infact the young, teen, blonde girl stirring the pot in the movie (don't blink or you'll miss her) was one of my friends and she still lives in Porterville. Anyway, if you want to watch a good A- Rodeo movie with a small town feel to it, then pick up this solid, well written movie. One more thing, I had forgotten the movie, so I was really surprised by the ending. No special effects, just good editing and good writing. I felt I was watching my father rodeo again. He never made it big, but it was fun to see him try to earn some money doing what he loved.

Very good movie. Ive been looking for this movie for a long time now.

I first saw this movie on Encore Westerns, and I liked it so much that I bought it. I started going to rodeos, when I was a little kid, back in the 1970's, and this is a good rodeo movie.

Lots of locals in the movie - enjoyed that part of it.

J W Coop is a awesome cliff Robertson movie I love it the secenery is something to see and really that's how it is in the rodeo check hi girlfriend out guess who she's married to now