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Paint Your Wagon is a 1969 epic Western musical film starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, and Jean Seberg. The film was adapted by Paddy Chayefsky from the 1951 musical Paint Your Wagon by Lerner and Loewe. It is set in a mining camp in Gold Rush-era California. It was directed by Joshua Logan.

Plot
In the Gold Rush era, a wagon crashes into a ravine, prospector Ben Rumson finds two adult male occupants, brothers, one of whom is dead and the other of whom has a broken arm and leg. Pardner (Clint Eastwood), in the wilds of California during the Gold Rush. At the burial, they discover gold dust and stake a claim. Soon a mining camp dubbed "No Name City" emerges, rife with lonely men starved for female companionship. When a polygamist Mormon arrives looking to sell off a wife (Jean Seberg), a bidding war commences.

Good Qualites

 * 1) Clint Eastwood's performance as Sylvester Newel/"Pardner" is pretty decent.
 * 2) Great cinematography.
 * 3) The setting of No Name City, including the Gold Rush era in California is pretty good.
 * 4) The soundtrack that was composed by Lerner and Loewe, André Previn, and Nelson Riddle are pretty good.
 * 5) *In addition, the song "Wand'rin' Star" is also amazing and memorable.

Critical response
The film was released on October 15, 1969, and it was not well received by film critics, and it holds a 27% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 15 reviews, while Metacritic has a bit higher score a 50/100 "mixed or average reviews" Roger Ebert described the film "The fact is, Paint Your Wagon doesn't inspire a review. It doesn't even inspire a put-down. It just lies there in my mind - a big, heavy lump.". Ebert gave this film a 2/4 stars.

Despite not being well-received, it received mixed to positive reviews from audiences, as it was holding a 68% audience score rating on Rotten Tomatoes. While some fans claimed that it's a great film to the same name, other dismissed it's a disappointing film.

Box office
During its release, the film grossed over $31,678,778 against its $20 million budget, making a moderate success.

Trivia

 * On DVD release, it was rated PG-13, which it is one of a few 1960s film can get a PG-13 rated.