![]() Like Moviepaws on Facebook Follow Movie Paws on Tags a dog's purpose alligators animation ants apes awards bears birds black cat appreciation day bloodhounds borzois bulldogs cairn terriers call of the wild cats chihuahuas christmas christopher robin cocker spaniels cows coyotes cruella dachshunds deer disney disney plus documentaries dog days dogman dogs doves downward dog dr. You could just as well argue that if she hadn’t felt pressured to get rid of the dog, this tragedy would also have been averted. One could argue that Alice would never have died if the dog hadn’t been along for the journey west. I’d like to think that the dog stays on the trail with Mr. This was the color plate preceding the story, although when we first see it, we have no idea how tragic this seemingly happy image of a man and his dog are. Knapp.Īll of the stories are begun as chapters in a book, with one illustrated color plate each. With the dog at his heels, he heads back to the wagon train, with no idea what to say to Mr. The tough trail boss laments her unnecessary death. Thinking the worst, she has followed his dire instructions and taken her own life. He returns to Alice, only to find her dead. However, he has a trick up his sleeve and emerges the victor. ![]() Arthur fights valiantly, but appears to have fallen to the last Comanche. The Comanches rush Arthur while Alice and the dog hide behind a small outcropping. They crop only as a plot device here and in the “ Near Algodones” segment with James Franco.) (None of the stories are told from the Comanches’ point of view. He hands Alice a pistol and tells her that if he is killed, she should shoot herself rather than face the certain horrors she’ll suffer at the hands of the Comanches. He and Alice are too far from the other wagons to make it back in time. And that’s when he spies a Comanche on the horizon, the first of many. Arthur (Grainger Hines), the other trail boss, finds her and urges her to rejoin the wagon train. Now, his barking at prairie dogs delights her. After hearing him barking Alice goes to find him, over a nearby hill. With her life holding promise for the first time, she’s more than happy to see President Pierce when he reappears. Their burgeoning romance is one of the only happy story lines in the entire film. ![]() Knapp have become close and she has even accepted his proposal of marriage. Having come out from her controlling brother’s shadow, she is now able to consider life on her own terms and make her own decisions. Several miles later, things have changed considerably for Alice. It’s an enormous testament to both actors (and the writers) that we still like both characters despite their trying to kill a dog whose only crime was wanting attention. ![]() He guesses because of the scare, President Pierce is unlikely to return. ![]() She covers her ears as she hears shots, but when he returns, Knapp sheepishly tells her that he missed his first shot and the dog has run off. She agrees and he carries the dog off into the distance, intending to shoot it. When trail boss Billy Knapp (Bill Heck) learns that the dog is not hers, and that she is also overwhelmed by the dog, he offers to put it down for her. All she has is Gilbert’s dog, whom everyone else regards as a nuisance, due to his constant barking. Alice is left with no one and an even more uncertain future. While on the trail, Gilbert takes ill and passes away. Zoe Kazan and Bill Heck in ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ (Netflix) ![]()
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