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  Wild Wild West (1999)
In reality, the secret service was founded in 1865, its original mission was to fight counterfeiters, and Secret Service agents didn't begin serving as Presidential bodyguards until after the 1901 assassination of President McKinley when they were asked by congress to protect the president.
James West: Loveless has kidnapped metallurgists, so whatever he's building is going to have armor.
WWW is the cinematic equivalent of kidney stones
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  Wild West Domains interview   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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Wild West Domains started operating as an ICANN accredited registrar in July 2002.
www.resellerconnection.com /interviews/wwd   (519 words)

  
  Wild Wild West - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
West fights off a number of McGrath's men, and finds himself in a Mexican standoff with the prostitute, who unmasks his disguise to reveal himself as the second protagonist, gadget-obsessed master of disguise U.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon (Kevin Kline).
West, it is revealed, had escaped death when a concealed layer of bulletproof chainmail in his jacket (another of Gordon's inventions) stopped the bullet fired at him.
Wild Wild West was criticized for excessive marketing and poor quality, as well as jaw-dropping implausibility and historical inaccuracy, and was generally seen to have gone too far in putting surface appearances and special effects ahead of plot and character, even for a summer blockbuster.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wild_Wild_West   (1818 words)

  
 The Wild Wild West - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Wild Wild West was an American television series that ran on CBS for four seasons (104 episodes) from September 17, 1965 to April 4, 1969.
According to the "The Wild Wild West Revisited" TV movie, Loveless eventually dies in 1880 from anger and frustration at having his plans consistently ruined by West and Gordon.
The first season of The Wild Wild West was released to DVD in North America on June 6, 2006, as a special 40th anniversary edition, with plans for the remaining seasons to be released over the next year.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Wild_Wild_West   (1629 words)

  
 Wild Wild West   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The latest entry is “Wild Wild West”, a movie version of the beloved TV series from the 60s and 70s of the same name.
“Wild Wild West” is also a special effects orgy, with countless computer generated and practical effects, ranging from the leg removal of the amputated Dr. Loveless throughout the film, all the way to the many gadgets, and ultimately the 80-foot mechanical spider.
“Wild Wild West” certainly doesn’t offer a lot of surprises, but I have to admit that the gadgets in the film are very well thought out and come in very handy at certain points in the story.
www.dvdreview.com /html/wild_wild_west.shtml   (1267 words)

  
 WILD WILD WEST
West, remembering he has a blade in the front of his boot, uses it to stab the man in the chest after elbowing him several times.
West is shot in the chest and falls from the huge tarantula (but is okay due to a bulletproof mesh vest he's wearing).
West and Loveless then fight, with the former kicking the latter backwards and the latter then tries to squash West (with his suddenly revealed, four mechanical legs).
www.screenit.com /movies/1999/wild_wild_west.html   (3738 words)

  
 Wild Wild West
West and Gordon were two Secret Service agents, both highly respectful of their jobs and of each other.
Wild Wild West is the product of a good idea, a star director (Barry Sonnenfeld), a big star (Smith), lots of money, and a bad script.
Wild Wild West comes off as the poster child for a mediocre film, a great concept not fully realized.
www.haro-online.com /movies/wild_wild_west.html   (469 words)

  
 DVDFILE.COM: Wild Wild West review
To add a little sexual tension, West and Gordon are joined by Rita Escobar (played by the delicious Salma Hayek), claiming to be the daughter of one of the missing scientists.
Early in the film, West is enjoying a rendezvous with a lovely lady in a water tank.
And West's "sexy" dance during a disguised infiltration of the Loveless fortress is downright embarrassing.
www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video/wildwildwest_1999.htm   (1099 words)

  
 The Wild Wild West Chronology
In the Signet novel The Wild, Wild West based on the TV episode The Night of the Double-Edged Knife it's stated West was 22 years old in 1865.
General Buford dies in Dec. and West is transferred to Brigadier General Harrison Ball's command (The Night of the Double-Edged Knife (title of novelization is The Wild, Wild West)).
West serves as General Grant's aide de camp until called back by General Ball (The Night of the Double-Edged Knife (title of novelization is The Wild, Wild West)).
www.pjfarmer.com /woldnewton/WWWest.htm   (1901 words)

  
 The Wild, Wild West   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Wild Wild West was something of a historic show (in a minor way) because Robert Conrad was the first true TV pinup hunk.
But on the Wild Wild West he was the best hero ever in the history of Television, and because of that, you could never say that this show jumped any shark, ever.
The Wild Wild West didn't have a chance to jump because CBS cancelled it while it was still in high gear, due to concerns about its violence.
www.jumptheshark.com /w/wildwildwest.htm   (8970 words)

  
 TheMovieBoy Review: Wild Wild West (1999)
In hot pursuit of Loveless, West and Gordon hop aboard a train, do wacky things, get off and are captured by Loveless, are chased by round metal razors through a cornfield, and finally, save the president, as well as a scantily-clad damsel-in-distress (Salma Hayek), and defeat Loveless and his entourage.
The only true saving grace of "Wild Wild West" is the marvelous production design by Bo Welch that is always fun to look at, and the offbeat music score by Elmer Bernstein.
"Wild Wild West" is Will Smith's third film in the last four years to open on the 4th of July weekend.
www.themovieboy.com /reviews/w/99_wildwildwest.htm   (537 words)

  
 THE WILD WILD WEST TV Series - Images, Audio and Video Clips   (Site not responding. Last check: )
James West was never much in a position to show musical appreciation to their duets.
Though West seems too preoccupied to enjoy the song, Voltaire seems to enjoy their singing just fine, --as evidenced by his snacks and toe tapping.
West climbs to stop the clock in the church bell tower so to prevent the explosives from going off.
www.nctc.net /~hazard/conrad/wildwest   (676 words)

  
 Wild Wild West
Their second film Wild Wild West is innovative in the sens that it almost creates a new genre, the science fiction Western.
Wild Wild West is about the year 1869 in which the American President Ulysses S. Grant (Kevin Kline) gives a secret governmental job to the very different agents (as the photograph on the left shows) James West (Will Smith) and Artemus Gordon (again: Kevin Kline).
Unfortunately, the plot and the dialogues in Wild Wild West do not live up to the quality of gadgets and special effects and Salma Hayek has only a decorative function.
www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo5/west.htm   (375 words)

  
 The Wild Wild West TV Show - The Wild Wild West Television Show - TV.com
The Wild Wild West ran for four seasons, and featured the adventures of two Secret Service Agents working for President Ulysses S. Grant.
West deals with the kidnapping of the Governor's daughter while Gordon rushes to find Jim to innoculate him from the disease one of the criminals was carrying.
The disease proves to be the turning point in the fight between the feds and the criminals as Gordon convinces the gang to turn themselves in exchange for the cure to the disease.
www.tv.com /wild-wild-west/show/145/summary.html   (369 words)

  
 Wild Wild West review
Inspired by the famous TV show from the 60's, the 99 version of Wild Wild West, far from recreating the atmosphere of the serie, attempts to reuse the formula for success of Barry Sonnenfeld's preceding movie in this Men in Black in the West.
Wild Wild West is a big budget flick where $ are thrown at your face through an abundance of gadgets and machines that constitute the conducting thread of this plotless movie.
While James West was in the past a macho, suspicious, straight-ass, handsome blue eyed hero wearing tight fitting pants played by Robert Conrad, he is now a Will Smithian buffoon James Bond.
www.plume-noire.com /movies/reviews/wildwest.html   (372 words)

  
 Wild Wild West
Despite some good special effects and some genuine laughs, Wild Wild West is otherwise a surprisingly uninvolving affair, suffering from a poor screenplay, lazy supporting performances and some misguided attempts at racial humour which leave a bitter aftertaste.
But, as all good westerns should, Wild Wild West has a great score, with a hugely dominant main theme, although this one strikes me as reminiscent of Alfred Newman's How The West Was Won than anything in Bernstein's past.
Although he has had to draft his family in to help him, his music is as alive and important as it ever was, and it is a testament to his standing in Hollywood that they are still willing to entrust the music for their blockbusters to a man who should be drawing his pension.
www.moviemusicuk.us /wwwestcd.htm   (496 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Wild Wild West (Widescreen): DVD: Barry Sonnenfeld,Will Smith,Kevin Kline,Kenneth Branagh,Salma Hayek,M. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The TV James West was the perfect wild west secret agent with the gadgets and brawls.
Wild Wild West is one of those movies that make you wonder just what were they thinking when this movie was being made.
West, not every situation requires your patented approach of shoot first, shoot later, shoot some more and then when everybody's dead try to ask a question or two.
www.amazon.ca /Wild-West-Widescreen-Barry-Sonnenfeld/dp/B00001ZWTT   (1711 words)

  
 Wild Wild West
Special government agent James West (Smith), long on charm and wit, and special government agent Artemus Gordon (Kline), a master of disguises and a brilliant inventor of gadgets large and small, are each sent to track down the diabolical genius Dr. Arliss Loveless (Branagh).
West and Gordon begin as competitors but soon pool their talents to become a wily team of operatives who trust each other_most of the time.
I was told before I went into the theatre, think of James Bond and gadgets in the old west, and I thought, this could be the perfect movie, I love gadgets and westerns are my favorite.
www.moviereviewsandpreviews.com /reviews/wildwildwest.htm   (313 words)

  
 Wild Wild West (1999): Reviews
A wild, wanton and wasteful western farce that's so overblown and underwritten it almost makes you cringe to watch it.
Wild Wild West isn't just a bad adaptation of a TV series; it's a bad film.
Wild Wild West wasn't funny and it didn't have a lot of action.
www.metacritic.com /video/titles/wildwildwest   (768 words)

  
 The Wild Wild West Home Page
Set in the 1870's, James West and his sidekick Artemus Gordon worked for the United States Secret Service, and it was their duty to keep the country safe from a large assortment of evil geniuses and their wicked schemes.
The Wild Wild West was not cancelled due to ratings.
In 1885, James West comes out of retirement in Mexico to reunite with his old partner, Artemus Gordon (now an actor with the Deadwood Shakespearian Strolling Players travelling tent show), to stop the diabolical plans of Miguelito Loveless Jr., the son of their old adversary.
www.uvm.edu /~glambert/twww1.html   (756 words)

  
 The Wild Wild West TV Show
The Wild Wild West TV show was a western action series like no other.
The Wild Wild West won one Emmy in 1967 for Agnes Moorehead's (Bewitched) performance in episode #48, "The Night of the Vicious Valentine".
The Wild Wild West was not cancelled due to bad ratings.
www.crazyabouttv.com /wildwildwest.html   (904 words)

  
 The Wild, Wild West
No offense, but your summary of The Wild Wild West is so frought with mis-information; you should be extremely embarassed to publish such a thing.
Wild, Wild West was canceled with a 33 share, far too high to explain cancelation.
The public explanation for cancelation was the violent content, which is believable when one looks at the public backlash against televised violence at the time, probably due to the Vietnam War being televised every day....
www.tvparty.com /wild.html   (1243 words)

  
 Wild Wild West   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I was never a fan of the original Wild Wild West TV show.
West snoops around Loveless' office for some time before the men hiding in the paintings try to kill him.
I have to admit some of West's wisecracks were kind of funny, though.
www.badmovieplanet.com /inferno/archives/wildwest.html   (797 words)

  
 The Wild Wild West
Known as the Robbers Roost, the territories became a safe haven for some of the old west's most desperate villains.
With no law west of St. Louis and no God west of Fort Smith, Ark. the remnants of the Missouri Border Raiders and Texas Freebooters found the territories a safe place to conduct their illegal business from.
However, as in all stories about the west, it is hard to separate the truth from the myth.
www.gunslinger.com /west.html   (262 words)

  
 Wild Wild West - DVD - Title W Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
Review of wild wild west (1999)- skip this first bit to be able to read the review with capital letters intact.
Wild Wild West : The Winner Of '99s Flop Of The Year Award...
Wild Wild West : A silly, but funny western.
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 Movie Info for Wild Wild West on MSN Movies
Yet another TV series is revived for the big screen, as Will Smith and Kevin Kline join forces as James T. West and Artemus Gordon, the most sophisticated government agents of the 1860's, in the film adaptation of The Wild Wild West.
West and Gordon represent two opposite ends of the personality scale: West is a smooth-talking charmer and man of action who prefers to shoot first and ask questions much, much later; while Gordon is intensely methodical and cerebral, with a genius for gadgets and mechanical innovations.
Wild Wild West reunites star Will Smith with director Barry Sonnenfeld, who previously worked together on the hit Men In Black (1997).
entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=23838   (357 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Wild Wild West: DVD: Will Smith,Kevin Kline,Kenneth Branagh,Salma Hayek,M. Emmet Walsh,Ted ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The level of stupid jokes and idiotic slapstick is mind-boggling, and the few attempts at character development (like West talking about his past) fall flat on their faces.
"Wild Wild West" is not a total fiasco, but it's easy to see why this big-budget revamp of the classic TV show never clicked.
first they cast a fl man as an undercover agent in the wild west where he would never be able to help as they would never let him in most places.
www.amazon.com /Wild-West-Will-Smith/dp/B00001ZWTT   (1660 words)

  
 WILD WILD WEST
I guess the filmmakers decided it was okay to cast West fl so they could add the racism jokes and the hysterical lynching scene.
Gordon is content to work without a sidearm and almost seems too eager to don dress and makeup to catch his man. He also likes to invent things - like the airplane he quickly whipped up to beat the enormous spider.
Then there was the ending, where Grant enlisted West and Gordon to create the Secret Service because they did such a good job protecting him.
www.sick-boy.com /wildwild.htm   (660 words)

  
 Wild, Wild West's Favorite Links
For the fun of it, we have add some links to other sources on the WWW with information on other outlaws, lawmen, cowboys, indians, and just all around interesting characters that helped make up the wild, wild west.
Pawnee Bill: Had his own Wild West Show at the turn of the century.
Old West: If your looking for every conceivable link to material on the Old West, this is the place to go.
www.gunslinger.com /Links.htm   (553 words)

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