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This evening while eating out on s rainy Friday , I asked my wife what did she wish to do for the rest of the evening. Surprisingly, she told me that she bought a Christmas present of the dvd movie titled "Harry Tracy, The Last of the Wild Bunch starring Bruce Dern and Gordon Lightfoot. And she was wondering if I wanted to wait until Christmas to open it or go home tonight and watch it? Well, I guess that's like asking a man lost in Death Valley if he would like some water and an air conditioned room. I couldnt wait to get home. I really wasn't expecting to see the greatest of westerns which I'm a huge fan of. But even more, I wasn't under the impression that I was going to see Gord actually act. I mean, Gordon act? I was going to love him either way, but I was sure there may be a few embarrassing moments also. Where I would question why the legendary troubadour would even try to get in front of the camera.

Well, we watched it. And all I can say is Wow! First if all, myself being a history buff of the old west and it's last days of the 19th century I found this to be a great movie. The movie sets looked to be authentic for the time period and it didn't have that Hollywood flash to mar it any. Maybe that's because it was made in Canada as I found out in the closing credits. Secondly! Gordon was a natural. I didn't in a million years expect to walk away feeling that the man could act. But I did. And it wasn't just a small part either. It possibly was either the second or third biggest part in the film. Gordon was magnificent. In fact, the whole cast was great! But the third thing that surprised me more than anything else, is that I never thought with this flick, I would hear one of the most beautiful of songs in which I have heard Gordon sing. The song being, "My Love For You", written by Les Poulliet. What a beautiful song this is and even if the movie had turned out to be a dud, I would have been satisfied purchasing it for this great song. Now, I only have about 16 Gordon Lightfoot albums and this song isn't on any of them. I tried checking the internet and outside of a few YouTube videos, I found nothing. Was this song ever released on a Gordon Lightfoot album? Or does anyone have an idea if he ever played this in concert? I'm still in shock that the movie was great! Gordon was great in it! And the song was beautiful. I highly recommend this movie if you haven't seen it yet. My wife picked this used copy up on Amazon for a little over $5.00 plus shipping.