The Ballad of CrippleKane
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- rated 4.43 / 5 stars
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- Music Video
- cowboy
- western
- portalhistory2009
- enniomorricone
Credits & Info
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Author AlmightyHans
- Uploaded
- Jun 28, 2009 | 8:21 AM EDT
- File Info
- Movie
- 3.2 mb
- Weekly Users' Choice June 30, 2009
- Review Crew Pick Movie of the Year 2009
- Daily Feature June 28, 2009
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Author Comments
"Cripple Kane confronts the corrupt sheriff 'Blind-eye Bill' in an epic western showdown."
WATCH THE COOL CREDIT SEQUENCE AT THE END!
So. I started this in late April/early May of 2008. It all started when 'Decade Studios' Perry, a Newgrounds user friend of mine, sent me a song and said "This song reminded me of you". That Song was "A Gringo Like Me". Instantly I started animating the very beginning of this video, just as a fun little project. This fun little project expanded and expanded to turn into the ambitious monster that is this movie. All these ideas for the video came to mind. Make some sort of ultimate western extravaganza. Only problem is, I had always had trouble animating horses. That's what put this project on hold for so long. But thanks to ZekeySpaceyLizard, he jumped in and helped me with some horse legs on a front shot movieclip. That was basically the wall breaker and I wasn't stuck anymore.
Basically yesterday i sat down and animated essentially the second half of this movie. determined to finish this once and for all... It was hell... and by God am I thrilled to say it's complete.
Stylistically what I had in mind for this when I was animating was to try and give a western movie the old 1960's-1970's kung fu style of cinematography. with Westerns usually having a slow and tense pace. I decided to try and give it that in your face, zany sort of action.
*edit*As for story, it's not meant to be a citizen kane. in fact more than story I was mainly aiming at making a cool sequence. I say this because I've been getting a few people saying that it lacks story or that it's bad. there isn't meant to be a story so why rate or judge it based on lacking that. It's like saying citizen kane lacked explosive action. Just felt like throwing that out there.
Well. I don't care, it's done. I just gave birth to an overweight baby. Chicks can't give me shit about not knowing their pain.
Dim the light, I hope you enjoy.
-HVH
Special Thanks to Perry, he's the one who showed me the song and started it all. And Kevin Barrios (Buzzwerd) for bitching at me to finish this thing and standing me sending him every frame of updates.
Reviews
Rated 5 / 5 stars June 8, 2012
This was one of the very first video I saw on this site. Since then, Ive always thought of this as one of greatest animated flash videos ever shown on Newgrounds. Good work, Hans, and lets hope you make more as awesome like this.
Rated 5 / 5 stars May 27, 2012
Ennio Morricone ist just the most awesome filmmusikmaker of his time. really good atmosphere. And this vidio ist on of the coolest things I've sawn lately.
Rated 5 / 5 stars February 16, 2012
what song did you use for the music i give 5/5 great work
Rated 5 / 5 stars January 17, 2012
One of My Favorites
It just has that Spaghetti Western sort of feel about it, and say what you will about those films, I'm just a sucker for them. The Wild Bunch, The Magnificent Seven, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and so on.
Though really, I think it was the music that really brought it together; without it, it just wouldn't be as good as it is.
Rated 5 / 5 stars December 31, 2011
Loved it.
This makes me want to watch The Good, The Bad And The Ugly again, and, in that sense, it succeeds entirely as a flash film. Well done!