Billy Jack - Junior Bonner

[admin]

Billy Jack was an unexpected hit in the theaters. Marketed as an action film, the story focuses on the plight of Native Americans during the civil rights era. It attained a cult following among younger audiences due to its youth-oriented, anti-authority message and the then-novel martial arts fight scenes, which predate the Bruce Lee/kung fu movie trend that followed. The centerpiece of the film features Billy Jack, enraged over the mistreatment of his Native American friends, fighting racist thugs using hapkido techniques. (credit wikipedia)

Did you know they filmed a fight scene at the courthouse? Google it.

[zzz]

Love Billy Jack

[Cedric]

Junior Bonner was also filmed in Prescott

[admin]

Cedric, yes Junior Bonner, perhaps the most favorite movie filmed in Prescott.
Junior Bonner is a 1972 American contemporary Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Joe Don Baker, and Ida Lupino. The film focuses on a veteran rodeo rider as he returns to his hometown of Prescott, Arizona, to participate in an annual rodeo competition and reunite with his brother and estranged parents. Many critics consider it to be the warmest and most gentle of Peckinpah's films. (credit wikipedia)

Click her to see what The Arizona Republic had to say about the film Junior Bonner:
https://www.prescottaz-blog.com/Junior% ... icles.html

Click here for Junior Bonner 30 second film clips:
viewtopic.php?p=43#p43
Click here for images of the Prescott 'Train depot' past and today:
Prescott%20train%20depot.html