Just about anyone who’s seen “Rio Bravo” would agree: it’s one of the greatest Westerns — if not one of the greatest American films — of all time. But at Observations on Film Art ...

Yet, the two-and-a-half-hour Rio Bravo is also a lazy hang-out movie, with long spells in between the shootouts affording the chance to develop each character and provide depth.

Angie Dickinson will kick off the 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival next month when she helps introduce a screening of a 4k restoration of Rio Bravo.

And he launches into “My Rifle, My Pony, and Me,” which, like the “Rio Bravo” original song, becomes a call-and-response duet. They’re using a 65-year-old movie to connect in the present.

Hawks once described “Rio Bravo” as a response to Fred Zinnemann’s “High Noon” ... Only good movies. Get the Indie Focus newsletter, Mark Olsen's weekly guide to the world of cinema.

John Wayne in the 4K disc release of “Rio Bravo” from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Gerard Butler in the Blu-ray disc release of “Kandahar” from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Rio Bravo gets into most people's Top 10 Western lists less for its slick action scenes, which are widely spaced, as for its atmosphere and characters which are as warm as toast.

But "Rio Bravo" was shot in glorious Technicolor and starred perhaps the most popular star in movie history. Most cult films are too hip to be popular, and most big hits are too popular to be hip.

TCM Classic Film Festival: Angie Dickinson, ‘Rio Bravo’ Kicking Things Off Steven Spielberg and Paul Thomas Anderson also will return April 13 for a restored 4k screening of the legendary Western.