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Daniel Boone treats "worldbuilding" the way a toddler treats a fruit bowl — enthusiastically, briefly, then forgotten.
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1964 · Adventure / Western
Daniel Boone
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.
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RELEASE DATE
1964
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Adventure / Western
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Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.
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Watched Daniel Boone so you don't have to. You're welcome.
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Daniel Boone: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.
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The science in Daniel Boone has the same relationship to physics that I have to going to the gym: aspirational.
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Daniel Boone (1964) is praised with a low burn score on Roasted Tomatoes with a Burn Index of 30/100. Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Telev…
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Daniel Boone scores 30/100 Burn — Roasted Tomatoes recommends it as a confident watch.
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r/criticalkino · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 4.7k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Daniel Boone actually is?
Everyone praising the Daniel Boone performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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r/flicks · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 3.3k points
Hot Take: Daniel Boone's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Honestly, Daniel Boone would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/flicks · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 4.7k points
The cinematography in Daniel Boone is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Look, I wanted to love Daniel Boone. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/TrueFilm · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 1.8k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Daniel Boone?
Director clearly thought Daniel Boone was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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