Lee Marvin inexplicably got nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for his turn as the horny miner in Paint Your Wagon. (Inexpliable, if you don't realize the Golden Globes were even more corrupt, more up for sale, then they are now. The FCC banned the Golden Globes show from being televised for a decade, due to the corruption of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association that makes the awards.
Why would macho man Lee Marvin be cast in a musical? why would Clint Eastwood be cast as his co-star? And how did Marvin, whose voice co-star Jean Seberg (another non-singer, but who was dubbed) described as the sound of a gurgling drain pipe, socre a Top 10 hit single?
Here's a detailed look at the flop:
"Paint Your Wagon" Painted Paramount Pictures' Books with a Plethora of Red Ink
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