Filming of “worst Western ever” was a real spectacle

Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 2 p.m.

It was no "Heaven's Gate" -- "The Way West" was more like the "Ishtar" of the late 1960s. It was spectacularly and expensively shot on location in Oregon, but plans to celebrate its release here foundered in a tidal wave of scathing reviews. (Lane County, Lake County; 1966) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1901a.way-west-movie-spectacular-flop-529.html)