The year 1953 surely left even the most devoted Oscar fans scratching their heads. One of the biggest upsets ever for Best Picture, some shocking snubs and all major awards going to different films led to some baffling anomalies at the 25th Academy Awards ceremony on March 19, 1953. This was also the year that the film industry finally capitulated to its rival source of entertainment, television, and for the first time broadcast the lavish ceremony live for viewers at home – so perhaps they wanted to dazzle and stun. Let’s flashback to the Oscars from 70 years ago.
With the cameras switching back and forth between Bob Hope hosting in Los Angeles and Conrad Nagel hosting in New York, the event attracted the largest single television audience to date in that medium’s young history. Five films were nominated for Best Picture, including the expected winner “High Noon,” plus “The Quiet Man,” “Moulin Rouge” and “Ivanhoe.
With the cameras switching back and forth between Bob Hope hosting in Los Angeles and Conrad Nagel hosting in New York, the event attracted the largest single television audience to date in that medium’s young history. Five films were nominated for Best Picture, including the expected winner “High Noon,” plus “The Quiet Man,” “Moulin Rouge” and “Ivanhoe.
- 1/26/2023
- by Susan Pennington
- Gold Derby
Among the classic westerns of the Golden Age of Hollywood, "High Noon" stands tall in its simplicity. Aging marshal Will Kane (Gary Cooper) has retired, ready to start afresh with his new bride, played by Grace Kelly in her breakthrough role. Before he has had a chance to say his goodbyes and leave town, word arrives that an outlaw he sent to prison is coming in on the noon train with his gang, seeking revenge. His sense of duty and pride won't let him run scared, even though it's not his job anymore, and he tries to raise a posse to confront the bad guys. However, no one is prepared to stick their neck out, apart from the town drunk and a kid who admires Kane. He refuses their assistance and has no choice but to stride out to face the killers alone.
Told almost in real-time, Fred Zinneman's celebrated...
Told almost in real-time, Fred Zinneman's celebrated...
- 10/18/2022
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
The Western genre may not be as prolific as it was half a century ago, but "High Noon" continually remains one of the seminal pieces of American Western cinema. Directed by Fred Zinneman and starring Gary Cooper as Will Kane and Grace Kelly as his wife Amy, "High Noon" is about a former marshal preparing to leave his small New Mexico town with his new wife when he learns that a rough and tumble criminal Frank Miller, someone he put in jail, has been released and is looking for revenge. Kane tries his best to recruit other deputies to assist...
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- 7/27/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
London-based documentary specialist Dogwoof has restructured its business affairs and sales teams as it continues to expand into production.
Former Western Edge Pictures executive Will Kane will join the company as head of business affairs, working closely with CEO Anna Godas and head of acquisitions and distribution Oli Harbottle to grow Dogwoof’s production and financing arms.
Meanwhile, Cleo Veger has been promoted to head of sales, and former Tvf International sales and acquisitions executive Katie Bench has joined as new senior sales executive.
Veger joined in 2014 and moved to the role of sales executive in 2017, and then sales manager in 2019. She will head an expanded sales team across all sales and pre-sales as well as festivals. Bench, who specialized in sales for Latin America, Iberia and Benelux at Tvf, will oversee TV sales in a number of territories. Both executives will be attending this week’s Sheffield DocFest and taking meetings at MeetMarket.
Former Western Edge Pictures executive Will Kane will join the company as head of business affairs, working closely with CEO Anna Godas and head of acquisitions and distribution Oli Harbottle to grow Dogwoof’s production and financing arms.
Meanwhile, Cleo Veger has been promoted to head of sales, and former Tvf International sales and acquisitions executive Katie Bench has joined as new senior sales executive.
Veger joined in 2014 and moved to the role of sales executive in 2017, and then sales manager in 2019. She will head an expanded sales team across all sales and pre-sales as well as festivals. Bench, who specialized in sales for Latin America, Iberia and Benelux at Tvf, will oversee TV sales in a number of territories. Both executives will be attending this week’s Sheffield DocFest and taking meetings at MeetMarket.
- 6/23/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Kane and Abby will arrive in Polis to meet with the Grounders in tonight’s episode of The 100, titled “Ye Who Enter,” but things between the two of them are a little tense before their big sit-down. Why is that? Because, as Kane states in the sneak peek below, Abby has re-opened Mount Weather for the Arkers’ use, and the fact that the Sky People are coming and going from a place where so many Grounders were tortured and killed could complicate the fragile peace between the two groups. Furthermore, Kane is worried about how it will affect future requests that
The 100: Will Kane and Abby Be Able to Bring Clarke Back Home?...
The 100: Will Kane and Abby Be Able to Bring Clarke Back Home?...
- 2/4/2016
- by Chris King
- TVovermind.com
What's it all about, Alfie? The master of suspense goes in an unusual direction with this murder mystery with a Catholic background. And foreground. Actually, it's a regular guidebook for proper priest deportment, and it's so complex that we wonder if Hitchcock himself had a full grip on it. Montgomery Clift is extremely good atop a top-rank cast that includes Anne Baxter and Karl Malden. Rated less exciting by audiences, this is really one of Hitch's best. I Confess Blu-ray Warner Archive Collection 1953 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 94 min. / Street Date February 16, 2016 / available through the WBshop / 17.95 Starring Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden, Brian Aherne, Roger Dann, Dolly Haas, Charles Andre, O.E. Hasse. Cinematography Robert Burks Art Direction Edward S. Haworth Film Editor Rudi Fehr Original Music Dimitri Tiomkin Written by George Tabori, William Archibald from a play by Paul Anthelme Produced and Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson...
- 1/24/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
High Noon (1952) is considered a classic for good reason. It’s about a man not too different from us, who faces an enemy from his past alone precisely because no one else will if he doesn’t. High Noon gets me just with the cast alone. Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lee Van Cleef, and Lon Chaney. I mean come on, that’s a fantastic cast. They all add to the movie in one way or another. Cooper is absolutely superb as Will Kane – the weary marshal who’s reluctant to give up his star. He anchors the movie. It’s his journey as high noon approaches quickly and we’re spellbound by his plight. Kelly plays his newlywed wife and is less naive than you’d think. Thomas Mitchell is the mayor of this small town and his scene at church is a highlight of the film. Then...
- 6/11/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
WWE.com
This week’s WWE Monday Night Raw takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana and it’s the last show before Money in the Bank set to take place this Sunday night.
There aren’t any specific matches advertised for the show several hours before it’s set to air, but we usually find out some matches about an hour before the show takes place at 8pmET.
Over on WWE.com, they posted about five questions that we hope to have answered on Raw tonight:
Can Rollins be ‘The Future of WWE’ on his own?
How will John Cena respond to Kevin Owens?
What’s next for Dolph Ziggler and Lana?
How will Paige begin to ‘change’ the Divas division?
Will Kane be laughing all the way to the ‘Bank’?
Kane added himself to the Money in the Bank match on Smackdown. He also mentioned he was the 7th...
This week’s WWE Monday Night Raw takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana and it’s the last show before Money in the Bank set to take place this Sunday night.
There aren’t any specific matches advertised for the show several hours before it’s set to air, but we usually find out some matches about an hour before the show takes place at 8pmET.
Over on WWE.com, they posted about five questions that we hope to have answered on Raw tonight:
Can Rollins be ‘The Future of WWE’ on his own?
How will John Cena respond to Kevin Owens?
What’s next for Dolph Ziggler and Lana?
How will Paige begin to ‘change’ the Divas division?
Will Kane be laughing all the way to the ‘Bank’?
Kane added himself to the Money in the Bank match on Smackdown. He also mentioned he was the 7th...
- 6/8/2015
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
The Salvation
Written by Anders Thomas Jensen and Kristian Levring
Directed by Kristian Levring
Denmark, 2015
Westerns have never recovered from the oversaturation of the genre that killed off viewer interest decades ago, but every now and then a gem pops up. Recent successes like The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, 2007’s 3:10 to Yuma and the Coen brothers adaptation of True Grit all did well because they tweaked the genre slightly, but director Kristian Levring goes with an old school approach. A faithful recreation of those revenge Westerns made so popular in the 1970s, The Salvation envelopes many elements of previous Clint Eastwood classics and wraps it into a tidy package.
The Salvation starts in on the central dilemma, joining Jon (Hannibal‘s Mad Mikkelsen) at the train station where he awaits the arrival of his wife and son. Jon and his brother, Peter (Mikael Persbrandt...
Written by Anders Thomas Jensen and Kristian Levring
Directed by Kristian Levring
Denmark, 2015
Westerns have never recovered from the oversaturation of the genre that killed off viewer interest decades ago, but every now and then a gem pops up. Recent successes like The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, 2007’s 3:10 to Yuma and the Coen brothers adaptation of True Grit all did well because they tweaked the genre slightly, but director Kristian Levring goes with an old school approach. A faithful recreation of those revenge Westerns made so popular in the 1970s, The Salvation envelopes many elements of previous Clint Eastwood classics and wraps it into a tidy package.
The Salvation starts in on the central dilemma, joining Jon (Hannibal‘s Mad Mikkelsen) at the train station where he awaits the arrival of his wife and son. Jon and his brother, Peter (Mikael Persbrandt...
- 2/27/2015
- by Colin Biggs
- SoundOnSight
Nine actors. Eighteen Best Actor Oscars. Let's rank these legendarily thespians much in the way we took a hard look yesterday at the 13 women who scooped up two Best Actress wins. The contenders: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Sean Penn. Damn. Put on your spurs, Will Kane, because this is a battle of men's men. ...
- 1/15/2015
- by Louis Virtel
- Hitfix
It’s December. And you know what that means? It means for every popcorn blockbuster, we get about three Oscar bait movies that are made solely to appease that body of somewhat stodgy Academy voters. Don’t get me wrong – a good portion of the Best Picture winners in history are still some of the greatest films ever made – “The Godfather” (Parts I and II), “Schindler’s List,” etc. But what about those historically good movies that got the nomination, but didn’t take home the prize? What about those popular movies that carried fan support, but lost out to a smaller, most of the time better, film? Well, here they are. This list focuses on those films that may or may not have been produced as Oscar bait, but earned the recognition of “Best Picture nominee,” only to walk away without the big prize. As usual, not in order of worst to best.
- 1/1/2015
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
Man of the West
Directed by Anthony Mann
Written by Reginald Rose
USA, 1958
Man of the West was director Anthony Mann’s final Western of the 1950s. As such, it stands as something of a cumulative expression of his generic preoccupations and stylistic preferences, preoccupations and preferences that were consistently integrated in a decade’s worth of some of the finest Westerns ever made. What Mann accomplished in this particular genre during a 10-year period is one of the most impressive chapters in American film history, but Man of the West is more than just a summation of the period; it is as good, if not better in many ways, as the extraordinary pictures that came before it.
Taking over the reigns from James Stewart, who had previously starred in five earlier landmark Mann Westerns, is Gary Cooper, another perennial aw shucks leading man. Like with Stewart, Mann upsets this archetypal Cooper screen persona.
Directed by Anthony Mann
Written by Reginald Rose
USA, 1958
Man of the West was director Anthony Mann’s final Western of the 1950s. As such, it stands as something of a cumulative expression of his generic preoccupations and stylistic preferences, preoccupations and preferences that were consistently integrated in a decade’s worth of some of the finest Westerns ever made. What Mann accomplished in this particular genre during a 10-year period is one of the most impressive chapters in American film history, but Man of the West is more than just a summation of the period; it is as good, if not better in many ways, as the extraordinary pictures that came before it.
Taking over the reigns from James Stewart, who had previously starred in five earlier landmark Mann Westerns, is Gary Cooper, another perennial aw shucks leading man. Like with Stewart, Mann upsets this archetypal Cooper screen persona.
- 11/13/2014
- by Jeremy Carr
- SoundOnSight
What do film directors Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Agnès Varda, Robert Wise, Fred Zinnemann, Luis Buñuel, Alain Resnais, Roman Polanski, Sidney Lumet, Robert Altman, Louis Malle, Richard Linklater, Tom Tykwer, Alexander Sokurov, Paul Greengrass, Song Il-Gon, Alfonso Cuarón, and Alejandro Iñárritu have in common? More specifically, what type of film have they directed, setting them apart from fewer than 50 of their filmmaking peers? Sorry, “comedy” or “drama” isn’t right. If you’ve looked at this article’s headline, you’ve probably already guessed that the answer is that they’ve all made “real-time” films, or films that seemed to take about as long as their running time.
The real-time film has long been a sub-genre without much critical attention, but the time of the real-time film has come. Cuarón’s Gravity (2013), which was shot and edited so as to seem like a real-time film, floated away with the most 2014 Oscars,...
The real-time film has long been a sub-genre without much critical attention, but the time of the real-time film has come. Cuarón’s Gravity (2013), which was shot and edited so as to seem like a real-time film, floated away with the most 2014 Oscars,...
- 10/18/2014
- by Daniel Smith-Rowsey
- SoundOnSight
When we fall in love with a movie, it’s usually because we fall in love with the characters contained within its frames – is it, after all, possible to have a truly great motion picture without truly great characters? Isn’t it ultimately the characters that make a movie worth revisiting, after the gimmicks, special effects, or narrative complexities wear off? Cinema has, of course, gifted us with some of the greatest fictional characters of all-time: Travis Bickle, Don Corleone, James Bond, Indiana Jones, Ellen Ripley, Will Kane, Harry Callahan, to name but just a few legends.
Still, despite the fact that the movie surrounding a central character might be great, it doesn’t always mean that our hero is, too. Often, we can find ourselves duped by this notion… because the movie itself is memorable, we tend to overlook that – in a lot of cases – our protagonist is merely a connecting glue,...
Still, despite the fact that the movie surrounding a central character might be great, it doesn’t always mean that our hero is, too. Often, we can find ourselves duped by this notion… because the movie itself is memorable, we tend to overlook that – in a lot of cases – our protagonist is merely a connecting glue,...
- 8/15/2013
- by T.J. Barnard
- Obsessed with Film
“Now might be a good time to kill him”
After a season of gruesome beat downs, adrenaline-pumping action and quality one-liners True Justice is concluding its second season with the epic finale episode, "The Shot." Will Kane get 'a shot' at The Ghost? These first scenes don't seem to be giving too much away, but it looks like Kane needs to keep it simple if he's going to get out of this situation alive.
Check out the intense first scenes and don't miss the finale episode of True Justice season two tonight, Friday, March 29th at 9p E/ 8p P.
The Adrenaline-Pumping Conclusion
New episode Fridays 9E/8P
Next Showing:
Link | Posted 3/29/2013 by reelz
True Justice...
After a season of gruesome beat downs, adrenaline-pumping action and quality one-liners True Justice is concluding its second season with the epic finale episode, "The Shot." Will Kane get 'a shot' at The Ghost? These first scenes don't seem to be giving too much away, but it looks like Kane needs to keep it simple if he's going to get out of this situation alive.
Check out the intense first scenes and don't miss the finale episode of True Justice season two tonight, Friday, March 29th at 9p E/ 8p P.
The Adrenaline-Pumping Conclusion
New episode Fridays 9E/8P
Next Showing:
Link | Posted 3/29/2013 by reelz
True Justice...
- 3/29/2013
- by reelz staff
- Reelzchannel.com
High Noon and Rio Bravo share a fascinating and perhaps singular position in the annals of American cinema as companion pieces of social commentary that also managed to succeed as two of the greatest and most influential Westerns, and indeed films, of their time. Created seven years apart, with Rio Bravo intended as a direct rebuttal of High Noon, both films explore their creators’ personal philosophies in the context of the American West. Any number of topics are explored, from gender roles to pride and self-medication, but the most prominent is an examination of American ideology and politics, specifically McCarthyism and the blacklist.
High Noon, a film about a prominent, respected, and well-liked citizen’s disillusionment when his friends, one by one, refuse to stand with him against a strong, corrupt, and unyielding foe, can easily be viewed through the prism of the Red Scare. Even setting aside writer Carl Foreman...
High Noon, a film about a prominent, respected, and well-liked citizen’s disillusionment when his friends, one by one, refuse to stand with him against a strong, corrupt, and unyielding foe, can easily be viewed through the prism of the Red Scare. Even setting aside writer Carl Foreman...
- 1/28/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Here's a solidly well made post apocalyptic short film called The Liberator that was directed by Edward Hartely.
Set in a post apocalyptic world, The Liberator is the story of Kane, a young boy who is forced to live in the middle of the ongoing war between the New American Liberation Force (Nalf) and The Rebels. When Sarah, an Nalf soldier murders Kane's little brother, Kane seeks revenge, capturing and torturing Sarah, but unexpected circumstances arise and Kane's morality is tested. Will Kane be able to go through with exacting his revenge?
Watch the short below and let us know what you think about it!
Thanks to the director for sending this over to us! ...
- 11/6/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
We start the Top 7. You finish the Top 10.
Real time – in which the plot of the film covers the same amount of time as it takes to watch – can be a blessing or a curse. When a film calls attention to it, real time can become a gimmicky distraction. On the other hand, it can add a real sense of urgency if the film just allows the events to unfold before us. There are a number of different ways filmmakers use it. For example, the action may be primarily set in one location. Other ways it is used involve hostage situations, characters waiting for something, or simply following characters around from place to place. It can be a tricky thing to pull off perfectly. So I’m deciding that as long as the film makes a real attempt, and the majority of the action takes place in real time, it is fair game.
Real time – in which the plot of the film covers the same amount of time as it takes to watch – can be a blessing or a curse. When a film calls attention to it, real time can become a gimmicky distraction. On the other hand, it can add a real sense of urgency if the film just allows the events to unfold before us. There are a number of different ways filmmakers use it. For example, the action may be primarily set in one location. Other ways it is used involve hostage situations, characters waiting for something, or simply following characters around from place to place. It can be a tricky thing to pull off perfectly. So I’m deciding that as long as the film makes a real attempt, and the majority of the action takes place in real time, it is fair game.
- 12/21/2011
- by Shane T. Nier
- The Scorecard Review
Actor best known as the warm and authoritative Colonel Potter in M*A*S*H
The actor Harry Morgan, who has died aged 96, was best known as Colonel Sherman T Potter, commander of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in M*A*S*H, the wonderfully witty and sharp television series set in an army camp during the Korean war. He played Potter, an expert surgeon and a father figure in the camp, from 1978 until 1983.
Those who knew Morgan from films alone might have been surprised by his warm and authoritative performance as Potter. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, as a supporting actor, he played runtish bad guys and worms that seldom turned. He gradually began to reveal a more likable side, as a musician buddy of Glenn Miller (James Stewart) in The Glenn Miller Story (1954) and in the typically bland 50s TV sitcom December Bride (1954-58). Later, he played...
The actor Harry Morgan, who has died aged 96, was best known as Colonel Sherman T Potter, commander of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in M*A*S*H, the wonderfully witty and sharp television series set in an army camp during the Korean war. He played Potter, an expert surgeon and a father figure in the camp, from 1978 until 1983.
Those who knew Morgan from films alone might have been surprised by his warm and authoritative performance as Potter. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, as a supporting actor, he played runtish bad guys and worms that seldom turned. He gradually began to reveal a more likable side, as a musician buddy of Glenn Miller (James Stewart) in The Glenn Miller Story (1954) and in the typically bland 50s TV sitcom December Bride (1954-58). Later, he played...
- 12/9/2011
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Inspired by Cowboys & Aliens, James comes up with a few other potential sci-fi/western-themed buddy movies…
The title doesn’t lie. Cowboys & Aliens contains cowboys and aliens. Jon Favreau’s latest film has Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig and Sam Rockwell wearing Stetson hats, and has extra-terrestrials invading the nineteenth century American Old West.
If you like cowboys and aliens, this is clearly a movie you’ll want to see. It’s unambiguous and upfront about what it’s offering unlike, say, Super 8. (“Who are these Super 8? Is this going to be like X-Men?”)
As a minor quibble, though, the title would be more accurate if it were Cowboys vs Aliens, seeing as it’s a story about conflict between humans and hostile organisms from outer space. A versus title is justified, because it’s a high-concept film based around a core premise of combat between two elements already...
The title doesn’t lie. Cowboys & Aliens contains cowboys and aliens. Jon Favreau’s latest film has Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig and Sam Rockwell wearing Stetson hats, and has extra-terrestrials invading the nineteenth century American Old West.
If you like cowboys and aliens, this is clearly a movie you’ll want to see. It’s unambiguous and upfront about what it’s offering unlike, say, Super 8. (“Who are these Super 8? Is this going to be like X-Men?”)
As a minor quibble, though, the title would be more accurate if it were Cowboys vs Aliens, seeing as it’s a story about conflict between humans and hostile organisms from outer space. A versus title is justified, because it’s a high-concept film based around a core premise of combat between two elements already...
- 8/11/2011
- Den of Geek
"Cowboys & Aliens" rode to the top of the box office this past weekend (tying with "The Smurfs"), so "Extra" is highlighting those sexy men of the West - be they old or new! Yee haw!
30 Sexy CowboysDaniel Craig in 'Cowboys & Aliens'
As Jake Lonergan, Craig is the latest Hollywood star to play a ruggedly handsome cowboy from the Old West.
Kurt Russell in 'Tombstone'
Role: The famed lawman Wyatt Earp Best line: "I...
30 Sexy CowboysDaniel Craig in 'Cowboys & Aliens'
As Jake Lonergan, Craig is the latest Hollywood star to play a ruggedly handsome cowboy from the Old West.
Kurt Russell in 'Tombstone'
Role: The famed lawman Wyatt Earp Best line: "I...
- 8/1/2011
- Extra
The quiet hero of Gunsmoke was a fitting archetype for the Eisenhower era when the Us kept the law without resort to force
James Arness, the 6'7" giant who, from 1955 to 1975, played Marshal Matt Dillon on the long-running television series, Gunsmoke (Gun Law, in Britain), was never much of an actor, but his death last week at the age of 88 was a powerful reminder of how much the traditional western, despite its setting on the frontier of the 1870s and 1880s, can be a reflection of contemporary American society. In his role as a lawman who fired his gun only reluctantly and as a last resort, Arness embodied the best values of America's cold war culture.
The film precedents for Arness's Matt Dillon come from two classic cold war westerns. In director Fred Zinnemann's 1952 High Noon, Gary Cooper plays a retiring sheriff, Will Kane, who is about to leave town with his Quaker bride,...
James Arness, the 6'7" giant who, from 1955 to 1975, played Marshal Matt Dillon on the long-running television series, Gunsmoke (Gun Law, in Britain), was never much of an actor, but his death last week at the age of 88 was a powerful reminder of how much the traditional western, despite its setting on the frontier of the 1870s and 1880s, can be a reflection of contemporary American society. In his role as a lawman who fired his gun only reluctantly and as a last resort, Arness embodied the best values of America's cold war culture.
The film precedents for Arness's Matt Dillon come from two classic cold war westerns. In director Fred Zinnemann's 1952 High Noon, Gary Cooper plays a retiring sheriff, Will Kane, who is about to leave town with his Quaker bride,...
- 6/8/2011
- by Nicolaus Mills
- The Guardian - Film News
We are men, men who enjoy movies. Within the diverse canon of films that comprise our favorites, male characters exist whom we count among our heroes. These are men who often represent the archetypes of manhood, for better or worse. These are the Reel Men and we will be studying these characters in order to determine what lesson of mandom can be gleaned from them. The Film: High Noon (1952) Who’s The Man: Marshal Will Kane Marshal Will Kane is a lawman beloved by everyone within his jurisdiction. He was personally responsible for ridding his town of its most notorious criminal and a man who represented the single greatest threat to the safety of its citizenry: Frank Miller. Satisfied that his people are no longer under...
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- 6/7/2011
- by Movies.com
- Movies.com - Celebrity Gossip
We are men, men who enjoy movies. Within the diverse canon of films that comprise our favorites, male characters exist whom we count among our heroes. These are men who often represent the archetypes of manhood, for better or worse. These are the Reel Men and we will be studying these characters in order to determine what lesson of mandom can be gleaned from them. The Film: High Noon (1952) Who’s The Man: Marshal Will Kane Marshal Will Kane is a lawman beloved by everyone within his jurisdiction. He was personally responsible for ridding his town of its most notorious criminal and a man who represented the single greatest threat to the safety of its citizenry: Frank Miller. Satisfied that his people are no longer under...
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- 6/7/2011
- by Movies.com
- Movies.com
"winona needs to die. but now she's pregnant and that would just be mean." --splinter
"God I hate Winona. A lot." --ZombieMedic
"Thank goodness Im not the only o0ne who wants Winona gone. Somebody kill that bitch please!" --dl
"Winona is of course terrible...it seems to me as though the writers finally realize how awful Winona is and she'll be gone soon. Fingers crossed!" --Mel C.
Well oh my stars and garters, gang, y'all are some tough hombres. I don't believe there has been a character pushing the high-water mark of vitriol like this since Betty Draper (please separate Jan Jones' well due enmity from the "Mad Men" character). I certainly don't mean to criticize the choice of words; this is not meant to be a Crosshairs-on-the-Campaign-poster critique. We're still talking about a television character, after all.
Introduced to us at the tail end of the series' premiere,...
"God I hate Winona. A lot." --ZombieMedic
"Thank goodness Im not the only o0ne who wants Winona gone. Somebody kill that bitch please!" --dl
"Winona is of course terrible...it seems to me as though the writers finally realize how awful Winona is and she'll be gone soon. Fingers crossed!" --Mel C.
Well oh my stars and garters, gang, y'all are some tough hombres. I don't believe there has been a character pushing the high-water mark of vitriol like this since Betty Draper (please separate Jan Jones' well due enmity from the "Mad Men" character). I certainly don't mean to criticize the choice of words; this is not meant to be a Crosshairs-on-the-Campaign-poster critique. We're still talking about a television character, after all.
Introduced to us at the tail end of the series' premiere,...
- 5/25/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
Artistry thy name is Susanne Bier! The director's tour de force film is the frontrunner in the Oscar foreign language race, and since it isn't getting released until April, here's a little taste of Haevenen. Life is full of questions. The Bard's 'To be or not to be?' is a big one. And for those who stick with the latter state, the next concern is 'how to be?' Is it 'nobler in the mind to suffer/The Slings and Arrows of outrageous fortune;/Or to take Armes against a Sea of troubles,/And by opposing end them?' Hamlet, Prince of Denmark's hallowed queries have been explored onscreen for centuries, from the sacrificial stand of lone ranger's like Shane and Marshall Will Kane in High Noon to peaceful protagonists such as Gran Torino's Walt Kowalski or Avatar's nature-worshipping Navi. The 'right' way of living remains ripe for cinematic interpretation,...
- 2/17/2011
- TribecaFilm.com
Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents the story of a sheriff who was too proud to run, but also the story of one man who refused to give his home up to murderers and thieves. It’s a western with a clock ticking constantly in the background, promising the carnage to come when the sun hits its highest point in the sky and one man has to take on four. High Noon (1952) Directed by: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Ian MacDonald, Lloyd Bridges, Lon Chaney, and Henry Morgan It’s not all that culturally important to watch High Noon. If it is, the argument would go something like this: Many seem to think John Wayne was the only actor in westerns besides Clint Eastwood. Gary Cooper could beat both of their faces...
- 1/16/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Dec 17, 2010
High Noon was responsible for setting the career of Gary Cooper moving again and is considered by many the single most important film in his career. However, no one knew or thought the film was destined for big things when it was first conceived.
Cooper was not producer Stanley Kramer's first choice to play Marshal Will Kane. In fact, he was fairly far down the list below Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift. Charlton Heston was also offered the role. The chief financial backer of the film, however, a Salinas lettuce tycoon, wanted Cooper. The ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com...
High Noon was responsible for setting the career of Gary Cooper moving again and is considered by many the single most important film in his career. However, no one knew or thought the film was destined for big things when it was first conceived.
Cooper was not producer Stanley Kramer's first choice to play Marshal Will Kane. In fact, he was fairly far down the list below Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift. Charlton Heston was also offered the role. The chief financial backer of the film, however, a Salinas lettuce tycoon, wanted Cooper. The ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com...
- 12/17/2010
- CinemaNerdz
John Wayne's Ringo Kid and Alan Ladd's Shane have landed top spots in a new poll of the greatest movie cowboys.
The two movie icons' western heroes in the films Stagecoach and Shane, respectively, feature in Cowboys & Indians magazine's list of the 15 most beloved film characters.
Also making the grade: Gary Cooper's Will Kane from High Noon; Steve McQueen's Tom Horn; Marlon Brando's Rio from One Eyed Jacks, and Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday from Tombstone.
Legendary movie cowboy Wayne makes the list twice - he's also honoured for his role of Tom Doniphon in 1962 film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
The two movie icons' western heroes in the films Stagecoach and Shane, respectively, feature in Cowboys & Indians magazine's list of the 15 most beloved film characters.
Also making the grade: Gary Cooper's Will Kane from High Noon; Steve McQueen's Tom Horn; Marlon Brando's Rio from One Eyed Jacks, and Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday from Tombstone.
Legendary movie cowboy Wayne makes the list twice - he's also honoured for his role of Tom Doniphon in 1962 film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
- 12/10/2010
- WENN
"The American" hits theaters today, slotting into an early Wednesday release two days before the Labor Day weekend box office session heats up in earnest. Starring George Clooney as a disenchanted American assassin who seeks refuge overseas, "The American" certainly sounds like an entertaining, worthwhile movie experience — but it doesn't sound nearly as American as I'd expect based on the title.
Clearly, "American" is a very subjective word. What does it mean to be American? It's an ideal that has been represented in various different ways on the big screen in the past, from tobacco-chewing action heroes to brave cowboys and even hard-partying high school idiots. Frankly, any one of these American heroes could star in a movie titled "The American" and I wouldn't blink an eye.
After the jump, check out five of cinema's many American characters that would work wonderfully in any big screen movie titled "The American!
Clearly, "American" is a very subjective word. What does it mean to be American? It's an ideal that has been represented in various different ways on the big screen in the past, from tobacco-chewing action heroes to brave cowboys and even hard-partying high school idiots. Frankly, any one of these American heroes could star in a movie titled "The American" and I wouldn't blink an eye.
After the jump, check out five of cinema's many American characters that would work wonderfully in any big screen movie titled "The American!
- 9/1/2010
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Movies Blog
By now, you've probably had the chance to sink your spurs into Rockstar's phenomenal open-world Western, Red Dead Redemption. And while the prevailing trend in video games still seems to be angry, bald men stomping through futuristic dystopias, gamers the world over are finally seeing the appeal in a genre once thought to be the exclusive territory of The Greatest Generation. So, now that you've realized the charm of ruthless, cold-blooded prairie justice, one question remains: "Where do I go from here?" Well, with our new "Outside the Box" feature, we've put together a little list for the sole purpose of recommending media thematically related to a specific game; think of it as our way to help broaden horizons beyond your preferred form of entertainment. Of course, this collection of Red Dead-related media is by no means meant to be comprehensive, but it should give a good starting point for...
- 7/7/2010
- UGO TV
By now, you've probably had the chance to sink your spurs into Rockstar's phenomenal open-world Western, Red Dead Redemption. And while the prevailing trend in video games still seems to be angry, bald men stomping through futuristic dystopias, gamers the world over are finally seeing the appeal in a genre once thought to be the exclusive territory of The Greatest Generation. So, now that you've realized the charm of ruthless, cold-blooded prairie justice, one question remains: "Where do I go from here?" Well, with our new "Outside the Box" feature, we've put together a little list for the sole purpose of recommending media thematically related to a specific game; think of it as our way to help broaden horizons beyond your preferred form of entertainment. Of course, this collection of Red Dead-related media is by no means meant to be comprehensive, but it should give a good starting point for...
- 7/7/2010
- UGO Movies
I’m loving this project more and more with each film, there is something truly magical about watching some of these amazing films for the first time ever like 12 Angry Men, The Apartment, Rope and Double Indemnity and in this weeks round up I’ve added another incredible film to my collection with the German stunner Der Untergang.
The other four films all offered something enjoyably different with High Noon being a particular standout which has kick started my love for the Western movie genre. I revisited Avatar for the third time which was interesting to see again since the hype has died down, ventured again to Edgar Wright’s perfect Zombie movie “Shaun of the Dead” and had a surprisingly enjoyable watch of Mel Gibson’s Braveheart. Again another fine week of movies that all deserve to be in the Top 250 and still Mulholland Drive is the only film...
The other four films all offered something enjoyably different with High Noon being a particular standout which has kick started my love for the Western movie genre. I revisited Avatar for the third time which was interesting to see again since the hype has died down, ventured again to Edgar Wright’s perfect Zombie movie “Shaun of the Dead” and had a surprisingly enjoyable watch of Mel Gibson’s Braveheart. Again another fine week of movies that all deserve to be in the Top 250 and still Mulholland Drive is the only film...
- 4/12/2010
- by Gary Phillips
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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