The film's hero and villain is Tom Dunson (Wayne), who heads West with a wagon. Red River Roger Ebert MaTweet John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan in 'Red River.' Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch When Peter Bogdanovich needed a movie to play as the final feature in the doomed small-town theater in The Last Picture Show, he chose Howard Hawks' Red River (1948). It is only in its few scenes involving women that it goes wrong. In summary, a Great Western, and to get back to the Duke, an amazing performance by a 39 year old made up to look like a 60 year old.and he pulled it off! The respect/fear combo of his hired trailhands is almost Shakespearian, and a tribute to the screenwriter/s and director Howard Hawks. And Red River is one of the greatest of all Westerns when it stays with its central story about an older man and a younger one, and the first cattle drive down the Chisholm Trail. In the end, BOTH are told to cut themselves some slack, by the "gun-totin" Joanne Dru. This isn't brain 's an allegorical treatise on the impetuousness of youth vs. If you haven't seen it, be prepared for a LONG sojourn. education system)and make a TON of money!" My age is showing.back to the movie. Actually, there are no "moguls" left.they're all bottom-line money men who wouldn't know a good movie if they saw one."Let's check the demographics, guys, and fill those multiple screen outlets with brain-dead teens (not really their fault as products of our so called progressive p.c. We are a community bank that has grown to be 3.08 billion strong because we remember our hometowns and that everyones needs are different and constantly. From the opening credits, with that almost Wagnerian music by Dmitri Tiomkin, this movie (shot in 1946 and held 'til 1948 for release.I forget why)should be compulsory viewing for the brain-dead Hollywood moguls of today. Also, the second movie performance by the tragical Montgomery Clift.so "pretty" in the Mohammed Ali sense that I virtually fell in love with him myself, even though I was a "straight" teenaged boy. In THIS one, and "The Searchers", however, the director got one helluva performance out of the Duke. And WHAT A MOVIE!!! I agree with earlier comments re John Wayne.who usually just played John Wayne. In any case, Red River was the first movie I taped and, deleting commercial breaks, I was ecstatic to have a Hollywood movie on hand to watch whenever the urge arose. Red River Van Eck specializes in the sourcing, processing and distribution of poppy. I TRIED to tell them that, eventually, everybody would own a VCR but was shouted down. THE POPPY SEED SPECIALIST AND A TRUSTED SUPPLY PARTNER FOR EDIBLE SEEDS. I was the "first kid on the block" to purchase a VCR, way back in the late 60's.the RCA VBT200.no timer, no remote, no nothing! Paid $1200.00 for it (Canadian funds!)and ALL my friends told me I was nuts.
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