I didn’t know it was based on a book.
They could, but it would star Colin Farrell and be horrible. But joking aside, I wish they would make more Westerns. I guess there isn’t an audience for them anymore.
I also love westerns. I believe they are sensitive to how native americans were portrayed in the old westerns.
I believe it was the first version of Jane Eyre ever filmed, the one with Orsen Welles and Joan Fountane.
And where is Bridges Oscar for the same role?LOL I knew you meant Bette Davis. That was a funny thought.Sort of like the Scarlett O’Hara role. Many actresses screen tested for the role, most of them older actresses. ( I think even Betty Grable tested for it, can you imagine?She gets back to Tara and says, “What a dump!”
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Actually I am a big fan of Jeff Bridges. He was nominated for his role correct? I remember it was a good cast. I was either too busy or too broke to see it at the theatres. I don’t think True Grit was one of my favorite Wayne movies.
It would appear, the Duke, wins this round!
I love Bridges too! I liked Starman. Also he and Tim Robbins did a fantastic job with Arlington Road. Which remains one of my favorite “twist” movie endings up there with Frailty, and Inception.
I did see the cowboys. Not sure if any of the boys went on to bigger things. I liked El Dorado and Rio Bravo. I used to love to visit Old Tucson where many of his movies were filmed. The Duke was my hero.
I’m not 40 yet, but when I am sick, El Dorado is my comfort movie.
Yes. Arlington Road was a good movie. Bridges and Robbins were both good.
The search for an actress to play Scarlett in the film version of the novel famously drew the biggest names in the history of cinema, such as Bette Davis (whose casting as a Southern belle in Jezebel in 1938 took her out of contention), thank Heaven for that!] and Joan Bennett were widely considered to be the most likely choices until they were supplanted by Paulette Goddard.
Actually, Wayne’s version was closer to the book, except for LaBouef’s fate and the ending.I didn’t say I liked it. I had a chill, like walking on the Duke’s grave. Some things should never be done. No matter how much talent or artistry. Could the Mona Lisa be done with greater detail now? Perhaps. But it shouldn’t be. The remake was quality, but unsettling like a widower marrying his former bride’s younger sister.
It was however, Truer to the book than the Duke’s.
I agree! I forgot about those movies! Macauley Culkin did play that role of a child killer very well in The Good Son!
I had thought of that movie too. The old one in black and white!
Oh yes! And the actress who played the mother was very good too. She really gets it across what it is like to be in her position. That script is just excellent.