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Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939)
Director: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine
Genre: Western
About: A group of people some who are social outcast take a journey on a stagecoach through dangerous territory. Along the way they are threaten by Geronimo and learn valuable life lessons.
My thoughts: I liked it! It's a tightly made movie with no extraneous moments. It's a lot of story packed into 96 minutes of action and characterization, all while being visually stunning.
This has action...with a very mixed group of people all packed like sardines into the stagecoach, evading the threat of Indian attack, and from Geronimo no less. It's very cool that they used Native American actors for the Indian close up shots.
I was impressed by the stuntman who jumped onto the lead horse on the stagecoach, and was 'shot', and then hit the ground, actually sliding under the horses hooves and the stagecoach! That was done without edits, that was real folks! And the most dangerous stunt I've ever seen performed in a movie!
Audiences at the time must have loved seeing Monument Valley. And of course John Ford's amazing camera shots, makes the film look great.
Stagecoach is one of the great early westerns. It might not compare to more modern westerns and that's what most of us are use to, but in it's day it was a damn fine film.
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Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939)
Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine
Genre: Western
About: A group of people some who are social outcast take a journey on a stagecoach through dangerous territory. Along the way they are threaten by Geronimo and learn valuable life lessons.
My thoughts: I liked it! It's a tightly made movie with no extraneous moments. It's a lot of story packed into 96 minutes of action and characterization, all while being visually stunning.
This has action...with a very mixed group of people all packed like sardines into the stagecoach, evading the threat of Indian attack, and from Geronimo no less. It's very cool that they used Native American actors for the Indian close up shots.
I was impressed by the stuntman who jumped onto the lead horse on the stagecoach, and was 'shot', and then hit the ground, actually sliding under the horses hooves and the stagecoach! That was done without edits, that was real folks! And the most dangerous stunt I've ever seen performed in a movie!
Audiences at the time must have loved seeing Monument Valley. And of course John Ford's amazing camera shots, makes the film look great.
Stagecoach is one of the great early westerns. It might not compare to more modern westerns and that's what most of us are use to, but in it's day it was a damn fine film.
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