"This Western classic stars Gary Cooper
as Hadleyville marshal Will Kane, about to retire from office and go on his
honeymoon with his new Quaker bride, Amy (Grace Kelly). But his happiness is
short-lived when he is informed that the Miller gang, whose leader (Ian
McDonald) Will had arrested, is due on the 12:00 train. Pacifist Amy urges Will
to leave town and forget about the Millers, but this isn't his style;
protecting Hadleyburg has always been his duty, and it remains so now. But when
he asks for deputies to fend off the Millers, virtually nobody will stand by
him. Chief Deputy Harvey Pell (Lloyd Bridges) covets Will's job and ex-mistress
(Katy Jurado); his mentor, former lawman Martin Howe (Lon Chaney Jr.) is now
arthritic and unable to wield a gun. Even Amy, who doesn't want to be around
for her husband's apparently certain demise, deserts him. Meanwhile, the clocks
tick off the minutes to High Noon - the film is shot in "real time," so that
its 85 minute length corresponds to the story's actual timeframe. Utterly
alone, Kane walks into the center of town, steeling himself for his showdown
with the murderous Millers. Considered a landmark of the "adult western," High
Noon won four Academy Awards (including Best Actor for Cooper) and Best Song
for the hir, "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darling" sung by Tex Ritter. The
screenplay was written by Carl Foreman, whose blacklisting was temporarily
prevented by star Cooper, one of Hollywood's most virulent anti-Communists.
John Wayne, another notable showbiz right-winger and Western hero, was so
appalled at the notion that a Western marshal would beg for help in a showdown
that he and director Howard Hawks "answered" High Noon with Rio Bravo (1959)."
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RESERVOIR
DOGS
PLOT
SUMMARY
"In 1992, Reservoir Dogs transformed
Quentin Tarantino practically overnight from an obscure, unproduced
screenwriter and part-time actor to the most influential new filmmaker of the
1990s. The story looks at what happens before and after (but not during) a
botched jewelry store robbery organized by Joe Cabot (Lawrence Tierney). Mr.
White (Harvey Keitel) is a career criminal who takes a liking to newcomer Mr.
Orange (Tim Roth) and enjoys showing him the ropes. Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) is
a weaselly loner obsessed with professionalism. Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) has
just gotten out of jail after taking the rap on a job for Cabot; he's grateful
for the work but isn't the same person he used to be. While Mr. Blonde goes
nuts during the heist, the thieves are surprised by the sudden arrival of the
police, and Mr. Pink is convinced one of their team is a cop. so who's the rat?
What do they do about Mr. Blonde? And what do they do with Mr. Orange, who took
a bullet in the gut and is slowly bleeding to death? Reservoir Dogs jumps back
and forth between pre- and post-robbery events, occasionally putting the
narrative on pause to let the characters discuss such topics as the relative
importance of tipping, who starred in Get Christie Love!, and what to do when
you enter a men's room full of cops carrying a briefcase full of marijuana." -
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WEST SIDE
STORY
PLOT
SUMMARY
"Romeo and Juliet is updated to the
tenements of New York in this Oscar-winning musical landmark. Adapted by Ernest
Lehman from the Broadway production, the movie opens with an overhead shot of
Manhattan, an effect that director Robert Wise would repeat over the Alps in
The Sound of Music four years later. We are introduced to two rival gangs: The
Jets, second-generation American teens, and the Sharks, Puerto Rican
immigrants. When the war between the Jets and Sharks reaches a fever pitch,
Jets leader Riff (Russ Tamblyn) decides to challenge the Sharks to one last
"winner takes all" rumble. He decides to meet Sharks leader Bernardo (George
Chakiris) for a war council at a gymnasium dance; to bolster his argument, Riff
wants his old pal Tony (Richard Beymer), the cofounder of the Jets, to come
along. But Tony has set his sights on vistas beyond the neighborhood and has
fallen in love with Bernardo's sister Maria (Natalie Wood), a love that, as in
Romeo and Juliet, will eventually lead to tragedy. In contrast to the usual
slash-and-burn policy of Hollywood musical adaptations, all the songs written
by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim for the original Broadway production
of West Side Story were retained for the film version, although some
alterations were made to appease the Hollywood censors, and the original order
of two songs were reversed for stronger dramatic impact. The movie more than
retains the original choreography of Jerome Robbins, which is recreated in some
of the most startling and balletic dance sequences ever recorded to film. West
Side Story won an almost-record 10 Oscars, including Best Picture, supporting
awards to Chakiris and Rita Moreno as Bernardo's girlfriend Anita, and Best
Director to Robbins and Wise. Richard Beymer's singing was dubbed by Jim
Bryant, Natalie Wood's by Marni Nixon (who also dubbed Audrey Hepburn in My
Fair Lady), and Rita Moreno's by Betty Wand." - iTunes
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ROCKY
PLOT
SUMMARY
"Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a
Philadelphia boxer, is but one step removed from total bum-hood. A
once-promising pugilist, Rocky is now taking nickel-and-dime bouts and running
strongarm errands for local loan sharks to survive. Even his supportive
trainer, Mickey (Burgess Meredith), has given up on Rocky. All this changes
thanks to Muhammad Ali-like super-boxer Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). With the
Bicentennial celebration coming up, Creed must find a "Cinderella" opponent for
the big July 4th bout - some unknown whom Creed can "glorify" for a few minutes
before knocking him cold. Rocky Balboa was not the only Cinderalla involved
here: writer/director Sylvester Stallone, himself a virtual unknown, managed to
sell his Rocky script (one of 35 that he'd written over the years) on the
proviso that he be given the starring role. Since the film was to be made on a
shoestring and marketed on a low-level basis, the risk factor to United Artists
was small. For Stallone, this was a make-or-break opportunity - just like
Rocky's million-to-one shot with Apollo Creed. Costing under a million dollars,
Rocky managed to register with audiences everywhere, earning back 60 times the
cost. The film won several Academy Awards, including Best Picture." -
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PLATOON
PLOT
SUMMARY
"Chris Taylor is a young, naive American
who, upon his arrival in Vietnam, quickly discovers that he must do battle not
only with the Viet Cong, but also the gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and
intense anger growing within him. While his two commanding officers draw a fine
line between the war they wage against the enemy and the one they fight with
each other, the conflict, chaos and hatred permeate Taylor, suffocating his
realities and numbing his feelings to man's highest value...life." -
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