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Post by marshamae on Oct 18, 2022 16:53:20 GMT
Raintree. County. Danville Ky where it was filmed
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Post by Catman on Oct 18, 2022 16:57:29 GMT
Agnes Moorehead?
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Post by marianne48 on Oct 18, 2022 19:22:24 GMT
Raintree. County. Danville Ky where it was filmed No; not a Western. |
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Post by marianne48 on Oct 18, 2022 19:22:56 GMT
She's not a Western, either. |
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Post by staggerstag on Oct 18, 2022 19:53:57 GMT
The Showdown.
1950 ☑️
Two directors ☑️
A Western ☑️
Otherwise, no idea. This will be an interesting answer and explanation.
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Post by marianne48 on Oct 18, 2022 20:25:51 GMT
Both directors are multiple-Oscar nominated and Oscar winners.
One was a Best Director winner in the past,
but did not direct this film.
The other did direct this film, but did not win his Oscar for directing.
There, that makes it so much simpler, doesn't it?
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Post by Isapop on Oct 18, 2022 20:38:22 GMT
I know it. Westward The Women |
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Post by marianne48 on Oct 18, 2022 21:02:41 GMT
Correct!  (Whew). In 1985, this movie was broadcast to the isolated Spanish town of Plan, a community with its own dialect and an allegedly "enchanted" lake. At the time, the town included over 40 single men and one single woman. After seeing the movie, some of the village's bachelors decided to place an ad in the local papers advertising for "women between 20 and 40 with marriage intentions." A "caravan of women" traveled to the village in response to the ad, resulting in over 30 marriages and repopulating the dwindling village to a few hundred citizens. Other villages followed suit.  Frank Capra wrote the story and wanted to direct it with Gary Cooper as the star, but the studio expressed little interest. He sold the story to William Wellman, who directed it with Robert Taylor in the lead. |
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Post by staggerstag on Oct 18, 2022 21:16:11 GMT
Oh, that one! I always thought that was a 60s film so didn't pipe up about it.  But really, well done Isapop, with a real brute of a 'quickie'. |
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Post by Isapop on Oct 18, 2022 22:14:17 GMT
Oh, that one! I always thought that was a 60s film so didn't pipe up about it. Tsk, tsk. Always remember that one's piping should be up, never down.
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Post by staggerstag on Oct 19, 2022 9:58:58 GMT
Of course, I'd never even heard of the film really (!)
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Post by marianne48 on Oct 19, 2022 12:53:17 GMT
Of course, I'd never even heard of the film really (!) I posted the question in part because I wanted more people to hear of this film. I don't generally like Westerns, but this one is an exception. It's got more than the usual Western premise--a bunch of guys strutting around having gunfights. It has a more female-centered viewpoint than most Westerns, a lot of heart-wrenching drama, and a touch of comedy. All that and a cute little dog, too. |
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