Craig,
That's interesting..
I just watched the Glenn Ford / Van Heflin film last night. And it's
a curious film. The score is also very unusual and I wonder if
Morricone
took some ideas from this score. Anyway, I look forward to seeing it.
Kirby
On Sep 14, 2007, at 12:31 PM, Craig Miller wrote:
At 05:42 PM 9/13/2007, channinglylethomson wrote:
I saw the film yesterday and can say it's one of the really great
Westerns. I think it has a superb script, excellent performances,
beautiful production values. It's the kind of film that some
might call old-fashioned. It reminds those of us with taste of
hat we've been missing in a lot of the scripts that have come out
of Hollywood in the last 25 years.
As 75% or so of the script is virtually identical to the 1957 version,
it's no wonder you felt the "old fashioned" flavor. Even most of
the best dialogue comes straight out of the original script. (The
writer of the original, Halsted Welles, has screenplay credit on
this, not a "based on" credit. Frankly, it seemed to me that if
Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, the new writers, hadn't added
the whole short cut/Indians/Chinese section, they might not have
qualified for screen credit themselves.)
Overall, I liked the film quite a bit. Great acting. But I'd have
preferred a slightly different ending. (Don't want to say anything
that would spoil it for those who haven't had a chance to see it
yet.)
Craig.
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