Winchester '73 background creation
2022-10-16 18:31
"Winchester, '73" was the best of the five Westerns that James Stewart and Anthony Mann famously collaborated on in the 1950s (the other four were, in that order, "The Winding River" ( Bend of the River, "The Man From Laramie," "The Naked Spur," "The Far Country," thought to spur a Western box office recovery The film also set a historical precedent: from the film, the stars no longer live by receiving salaries (albeit staggeringly high), but tend to share the box office profits. This move allows James Shirley Stewart made a fortune and forever changed the way Hollywood deals. The film itself is impressive. Anthony Mann's sharp, psychologically anatomical portrayal of a tough man caught in the middle of confusion. Cowboy Lynn MacDum (James Stewart) begins a series of adventures in pursuit of a valuable Winchester 1873 repeating rifle. The final scene is extremely.
Extended Reading
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Dutch Henry Brown: What happened at the Little Big Horn?
Joe Lamont: Haven't you heard? Sioux jumped Custer - wiped out his whole command. Yes sir, it's getting to be mighty tough country to travel... without a gun.
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Young Bull: All white men are thieves. In peace, they steal our land; in war, they steal our women. And you are a white man!