Dec 04, 2006 id have to say that red river along with lalita tademys first book cane river is historical fiction at its finest. Red river 111 movie clip dont ever trust anybody 1948. Red river, which has little specific meaning in the story crossing the red river. It is a sweeping, epic story about a cattle drive historically based on the opening of the chisholm trail in 1867 and a film of rivalry and rebellion, spanning a. Mar 14, 2017 but even cash has never seen a murdered man before the august day in 1970 when she follows a radio announcement about a dead body to the minnesota side of the red river, where she finds her longsuffering guardian, sheriff wheaton, standing over the corpse of a stabbing victim presumed to have come from the red lake reservation. Officially based on borden chases novel the chisholm trail, the film also. Rossif sutherland stars in adrenalinespiked fugitive film.
In this epic tale, a ruthless texas rancher is determined to get his huge herd of cattle to market. When peter bogdanovich needed a movie to play as the final feature in the doomed smalltown theater in the last picture show, he chose howard hawks red river 1948. Scattered throughout red river, there are over fortyfour figures, which are actual documents, photographs, and drawings from the historical record. The dramatic tension stems from a growing feud over the management of the drive, between the texas rancher who initiated it wayne and his adopted adult son clift. Sep 29, 2012 in this epic tale, a ruthless texas rancher is determined to get his huge herd of cattle to market.
In red river 1948, hawks casts wayne as ruthless cattle rancher thomas dunson. And then there is hawks famous montage of weathered cowboy faces in. The remake follows the original slavishly, at least during the first half. Tademy interweaves her own family history with fiction and wellresearched facts in order to tell the story of what is commonly known in the postcivil war reconstruction history as the colfax riot of 1873. After the civil war, rancher thomas dunson james arness leads a dangerous cattle drive across texas with a team that includes his adopted son, matthew bruce boxleitner, and black cowboy jack. John ford made wayne famous as the ringo kid in stagecoach 1939. Montgomery clift made his screen debut opposite john wayne. River runs red is a film that is about a very serious issue but tends to sometimes take a campy approach to it. One day while walking home, yuuri suzuki is magically pulled through a puddle of water and finds. Red river, a fictional river in city of heroes red river, a. M any westerns have been selfconsciously conceived on an epic scale, but howard hawkss red river 1948, in its deepest channels, actually feels like an ancient epic. To depict this story of texas cattlemen driving thousands of cattle across thousands of miles northward to kansas, howard.
Wayne is the tormenting rancher, driving his 9,000 head of cattle to missouri to avoid bankruptcy. The success of their previous collaborations, most notably a matter of life and death and black narcissus, permitted powell and pressburger to make the red shoes, a ballet film, an art film whose commercial prospects were dim indeed. Red river, american western film, released in 1948, that is widely considered director howard hawkss mostenduring movie. When his son is shot in a traffic stop gone awry, coleman turns to his longtime friend, detective horace john cusack, and discovers an unchecked pattern of violence with these same cops. He selected the scene where john wayne tells montgomery clift, take em to missouri, matt. Everything you need to know about river runs red movie 2018. Red river deconstructs the social and psychological understandings of manhood.
Dunson is a good man, but hes stubborn and headstrong. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing red river 1948 near you. Dunsons lady love fen is killed in an indian attack on a wagon trek, but he picks up the sole survivor, matt, and adopts him, using his cow as the first of germ of what is to become a giant cattle farm. It is measured in long breaths and offers up scenes eroded to their fundamentals. Dark river is a 2017 british drama film written and directed by clio barnard, and starring ruth wilson, mark stanley, and sean bean. A tao zhang jingchu living near red river at the vietnamchinese border, is a mentally handicapped vietnamese girl due to witnessing the violent death of her father, who stepped on a land mine while recovering her kite. Read the red river plot and find out who is in the cast and crew at. Red river, american western film, released in 1948, that is widely.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing red river 1988 near you. This isnt a great third plot point, although to be fair the movie had a lot of ground to cover with their hasty romance at. After falling in love with tess and telling her the story of whats happened with dunson, matt his forced by the rising river to leave her behind. It is an examination of gender identity within the unforgiving parameters of pack mentality. Tom dunson played by john wayne is a young man with dreams of establishing his own. John wayne stars in one of his most acclaimed films, red river, opposite a young montgomery clift. Ten years and ill have the red river d on more cattle than youve looked at anywhere. What makes red river such a grand adventure is its high quality. Directed by howard hawks, red river recounts the conflict between thomas dunson john. Red river 1948 howard hawks synopsis, characteristics.
For the newlyfreed black residents of colfax, louisiana, the beginning of reconstruction promised them the right to vote, own propertyand at last control their own lives. Among the annals of the great state of texas may be found the story of the first drive on the famous chisholm trail. Apr 21, 2015 the movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. Suddenly an orphan boy, called matt garth, turns up, leading a cow. A story of one of the great cattle herds of the world, of a man and a boy thomas dunson and matthew garth, the story of the red river d. Red river is the first movie where john wayne plays a character whos not very likable. Matt wants to give everyone a rest and cross the river first thing in the morning. Charles schnee, a young screenwriter who would go on to write they live by night and the bad and the beautiful. Red river is a 1948 western film about the historic first cattle drive from texas to kansas. Set in a small town in the backwoods of kentucky, red river tells the tale of roland thatcher. They make a halt before crossing red river, which runs. Red river 1948 is a classic and complex western and considered by many critics to be one of the ten best westerns ever made. Dunson names his new spread the red river d, after his chosen.
And red river is one of the greatest of all westerns when it stays with its central story about an older man and a younger one, and the first cattle. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. Red river was his first movie role, playing in a western opposite the biggest star of that genreand not just as a. A ballet for camera, in american cinematographer hollywood, vol. It is only in its few scenes involving women that it goes wrong. See the full list of red river cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Dunson will have none of that, and orders the crossing to begin immediately. Ringo was one of waynes many tough guy gets the girl roles. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son. I didnt know the big sonovabitch could act, john ford said of john wayne after watching red river in 1948. Red river is a 1948 american western film directed and produced by howard hawks and starring john wayne and montgomery clift, giving a fictional account of the first cattle drive from texas to kansas along the chisholm trail. Fandango fanalert sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area.
Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The civil war has taken all money out of the south. Id have to say that red river along with lalita tademys first book cane river is historical fiction at its finest. Read the the siege at red river plot and find out who is in the cast and crew at. Now with her evocative, luminous style and painstaking research, she takes her familys story even further, back to a littlechronicled, deliberately. River runs red was released in 2018 on friday, november 9, 2018 in limited movie theaters. This isnt a great third plot point, although to be fair the movie had a lot of ground to cover with their hasty romance at this point in the story. Hey, its a little less cheesy than making a cliched reference to moon river, although maybe i should have gone that route in order to. He finds a couple areas of quicksand in the river to be avoided then orders the crossing to start.
After the civil war, rancher thomas dunson james arness leads a dangerous cattle drive across texas with a team that includes his adopted. In 1946, when he was cast opposite john wayne in red river the films release would be delayed until 1948, montgomery clift was 26 years old. Inasmuch as gunsmoke star james arness was the protege of movie luminary john wayne, it is altogether fitting and proper that arness step into waynes role in the 1988 tvmovie remake of the film classic red river 1948. And then there is hawks famous montage of weathered cowboy faces in closeup and exaltation, as they cry. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 48 hours to finish it. As was common in those days, clift spent years making a name for himself onstage, appearing on broadway from the age of 15. When a group of city kids sets up camp on the outskirts of his property, they spark a chain of events culminating in bloodshed. Here you will find unforgettable moments, scenes and lines from all your favorite films. Red river, a chinese film named for the yunnanese river. The film is loosely based on rose tremains novel trespass. In the prologue, tom dunson wayne and his sidekick groot walter brennan set up a farm on the red river in texas. River runs red opens with taye diggs charles coleman talking to his young son about muhammad ali.
The classic epic has been described as a western version of the film mutiny on the bounty. Originally barnard intended the film to be a straightforward adaptation of the novel, which was set in southern france and involved two sets of elderly siblings involved in a property dispute. The big house will be down by the river and the corrals and the barns behind it. The movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. May 27, 2014 red rivernot least because of the fifteen hundred or so head of cattle in the supporting castwas the biggest collective enterprise hawks had supervised, and he relied on a team of exceptional collaborators. Red river is an absolutely perfect film and i cherish it dearly. Tademy saw a chance to start a school for his children and neighbors. And red river is one of the greatest of all westerns when it stays with its central story about an older man and a younger one, and the first cattle drive down the chisholm trail. Red river, a television movie remake of the classic film from 1948, starring gregory harrison. Yet for all the hundreds of cattle that fill the screen, this saga of the first great cattle drive along the chisholm. They make a halt before crossing red river, which runs along the texan border.
There were other movies released on the same date, including overlord, dr. It is a sweeping, epic story about a cattle drive historically based on the opening of the chisholm trail in 1867 and a film of rivalry and rebellion, spanning a time. Ill have that brand on enough beef to feed the whole country. His friend israel smith was determined to start a community business and gain economic freedom. Discuss how the authors inclusion of historical documentation in the midst of her novels fictional world enhances or detracts from your reading experience.
Red river 1948 dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in missouri. Originally barnard intended the film to be a straightforward adaptation of the novel, which was set in southern france and involved two sets of elderly. Red river, red river, send john wayne right hither. Red river, an american film named for the texan river. The plot in rendons adult debut never exactly thickensthis is more comingofage story than mysterybut the spare prosepoetry of her descriptions and dialogue is a lot more interesting than anything she has to say about crime or detection. Its one of those quotes that seems too perfect to be real. In 1851 tom dunson and his old friend groot are on their way to texas to become settlers and raise cattle. Hailed as powerful, accomplished, and spellbinding, lalita tademys first novel cane river was a new york times bestseller and the 2001 oprah book club summer selection. Red river, a 1995 japanese graphic novel series named for the turkish river. Whats the story follows respected judge charles coleman taye diggs, who has devoted his life to law enforcement.