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NOTES: Three great examples of John Wayne playing different shades
of an Anti Hero. In The Searchers he plays a homicidal racist
(this while Clint Eastwood was still in short pants), in Red River
he's the heavy, and in Liberty Valence he plays a second or third
tier role just to support Jimmy Stewart ... Wayne had MUCH more
courage in his choice of roles and pushed the boundaries of his
art much farther than he is ever given credit for.
A favorite film of some of the world's greatest filmmakers, including
Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, John Ford's The Searchers
has earned its place in the legacy of great American films.
When Ethan decides to go find the Indians who killed his family,
he is joined by his nephew, Martin Pawley. The problem is that
Pawley is half-Indian, and there's nothing in the world tha Edwards
hates more than Indians. The journey to find the Indians and Edwards
niece (and Pawley half-sister) becomes a five-year quest for revenge
played out against the spectacular background of the Navajo Nation's
Monument Valley.
STARRING: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood, Vera
Miles, Ward Bond, John Qualen, Harry Carey Jr., Olive Carey, Antonio
Moreno, Henry Brandon, Hank Worden, Lana Wood, Dorothy Jordan,
Pat Wayne
DIRECTED BY: John Ford
Approxomate Running Time: 119 Minutes
U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in
other countries.
DVD Release Date: October 28, 1997
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