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This 1953 musical is very much a vehicle for Doris Day, in the title role, as a wild cowgal who can outshoot and outsing any boy on the range. This won an Oscar for Best Song--"Secret Love," by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster. When an actress arrives in Deadwood and uses her feminine charms on Jane's secret love, Wild Bill Hickock (Howard Keel), Jane tries to mend her tomboy ways. Of course, one could almost detect a homosexual undercurrent with the cross-dressing Jane, but this was Hollywood in the 1950s, so we best not. --Rochelle O'Gorman . Not exactly up to the feminist code of honor, this is still energetic and Day is very perkyarrived in a timely fashion, DVD had no blips in it. Satisfied. Thank you Doris Day at her rip-roaring best! Great songs, great dance routines and... see description |
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I was twelve-years old when this film came out.I remember riding my bicycle to Santa Monica(from Malibu)one Saturday.I was under the impression that it was a traditional western starring Kirk Douglas.I was mistaken.It is anything but a "traditional"western.It's really about a cowboy who is a misfit.He's living in a time where there are too many fences(boundaries)and he just can't reconcile with this situation.Kirk Douglas gives a fine performance(as does the lovely Gena Rowlands),but the "scene-stealer"is the curmudgeon of a sheriff(Walter Mathau).William Schallert is great as his deputy.He drives the sheriff a bit crazy by constantly replying"RIGHT"!The music(score)is excellent(Jerry Goldsmith). I first saw this movie in a theater when it was released and I was 16 years old. My brother an... see description |
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Released almost exactly 11 years after Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, Kevin Costner's Open Range proved yet again that the Western is the classic American genre. While it lacks the thematic impact of Eastwood's masterpiece, Costner's first film since 1997's ill-fated The Postman returns the actor/director of Dances With Wolves to the open prairies of America--in this case the free-range frontier of 1882--where legal "free-grazing" cattle drives were falling prey to empire-building land-owners. --Jeff Shannon . A feisty ally (the late Michael Jeter, in his next-to-final film role) and a doctor's sister (Annette Bening) offer support during climactic shootouts, masterfully staged with the shock and suddenness of real-life gunfire. Rich in character development and thick-hided humor, this h... see description |
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