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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Fred Zinnemann |
| Stars: |
Thomas Mitchell |
| Actors: |
Otto Kruger |
| Genre: |
Westerns |
| Subgenre: |
Western · Recommended · Self-Discovery · Character Study · Heroes · Essential Cinema · Classic · Theatrical Release |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
VHS: 40th Anniversary Edition |
| UPC: |
017153348637 |
| Release Date: |
1952 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 24min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: 50th Anniversary Edition, 1hr 25min
Release Company: Artisan Entertainment (October 22, 2002)
UPC: 017153125719 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 24min |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Carl Foreman |
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Professional Reviews
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(06/20/2008, p.54, Jeff Labrecque): "Director Fred Zinnemann's iconic Western plays like a Johnny Cash song..." -- Grade: B |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Gary Cooper is Hollywood's perfect hero, the very embodiment of integrity and grace in this greatest of Westerns. As a newly married town marshal, he must balance an innate sense of justice and duty with loyalty to his beautiful new--and pacifist--bride when he is left by an ungrateful town to face a gang of deadly outlaws alone. As we watch spellbound, film time is real time as the showdown grows ever closer. HIGH NOON is a masterpiece that is frequently interpreted as a parable about artists left to "stand alone" and face persecution during the HUAC Hollywood blacklisting. However, Howard Hawks allegedly devised RIO BRAVO as an answer to the film's "wimpiness," and John Wayne once declared HIGH NOON as un-American--he was apparently offended by the ending of the film, which shows Sheriff Kane removing his badge and tossing it in the dirt. |
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