Date: 10 December 2001 Summary: Capably played western with Gary Cooper...
1st watched 12/9/2001 - 6 out of 10(Dir-Fred Zinnemann):
Capably played western with Gary Cooper(Academy Award winner??) as a
seasoned Marshall who can't seem to get out of the job despite a new
Marshall coming to town and his wedding day with a Quaker(played by Grace
Kelly) who doesn't believe in violence. This is a very focused
one-purpose
movie leading us up to an inevitable battle between the bad guys and the
marshall and giving us the hoped for conclusion. The movie is well-done
but
not spectacular, with a few nice tricks like the continual focus on the
clock until 'high noon' and the way that we learn about the past here in
the
present helping us to understand the complexity of the relationship
between
the Marshall and his nemesis as well as the rest of the town. Another
winner of the Academy award was the song which is nausingly played
throughout the movie and probably won because how much it's played rather
than the quality of the recording. Despite this, the film is still
entertaining.
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