Film Profile: Rio Bravo - (1958)
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"They fought back to back... No quarter given... No quarter asked... No way in... No way out... of Rio Bravo!"
- Director: Howard Hawks
- Genre: Western, Action & Adventure, Classics,
- Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Duration: 165 Mins
Overview:
Underrated at the time of its release, this majestically paced western is one of the finest achievements of the genre and stands as a career-best for many of its participants, its above-average length and simplistic plot masking a work of depth and artistry. Originally intended by director Howard Hawks as a riposte to the liberal High Noon, the movie boasts a class and quality that owe little to what had gone before, save some dialogue lifted from Hawks's earlier To Have and Have Not. It's a definitive study of male camaraderie, particularly in the wordless opening sequence as John Wayne attempts to preserve the drunken Dean Martin's dignity. The casting is perfect (if you believe Ricky Nelson as a gunslinger) and the sense of fun contagious. Superb Technicolor photography and a Dmitri Tiomkin score provide the icing on a very impressive cake.
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