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Actors: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, Richard Boone
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Shootist |
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THE SHOOTIST is a movie directed by Don Siegel in 1976. This film earned a nomination for the Academy award in the Best Art and Set Decoration category. Last John Wayne movie.
The setting is Carson City, Nevada in January 1901. Dr. Hostettler tells the well-known gunman John Bernard Books that he's suffering from a cancer in its terminal phase and that he has only only a few weeks to live. Books moves into Mrs. Rogers's boarding house where he hopes to find the quiet he needs.
But soon the whole town is aware of Books's presence and, one night, two pistoleros try to kill him in his bed. Books, forced to take pills in order to ease his pain, decides to choose the way he's going to die and organizes a gunfight with three bad guys of the town on the next monday.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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It was the Duke's final film and what a way to go out! In “The Shootist,” John Wayne
plays a legendary gunfighter who is now facing his final test. He has terminal cancer. He
comes into Carson City to spend his final days in as much peace as possible. He moves into
a boarding house run by Lauren Bacall and her son Ron Howard (both giving memorable
performances!). With music by Elmer Bernstein, based upon a book by Glendon
Swarthout, and directed by Don Siegal, “The Shootist” is no rip-roaring typical Western,
but a sensitive portrayal of an honorable man looking to live out his life in peace.
That is not to be, of course, but he does go out in honor. Guest stars James Stewart and
Richard Boone add to the atmosphere and overall effect of this venerable film.
--Bill Hobbs, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Shootist |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1900-1920's
- 19th century
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- cowboy
Brain/Body not working?
- physical disability
- dying
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
- cowboy
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) muscular
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
- physically sick
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
- a deadline
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Any profanity?
- None
- Some foul language
Is this movie based on a
- book
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