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    "High Noon" (1952)

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    Post by MandyPerfumeGirl Sun May 29, 2011 1:04 pm

    Hi all,

    This is the first Western I ever saw and probably one of my favorite films. It's a pretty simple story about a Sheriff (Gary Cooper) who, just married, finds out that four men he sent to hang have been pardoned and have come back to kill him. His new bride (Grace Kelly) is a Quaker and doesn't believe in violence and thinks he should come with her, to run away, but he says "Nobody's ever made me run before". To me, it's a powerful story about one man standing alone despite his town's dissaproval at his staying, thinking he should run. Cooper won an Oscar for his role, and rightfully so.

    Has anyone else seen this?
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    Post by Supernova Mon May 30, 2011 1:40 am

    I have not, I need to get around to seeing it, I had the library get it in and I put it on DVD, but I still haven't gotten around to seeing it yet.
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    Post by Shale Mon May 30, 2011 11:54 pm

    MandyPerfumeGirl wrote:...Has anyone else seen this?

    I saw it in theater, but that was a while ago. Remember some parts of the movie but was really too young to get the whole story. I just remember that it was real slow getting around to the gunfight, with lots of singin in the background. Haven't seen it since.
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    Post by Alan Smithee Tue May 31, 2011 6:50 am

    I've seen it a few times. It's knowm as an allegory for the McCarthy blacklisting.
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