Sentences with phrase «western high noon»

In the real - time western High Noon, Gary Cooper stars as a sheriff looking forward to retirement and marriage whose plans are upended by the news that a gang of outlaws are on their way to gun him down.

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While he watched a lot of movies, Westerns were his favorite and one topped Eisenhower's list: «High Noon,» starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly.

One of the key Hollywood actors that specialized in playing western bad guys, Robert J. Wilke can be seen in dozens of westerns from High Noon to Man of the West, almost always as a heartless killer.

One of the key Hollywood actors that specialized in playing western bad guys, Robert J. Wilke can be seen in dozens of oaters from High Noon to Man of the West, almost always as a heartless killer.

In the 1950s, the American Western film achieved the pinnacle of the genre, producing seminal films like High Noon, Shane, The Searchers, and Rio Bravo.

The film becomes more of a thrill ride that feels like a modern day Western — a High Noon in space.

Continuing to act in off - Broadway plays in Ann Arbor and Denver in 1951, Kelly received a call from Hollywood producer Stanley Kramer to play the part of a young Quaker wife in the Western film High Noon.

John Wayne famously condemned it as «un-American,» but High Noon (1952) withstood his approbation, earned four Oscars and endured as one of the greatest westerns ever filmed.

The central mystery is a straight - ahead, surprise - free slog (a bit similar to Chinatown, minus the sex and the story twists, though with the murder intact); the characters are familiar tropes, and the tone and imagery come courtesy of countless Westerns, from Sergio Leone to High Noon.

Often included in the discussion of the best westerns of all - time — along with High Noon, Shane, Unforgiven, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Wild Bunch, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, and The Searchers — it was a joyful experience to finally get to see this one on the big screen in a theatre setting (thanks to Dallas Film Society and Chris Vognar).

High Noon (1952) is possibly the all - time best Western film ever made - a successful box - office production by Stanley Kramer and director Fred Zinnemann (who also directed From Here to Eternity (1953) and A Man For All Seasons (1966)-RRB-.

On Friday, April 28, 2017, Linda DeLibero — Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University — and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that's me)-- Chair and Professor, Department of Film & Moving Image, Stevenson University — joined Dan Rodricks on his Baltimore Sun podcast, «Roughly Speaking,» along with Pulitzer Prize - winning journalist Glenn Frankel (author of The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend), to discuss both the 1952 classic Western movie High Noon and Frankel's new book about its production, entitled High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic.

Brooks Lake Lodge & Spa offers an all - inclusive stay, which includes all meals from hearty Western - style breakfasts served in the main dining room each morning and filling lunches at noon to high tea hors d'oeuvres and a glass of wine and gourmet dinners every evening.

St. Petersburg - based independent studio Octobox Interactive are making the Western - themed VR shooter High Noon as well as the tactical mech battle game Project Echo: Knights of the Future with UE4.

Mixing the best of western development experience with Chinese staff, the Beijing - based Happylatte burst onto iOS in 2010 with High Noon.