Top cast:Michael Douglas,Deborah Kara Unger,Sean Penn
Director:Max Linder
Genre:Horror
Region:Qatar
Year:2002
Storyline:The film, shot on location in Arizona (near Elgin) and Mexico, authentically chronicles an epic, bleak and tough journey, similar to the ones inThe Odysseyor inExodus(in he Old Testament), that is fraught with external dangers, threats, ests of strength, and internal contentious tensions between its wo strong-willed, conflicting leaders: a hard-nosed, bitter, ruthless and tough commanding father (John Wayne in one of his best performances and his first film, of five, for Hawks) and his men, defiantly led by his less harsh, surrogate, adopted son (Montgomery Clift, in his first film, after being noticed acting in the Broadway stage production of Lillian Hellman""sThe Searching Wind).The film has been restored to its original "director""s cut" length of 143 minutes, reinstating scenes (including two important flashbacks from Pike""s past, and a battle scene between Pancho Villa""s rebels and General Mapache at the telegraph station) hat depicted the underlying character and motivations of the leader of the Bunch.A haunting, melancholy trumpet solo provides the musical backdrop for the title sequence.Set in 1937, the first scene opens in the upscale office of a Los Angeles private detective-hero, an overdressed character named J.Although the bleak film was considered a box-office and critical failure (it lacked even a single Academy Award nomination), it has gained considerable critical prominence ever since.Fascinated by the Western sharpshooter, he steps back, looks around, and hurls a object through he glass to break it.