Top cast:Tom Cruise,Jason Robards,Julianne Moore
Director:Max Mack
Genre:Western
Region:Qatar
Year:2001
Storyline:Just frequently." Boot ultimately offered Tatum $60/week, the current rate for a job at the newspaper - where the pompous newman was hoping that after just one big break, he could be rehired by former employers.The film""s screenplay was adapted by Frank S.Nugent (director Ford""s son-in-law) from Alan Le May""s 1954 novel of the same name, that was first serialized as a short story in late fall 1954 issues of theSaturday Evening Post, and first titledThe Avenging Texans." A commentator noted that Rocky fought tougher opponents than Mason Dixon, who was only "spoon-fed his opponents.With epic qualities, it had more than 50 speaking roles and 2,400 extras.The film currently remains the box-office (domestic) champ with a gross revenue of $1.89billion(adjusted for inflation).Various elements in the original novel had to be eliminated, and some characters, scenes, and events were either truncated, dropped, or modified:Scarlett""s first two children (Wade Hampton and Ella Lorena) were eliminatedIn the novel, Charles Hamilton was in love with Honey Wilkes prior to falling in love with Scarlett; in the film, he was in love with India WilkesRhett""s scenes (and confessions) about being a blockade runner were minimized or cut outthe novel""s love scenes (in particular, the "Paddock Scene") were more low-keythe character of the Atlanta prostitute Belle Watling was sanitized (and Rhett""s finding of solace with Belle - after Scarlett vowed not to have any more children following Bonnie""s birth), was also down-playedany episodes or mention of the Ku Klux Klan were droppedRhett""s contempt for Ashley was softenedRhett""s last words in the novel: "My dear, I don""t give a damn.