Red River (1948)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.8/10   

Directors:

Howard Hawks
Arthur Rosson (co-director)

Escritores:

Borden Chase (screenplay) and
Charles Schnee (screenplay) ...
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Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 agosto 1948 (USA)

Género:

Del Oeste | Acción | Aventura

Frase comercial:

Greatest Spectacle Ever!

Plot:

Dunson is driving his cattle to Red River when his adopted son, Matthew, turns against him.

Plot Keywords:

Cattle | Texas | Cattle Drive | Kansas | River Crossing

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Classic Western

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Reparto

John Wayne	...	Thomas Dunson
Montgomery Clift	...	Matthew 'Matt' Garth
Joanne Dru	...	Tess Millay
Walter Brennan	...	'Groot' Nadine
Coleen Gray	...	Fen (also as Colleen Gray)
Harry Carey	...	Mr. Melville (as Harry Carey Sr.)
John Ireland	...	Cherry Valance
Noah Beery Jr.	...	Buster McGee
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Dan Latimer
Chief Yowlachie	...	Quo
Paul Fix	...	Teeler Yacey
Hank Worden	...	Simms Reeves
Mickey Kuhn	...	Matt, as a boy
Ray Hyke	...	Walt Jergens
Hal Taliaferro	...	Old Leather (as Hal Talliaferro)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Lane Chandler	...	Colonel (uncredited)
Davison Clark	...	Mr. Meeker (uncredited)
Harry Cording	...	Gambler (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth	...	Dunston Rider (uncredited)
Paul Fierro	...	Fernandez (uncredited)
George Lloyd	...	Rider with Mr. Melville (uncredited)
Pierce Lyden	...	Colonel's Trail Boss (uncredited)
John Merton	...	Settler (uncredited)
Ivan Parry	...	Bunk Kenneally (uncredited)
Lee Phelps	...	Gambler (uncredited)
William Self	...	Sutter - Wounded Wrangler (uncredited)
Glenn Strange	...	Naylor (uncredited)
Tom Tyler	...	The Quitter (uncredited)
Dan White	...	Laredo (uncredited)
Shelley Winters	...	Dance Hall Girl in Wagon Train (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Howard Hawks
Arthur Rosson		(co-director)

Créditos del guión
Borden Chase		(screenplay) and
Charles Schnee		(screenplay)
Borden Chase		(The Saturday Evening Post story)

Producida por
Howard Hawks	....	producer
Charles K. Feldman	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Música original por
Dimitri Tiomkin

Fotografía por
Russell Harlan		(photographed by)

Montaje por
Christian Nyby

Dirección artística
John Datu		(as John Datu Arensma)

Departamento de maquillaje
Lee Greenway	....	makeup artist
Dotha Hippe	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Dirección de producción
Norman A. Cook	....	production manager (as Norman Cook)

Ayudante de dirección
William McGarry	....	assistant director
Arthur Siteman	....	assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Richard DeWeese	....	sound
Larry Gannon	....	sound (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Donald Steward	....	special effects
Allen Q. Thompson	....	special photographic effects (as Allan Thompson)

Especialistas
Richard Farnsworth	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ben Johnson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Kennedy	....	stunts (uncredited)
Danny Sands	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams	....	stunts (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Thomas Thompson	....	grip (uncredited)

Departamento de Música
Dimitri Tiomkin	....	musical director
Vinton Vernon	....	music recorder
Lucien Cailliet	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Jester Hairston	....	choral director (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Howard Hawks	....	presenter
Sid Davis	....	stand-in: John Wayne (uncredited)
Bobbie Sierks	....	script clerk (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Charles K. Feldman Group (uncredited)
• Monterey Productions

Distribuidores

• United Artists (1948) (USA) (theatrical)
• United Artists Corporation (1948) (UK) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1948) (France) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1948) (Canada) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1948) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1948) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1951) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1952) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1999) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Germany) (VHS)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

También conocida como:

The River Is Red (USA) (working title)
Río rojo (Spain) [es]

Duración:

133 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Español

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Clasificación:

Australia:G (original rating) | Australia:PG (TV rating) | West Germany:12 (nf) | Sweden:15 (cut) | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 | Norway:16 | USA:Unrated | UK:U

Locaciones de Filmación:

Elgin, Arizona, USA

Compañía:

Charles K. Feldman Group

Trivialidades:

Five dams were built to bring the San Pedro River in Arizona, where the crossings were shot, to flood stage.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Dunson is standing next to his horse after Mathew Garth takes the herd from him, he clearly has a belt full of cartridges, but later on Mathew confirms to Groot that he took all of Dunson's cartridges.

Citas:

Mr. Melville: I'll buy the drinks when it's over.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in The Last Picture Show (1971)

Banda de Sonido:

Settle Down

Classic Western

Red River(1948) is a film that gets better with age. This was the first of five Howard Hawks/John Wayne features. Red River(1948) was Howard Hawks third straight gem right after To Have & Have Not(1944) and The Big Sleep(1946). John Wayne had come a long way from his low budget Lone Star film days.

The film is considered a Western take on The Mutiny on the Bounty. The relationship between Tom Dunson and Matt Garth is deeply complex. Although they're prepared to kill each other, deep down they still respect for one another. This relationship is based on control, idealism, respect, and trust.

It takes a fascinating look at the cattle drive during the Wild West. The film shows the responsbility that went with driving cattle across country and the different road blocks that many riders were faced with. Red River(1948) shows that the cattle drives were a cowboy's main source of work. City Slickers(1991) would do a wonderful homage to this Howard Hawks classic.

Tom Dunson, Ringo Kid, and Ethan Edwards to name a few are some of the best characters played by the duke. He exhibits here that he was a great actor as well as a great Hollywood star. Its a shame that his best performances were overlooked by by many people during his lifetime(he's definitely a superior actor compared to the likes of Stallone, Arnold, and Willis combined). It was actually filmed during 1946 but was shelved for two year due to a legal battle with Howard Hughes.

Montgomery Clift stands out on his own as Matt Garth in acting next to John Wayne. Walter Brennan is excellent in the role of Tom Dunson's sidekick. Red River(1948) was one of the best film to come out of 1948. Red River(1948) contains a trademark flirtious man-woman relationship between Matt Garth and Tess that also evident in some of the director's other works...I.E., His Girl Friday(Walter & Hildy), Ball of Fire(Potts & O'Shea), To Have & Have Not(Harry & Slim), The Big Sleep(Phillip Marlowe & Vivian Sternwood), and Rio Bravo(John T. Chance & Feathers).