The Stalking Moon (1968)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.6/10   

Director:

Robert Mulligan

Escritores:

Alvin Sargent (screenplay)
Wendell Mayes (adaptation)
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

15 febrero 1969 (Sweden)

Género:

Romance | Del Oeste

Plot:

When an army scout retires to a farm in New Mexico he takes pity on a white woman and her half-breed son recently rescued from indians...

Plot Keywords:

Half Breed | Son | Apache Indian | Male Female Relationship | One Man Army

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Half Western , Half Thriller, Sparse Dialogue and Spectacular Scenery

Reparto

Gregory Peck	...	Sam Varner
Eva Marie Saint	...	Sarah Carver
Robert Forster	...	Nick Tana
Noland Clay	...	Boy
Russell Thorson	...	Ned
Frank Silvera	...	Major
Lonny Chapman	...	Purdue
Lou Frizzell	...	Stationmaster
Henry Beckman	...	Sgt. Rudabaugh
Charles Tyner	...	Dace
Richard Bull	...	Doctor
Sandy Brown Wyeth	...	Rachel (as Sandy Wyeth)
Joaquín Martínez	...	Julio
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	...	Stage Driver Shelby (as Red Morgan)
Nathaniel Narcisco	...	Salvaje
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Richard Farnsworth	...	(uncredited)
James Olson	...	Cavalry Officer (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Robert Mulligan

Créditos del guión
Alvin Sargent		(screenplay)
Wendell Mayes		(adaptation)
Theodore V. Olsen		(novel)

Producida por
Alan J. Pakula	....	producer

Música original por
Fred Karlin

Fotografía por
Charles Lang		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Aaron Stell

Casting
Lynn Stalmaster

Dirección artística
Roland Anderson
Jack Poplin

Decorados
Frank Tuttle

Diseño de vestuario por
Seth Banks		(costumes: men)
Grace Harris		(costumes: ladies)

Departamento de maquillaje
Del Armstrong	....	makeup supervisor
Naomi Cavin	....	hair stylist
Franz Prehoda	....	makeup supervisor

Dirección de producción
Harry Caplan	....	executive production manager (as Harry A. Kaplan)
Jack Kirschner	....	post-production supervisor
Russell Saunders	....	unit production manager (as Russ Saunders)

Ayudante de dirección
Don Kranze	....	assistant director

Departamento de Arte
Gene Lauritzen	....	construction coordinator (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Jack Solomon	....	sound

Especialistas
Denny Arnold	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dean Smith	....	stunt double: Trooper (uncredited)
Buddy Van Horn	....	stunt double: Varner (uncredited)

Departamento de vestuario
Dorothy Jeakins	....	costumes: Eva Marie Saint

Departamento de Música
John Mick	....	music editor

Otros miembros del equipo
Meta Rebner	....	script supervisor
Dominic Santarone	....	caterer (uncredited)
Ruth Santarone	....	caterer (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• National General Production Inc.
• The Stalking Moon Company

Distribuidores

• National General Pictures (1968) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1974) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Screen Life (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Otras Compañías

• National Screen Services  titles

También conocida como:

La noche de los gigantes (Spain) [es]

Duración:

109 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

USA:G | Iceland:16 | Australia:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, USA

Compañía:

National General Production Inc.

Errores:

Errores en Geografía: The movie was set and filmed in the Mojave Desert, yet in an early scene at an Army camp, the still night air is filled with the sound of crickets and frogs. This would be fine had the camp been in or near an oasis, but it clearly was not. With no wind, there should have been no sound at all from outside the camp.

Citas:

Sarah Carver: I didn't have the courage to die. I knew what I had to do to stay alive.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Reflections of Evil (2002)

Half Western , Half Thriller, Sparse Dialogue and Spectacular Scenery

Not even listed as one of Gregory Peck's better films, I consider this to be one of the most exciting Westerns I have ever seen. The Stalking Moon, Jeremiah Johnson, High Noon,.. all three are Western Classics.

The movie begins slowly but the sense of foreboding builds throughout the film as Sam and his adopted family wait for the inevitable. Eva Marie Saint portrays an abused woman with spare dignity and understated grace, the little boy is great and Gregory Peck is a formidable presence, growing stronger in character and determination as his feelings for the woman and her son develop. Nathaniel Narsisco, as the Stalker is realistically and excruciatingly frightening as he silently tracks his prey.

Although almost 40 years old the movie holds up well even when compared to films like Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven.I have just read Roger Ebert's condemnation of this film and cannot believe that he and I differ so greatly as to its relative merits. How ever this is the man who loved "over the top" Donald Pleasance in "Will Penny" so one should not be surprised.