Reel Connections Roundup

Wednesday, September 3
Red River

Starring: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan. Directed by Howard Hawks.

The cattle baron of a vast Texas ranch and his adopted son head the first cattle drive over the Chisholm Trail. The journey to the Missouri railhead is filled with hardships including floods, stampedes, rustlers, and mutiny as father and son face a final showdown with each other at the end of the trail.

(1948, 133 minutes)

Tuesday, October 28
Shane

Starring: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde, Jack Palance. Directed by George Stevens.

A gunfighter who wants to forget his past assists homesteaders terrorized by a ruthless cattleman and his sinister hired gun. Filmed in the spectacular Teton Range of Wyoming.

(1952, 117 minutes)

Tuesday, November 11
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Starring: John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin. Directed by John Ford.

The story of a man who becomes a legend and an important political figure by shooting a notorious gunman. A movie famous for the line: "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."

(1962, 123 minutes)

Tuesday, December 9
Ride the High Country

Starring: Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott. Directed by Sam Peckinpah.

An aging ex-lawman is reunited with a former partner to transport gold from a mountain mining camp through dangerous territory, but what he doesn't realize is that his old friend is planning to double-cross him. Generally considered the best B-Western ever made.

(1962, 93 minutes)

Tuesday, January 13
Unforgiven

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris. Directed by Clint Eastwood.

Two former, down-on-their-luck outlaws reluctantly pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey. Winner of 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor.

(1992, 127 minutes)