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The Shootist

Original theatrical poster
Directed by Don Siegel
Produced by M. Donald Siegel ( October 26, 1912 - April 20, 1991) was an influential American Film director and producer J. Frankovich
William Self
Written by Glendon Swarthout (novel)
Scott Hale
Miles Hood Swarthout
Starring John Wayne
Lauren Bacall
Ron Howard
James Stewart
Distributed by Paramount Pictures (USA/UK)
Dino De Laurentiis Company (International)
Release date(s) August 11, 1976 (USA)
Running time 100 min. Glendon Fred Swarthout ( April 8 1918, near Pinckney Michigan – September 23 1992, Scottsdale Arizona) was an American John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Ronald William Howard (born March 1 1954 is a director and producer as well as an Actor. James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis (born August 8 1919) is an Academy Award -winning Italian Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Language English
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The Shootist is a novel written by Glendon Swarthout and published in 1975. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Glendon Fred Swarthout ( April 8 1918, near Pinckney Michigan – September 23 1992, Scottsdale Arizona) was an American The year 1975 in literature involved some significant events and new books [1]

The book was made into a 1976 Western film directed by Don Siegel and is noted as being the final film role of actor John Wayne. The year 1976 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas ' The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. Donald Siegel ( October 26, 1912 - April 20, 1991) was an influential American Film director and producer John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Scott Hale and Miles Hood Swarthout (son of the author) wrote the screenplay.

Contents

Plot

The Shootist tells the story of John Bernard (J. B. ) Books (John Wayne), an aging gunfighter, the most celebrated "shootist" extant, who is struggling with terminal prostate cancer. John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Although Books is perceived by some of the characters as an amoral opportunist, he expresses his simple creed when he says, "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them. " Arriving in El Paso, Texas (film: Carson City, Nevada) in 1901, Books seeks the second opinion of an old friend, Doc E. W. Hostetler (Jimmy Stewart). James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor Once Hostetler confirms the presence of the cancer, Books rents a room from the widow 'Bond' ("thats a crackerjack of a name for a woman") Rogers (Lauren Bacall), and her son Gillom Rogers (Ron Howard). Ronald William Howard (born March 1 1954 is a director and producer as well as an Actor. Books' presence in town is soon known to most, and the news spreads by telegraph throughout the country. This results in the arrival of troublemakers to lure Books back to his past. Not only does he have to deal with his inevitable death, but he has to deal with the vultures who come to profit from his infamy. Having never had trouble facing death in other men, Books now struggles with the fact that death is calling on him.

Background

The character of J. B. Books serves to parallel the final days of John Wayne, who died from stomach cancer three years after production ended. Stomach or gastric cancer can develop in any part of the Stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs particularly the Esophagus and The Shootist would be his final film role, concluding a legendary career that began during the silent film era in 1926. The knowledge of Wayne's health during the production would inspire much of the dialogue and imagery of the film. Lauren Bacall had suffered through the 1957 death of her husband Humphrey Bogart, who died of throat cancer, adding further shading to the parallels of the film. Esophageal cancer is malignancy of the Esophagus. There are various subtypes

A popular urban myth holds that Wayne was dying of cancer when he made this film. An urban legend or urban myth is a form of modern Folklore consisting of stories thought to be factual by those circulating them Although he was in poor health during the production and this was generally considered to be his final film role, he had been cancer-free since undergoing surgery to remove his left lung in 1964. The cancer would not return until the last year of his life.

At the time the movie rights were purchased, John Wayne was not seriously considered for the role, due to questions about his health and his ability to complete the filming. The producers had wanted George C. Scott, but Wayne actively campaigned for the role and made completion of the filming a personal mission. George Campbell Scott (October 18 1927 - September 22 1999 was an American stage and film Actor, director, and producer.

The film was shot on location in Carson City, Nevada and at studios in Burbank, California. Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County California, United States. In Carson City, the house at 500 N. Mountain Street that doubled for J. B. Books' rooming house (owned by Bond Rogers in the movie) is three doors south from the Nevada governor's mansion. The only change to the house was a portico added on the southern side. Besides changing the location from El Paso to Carson City, and having his horse Dollor written in, Wayne also changed the ending of the screenplay. Books was supposed to shoot Jack Pulford (Hugh O'Brian) in the back, and then Gillom Rogers (Ron Howard) was to shoot Books. Hugh O'Brian (born April 19, 1925) is an American actor best known for his starring role as Wyatt Earp in the ABC Television Wayne said "I've made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it. " He also did not want the young Gillom killing him. The screenplay was changed, having him shoot Pulford in the head, the bartender then shooting Books, followed by Rogers shooting the bartender.

The horse that J. B. Books (Wayne) rides in the film, Dollor ('Ole Dollor), that he gives to Gillom Rogers (Howard), had been Wayne's favorite horse for ten years, through several Westerns. The horse shown during the final scene of True Grit was Dollor, a two-year-old in 1969. True Grit is a 1969 western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne as U Wayne had Dollor, a chestnut Quarter horse gelding, written into the script of The Shootist because of his love for the horse, it was a condition for him working on the project. Wayne would not let anyone else ride the horse. Robert Wagner was a rare exception, who rode the horse in a segment of the Hart to Hart, after Wayne's death. Robert John Wagner (born February 10, 1930) is a Golden Globe - nominated prolific American Film and Television The book makes no mention of Dollor, or a specific horse, but the script for the film was altered to include the horse. [2]

Upon its release in June 1976, The Shootist was a minor success, earning nearly $6,000,000. It received fair-to-excellent reviews, with enormous praise heaped on Wayne by many critics. It was named one of the Ten Best Films of 1976 by the National Board of Review, along with All the President's Men and Network, and was nominated for one Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA award, and a Writers Guild of America award. The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of cinema, to protest New York City Mayor All the President's Men is a 1976 film based on the 1974 non-fiction book by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two journalists investigating Network is a 1976 New Hollywood drama film about a fictional Television network, Union Broadcasting System (UBS and its struggle The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation The Writers Guild of America is a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different US labor unions The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE representing

John Wayne and Lauren Bacall made one previous film together two decades earlier called Blood Alley (1955), a seafaring adventure set in China. Blood Alley is a 1955 seafaring adventure movie starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National

James Stewart and John Wayne also made one previous film together, John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a classic Western movie made in 1962, directed by John Ford and starring James Stewart,

Cast

Crew

Awards

References

  1. ^ Swarthout, Glendon (1975). The Shootist, New York, New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0385060998
  2. ^ Whiteside, John. "The Duke's Horse Keeps Special Bond". Chicago Sun Times. The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily Newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. January 19, 1985

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