John Wayne is a Secret Service agent sent on a mission to help ranchers whose water supply is threatened by a gang of crooks. The Duke wants, nor surprisingly, to foil the baddies... more...and win the girl!
Introducing John Wayne's classic early Westerns. Re-mastered using the original negatives ... more
held in the vaults of the Republic Studios, these films have been reproduced to the highest possible quality.Born Marion Michael Morrison in 1907 John Wayne would...
Riders Of Destiny:James Kincade manages the area's water supply and is forcing the ... more
ranchers to sign a contract to secure expensive water rates. Sandy Saunders a Government Agent, plots against Kincade to overthrow the contract and impress Fay DentonSagebrush TrailAfter being wrongfully imprisoned for murder, Brent escapes and flees west to join a gang of outlaws. He soon discovers his new friend, Jones, committed the murder he was previously accused of. Wayne seeks to clear his name and combat Jones' interests in the pretty shop girl.The Lucky TexanJerry Mason and Jake Benson are betrayed when they trustingly hand in their gold to a local assayer in town. The assay officials follow Benson back to the mine, shoot him and blame Mason for the killing. At Mason's trial Bensons appears, to provide a surprise for the culprits.
The Desert Trail:Wayne plays a rodeo star who is wrongly accused of armed robbery. He sets ... more
out to find the real culprits. Just after John Scott gets his rodeo prize money, the Official is robbed and murdered by Pete. Pete then says he just saw John and his friend Kansas Charlie leaving the office. The two fugitives flee to another town where they assume new names. But Pete arrives to point them out and they find themselves in jail. Pete's reluctant accomplice, knowing they are innocent, gets them out and they head after Pete to try and get a confession.Riders Of Destiny:Wayne goes up against a local bad guy who controls the town's water supply.Kincaid controls the area's water supply and is about to force the ranchers into contracts at exorbitant rates. Government Agent Saunders has a plan that will open up the lost river and dry up Kincaid's supply. So he gets the ranchers to insist on a clause that Kincaid's land will revert to the public if he fails to deliver water.
Production Year: 1959 - Westerns - Director: Edward Dmytryk - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Dorothy Malene, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone
Advantages: Gentle comedy Disadvantages: A bit twee in parts
actors to play the parts?
What does Ian Hamilton think of the film? Well he's delighted with it and doesn't care that us Scots don't like it much. He knows the Americans will love it, they love all things tartan and that's where the real money lies. It seems being a Scottish hero is not enough; he must have the Americans adulation too.
If you're Scottish you might like the film for its gentle humour but be prepared for the bits that will make you cringe. If you're one of the Americans who celebrate your Scottish ancestry by wearing a kilt and playing the bagpipes then you will love it. It's a film that could have been brilliant; it's a pity that they decided to make it for a foreign rather than the Scottish audience.
Stone Of Destiny was released into cinemas on 10 October 2008 and will be available on DVD from 23 March 09. ...
Advantages: Good acting and storytelling Disadvantages: The making-of could have been better utilised
It is a wonderful thing to be Scottish. But it hasn't always been. Going back centuries, we have been conquered, invaded, and oppressed. As recently as the 1950s, Scotland was referred to by England as North Britain. There was a fledgling movement wanting a parliament for Scotland, to give us our freedom and pride back, but a lot of Scots were made to feel like second class citizens and the Scottish National Party was still developing its ideology. Then along came a group of Glasgow University students who decided it was time to stop talking and start doing. So they did the obvious thing, and reclaimed the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey and brought it home to Scotland.
A little bit of history to give you some context if you don't know: the Stone of Scone, also known as the Stone of Destiny, is the ancient coronation stone ...
Advantages: it is good entertaining enough educational way film Disadvantages: it is not too commercial
Niki Caro director of "Whale Rider," does well. She was able to convince the Ngati Konohi Maori tribe, that she should be the one to adapt Maori book to the screen, despite the fact that she's a "pakeha" (a New Zealander of European descent). I’m not sure what "Whale Rider" suppose to be, an anthropological/sociological study of the Maori people or the universal story of female empowerment in traditional male society. Indeed, the book's author, Witi Ihimaera, said he wrote "Whale Rider" as a modern retelling of a Maori legend -- in response to his daughter's complaining about the boy always being the hero. Main protagonist is Pai a Maori girl of 13 whom feels that her destiny is to become the leader of her Maori tribe, a whale rider in order to please her grandfather. She’s not allowed learning warrior skills thought by her ...
John Wayne is a Secret Service agent sent on a mission to help ranchers whose water supply is threatened by a gang of crooks. The Duke wants, nor surprisingly, to foil the baddies and win the girl!
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