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One of the finest westerns ever made. Tom Dunson, a self-made cattle baron who will do anything to protect his way of life. So when plummeting livestock values demand that he drive his herd through the treacherous Chisholm Trail, Tom proves that he will risk anything to reach his destination ... even his own sanity.
"Tom Dunson [is] a self-made cattle baron who'll do anything to protect his way of life. So when plummeting livestock values demand that he drive his herd through the treacherous Chisholm Trail, Tom proves that he'll risk anything to reach his destination, even his own sanity"--DVD sleeve.
"Tom Dunson a construit un empire du bétail avec son fils adoptif, Matthew Garth. Ensemble, ils partent avec un troupeau de dix mille bêtes à convoyer du Texas au Missouri. La tyrannie de Tom pousse Matthew à se rebeller, reprenant alors seul la tête du convoi."--Site web Wikipédia.
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Film adaptations
With no market for his herd, the master of a vast cattle ranch and his son decide to head the first cattle drive over the now famous Chisholm Trail, past the Red River, into Missouri. The path is filled with hardship and the drive looks hopeless as the men struggle to prevail. This is the full-length version, known as the 'diary' version.
A cattle baron and his adopted son head the first drive over the Chisolm trail when he can't find a local market for his herd.
Dunson, pionnier dont la fiancée a été tuée par les Indiens, recueille Matt, un adolescent survivant du massacre. Il installe son ranch près de la rivière Rouge. Quatorze ans plus tard, Dunson et Matt, devenu son fils adoptif, doivent transhumer les bêtes vers Abilene. En chemin, Dunson devient si autoritaire que Matt prend le pouvoir. Chemin faisant, il sauve Tess des Indiens. Entre-temps, Dunson a rejoint Abilene et provoque Matt en duel. Ils se battent mais Tess tire sur eux, et c'est la réconciliation.
Red River is a multi-layered western - the intimate epic of a cattle drive which encompasses the broad theme of the establishing of civilisation through the working out of personal relationships. The conflict between ruthless authority and democratic defiance is a rewriting of The mutiny on the Bounty in a western mythos of tests of character and a rite of passage for Matt (Clift), the adopted son of Dunson (Wayne). The mantle passes from the stoic singlemindedness necessary for survival in the Old West epitomised by Wayne to Clift's sensitivity to the needs of the emerging community. However Hawks is more interested in re-integration than in the tragic dimension of the westerner explored in, for example, Guns in the afternoon, The gunfighter, and Liberty Valance.
Tells of the first cattle drive over the now-famous Chisholm Trail (from deep in Texas to Kansas). The path is filled with hardship resulting in a bitter quarrel that ends with Dunson (a self-made cattle king (Wayne) and his adopted son (Clift) heading in separate directions.
Red river (Motion picture : 1948)
Red river
With no market for his herd, the master of a vast cattle ranch and his son decide to head the first cattle drive over the now famous Chisholm Trail, past the Red River, into Missouri.
Red River
A fictional account of the first cattle drive over the famous Chisholm Trail. It brings to life the trials and tribulations of the men who battled the dust, rain, heat and frustration of the long, hard drive.
Tom Dunson, cattle baron, and his adopted son drive their cattle through the treacherous Chisholm Trail from Texas to Kansas to get a fair price for their livestock. Battling Indians, stampedes and dissention among the ranch hands, Tom proves that he'll stop at nothing to reach his destination.
One of the finest westerns ever made. Tom Dunson is a self-made cattle baron who will do anything to protect his way of life. So when plummeting livestock values demand that he drive his herd through the treacherous Chisholm Trail, Tom proves that he will risk anything to reach his destination...even his own sanity.
John Wayne stars as a frontiersman trying to carve a ranch out of worthless land while caring for an orphan he has adopted. Years later, with the ranch seemingly tamed, he is forced to drive his cattle an arduous distance. Hawks used this archetypal Western situation to present, in epic mode, a study of the effects of danger on the male group. (Does not circulate).
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Classic western about the conflicts between cowboys on a cattle drive.
Tom Dunson, a self-made cattle baron who will do anything to protect his way of life. So when plummeting livestock values demand that he drive his herd through the treacherous Chisholm Trail, Tom proves that he will risk anything to reach his destination ... even his own sanity.
Thomas Dunson, a tyrannical Texas rancher, is driving his cattle to Red River when his adopted son, Matthew, turns against him.
Capturing both the grandeur of the early West and the singular quality of its people, this film is what many consider to be the greatest Western of all time.
Red River (Motion picture : 1948)
Howard Hawks begins this classic western with an attack on a wagon train by the Comanche; a scene that appears more terrifying because we discover the annihalation from a distance via a rising column of smoke, as the covered wagons burn. Tom Dunson, Matthew Garth and Groot survive the attack and head south across the Red River where a decade later they have built the largest cattle ranch in Texas. Plummeting livestock values force the trio to hire a crew and drive their herd north over the Chisholm Trail, where they encounter stampedes, and a mutiny amongst the cowhands. At this point the film appears to take inspiration from films such as Mutiny On The Bounty, as the increasingly autocratic and unstable Dunson pushes his hired hands towards rebellion with cut rations and sadistic punishment. In response to Dunson's violence, Garth takes over the cattle drive, successfully leading the herd to the rail head at the end of the Chisolm Trail. The performances by John Wayne and Montgomery Clift may be the best of their careers.
Feature films
With no market for his herd, the master of a vast cattle ranch and his son decide to head the first cattle drive over the now famous Chisholm Trail, past the Red River, into Missouri. The path is filled with hardship and the drive looks hopeless as the men struggle to prevail.
Tom Dunson is a self-made cattle baron who will do anything to protect his way of life. So when plummeting livestock values demand that he drive his herd through the treacherous Chisholm Trail, Tom proves that he will risk anything to reach his destination ... even his own sanity.
Wayne decides to head the first cattle drive over the now-famous Chisholm trail when he finds he has no local market for his herd. The path is filled with hardship resulting in a bitter quarrel that ends with Wayne and Cliff, his foster son, heading in separate directions.
Chisholm trail
Tells of the first cattle drive over the now-famous Chisholm Trail (from deep in Texas to Kansas). The path is filled with hardship resulting in a bitter quarrel that ends with Dunson (a self-made cattle king /Wayne) and his adopted son (Clift) heading in separate directions.
Western films
A cattle rancher with no market for his huge herd, decides to head the first cattle drive over the Chisholm Trail. The path is filled with hardship for both men and cattle, resulting in a bitter quarrel between the rancher and his foster son.
Red River is a multi-layered western - the intimate epic of a cattle drive which encompasses the broad theme of the establishing of civilisation through the working out of personal relationships. The conflict between ruthless authority and democratic defiance is a rewriting of The Mutiny on the Bounty in a western mythos. The cattle drive is a series of tests of character and a rite of passage for Matt (Clift), the adopted son of Dunson (Wayne). The mantle passes from the stoic singlemindedness necessary for survival in the Old West to the needs of the emerging community. However Hawks is more interested in re-integration than in the tragic dimension of the westerner explored in, for example, Guns in the Afternoon, The Gunfighter, and Liberty Valance.
Summary: an account of the first cattle drive over the Chisholm Trial, from deep in Texas to Abilene, Kansas.
One of the finest westerns ever made. Tom Dunson, a self-made cattle baron who will do anything to protect his way of life. So when plummeting livestock values demand that he drive his herd through the treacherous Chisholm Trail, Tom proves that he will risk anything to reach his destination...even his own sanity.
"An embittered, tyrannical Texas rancher['s] tensions with his independent-minded adopted son ... reach epic proportions during a cattle drive to Missouri"--Container.
Hard cattle men forge the Chisholm Trail as an empire-building father vows to kill his son should they meet again. Brilliant landmark Western. Superbly acted and directed.
Drama
Red River (Motion picture)
Wayne decides to head the first cattle drive over the now-famous Chisholm trail when he finds he has no local market for his herd.
Standard. With no market for his herd, the master of a vast cattle ranch and his son decide to head the first cattle drive over the now famous Chisholm Trail, past the Red River, into Missouri. The path is filled with hardship and the drive looks hopeless as the men struggle to prevail.
Howard Hawks' Red River
Westerns
Adaptations
A cowboy and his adopted son build a great ranch and herd in Texas. When the hard times come after the war between the states, they take the cattle on a punishing drive north to Kansas. This is the full-length version of the film, known as the 'book' version.
The story of a cattle baron and the empire he builds.