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September 14, 2004
Movies: The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallence
This is quite an interesting movie with excellent work by both Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne. Wayne's character saves Stewart's character at the beginning of the movie, pays for his room&board while he recovers, gives him excellent advice and later saves his life (by killing Vallence from hiding while Stewart is in a duel with him). In return, Stewart (mostly unintentionally and certainly without malice) steals from him the girl he loves and goes on to great wealth and power. Effectively, Wayne is punished for his good deeds. Stewart, on the other hand, although a smart, kind, modern eastern lawyer, is totally unprepared for the West but is incredibly lucky to have Wayne as his guardian angel. Everything in the movie goes outrageously well for him as he gets a reputation as a gunslinger without having to kill anyone, gets elected to represent the Territory in Congress and gets the girl. He in fact ends up getting elected based on something he didn't do and, in fact, something which if he had done would cause him to refuse the election. Very interesting. Thanks Mark H for the recommendation - two for two. ***1/2
Posted by aarondf at September 14, 2004 11:24 AM
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