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Red River is a 1948 American Western film, directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift. It gives a fictional account of the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas along the Chisholm Trail .
- Howard Hawks
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- August 26, 1948
6 days ago · 5. Is Red River based on a true story? No, Red River is a fictional story inspired by Borden Chase’s novel “The Chisholm Trail”. 6. What makes Red River a classic Western? Red River is considered a classic Western due to its well-crafted characters, intense conflicts, and the portrayal of the harsh realities of the Wild West.
Jun 16, 2023 · The film in question is 1948’s Red River, a true film about cowboys, in the sense that it’s not about outlaws or bounty hunters but a large group of cattle ranchers herding hundreds of cows...
- Orestes Adam
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Mar 1, 1998 · The theme of “Red River” is from classical tragedy: the need of the son to slay the father, literally or symbolically, in order to clear the way for his own ascendancy. And the father's desire to gain immortality through a child (the one moment with a woman that does work is when Dunson asks Tess to bear a son for him).
Jun 8, 2021 · Based on the story “The Chisholm Trail” by Borden Chase, at first glance “Red River” is a fictitious tale of the first cattle drive on the trail (the Chisholm Trail was an actual trail used just after the Civil War). But the film is really the story of “Thomas Dunson” and his surrogate son “Matt”.
Red River: Directed by Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson. With John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan. Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.
May 27, 2014 · By Geoffrey O’Brien. Essays — May 27, 2014. M any westerns have been self-consciously conceived on an epic scale, but Howard Hawks’s Red River (1948), in its deepest channels, actually feels like an ancient epic. It is measured in long breaths and offers up scenes eroded to their fundamentals.
