The Star and Shadow Goes West
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The Star and Shadow Cinema is proud to present the works of four legendary directors, exploring the Wild West in all its gun-slinging, morally ambivalent glory. There’s more to the western genre than just Cowboys and Indians, as you will soon discover through four classic, yet rarely shown, movies.
So soothe away those winter chills with a visit to the sun-baked plains of the Wild West in a trip you will never forget…
Films in the The Star And Shadow Goes West:
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Film: Blood On The Moon (1948)
13 Jan 2011, 7:30 p.m.
A film noir Western in which Robert Mitchum delivers his usual immaculate stoned performance as a reluctant hired gun, and Bel Geddes engages him in erotic gun play.
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Film: Rancho Notorious (1952)
16 Jan 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Fritz Langs last Western, a moral tale of revenge with Marlene Dietrich presiding over an empire of crime.
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Film: Red River (1948)
20 Jan 2011, 7:30 p.m.
One of the all time classic Westerns: Montgomery Cliff plays against John Wayne in a classic oedipal father son relationship as the cattlemen battle to open up the 'wilderness'.
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Film: The Missouri Breaks (1976)
23 Jan 2011, 7:30 p.m.
One of the truly great Westerns of the 70's. Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando strip all the cute whimsy out of their acts to deliver a dark commentary on death. Arthur Penn directs with a clean vision of the historical role played by fear and violence in the development of the West.