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The Shootist, 1976
English
USA
Profile of The Shootist
The Shootist can be described as gloomy, emotional, and contemplative. The plot revolves around human nature, vengeance, and psychological motives. The main genres are drama and western. In approach, The Shootist is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. It is set, at least in part, in a small town. The Shootist takes place in the 1900s. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of The Shootist
John Wayne, in his last film appearance, stars as famed gunfighter J.J. Brooks. After learning from Dr. Hostetler (James Stewart) that he's dying of stomach cancer and has no more than two months to live, he moves into a boarding house in Carson City run by Bond Rogers (Lauren Bacall) and her son, Gillom (Ron Howard), to die quietly. But when word gets around that the old gunslinger is in town, curiosity seekers come out of the woodwork to get a look, and the ridiculous local marshal (Henry Morgan) contemplates a showdown with the legend. Annoyed by the attention and realizing that if he waits long enough, he'll die in great pain, Brooks decides to seek out his enemies and go down with guns blazing. Yet he works to persuade the hero-worshiping Gillom to foreswear the life of violence he's led. Director Don Siegel fashions a poignant, gracious farewell to the great star, who, like his character, was dying of cancer as the film was being shot. A stellar cast, which includes Western stalwarts such as Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian, John Carradine, and Johnny Crawford, adds much to the film's resonance. As much a meditation on the burden of celebrity as an elegy for the Old West, it's most revealing in its star's final renunciation of violence.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 21 July 1976 |
| Runtime: | 100 min |
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as J.B.Books aka John Bernard Books
as Bond Rogers
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