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The Searchers/High Noon

February 18, 2008 one comment

Feb 8th. 6:30pm. House of Watson. The Searchers is our homework movie.

The Searchers (d. Ford, 1956). John Wayne stars.

Ethan Edwards, an ex-Confederate soldier from the Indian Wars, finds that his family has been massacred and his niece captured by the Comanches and vows to bring her back and kill everyone of the Indians who did this to him. He travels for five years in order to find her and when he does realizes even though she has been found she has become one of them.

High Noon (d. Zinnemann, 1952). Gary Cooper stars.

A retiring lawman about to leave town with his new bride seeks allies among the fearful townspeople when an outlaw he put in prison returns with his gang to take revenge.

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Across The Universe

February 2, 2008 23 comments

Feb 9th. 6:30pm. House of Schuh.

There is no homework movie. We’ll continue our style from January, and simply watch and discuss one movie.
Look forward to seeing all of you.

Across The Universe

Musical based on The Beatles songbook and set in the 60s England, America, and Vietnam. The love story of Lucy and Jude is intertwined with the anti-war movement and social protests of the 60s. Over 30 Beatles’ songs are woven into the plot together with visual allusions to films Help! (1965), A Hard Day’s Night (1964), Magical Mystery Tour (1967) (TV), Yellow Submarine (1968) and Let It Be (1970).