The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

  • Director: John Ford
  • Writer: James Warner Bellah,Willis Goldbeck,Dorothy M. Joh
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: April 22, 1962
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Covek koji je ubio Liberti Valansa
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a classic Western directed by John Ford in 1962 in the form of a psychological drama . It is a representative work of John Ford's later career. Starring James Stewart and John Wayne . Through the friendship and contradictions between the characters of Stewart and Wayne, the historical process of Western society from the victory of the strong to the civilization and rule of law is presented.

    Details

    • Release date April 22, 1962
    • Filming locations Janss Conejo Ranch, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
    • Production companies John Ford Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $3,200,000 (estimated)

    Movie reviews

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    • By Clotilde 2022-03-22 09:02:02

      TOM's self-sacrifice is great!

      Of course, the films of the 1960s cannot be judged by their exacting demands on modern films. Maybe they have the same personal heroism of today's Hollywood movies, or they may have old-fashioned plots. Although they are not excellent movies, I think it is still a bad movie. A bad movie.

       

      The male protagonist went to attend the funeral of his old friend TOM, which may also mean that the era when the guns in the American West were the law was gone.

      As the memories...

    • By Lane 2021-12-30 17:21:45

      Laugh at the front wave, watch the back wave

      The almost perfect symmetrical structure leads to the story of the struggle between the three stars. The double metaphor of shooting liberty and valance (violence) expands the depth of speculation. The traditional mainstream values ​​such as justice and rule of law represented by Rance eventually replaced Wayne and Marvin. Representative of the Western value system, but Ford asked whether it really worked. After all, the time has come to 1962. Westerns and even super-westerns have been...

    • By Elisha 2021-12-30 17:21:45

      Two Tigers Slaying the Dragon

      Ransom, a weak and stubborn lawyer and scholar, created the original West. With the help of the first cowboy Tom, he finally killed the villain Liberty. Ransom successfully sat on the council and embraced the beauty. Tom died alone. The western master John Ford’s The film reveals the resentment and helpless worries about going to the west, uninhibited personal heroism is receding under the national legal framework, and modern values ​​are reconstructing the spirit of the west. Although there is...

    • By Braeden 2021-12-30 17:21:45

      Atypical Westerns

      # Continue BrushJimmy# I want to see the big difference from his previous works, so I chose this one. Although Jimmy is old, his voice is still crisp and his body is still thin. This is the first time I watched John Wayne's movie. It's really a whole body with a western movie from head to toe!

      The plot is actually very simple, the two tigers slaying the dragon is a fight against the bandits. At first I thought it would be Jimmy using the law he trusted and Wayne's exquisite...

    • By Trycia 2021-12-30 17:21:45

      Write casually

      The quality of the characters is too clear. Lanson, Guangzhengwei young man, Valancey, do no evil, self-confident and even stupid, compared to Tom's image is much more three-dimensional, he has a complicated internal (rare and precious), and the final exit is also very man.

      But there was a bug. In the end, Lanson didn't clarify that he was not the murderer (see the conductor's words), so he just removed the psychological barrier to killing people, and calmly...

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    • By Eddie 2023-01-07 14:18:16

      7 points. It feels like the progress is a little slow, but the picture quality is good. With the continuous development of social civilization, the legal order will definitely replace the military order of the wild west. Liberty Valance (Civilization Blank) is the name of a bully. It is an obvious metaphor. On the train, Jason said to Ransom that he thanked the person who killed LV. Everyone thought it was R who killed him, but it was actually Tom's credit. What is intriguing is that the laws...

    • By Theodore 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      Capitalist democracy and freedom model...

    • By Gregory 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      The film tells about the decline of traditional military power and the rise of a new political order, and then reveals the suspicion and contempt for politicians, the reluctance and pride for traditional power, and the helplessness of historical trends. There seems to be some kind of emotional outpouring of the director and the western movie itself,...

    • By Jayme 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      This is the West, and when the legend becomes a fact, let's just use the...

    • By Rowena 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      One of Ford's masterpieces, the entanglement between the weak scholar-type lawyer and the...

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    Together For The First Time-James Stewart-John Wayne-in the masterpiece of four-time Academy Award winner John Ford
    One of John Ford 's best Western , the film is good at portraying characters, and has serious discussions on personality, morality, law, good and evil, etc. Ford sarcastically showed people that the widely accepted history of the American West was actually a big lie. With his violent behavior, the lone ranger played by...
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    Movie quotes

    • Tom Doniphon: Liberty Valance's the toughest man south of the Picketwire - next to me.

    • Ransom Stoddard: Marshal, I was wrong the other day. But I was reading up on territorial law, and there it is, right there. Now, I'll draw up the complaint, take care of all the legal details - but you *do* have jurisdiction. Says so right there. So next time he sets foot in this town, you'll arrest him.

      Link Appleyard: Anything you say, Mr. Stoddard. I'll be tickled to... death... *what* was that? Arrest *who*?

      Ransom Stoddard: Liberty Valance.

      Link Appleyard: Arrest Liberty Val... you mean Liberty Valance? Just as I was startin' to get my appetite back.

    • [Doniphon has just faced down Valance in the diner]

      Tom Doniphon: Well, now; I wonder what scared 'em off?

      Dutton Peabody: [poking fun at Stoddard for his idealism] You know what scared 'em - the spectacle of law and order here, risin' up out of the gravy and the mashed potatoes.