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High Noon, a review by Rogmeister

High Noon
Cast: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Otto Kruger, Lon Chaney, Henry Morgan, Lee Van Cleef
Director: Fred Zinnemann
DVD Extras: Original Theatrical Trailer, The Making of High Noon (hosted by Leonard Maltin)

Here's a classic western just about everyone has heard of...even those who aren't western fans. And this copy has been in my collection a long time...just over 8 years or so now.

The basic plot has Gary Cooper (in an Oscar-winning performance) finding out on his wedding day that a killer he sent to prison is free and coming back...for him...on the noon train.. At first, he and his wife leave town as planned to begin their new life elsewhere (he has given up being a marshal for her as she is a Quaker). But he decides he can't do it and heads back to face him. With little more than an hour before the train arrives, he begins looking for deputies to back him up but again and again he is turned down. The movie is played out in real time which makes it even more effective and there are several shots of clocks throughout the film to let you know just how much time is left. When the showdown actually occurs, it actually happens in an amazingly short amount of time. At the end, with all the bad guys dead (one at the hand of his new bride), Kane drops his badge in the dirt of the street and he and his wife leave town, never to return. It's definitely a must-have for any western movie library.

My DVD copy was the first of two. Mine has a few extras including a making-of featurette hosted by Leonard Maltin and the trailer for the film. The making-of featurette is 22 minutes long and has some interviews with several of the filmmakers...the producer (Stanley Kramer), director (Fred Zinneman) and even part of an old interview with star Gary Cooper.  Interestingly, host Leonard Maltin makes a mistake during his hosting...he refers to Gary Cooper's portrayal of Marshal Will Kane as his only Oscar...I guess he forgot about a little film titled Sergeant York!  The print of the movie itself is clear and sharp. Another version came out in 2002 featuring more extras including an audio commentary featuring several people including John Ritter. John Ritter, you ask? Yes, but remember that the "High Noon" song was sung by his father, Tex Ritter. I may pick that up someday if I ever come across it somewhere.


(From Roger's Ongoing Westerns Marathon on June 27th, 2009)

Forrest Gump, a review by Tom

Title: Forrest Gump
Year: 1994
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 136 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Czech: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Subtitles: Commentary, Czech, English, German, Hungarian, Polish, Turkish

Stars:
Tom Hanks
Rebecca Williams
Sally Field
Michael Conner Humphreys
Harold Herthum

Plot:Awards:

Academy Award	1994	Won	Best Actor	Tom Hanks
Academy Award	1994	Nominated	Best Art Direction	Rick Carter (Art Direction); Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)
Academy Award	1994	Nominated	Best Cinematography	Don Burgess
Academy Award	1994	Won	Best Director	Robert Zemeckis
Academy Award	1994	Won	Best Film Editing	Arthur Schmidt
Academy Award	1994	Nominated	Best Makeup	Daniel C. Striepeke, Hallie D'Amore, Judith A. Cory
Academy Award	1994	Nominated	Best Music, Original Score	Alan Silvestri
Academy Award	1994	Won	Best Picture	Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey (Producers)
Academy Award	1994	Nominated	Best Sound	Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, William B. Kaplan
Academy Award	1994	Nominated	Best Sound Effects Editing	Gloria S. Borders, Randy Thom
Academy Award	1994	Nominated	Best Supporting Actor	Gary Sinise
Academy Award	1994	Won	Best Visual Effects	Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall
Academy Award	1994	Won	Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay	Eric Roth
AFI	1994	Won	100 Years... 100 Cheers (2006)
AFI	1994	Nominated	100 Years... 100 Laughs (2000)
AFI	1994	Won	100 Years... 100 Movies (1998)
AFI	1994	Won	100 Years... 100 Movies (2007)
AFI	1994	Nominated	100 Years... 100 Passions (2002)
AFI	1994	Won	100 Years... 100 Quotes (2005)	"Quote": Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
AFI	1994	Nominated	100 Years... 25 Scores (2005)	"Composer": Alan Silvestri
Amanda-prisen	1995	Won	Beste utenlandske spillefilm	Robert Zemeckis
American Cinema Editors Awards	1995	Won	Best Edited Feature Film	Arthur Schmidt
American Society of Cinematographers Awards	1995	Nominated	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases	Don Burgess
BAFTA	1994	Won	Achievement In Special Effects	Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall, Doug Chaing
BAFTA	1994	Nominated	Actor In A Leading Role	Tom Hanks
BAFTA	1994	Nominated	Actress In A Supporting Role	Sally Field
BAFTA	1994	Nominated	Adapted Screenplay	Eric Roth
BAFTA	1994	Nominated	Cinematography	Don Burgess
BAFTA	1994	Nominated	Editing	Arthur Schmidt
BAFTA	1994	Nominated	Film	Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis
BAFTA	1994	Nominated	The David Lean Award For Achievement In Direction	Robert Zemeckis
BMI Film & TV Music Awards	1995	Won	BMI Film Music Award	Alan Silvestri
Casting Society of America Awards	1995	Nominated		Ellen Lewis
Cinema Audio Society Awards	1995	Won	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film	Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands, William B. Kaplan
Directors Guild of America	1995	Won	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	Robert Zemeckis, Charles Newirth, Bruce Moriarty, Cherylanne Martin, Dana J. Kuznetzkoff
Golden Globe	1994	Won	Actor in a Leading Role - Drama	Tom Hanks
Golden Globe	1994	Nominated	Actor in a Supporting Role	Gary Sinise
Golden Globe	1994	Nominated	Actress in a Supporting Role	Robin Wright Penn
Golden Globe	1994	Won	Director	Robert Zemeckis
Golden Globe	1994	Nominated	Original Score	Alan Silvestri
Golden Globe	1994	Won	Picture - Drama	Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, Steve Tisch
Golden Globe	1994	Nominated	Screenplay	Eric Roth
MTV Movie Awards	1995	Nominated	Best Male Performance	Tom Hanks
MTV Movie Awards	1995	Nominated	Best Movie
National Board of Review Awards, USA	1994	Won	Best Actor	Tom Hanks
National Board of Review Awards, USA	1994	Won	Best Film
National Board of Review Awards, USA	1994	Won	Best Supporting Actor	Gary Sinise
Saturn	1994	Nominated	Best Actor	Tom Hanks
Saturn	1994	Nominated	Best Director	Robert Zemeckis
Saturn	1994	Won	Best Fantasy Film
Saturn	1994	Nominated	Best Music	Alan Silvestri
Saturn	1994	Nominated	Best Special Effects	Ken Ralston, ILM
Saturn	1994	Won	Best Supporting Actor	Gary Sinise
Saturn	1994	Nominated	Best Supporting Actress	Robin Wright Penn
Saturn	1994	Nominated	Best Writing	Eric Roth
Screen Actors Guild Award	1994	Nominated	Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role	Robin Wright Penn
Screen Actors Guild Award	1994	Nominated	Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role	Sally Field
Screen Actors Guild Award	1994	Won	Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role	Tom Hanks
Screen Actors Guild Award	1994	Nominated	Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role	Gary Sinise
Screen Actors Guild Award	1995	Nominated	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role	Robin Wright Penn
Screen Actors Guild Award	1995	Nominated	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role	Sally Field
Screen Actors Guild Award	1995	Won	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role	Tom Hanks
Screen Actors Guild Award	1995	Nominated	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role	Gary Sinise
Writers Guild of America Awards	1995	Won	Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published	Eric Roth
Young Artist Awards	1995	Nominated	Best Performance by a Young Actor Co-Starring in a Motion Picture	Michael Conner Humphreys
Young Artist Awards	1995	Won	Best Performance by an Actor Under Ten in a Motion Picture	Haley Joel Osment
Young Artist Awards	1995	Won	Best Performance by an Actress Under Ten in a Motion Picture	Hanna Hall

Extras:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Screen Tests
Trailers

I always liked this movie. I haven't seen it for years, but I had the urge to watch it now, after I recently watched "My Name Is Khan" at the cinema, which reminded me a little of Forrest Gump.
The time flies by with this film and it never gets boring.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 20th, 2010)

[Rerun Marathon] Spaced, a review by Tom

9/10

A good last episode for this series. Sadly a third series will never materialize. Damn these short British TV series 
But it makes it easier to revisit them regularly.
And we have Shaun and Hot Fuzz now instead which are nice consolations 

(From [Rerun Marathon] Spaced on January 9th, 2008)