Thank you for the beautiful work. Had a great memory about this magnificent western. Perfect on all aspects. It is a unique work in which George Stevens seems to have placed not his life in a job but his own soul. Beautiful. Every scene, every shot looks like a piece that fits into a great game. I have watched it over 100 times and hope to watch another 100. One of the most obvious cases of perfect identification between music, script and characters. A magnificent western, centered on an admirable character - Shane - and with a music of the best quality, exciting, that transports us to the atmosphere of the film.
Totally agree. Always wondered if the writer could have shed more light on Shanes past or history . The character is a mysterious character throughout the movie.
hearing the shane theme, moves me inside, Take a deep swallow and dwell of how long ago and small I was when I first saw this great film. A lifetime away......
I'm almost 57, but dad made sure I saw this movie on TV when I was 8. I was enthralled. I still am. Good and evil, redemption, nobility (his loving her but not wrecking the family and leaving into the abyss), the wonder of a child and a boy's heroes, pure evil depicted in Palance's character masterfully, how America was eventually settled by laws backed by good, accountable men with guns, and, yes, being from the south, it was fun to hear the Yankee comment...and now such would be impossible in a movie, though Shane is never revealed as a former Confederate soldier, the town looked so real for crude, frontier Wyoming, and that music! Jean Arthur, who had started in silent movies, appearing in her last movie, playing a woman at least ten yrs younger than her real age - and doing it with aplomb, despite rancher wife duds, Shane pointing out guns are as good or as bad as the man using it, the impact that the scene of the funeral of Stonewall has on "Chris" outside Grafton's saloon so that he tips Shane what he's facing, the dog that dreads Wilson's evil so much that he moves when Wilson nears him, the classic exchange between Ryker and Shane about how their times had both passed, the little bootie shoes the girls and women wore back then, Shane's dark and foreboding ride right past the graveyard where the recently and unjustly killed Stonewall lay - while heading to even the scales of justice with Ryker and Wilson, a boy and his dog, the uncertain ending into the darkness. Amazing film making and I believe better than even High Noon.
Same here, gets to you, My favorite of all Westerns, figure at the end Shane rides off, fixes his wound, arrives in a small town, meets a gal and they settle down on some land nearby, live happily ever after.
Quantos acontecimentos mudaram o mundo, desde a produção desse filme! Todos os que dele participaram, já se foram. Assisti a primeira vez quando era adolescente, mas ainda hoje, sempre que encontro alguma referência ao mesmo, sinto aquela emoção que me marcou.reacende no meu coração.
Jean Arthur came out of retirement to make this film, and I don’t think she ever made another. She was so damn cute it doesn’t bear thinking about. Jack Schaefer, who wrote the book the film was based on, wrote another classic western, “Monte Walsh,” also made into a film - well, two films actually, but the original with Lee Marvin and Jack Palance is by far the better of the two. Great movie. George Stevens was one of the greatest directors ever to make a film.
@@edstevens4439entertaining but nowhere near the class of Shane. Also, note that Pale Rider doesn't just borrow from Shane; it borrows even more from the supernatural twist of his "High Plains Drifter" movie. I thought Eastwood's dragging Shane into this mediocre effort was...unfortunate.
Best western anybody ever even imagined making. These are my top five, Shane, Shane, Shane, Shane and Shane. After this timeless classic, it would be The Good the Bad and the Ugly and The Outlaw Josey Wales. Both are as far removed from Shane as every organized crime film is from The Godfather. Those two films are the the template and the benchmark for their genre. All the elements of a classic movie are there. Including the best filmed and greatest scene in movie history. The showdown at Graftons saloon. This closing scene is simply without peer. I consider The Godfather to be the greatest movie of all time. This however was the greatest scene. Also the greatest western ever. Case closed.
As a young lad I always hoped & prayed that I would grow up to look like My hero Alan Ladd. You know what ? Do you know WHAT ? You know what ? ………..I didn't ! Hells bells ! Country Ken Gibson. (UK).
...indeed, especially None of All the Great Movies ever had - or needed, bad and lewd swearwords ! Why todays writers think that it is cool to 'pollute' their movies with constant F*** and F****** dialogue is totally beyond me !
Have you read the book the movie was based on? Author Jack Schaefer described Shane as a person of slight build. Not a man like Ben Johnson (whom I respect as a world class rider and Oscar winner)
@@andreabollinger9932 There's a sign above every film producers door:.." Don't let the author on set; his agenda is vastly different to ours......box-office-wise"...or...don't let the truth get in the way of a good story.
@@Firebrand55 IMHO Alan Ladd was born to play Shane... Have watched the movie about 50 times and am going to watch it many more times, not least because Alan Ladd is otherworldly handsome in this masterpiece! (And this contributed to the smashing box office success of this classic.) Ben Johnson was happy about his Chris Calloway role - first time he could show some character development and was not just a first-class cowboy and rodeo rider. He was perfect as bad guy becoming good guy Calloway.
@@andreabollinger9932 Nicely observed. Two great scenes in Shane; 1... the final shootout with Wilson; 2... (the best I think ), the first meeting at the farm. A good plot structure here with the dialogue taking place in the 'foreground'; behind, Shane and Wilson sizing each other up, Ladd using a sip of water to get closer; Wilson supping as well, matching Shane if you like...brilliant! ....and the classic line..." he's no cowpuncher"...a marvellous Western, if not the best. ( both scenes on UA-cam).
@@Firebrand55 Completely agree with you, Firebrand55. For me the best Western ever. Shane and Wilson sizing each other up, silently, while Ryker speaks to Starrett (typically Stevens, two important things going on simultaneously) - marvelous. Wilson mounting his patient steed ever so slowly afterwards, smiling... gives me goosebumps.
1953. Shane. Bomber Base.Special Showing.70.yrs ago.Still Stirs The Heart strings! Sobbed At End. Tears Now. Age 85.Uk. That TREE!?
Thank you. That was amazing. I have watched Shane about 100 times and it still brings tears to my eyes
Me Too.
Thank you for the beautiful work. Had a great memory about this magnificent western. Perfect on all aspects. It is a unique work in which George Stevens seems to have placed not his life in a job but his own soul. Beautiful. Every scene, every shot looks like a piece that fits into a great game. I have watched it over 100 times and hope to watch another 100. One of the most obvious cases of perfect identification between music, script and characters. A magnificent western, centered on an admirable character - Shane - and with a music of the best quality, exciting, that transports us to the atmosphere of the film.
well said.
Totally agree. Always wondered if the writer could have shed more light on Shanes past or history . The character is a mysterious character throughout the movie.
hearing the shane theme, moves me inside, Take a deep swallow and dwell of how long ago and small I was when I first saw this great film. A lifetime away......
I was 12yrs and now i'm 77yrs.I'll never forget that movie.excellent cast,scenery.
I'm almost 57, but dad made sure I saw this movie on TV when I was 8. I was enthralled. I still am. Good and evil, redemption, nobility (his loving her but not wrecking the family and leaving into the abyss), the wonder of a child and a boy's heroes, pure evil depicted in Palance's character masterfully, how America was eventually settled by laws backed by good, accountable men with guns, and, yes, being from the south, it was fun to hear the Yankee comment...and now such would be impossible in a movie, though Shane is never revealed as a former Confederate soldier, the town looked so real for crude, frontier Wyoming, and that music! Jean Arthur, who had started in silent movies, appearing in her last movie, playing a woman at least ten yrs younger than her real age - and doing it with aplomb, despite rancher wife duds, Shane pointing out guns are as good or as bad as the man using it, the impact that the scene of the funeral of Stonewall has on "Chris" outside Grafton's saloon so that he tips Shane what he's facing, the dog that dreads Wilson's evil so much that he moves when Wilson nears him, the classic exchange between Ryker and Shane about how their times had both passed, the little bootie shoes the girls and women wore back then, Shane's dark and foreboding ride right past the graveyard where the recently and unjustly killed Stonewall lay - while heading to even the scales of justice with Ryker and Wilson, a boy and his dog, the uncertain ending into the darkness. Amazing film making and I believe better than even High Noon.
Same here, gets to you, My favorite of all Westerns, figure at the end Shane rides off, fixes his wound, arrives in a small town, meets a gal and they settle down on some land nearby, live happily ever after.
@@teller121 Great description of Shane!
Played this music at the beginning of my fathers funeral, he loved this film, called it a masterpiece.....how right he was.
Jean Arthur came out of retirement to make this film....she knew it was a winner even if the studio didn't. What a great cast and film.....nice video.
When Jack Palance got on the horse in slow motion, said it all.
The best movie ever
The benchmark in westerns - adore this film.
Greatest movie of all time.
... Well, ONE of the greatest Western Movies of all time !
Thanks for the beautiful memories
Quantos acontecimentos mudaram o mundo, desde a produção desse filme! Todos os que dele participaram, já se foram. Assisti a primeira vez quando era adolescente, mas ainda hoje, sempre que encontro alguma referência ao mesmo, sinto aquela emoção que me marcou.reacende no meu coração.
Wonderfully done!
Fenomenalan film,muzika dovna,glumci odlicni jedan od najboljih vestern filmova
Jean Arthur came out of retirement to make this film, and I don’t think she ever made another. She was so damn cute it doesn’t bear thinking about. Jack Schaefer, who wrote the book the film was based on, wrote another classic western, “Monte Walsh,” also made into a film - well, two films actually, but the original with Lee Marvin and Jack Palance is by far the better of the two. Great movie. George Stevens was one of the greatest directors ever to make a film.
Sadly, I can't make out these stills. They are all just a bit fuzzy so that i can't see maps or faces clearly.
Maravillosa obra maestra, sobresaliente en todo.
What started out. as a good movie turned into a great movie.
- Thank to Jack Palance - and a great cast !
Anyone knows a similar made western . Watched this one many many times and would love to see a similar type.
Ride Lonesome 1959, The Tin Star 1957
I would recommend Ride the High Country with Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott and My Darlin’ Clementine with Henry Fonda.
Pale Rider ......similar story line....with Clint Eastwood
@@edstevens4439 A ripoff.
@@edstevens4439entertaining but nowhere near the class of Shane. Also, note that Pale Rider doesn't just borrow from Shane; it borrows even more from the supernatural twist of his "High Plains Drifter" movie.
I thought Eastwood's dragging Shane into this mediocre effort was...unfortunate.
Inesquecivel
Best western anybody ever even imagined making. These are my top five, Shane, Shane, Shane, Shane and Shane. After this timeless classic, it would be The Good the Bad and the Ugly and The Outlaw Josey Wales. Both are as far removed from Shane as every organized crime film is from The Godfather. Those two films are the the template and the benchmark for their genre. All the elements of a classic movie are there. Including the best filmed and greatest scene in movie history. The showdown at Graftons saloon. This closing scene is simply without peer. I consider The Godfather to be the greatest movie of all time. This however was the greatest scene. Also the greatest western ever. Case closed.
Emoção total axisti esse filme 10 vezes melhor faroeste que vi na minha vida
Puxa, as fotos passam rápido demais.
Who was the woman who appears to be an Indian (at about 5:02 and again about 20-30 seconds later)?
As a young lad I always hoped & prayed that I would grow up to look like My hero Alan Ladd. You know what ? Do you know WHAT ? You know what ? ………..I didn't ! Hells bells ! Country Ken Gibson. (UK).
All the movies we have,,,today,,,bad words,,
...indeed, especially None of All the Great Movies ever had - or needed, bad and lewd swearwords !
Why todays writers think that it is cool to 'pollute' their movies with constant F*** and F****** dialogue
is totally beyond me !
They did a remake of "310 to Yuma"....original with Glenn Ford and Van Heflin.....remake was crap....unwatchable...
@@edstevens4439I accidentally caught about ten minutes of Yuma remake: not impressed at all. Just violence.
Bien buena
picture at 2:10 is from WHISPERING SMITH 1948,not shane.
You may be right - the hat is different, and in Whispering Smith Ladd had his arm in a sling which is visible here...
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Excellent. Ok, Alan Ladd was Shane.........but Ben Johnson would have made a more believable Shane.....just sayin'.
Have you read the book the movie was based on? Author Jack Schaefer described Shane as a person of slight build. Not a man like Ben Johnson (whom I respect as a world class rider and Oscar winner)
@@andreabollinger9932 There's a sign above every film producers door:.." Don't let the author on set; his agenda is vastly different to ours......box-office-wise"...or...don't let the truth get in the way of a good story.
@@Firebrand55 IMHO Alan Ladd was born to play Shane... Have watched the movie about 50 times and am going to watch it many more times, not least because Alan Ladd is otherworldly handsome in this masterpiece! (And this contributed to the smashing box office success of this classic.) Ben Johnson was happy about his Chris Calloway role - first time he could show some character development and was not just a first-class cowboy and rodeo rider. He was perfect as bad guy becoming good guy Calloway.
@@andreabollinger9932 Nicely observed. Two great scenes in Shane; 1... the final shootout with Wilson; 2... (the best I think ), the first meeting at the farm. A good plot structure here with the dialogue taking place in the 'foreground'; behind, Shane and Wilson sizing each other up, Ladd using a sip of water to get closer; Wilson supping as well, matching Shane if you like...brilliant! ....and the classic line..." he's no cowpuncher"...a marvellous Western, if not the best. ( both scenes on UA-cam).
@@Firebrand55 Completely agree with you, Firebrand55. For me the best Western ever. Shane and Wilson sizing each other up, silently, while Ryker speaks to Starrett (typically Stevens, two important things going on simultaneously) - marvelous. Wilson mounting his patient steed ever so slowly afterwards, smiling... gives me goosebumps.