Posts from dukefan1 in thread „Red River (1948)“

  • Red River (1948)

    That's a great point, Stumpy. I never even thought about that. Groot did deserve a partnership. I guess I was like Bill in taking for granted that Groot was already a partner.


    Mark

  • Red River (1948)

    Stumpy, I think most of the things Dunson did, while harsh, were what was needed to get the job done. But if I had to pick one thing he did that I disagreed on, it was when he told Tess he would stop his revenge on Matt if Tess would marry him and bear him children. He knew Tess loved Matt. No man should ever force his intentions or love on a woman who doesn't want it. Or take another man's woman.


    Mark

  • Red River (1948)

    Quote from DukePilgrim

    This is The Searchers you are referring to.:wink_smile:

    Mike



    Ya know something? I just now caught on to what you were refering to, DukePilgrim. I totally took this "Red River " thread over by mistaking the movie (thinking of The Searchers) and went off topic into True Grit. :hyper:

    I am sorry, ethanedwards, for muddying up the post and not talking about Red River. Allow me to rectify that. In the book Red River, Tom Dunston does die also. But they changed the ending in the movie to make it a Hollywood happy ending. :teeth_smile:

    I thought like Parrish did, that the change in Tom was too drastic to be believable. But it still is a great movie regardless.

    And yes, Parrish, alot of his movies are from books and short stories. If you go through the "A Definite List Of Jw Books" thread that is stickied (Here's the link http://www.dukewayne.com/thread466-22.html ), you will see quite a few of them. I love collecting and reading these books just to see how they varried from the movie. Some stay relatively the same and others are way different.

    Mark

  • Red River (1948)

    From what I've read, John Wayne wanted the movie rights to the book but was out-bid by Hal Wallace. He was upset about not getting it for he felt he was meant for the role. Wouldn't you know it, so did Wallace. Hal bought the rights knowing he wanted Duke to play the roll. So it worked out just fine.

    Mark

  • Red River (1948)

    Hello DukePilgrim,

    Did you mean that Rooster wasn't long for this world? In the book, Mattie lived to be an old spinster. She tried to keep up with Rooster's exploits through the years and when she finally heard he would be near as part of Wild West Show with Cole Younger and Frank James, she went to see him. She was told he died a few towns back, so she had him interred and brought back to her farm and burried in the plot with her family.:cry2:

    I liked the movie ending better :teeth_smile:

    Mark

  • Red River (1948)

    Hello Parish,

    In the book by Alan Le May, that is exactly how it ended. He died in the charge on the village trying to kill who he thought was little Debbie. You're right, that is the way the story should end, but I guess they wanted to end the movie on a higher note. I recommend the book, it is a great read.

    Mark