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    If it weighs 2lbs then $20.00 would be about right. The added cost of dollar checks would be the killer.

    If Tim took visa or paypal then his books would be a more realistic to buy for overseas buyers.

    I got There Rode a Legend from Birthplace and was more than pleased with their shipping price. I knew it was a heavy book so I was hesitating buying because of the cost.


    Mike

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    Quote I got from Tim was $20.00 for airmail plus I would have the hazzle of getting a dollar check or money order which would also add to the cost.

    To be honest whilst I would have liked to have bought from Tim it was not viable option for anyone outside USA.


    Mike

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    An autographed copy would be nice but it was less hazzle and easier to get through Birthplace and shipping was much lighter .

    Mike

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    Another of the BFI Titles



    Mike


    Rio Bravo



    Robin Wood
    "this is a volume rich in insight" Kamera
    Paperback: £9.99


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    After his brother is jailed, a land baron and his small army of hired killers threaten to overrun a town in Rio Bravo, Howard Hawks's superb Western from 1958. The only resistance comes from a ragbag group centred around Sheriff Chance (John Wayne): a washed-up deputy (Dean Martin), an itinerant gambler (Angie Dickinson), an ageing dispossessed farmer (Walter Brennan) and a fresh-faced gun for hire (Ricky Nelson). Together they make a stand. Rio Bravo forms a loose trilogy with Only Angels Have Wings (1939) and To Have and Have Not (1944), which treats key Hawks themes of self-respect and friendship with exquisite subtlety, comedy and tenderness.Rio Bravo, however, is the definitive rendition of these themes.





    For Robin Wood, it may be the greatest American film, the epitome of the collaborative art of the studio system, characterised by marvellous performances from Hollywood legends and relative newcomers alike; and by Hawks's complete understanding of classical film-making techniques. Most importantly, Rio Bravo speaks to enduring human questions, finding value in life even when observing its hardship. 'Rio Bravo remains,' Wood writes, 'beyond politics, as an argument as to why we should all want to go on living and fighting.'
    96 pages, Illustrated
    Published September 2003
    Paperback ISBN: 0851709664

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    The British Film Institute publish a intersting series of books relating to John Wayne films which provide a real indepth study of a particular movie.


    Mike

    http://www.bfi.org.uk/booksvid…ue/details.php?bookid=124


    Red River



    Suzanne Liandrat-Guigues
    Paperback: £9.99


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    Red River (1947) is one of Howard Hawks' near-perfect films. A sweeping, fast-moving Western, it's stunningly shot and stars John Wayne and Montgomery Clift in complex roles set off by typically fine ensemble acting. In her study Suzanne Liandrat-Guigues explores the thematic complexity of Red River as well as its historical resonances and its place in film history. She focuses particular attention on the actors' contributions and on Red River's relationship to other Hawks classics.


    Searchers, The



    Edward Buscombe
    "a lucid, jargon-free and incisive volume ... a bravura display of critical intelligence" The Glasgow Herald
    Paperback: £9.99


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    John Ford's masterpiece The Searchers (1956) was rated fifth greatest film of all time in Sight and Sound's most recent poll of critics. Its influence on many of America's most distinguished contemporary film-makers - among them Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader and John Milius - is enormous.


    Edward Buscombe provides a detailed commentary on all aspects of the film, and makes full use of material in the John Ford archive in Indiana, including Ford's own memos and the original script, which differs in vital respects from the film he made.


    Edward Buscombe is Visiting Professor at Southampton Institute and editor of The BFI Companion to the Western.
    96 pages, Illustrated
    Published November 2000
    Paperback ISBN: 085170820X


    Stagecoach


    Edward Buscombe
    Paperback: £9.99


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    More than fifty years after its first appearance Stagecoach remains the most famous Western ever made. Resisting David O. Selznick's description of his project as 'just another Western', director John Ford intended something special from the start: a film which would integrate all the traditions of the horse opera - chases, gunfights, spectacular scenery - with a tale of romance and intrigue appealing to a sophisticated audience of both sexes.


    To give the film class, Ford employed Dudley Nichols, writer of his previous prestige successes The Informer and Mary of Scotland as well as such comedy classics as Bringing Up Baby. In the casting, Ford was adept at blending established actors like Thomas Mitchell - who won an Academy Award for his performance - with veteran Hollywood saddle tramps. And as the Ringo Kid he chose an unknown who had spent the past ten years languishing in the obscurity of B-Westerns. The part made John Wayne a star.





    Shedding new light on an old favourite, this is an enjoyable account of how the film got made, combined with a careful scene-by-scene analysis, a wealth of illustrations and the most complete credits yet assembled.
    96 pages, Illustrated
    Published April 1992
    Paperback ISBN: 0851702996