The 1957 film changed many details of leonards story but captured its spirit. Threeten to yuma, a 1953 western short story by elmore leonard 3. The film is full of tension as wade tries to cajole, bribe, and threaten wade to let him go. I have become an admirer of leonard and westerns and took the opportunity of mandated time at home to watch this 1957 film, the first of two movie adaptations of leonards story. It is one of the very few western stories that has been adapted to the screen twice, in 1957 and in 2007. However none of the performances lack, not bales, not fosters, not fondas. Most of the film takes place in the town of contention city in a hotel room where evans holds wade under guard for several hours waiting for the 3. With glenn ford, van heflin, felicia farr, leora dana. It opens straight into the central action, with a stagecoach robbery gone wrong, and only comes back to. The original is one of the best westerns ever made. A remake starring russell crowe and christian bale was released in 2007.
Every actoractress played a memorable part in the movie. He finds a financial solution for himself and his family when he is offered a large sum of money to secretly escort ben wade, the captured leader of an outlaw gang, to a nearby town and place him on board a train that will carry him to trial in yuma. The rest of the film is a sweatinducing catandmouse game between captive and captor. I have become an admirer of leonard and westerns and took the opportunity of mandated time at home to watch this 1957 film, the. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Its an expertly directed and artful western with innovative yet elegant cinematography, deeply atmospheric from the moment we hear the beautiful opening song playing over what are possibly the most gorgeous opening credits ive ever seen. Apr 03, 2018 dave harmon is a united states marshall, who has been sent by the governor to the territory of yuma.
The 2007 film does not take a new look at leonards story. Russell crowe plays a desperado whose accomplices stage an ambush after he is taken into custody by a determined local sheriff in this remake of the 1957 film starring glenn ford and van heflin. It runs about onehalf hour longer than the 1957 film. The film follows dan evans, a mildmannered rancher down on his luck who decides to take the job of escorting ben wade, a notorious criminal until he can be put on the next arriving train out of town. But instead of focusing on the faceless evil of the coming bandits, as high noon did, 3. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Threeten to yuma is a short story written by elmore leonard that was first published in dime western magazine, a 1950s pulp magazine, in march 1953. The library of america published a volume of elmore leonards westerns which included his famous 1953 short story the three ten to yuma. Based on a 1953 short story by elmore leonard, the film is about a droughtimpoverished rancher who takes on the risky job of escorting a notorious outlaw to justice. The script and dialogue are all top notch, a very nuanced character study western set within a rather simple. It centred around the struggle to escort a nasty stagecoachrobber and gunslinger, ben wade here played by russell crowe to a train that would transport him to yuma prison. There is really an old school western here, with a modern edge to it.
Sometimes there are two ways to tell a story and both can be right. Dan evans van heflin, a droughtplagued arizona rancher, volunteers to take captured stagecoach robber and murderer ben wade glenn ford from bisbee to contention city, where the criminal will. Dan evans ven heflin, a quaint and well mannered farmer in need of some quick cash to alleviate the pressures of a regionwide drought, accepts a job escorting convicted murderer and. Oct 14, 2016 reggaeton mix 2019 vol 3 hd luis fonsi, daddy yankee, nicky jam, enrique iglesias, ozuna, j. Feb 08, 2020 these videos show my appreciation and to help introduce in order to watch these fullhd and complete. Moreover, the 1957 version was a notsofamiliar western with little hype until the recent version kicked off. The two films have essentially the same plot but the latter film adds many details and scenes. It is a remake of the 1957 film of the same name, making it the second adaptation of elmore leonards short story threeten to yuma. In an aptlynamed empty town in the arizona west called contention city, in a bridal suite at the hotel contention, rancher dan evans van heflin waits until its time to get outlaw and murderer ben wade glenn ford to the train called the 3. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Enois duarte overview in this beautifully shot and acted, psychologically complex western, van heflin is a mildmannered cattle rancher who takes on the task of shepherding a captured outlaw, played with cucumbercool charisma by glenn ford, to the train that will take him to prison. The rest of the film is a sweatinducing catandmouse game between captive and captor, interrupted with bursts of violence from both fords gang commandeered by richard jaeckel and the vacillating townsfolk. While both men await the train to yuma that will escort ford to prison, the cagey outlaw offers heflin.
A must own dvd especially for glenn ford fans world wide. He talks about his history with the genre and how it fits into his body of work. Stuck in a hotel room with the outlaws gang gathering outside, the question arises as to who is the prisoner. Unpretentious, deeply psychological, and gorgeously produced, it works on every level, making it one of the very best examples in the history of the genre. Author elmore leonard of get shorty and jackie brown game wrote the original story on which both versions of 3. A short look at the different kinds of guns used in the film.
The acting list in the 2007 version by itself propels the recent version into more importance. So its 1957 and we finally come to glenn fords western classic. Wade is a man with something to prove to himself and, as he sees it, to his wife and two young. Glenn ford is one of those stars who gives more than a solid performance in all his films. A variation on fred zinnemanns high noon 1952, it pits a farmer van heflin in a battle of wits with a captured killer ford, who was effectively cast against type. It is about a droughtimpoverished rancher bale who takes on the dangerous job of taking a. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing 3. A remake of delmer daves 1957 film of the same name, its based on a story written by elmore leonard. Its an expertly directed and artful western with innovative yet elegant cinematography, deeply atmospheric from the moment we hear the beautiful opening song playing over what are possibly the most. When the charming outlaw ben wade is captured after the heist of a stagecoach, the stage line owner mr. These videos show my appreciation and to help introduce in order to watch these fullhd and complete. Major critics have lauded the film as being better than the 1957 version.