big sur is a 2013 american adventure drama film directed by michael polish .

it is an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name by jack kerouac .

the story is based on the time kerouac spent in big sur , california and his three brief sojourns to his friend lawrence ferlinghetti 's cabin in bixby canyon .

these trips were taken by kerouac in an attempt to recuperate from his mental and physical deterioration due to his sudden success .

the film debuted on january 23 , 2013 at the 2013 sundance film festival , where it received generally positive reviews .

the film was released in the united states in a limited theatrical release on november 1 , 2013 .

big sur ( film )

the big sur international short film screening series showcases the best of short films from around the world .
sur thing … hiking trails at pfeiffer big sur state park , california . photograph : alamy
big sur residents may notice more than just local scenery in the film . julian tolentino of big sur’s namaste therapeutic bodyworks makes his acting debut in the movie as jack .
big sur proves inspiration for the film always shine . | 831 ( tales from the area code ) | urltoken
the film will definitely change takal’s career . but making always shine in big sur also has changed the director’s personal life .
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the monterey county film commission reports that more than $ 100 million has come into local communities from film production since the film commission was created by the monterey county board of supervisors in 1987 .
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a listing of credits on friday with a film review of “big sur , ” using information from a publicist , omitted a composer of the film’s music . besides bryce and aaron dessner , kubilay üner was also a composer .
she wrote , simply ,
big sur . my favorite place - am .
big sur
cracks the code of how to adapt jack kerouac for the screen .
hit the road , jack . . . kerouac novel big sur heads to big screen . photograph : jerry yulsman / associated press
henry miller memorial library : highway 1 , big sur ; or 831 - 667 - 2574 . events held here include workshops , performances , readings , film screenings . urltoken
this is one of the most beautiful venues in the world to view film .
before embarking on creating a feature film together , worden and sampas decided to put their newfound collaboration to the test by doing a documentary film . surprisingly , they easily settled on big sur , a challenging read depicting kerouac’s downward spiral into madness and alcoholism .
with the headline : screen : love along big sur seacoast ; elizabeth taylor stars with richard burton .
jack kerouac’s big sur dreams – and nightmares – are memorialized in an ambitious new dvd / cd .
yup , it & apos ; s definitely on for kate bosworth and her big sur director michael polish .
big sur came out in limited release on november 1st , 2013 . find out more about it here .
fifty - plus years later , the beat generation is finally making its mark in film .
niya suddarth , media correspondent for the beat museum , interviews actor jean - marc barr about his upcoming film , big sur , in which he plays mr . jack kerouac . the interview takes place during the sundance film festival , in park city , utah , 2013 . production by : visual creativ interview with jean - marc barr “big sur” from visual creativ . on vimeo . some [ … ]
always shine follows aspiring actress anna and her actress friend beth ( caitlin fitzgerald of showtime’s masters of sex ) as they attempt to reconnect during a weekend trip to big sur . local viewers will appreciate the movie’s knowing depiction of big sur and identifiable locations including the big sur roadhouse , pfeiffer beach and andrew molera state park . the film’s insider knowledge about everything from the big sur bakery’s tasty cookies to a humorous view of an esalen institute men’s retreat is due to takal , the director , having spent two months living in the area .
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big sur , calif . — the road to big sur is a narrow , winding one , with the pacific ocean on one side , spread out like blue glass , and a mountainside of redwood trees on the other .
urltoken was the first website in big sur . here ' s how it looked on oct 17 , 1997 !
ultimately , big sur demonstrates the limitations of kerouac ' s text , how personal it is to each reader and how unsatisfactory it feels on the big screen .
take me home , country road : the big sur cabin where kerouac wrote was a place of joy , pain .
one fast move or i’m gone : kerouac’s big sur was shot over the spring and summer of 2007 in new york city , san francisco , carmel beach and big sur’s bixby canyon , where the cabin kerouac stayed in is located . over an almost weeklong period in june of 2007 , worden and his 20 - person crew shot the documentary’s big sur segments .
“big sur” is rated r ( under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian ) for sexuality , nudity and strong language .
splendid isolation … aloe vera plants in bloom by ocean at california , big sur . photograph : darrell gulin / getty images
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a recounting of jack kerouac ' s three sojourns to the cabin in big sur owned by his friend , poet lawrence ferlinghetti .
kirk is also president of the big sur chamber of commerce , and estimates that about 450 tourists a day are using the trail . but not all businesses are benefiting : the historic deetjen’s big sur inn remains closed , unconvinced people will hike their luggage over .
on may 9 , 2008 , one fast move or i’m gone made its film festival debut at the opening night of the santa cruz international film festival . since then , it’s been shown at the 2008 lone star international film festival in fort worth , texas and at this year’s litquake , a weeklong literary event in the bay area .
“after we shot the movie , my husband and i decided to move here [ to california from new york city ] because we had such a wonderful time in big sur and in california , ” she says . “we wanted to be close [ to big sur ] . ”
the red hot chili peppers mentioned big sur in their 2000 surf - and - sky - loving single
road trippin '
and morissette sang about big sur on the tune
torch
from her 2008 album
flavors of entanglement .
morissette also offered a simple but perfect tribute to big sur last fall on twitter , when she posted a beachy picture of herself pregnant , staring off into the waves .
levine and takal lived in big sur for a month prior to filming , in part to figure out how they were going to shoot the movie . then , once filming began , the cast and crew lived together in a house in big sur for a month while making always shine .
takal says that big sur truly added to the feel of her film . “for me , big sur is a place that is so removed from the superficial bullshit of hollywood and celebrity and stupid shit like that , ” she says . “you are forced to confront who you really are because there is no noise . so to me bringing anna and beth to big sur was a way of getting them out and away from all of the things that are distracting them from looking inward , so that they have to look inward and confront their demons . ”
takal , who directed the film , and her husband lawrence michael levine , who wrote the script and portrays a bartender named jessie , had visited big sur a handful of times before shooting it . “the first time i went to big sur i was blown away by how beautiful it was , ” she says from her new home in los angeles . “i always say it made me believe in god . ”
already , kerouac films is developing feature films of both big sur and kerouac’s 1958 novel the dharma bums . ( currently , francis ford coppola owns the rights to kerouac’s masterwork , 1957’s on the road ) . worden says that the screenplay for the feature film version of big sur is completed and being passed around to some directors in los angeles . “it’s definitely going to be a motion picture , ” he says .
filming has commenced on director michael polish’s ( the astronaut farmer ) adaptation of jack kerouac’s big sur . the film stars jean - marc barr as kerouac , josh lucas as neal cassidy , and kate bosworth as billie , the love interest of both men . deadline reports that production just recently began on the film , which tells the story of kerouac’s move from new york city to northern california .
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vows at san francisco city hall followed by an evening ocean side in big sur . thank you once wed for featuring sarah and dan’s amazing celebration !
the film includes the necessary interviews with individuals who were important characters in the book , including ferlinghetti , the poet and co - founder of san francisco’s city lights booksellers & publishers who lent kerouac his bixby canyon cabin , which kerouac refers to as raton canyon in big sur .
subscribe to trailers : urltoken subscribe to coming soon : urltoken subscribe to indie & film festivals : urltoken like us on facebook : urltoken follow us on twitter : urltoken urltoken big sur focuses on a moment in jack kerouac ' s life when , overwhelmed by the success of his opus on the road and struggling with alcoholism , he retreats to his publisher lawrence ferlinghetti ' s cabin in the small , coastal california town of big sur .
the major flaw of “big sur” is a rushed quasi - happy ending in which kerouac endures a terrifying psychotic episode , recovers his spirits and decides to go home to long island . but it is really an admission of defeat . filmed without a trace of sentimentality , “big sur” is an achingly sad last hurrah .
joining the influx of films turning a nostalgic lens onto the icons of the beat generation is big sur , director michael polish’s lush adaptation of jack kerouac’s 1962 novel of the same name . the film works in fascinating contrast to recent beat movies , most significantly fellow sundance entry kill your darlings , which chronicles the columbia university days of kerouac and his contemporaries . whereas kill your darlings captures the genesis of a movement , big sur vividly captures its decline .
. that film stars kristen stewart , garrett hedlund and sam riley , kirsten dunst and viggo mortensen . hit the jump for a synopsis of
big sur rises and fades , shifts and moves , through movements and melodies , singing a beautifully sad song for an era and a man who lost his way .
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already , the director inadvertently turned a handful of folks onto the book while filming the segments of his documentary on location in big sur . “i think most of the crew knew who jack kerouac was but they had not read big sur , ” he says . “and then you start interviewing these really cool people , and they start talking about the story . after two days of shooting , every crew member had a copy of big sur in their back pocket , and they were reading it every chance they get . ”
while some of the contributors lend more authority to the project than others , there’s a handful of scenes that truly illuminate the book big sur and kerouac’s state at that time .
1 . our first audio book ! romancing the sur written and read by linda sonrisa jones . listen ! 2 . a presentation by shelley alden brooks author of big sur : the making of a prized landscape at the grange jan 27 , 2018 . listen ! buy the book here !
in 2008 ,
one fast move or i ' m gone : jack kerouac and big sur ,
a documentary about the experiences the book was based , on was released .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
as sharply as it delineates an america of spotty , informal economies , the film avoids articulating most of the people who live and work in these spaces .
an adaptation of american literary icon jack kerouac ' s novel of the same name , big sur focuses on a moment in kerouac ' s life when , overwhelmed by the success of his opus on the road and struggling to battle inner demons , he seeks respite in three brief sojourns to a cabin in the small , coastal california town of big sur . michael polish ' s film is at once a poetic meditation and a love - letter to the work of an author who defined the beat generation . ( c ) ketchup
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with its vertigo - inducing cliffs , thick veils of fog and raw beauty , big sur is an ideal setting for sophia takal’s intense psychological thriller always shine . premiering at the 2016 tribeca film festival , the movie created a big buzz with publications including entertainment weekly , and garnered a best actress award for mackenzie davis , who stars as the tempestuous anna . it begins screening locally at the osio theater dec . 2 .
there’s a great history of filmmaking in monterey county , and a wealth of film locations for features , commercials , tv , and all other related media productions .
the screenings are on thursday nights , outdoors in our natural amphi - theatre , under the towering redwoods at the henry miller memorial library in big sur , ca . schedule and reservations here .
beat generation poet lawrence ferlinghetti also had a cabin in big sur , in the wilderness of bixby canyon . kerouac , one of the beats ' most important writers , stayed in that cabin for a time , and wrote about it in his 1962 book
big sur ,
ranting as fictional alter - ego jack duluoz about his own real - life loneliness and alcohol - fueled delirium .
during the film , ventimiglia’s reading of selected passages from big sur is like a narrative highway 1 connecting wide - ranging themes and scenes together . except for a scene of farrar playing that almost seems like a detour into a music video , the acoustic blues riffs and organ swells composed and recorded by farrar and gibbard course naturally through one fast move or i’m gone like bixby creek .
among literary figures , miller probably has the strongest association with the area .
big sur has a climate all its own and a character all its own ,
he wrote in his 1957 autobiographical book
big sur and the oranges of hieronymus bosch .
it is a region where extremes meet , a region where one is always conscious of weather , of space , of grandeur , and of eloquent silence .
the shots of big sur ( m . david mullen is the gifted cinematographer ) woven throughout the film—the billowing fog , the towering redwoods , the long line of crashing waves , the cloudy sky out to sea—are magnificent as well as alienating . the visuals evoke a beauty so grand that we can never hope to enter into it . it is a beauty that is closed to kerouac , a fact that he finds distressing . we see kerouac sitting by the waves staring out to sea . we see him wading by the creek , we see him typing . he reads
dr . jekyll & mr . hyde
by the fire , and , of course , over the course of the film his own split personality will crack open , revealing the abyss within . it is clear that there will be no coming back from big sur . something died during his short time out there . he had less than 10 years left to live . watching
big sur
, you are amazed kerouac lasted even that long .
this mgm short film narrated by richard burton promotes it ' s upcoming major release the sandpiper ( 1965 ) starring burton and his then wife elizabeth taylor . panoramic shots of the ocean , the seashore and the desert segue into the artistic community with various of its well - known artists at work and play . it all leads to clips from the film being made .
“big sur” cracks the code of how to adapt jack kerouac for the screen . the secret is deceptively simple : go to the source and stay there . the hot - wired energy and spontaneity of the beat mystique are embedded in writing that distills its feverish essence better than any hyped - up action . the hard part is melding readings with live action , but “big sur” makes it look so easy that you hardly notice the transitions .
makenzie davis breaks out big as anna thanks to a powerful depiction of psychological duress .
meanwhile , sampas was creating the film’s soundtrack , with some input from his partners at kerouac films . “although there is just a bit of jazz in the film , we wanted to stay away from the whole jazz thing , because we thought that it might be too predictable for a beat poet , ” he says . “keep the bongos away , so to speak . ”
published in 1962 , the autobiographical big sur charts the meltdown of a feted young author , who flees his native new york to hole up in a cabin on the coast of california . it was based on kerouac ' s own experiences at big sur , where he fled to escape the whirlwind success that followed the publication of on the road . the author died in october 1969 from an internal haemorrhage , brought on by years of heavy drinking .
in 2010 , another beat generation writer got his big screen turn . james franco portrayed allen ginsberg in
howl ,
a hybrid film involving readings from the titular poem , interviews with franco as ginsberg and reenactments from his obscenity trial , starring jon hamm as his lawyer .
published by the japanese publisher ga , big – recent project is a monograph that documents 28 recent projects developed by the big cph and big nyc offices . in addition the book also includes an interview with bjarke ingels by yoshio futgawa and an essay on social infrastructure .
miller ' s longtime partington ridge property 14 miles south of the big sur post office still exists , overlooking the ocean . miller painted and wrote there , entertaining visitors ranging from young misfit fans of his work to established artists .
kerouac is as inscrutable to the viewer as he is to those around him , as barr turns in an enigmatic and reserved performance . with minimal on - screen dialogue , the only glimpses we get into his psyche are through a series of voiceovers : jazzy readings of kerouac’s poetry and prose played against scenic views of the pacific ocean . polish , whose past films include the haunting for lovers only , creates a melancholy , dream - like reality that relies heavily on grand vistas and an atmospheric score by the national . mimicking the disjointed cadences of the novel that inspired it , the film is less a character study than it is a meditative portrait of artistic ennui . while at times this more contemplative approach puts the film in danger of becoming a study in navel - gazing , polish manages to pull back by shooting the film with a simplicity that works to underscore rather than overwhelm kerouac’s state of mind . a delicate , exquisite - looking film , big sur is a brief , glittering portrait of an artist .
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the film is driven by narration taken from passages of kerouac ' s own prose , which celebrate the enthusiasm and passion he holds for life while his addictions eat away at his body and mind .
early on , tom waits tosses out the gem that “ big sur always reminded me of a chronicle of a man being eaten by ants . ” before delivering a bebop influenced reading of kerouac’s drive down the big sur coast , former grateful dead lyricist robert hunter echoes waits’ sentiment by enthusing that the 1962 novel “is an ugly , ugly book of ugly places in the mind , of sordid places in the psyche . ” and it’s poet aram saroyan who nails the tone of big sur before kerouac descends into madness . he says : “it’s like a goofy holy man’s journal in this wonderful place . the first 40 pages , or whatever it is , of the book is just like a little kid exploring in nature . ”
bosworth is among the stars in polish & apos ; s big sur — a 2012 film based on author jack kerouac & apos ; s legendary life . at last week & apos ; s coldplay show , bosworth couldn & apos ; t help herself , according to a witness :
she kept hanging all over him , kissing him , coming up behind him and squeezing him while kissing the back of his neck and biting his ear !
big sur is a humane , precise account of the extraordinary ravages of delirium tremens on kerouac , a superior novelist who had the strength to complete his poetic narrative despite his affliction . here we meet san francisco s poets and recognize dean moriarty , ten years after on the road . at the peak of his suffering , kerouac was able to write through it all , ending this book with a tribute to the hallucinatory sounds of the pacific ocean at big sur [ barnes and noble ] .
takal strove to make the movie without getting in the way of big sur residents’ daily lives . “one of the things that was really important to me was to have a small enough crew that we wouldn’t be an intrusion on people , ” she says .
miller , famed for his explicit novel
tropic of cancer ,
lived and worked in big sur between 1944 and 1962 , drawn to the stretch of coast ' s idyllic setting and a revolving cadre of creative , kind , hard - working residents .
typical : you wait a lifetime for a big - screen beat generation movie and then three roll off the rank at once . hard on the heels of last year ' s howl and walter salles ' s yet - to - be - released on the road comes big sur , an adaptation of the jack kerouac novel by writer - director michael polish .
a big screen adaptation of jack kerouac ' s
big sur ,
about the famed author ' s detox period on a california mountain following his whirlwind time traveling to and from his new york city home , has set its main cast . deadline reports that in director michael polish ' s film ,
dogville
star jean - marc barr is playing kerouac , josh lucas is taking on inspiration / maniac / best friend neal cassady , and kate bosworth is playing billie . in addition , playing smaller roles are anthony edwards , rahda mitchell , balthazar getty and henry thomas .
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in the end , the process of scoring a film where parts of the score were already written wasn ' t all that different from scoring a film that has been given a temp score (
temp score ,
or temporary score , refers to the very common practice of filmmakers laying pre - existing music into a film during editing , before the original score is written to replace it ) . especially since we didn ' t use any of the existing musical material in the new cues . of course , as opposed to working with regular temp scores , this one stayed in the picture and worked beautifully - so it was a pleasure to work around it .
on oct . 20 , the dvd and cd will be available at urltoken in different formats including a digital album ( $ 9 . 99 ) , a standard cd ( $ 12 . 99 ) , a cd / dvd combo package ( $ 19 . 99 ) and a limited edition box set ( $ 49 . 99 ) with cd , dvd , a 24 page book of unpublished photos of jack kerouac and a paperback copy of kerouac’s big sur . further information : urltoken film
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i find that scoring a film is a lot like acting : while you always bring your own experiences , your taste and your sensibilities to every project , in the end it ' s the film that determines the music , not the composer . i expected this to be even more the case when writer - director michael polish asked me to continue the beautiful score started by bryce and aaron dessner of the national . as mike was writing the screenplay of big sur , based on jack kerouac ' s novel of the same name , he had been listening incessantly to the national ' s music . to him the band ' s dark , strong sound perfectly captured kerouac ' s journey as he slowly approached the end of his rope .
released last autumn , howl starred james franco as the poet allen ginsberg , with todd rotondi as kerouac . due for release at the end of 2011 , on the road stars sam riley , kristen stewart and viggo mortensen . production on big sur is reportedly already under way .
the film is quite strong in its unblinking portrayal of alcoholism , depression , and mania , but it would have been stronger without a voice telling me over and over and over again how i was supposed to be feeling about it .
film music is always just one part of an artistic whole , but in this film , with its strong images , ever - present voiceover and expressive natural sounds , this was even more the case . the production track ( all sounds of the film minus the music - dialogue , voiceover , environmental sounds etc . ) had to remain audible during the whole writing process , because even more than usual the music was but one
instrument
in the overall soundtrack . in fact , after all the preparations and experiments , creating music for this film felt very much like a being part of a live , improvised group performance . all the planning and thinking , even though it certainly informed everything i ended up doing , ultimately had to fall away again completely , allowing me to become merely one improviser in that quintet of actors ' performances , voiceover , visuals , natural sounds and music . to close with kerouac :
there ' s no need to say another word .
filmmakers ila beka & louise lemoine look under the skin of big ' s 8 house in copenhagen . the ∞ happiness explores the inner workings of the building documented by the bekas through their month - long stay as the buildings residents . the film can be seen at hot to cold , national building museum in washington d . c until august 30th , 2015 .
in 1960 , three years after the publication of
on the road
, which made him a celebrity , jack kerouac was finding his fame wearying . he was pushing forty , and harassed by beatnik groupies who thought he had the answers to life . he was a severe alcoholic . fearful that he was losing his grip on his art , he went to stay in poet pal lawrence ferlinghetti ' s big sur cabin for a back - to - nature writing retreat . it didn ' t quite work out as planned , and the book that resulted , titled
big sur
, is an excruciating howl of pain exacerbated by delirium tremens and restless anxiety that sometimes tipped into insanity . written in kerouac ' s typically honest stream - of - consciousness style , and owing much to james joyce ,
big sur
exists entirely inside the mind of a man going mad .
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when you ' re there , though , big sur ' s isolated beauty is staggering . fog settles into the steep flank of the santa lucia mountains , above beaches lined with tide pools and massive rock formations . guest houses are surrounded by thick walls of green foliage , and not much else .
in addition , the documentary captures revealing information about the famed writer by getting collaborators and colleagues including jazz artist david amram , beat poet michael mcclure and carolyn cassady , the wife of kerouac’s dear friend neal cassady , to speak on film . but there are also some unexpected contributors to the movie , like amber tamblyn , who was the star of tv’s joan of arcadia , and donal logue , the scruffy canadian actor from the 2000 film the tao of steve and the former fox sitcom grounded for life .
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exclusive : director michael polish has started production on the 1960s pic big sur , setting dogville’ s jean - marc barr to play jack kerouac , josh lucas to play beat generation fixture neal cassady and kate bosworth to play billie , the woman linked to both . the drama covers kerouac’s move from new york to northern california , as he tries to rediscover himself after badly handling the fame , drugs and decadent lifestyle that came with his groundbreaking novel on the road . anthony edwards , radha mitchell , balthazar getty , patrick fischler , stana katic , john robinson and henry thomas are also in the polish - scripted film . 3311 productions , a newly formed financing / production company , funded the film . polish produces with 3311’s ross jacobson , mark roberts , eddie vaisman and adam kassen . orian williams is also producing .
with the only road in or out cut off , residents have been stranded in the middle , and the only tourists getting in were the mega - rich who could afford a helicopter . but big sur has finally found a way to reopen to everyone – if you don’t mind a bit of adventure .
a special bilingual issue on the latest projects by big brought to you by one of denmark’s leading architectural publications arkitektur dk . essays by boris brormann jensen and jens - thomas arnfred critically investigate the work of big in the larger danish context .
director michael polish ( twin falls , idaho ) is helming the big sur adaptation with a cast including jean - marc barr in the kerouac / duluoz role , josh lucas as neal cassady and kate bosworth as billie , with anthony edwards , radha mitchell , balthazar getty , and henry thomas filling in smaller roles .
while big sur ' s influence on the arts has been turning up in poems , books and songs in american popular culture for nearly a century , its human history goes back much farther than that . earliest inhabitants included the native american esselen tribe , followed by pioneers who settled the area in the late 19th century .
the henry miller library in big sur ( aka the mothership – 48603 highway 1 ) is now open six days a week 11 am to 6 pm . . ( closed tuesdays ) . we look forward to seeing you ! if you can’t stop by in the near future please stay in touch by joining the digest !
but there are more reasons to return to big sur , with two star attractions reopening . the popular campground at pfeiffer big sur state park reopened on 1 july , following the opening of some of its smaller trails in may . the park , loved for its redwood groves and rushing rivers , was closed for a year after this winter’s rainfall and last summer’s massive soberanes fire wreaked havoc . ( “we’re hoping famine and pestilence aren’t next , ” quipped rob o’keefe , from the tourist board of monterey county . ) the campground is already near capacity every night . wildly photogenic pfeiffer beach , also cut off by landslides , will be accessible by august .
big is thrilled to share the publication of a special big dossier by arquitectura viva ' s av proyectos . in english and spanish , the issue presents 16 of our newest projects all over the world , organized in a thermodynamic itinerary from hot to cold .
helping visitors get to the emergency trail is a dedicated shuttle bus , run by a local operator . trying to book gives you a measure of big sur’s remoteness : phone reception is limited . you fill in an online form and can expect a reply within 72 hours . this may be california , but it’s not silicon valley .
with the documentary screening at more film festivals and gaining a higher profile due to the release of the accompanying cd , kerouac’s overlooked novel may undergo a critical reappraisal . “i really hope that people watch the documentary and decide that they have to read the book , ” worden says .
polish wrote and is directing the film , which features a supporting cast that includes anthony edwards , rahda mitchell , balthazar getty , patrick fischler , stana katic , john robinson and henry thomas . this marks the second kerouac adaptation in a year , as walter salles recently filmed an adaptation of
the kimball art center ' s governing board unanimously voted big to design the new building in the future arts and culture district of park city , utah . big ' s long - standing relationship and deep understanding of kimball dates back to 2011 , when big was originally chosen to redesign the main street building . a catalyst for art , the new kimball art center is projected to open in 2020 .
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the veteran cameraman says he employed a philosophy for shooting the film that allowed the words spoken in the film to stand out as one fast move or i’m gone ’s primary attraction . “i intentionally chose to keep the shots very , very simple , ” he says . “there’s not a whole lot of camera movement . there’s none of this dolly and zooming in . it wasn’t a ton of camera motion . i mean there are some beautiful shots . they were hand selected so that they worked for what they were supposed to work for , but they didn’t overpower jack kerouac’s prose . ”
two years ago , a reissue of on the road marked the 50th anniversary of its 1957 publication , earning renewed kudos . now f - stop / atlantic records is honoring the 40th anniversary of his death on oct . 21 , 1969 – while his legend lives on , living up to the legend proved intolerably hard for the writer – with the release of a 98 - minute documentary about big sur . an album featuring an unlikely collaboration between alt country icon jay farrar ( uncle tupelo , son volt ) and ben gibbard of the grammy - nominated indie pop group death cab for cutie will accompany it . directed by curt worden , the documentary is a collage of passages from the book read by the sopranos ’ john ventimiglia , images of the big sur coast ( fog dispersing into the sky like creamer clouding coffee , waves creating a rind of whitewater on the shoreline ) and a parade of talking heads : some essential , some seemingly scattershot . the dvd and cd are both titled one fast move or i’m gone : kerouac’s big sur .
trying to capture the paradox of writers embracing life with a near - suicidal ferocity without using their language is probably futile , as walter salles’s disappointing screen adaptation of “on the road” ( 2012 ) suggested . there were kerouac quotations in “on the road” but not nearly enough to sustain the electric current that runs through the much more modest “big sur . ”
“just being surrounded by mountains , i find so humbling , ” she says . “if i’m trapped in my own self - absorption , i just look out my window and see these huge mountains then it reminds me that there is more to life than the dumb shit i am worrying about . i think big sur is the ultimate place like that . ”
venerated in books by late authors henry miller and jack kerouac , it ' s no wonder then that big sur continues to be a haven for writers , artists and musicians such as alanis morissette and the red hot chili peppers , all inspired by a hybrid landscape of mountains , beaches , birds and sea , plus bohemian inns and ultra - private homes .
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the narrative is structured around his three visits to a cabin in bixby canyon in big sur , owned by the poet lawrence ferlinghetti ( anthony edwards ) that is a kind of oasis and stopover for beat poets and fellow travelers . they include the poets michael mcclure ( balthazar getty ) , philip whalen ( henry thomas ) and lew welch ( patrick fischler ) .
after the success of on the road made his mind all goopy with fame , celebrity , beat wannabe kids yakking , hangovers ringin’ his head like an empty bell , jack kerouac decided to dry out in big sur – he got a ride down highway 1 past swishing seashores splish splashing and past redwood trees quietly meditating to bixby canyon where a bridge was stretched out like a spider web over a deep ravine – in the canyon , where a creek gurgled like an old man gargling and wrecks from the road above sat in the vegetation like twisted puzzle pieces , the so - called king of the beats went lights - out crazy and wrote his 1962 novel big sur in the creepy crawly cabin that belonged to his friend lawrence ferlinghetti .
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big sur is often ignored by critics and kerouac fans alike . we all want the freedom of on the road , the craziness of the dharma bums — the celebration of the beat lifestyle . we want young jack living his american dream of the road . but big sur shows what happens to kerouac as fame and age taint that dream . “i’m just plumb sick and tired…of the whole nerve - wracking scene , ” he says , and means it . reading this novel is vital for anyone who wants to know what happens to an adult who lives on the edge when faced with responsibility and success . i have many friends who need this novel — friends who think they are challenging a system , when really they are living a permanent adolescence .
a harrowing chronicle of alcoholism and self - doubt , big sur finds kerouac replacing his alter ego sal paradise from on the road with another troubled , thinly veiled stand - in , jack duluoz . five years after a new york times review of on the road compared the novel’s importance to that of ernest hemingway’s the sun also rises and proclaimed kerouac the “avatar” of the beats , big sur received a decidedly more mixed reception . the times stayed behind kerouac in their review of the book , proclaiming it “certainly kerouac’s grittiest novel to date and the one which will be read with most respect by those skeptical of all the beat business in the first place . ” but time magazine felt the work revealed kerouac as a “confirmed one - vein literary minor . ”
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the dual releases of one fast move or i’m gone : kerouac’s big sur are the first ventures for kerouac films . the fledgling company began when music producer jim sampas contacted veteran tv man and documentary filmmaker curt worden about getting into the film business two years ago . worden’s resume includes a decade – long stint as director of photography at abc news in new york . following his time on staff at abc news , worden worked as a freelancer on 60 minutes , 20 / 20 , the oprah winfrey show and pbs’ nova . he also has taken home two emmy awards for his work covering the first gulf war and for a project titled the making of a summit , which featured president bill clinton and ted koppel .
the celebrity author , harassed by fans at his home , flees to the west coast to write in a relaxing atmosphere , free of the troubles of the real world . lawrence ferlinghetti lends him the big sur cabin in bixby canyon that should have been his salvation , but instead fuels an alcohol - induced breakdown . near the beginning of the book , kerouac’s beloved cat dies , prompting him to begin a fantastic drunk that lasts weeks . in the midst of this self - destruction he starts a twisted love affair with neal cassady’s mistress , “billie . ” but kerouac’s descent into the depths of alcoholism ruins this love affair , his friendship with the other beats , and most of all his appreciation for the beauties of the world around him , signified by the backdrop of big sur itself .
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by jerry cimino and then there were two . as a friend of mine put it most succinctly a few weeks ago , “i’ve been waiting fifty years for a new film adaptation of one of kerouac’s books , and now we’ve got two of them coming one on the heels of the other . ” truer words were never [ … ]
another poem by jeffers ,
the beaks of eagles ,
later inspired a beach boys ' song on their 1970s album
holland .
in the early ` 70s , beach boys co - founder al jardine even built a recording studio , red barn , a 10 - minute walk from pfeiffer beach , a picturesque oceanside expanse in the middle of big sur covered in lavender - tinted sand .
serving big sur , carmel - by - the - sea , carmel valley , castroville , del rey oaks , marina , monterey , moss landing , pacific grove , pebble beach , prunedale , salinas , salinas valley , sand city , seaside and the entire monterey county . © copyright 2017 , monterey county weekly , seaside , ca - milestone communications inc . all rights reserved . formerly the coast weekly newspaper .
with his 2004 debut , primer , shane carruth challenged the long - held conventions of the sci - fi genre , taking the traditional time - travel narrative and twisting it into a dense examination of human relationships . with upstream color , carruth once again offers up an imaginative but deeply disorienting film that he himself has admitted is virtually “impossible to spoil . ”
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the cd , which blossomed from the recording of just a few songs for the documentary’s soundtrack , is now a 12 - song set of original music paired with lyrics adapted from kerouac’s big sur . “california zephyr” finds gibbard – who penned some of the songs for his band’s billboard - topping album narrow stairs in the cabin that kerouac describes in big sur – singing lyrics about the author’s train ride to california over acoustic guitar strums as wide open as the american countryside that passed outside kerouac’s window . others , like “low life kingdom” are typical farrar country rock compositions complete with dense verbiage delivered in his unmistakable molasses drawl over steel guitar lines strung out like taffy . some standouts include “all in one , ” a more upbeat number that’s as refreshing as a blast of coastal air , and “final horrors , ” where the dark blues sound of the music perfectly suits the lyrics describing the despairs ofalcoholism .
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the kid , also known as kid cheung and my son a-chang , is a 1950 hong kong drama film starring the then 10-year-old bruce lee in his first leading role in the title role of " kid cheung " , based on a comic book character written by yuen bou-wan , who also has a role in the film .

co-starring lee 's father , lee hoi-chuen , this is the second film in which the father and son worked together on , the other being the birth of mankind in 1946 .

the kid ( 1950 film )

the wonder kid is a drama , from 1950 , about a musical prodigy who is kidnapped .
, a 1950 hong kong film featuring a ten - year - old bruce lee in a starring role . although
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marshal tyrone and the silver kid form an uneasy alliance against a gang of claim jumpers .
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in new mexico , billy the kid is involved in the lincoln county war , kills many rivals and eventually becomes a wanted fugitive .
a young bruce lee stars in this film adaptation of a popular chinese comic strip .
john wayne , one of the most popular film actors of the 20th century , remains a popular american icon to this day .
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audie murphy is quite an interesting phenomenon , though a little old to play the young billy the kid . this is one of the tellings that tries to back up billy the kid , though painting him more as a tragic figure than as an antihero or villain . a good movie to catch with dad .
billy the kid becomes embroiled in lincoln county , nm , land wars . when rancher who gave him a break is killed by rival henchman , billy vows revenge . new employer takes advantage of his naivety to kill rivals , lets the kid take rap . kid takes to the hills with friends until caught . escapes hanging but remains in area to be near employer ' s young wife with whom he ' s infatuated
billy the kid becomes embroiled in lincoln county , nm , land wars . when rancher who gave him a break is killed by rival henchman , billy vows revenge . new employer takes advantage of his naivety to kill rivals , lets the kid take rap . kid takes to the hills with friends until caught . escapes hanging but remains in area to be near employer ' s young wife with whom he ' s infatuated .
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from lippert studios , the same company responsible for i shot jesse james , comes i shot billy the kid . those who know their western history will recall that billy the kid was gunned down by his friendly enemy pat garrett . this time around , garrett is played by robert lowery , while the larger part of billy is essayed by don barry ( a bit too old for the part , though physically perfect ) . the film recounts garrett and billy ' s volatile relationship , and the events leading up to their final , fatal confrontation . brooklynese supporting actor sid melton seems a bit out of place as the film ' s nominal comedy relief .
in the later part of the 1960s , wayne had some great successes and failures . he co - starred with robert mitchum in el dorado ( 1967 ) , which was well received . the next year , wayne again mixed the professional and the political with the pro - vietnam war film the green berets ( 1968 ) . he directed and produced as well as starred in the film , which was derided by critics for being heavy handed and clichéd . viewed by many as a piece of propaganda , the film still did well at the box office .
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but is the kid really any good ? certainly , the presence of a young bruce lee gives the film a certain novelty value . and as a surviving piece of 1950s hong kong cinema , it definitely has some historical value as well . but actual entertainment value ? the kid shows a national cinema that hasn’t quite matured just yet , but ( with the benefit of hindsight ) shows a tremendous amount of potential - a potential perhaps best embodied by its pint - sized leading man and a future international superstar in the making . ( calvin mcmillin 2008 )
working with ford , he got his next big break in stagecoach ( 1939 ) . wayne portrayed the ringo kid , an escaped outlaw , who joins an unusual assortment of characters on a dangerous journey through frontier lands . during the trip , the kid falls for a dance hall prostitute named dallas ( claire trevor ) . the film was well received by movie goers and critics alike and earned seven academy award nominations , including one for ford & apos ; s direction . in the end , it took home the awards for music and for actor in a supporting role for thomas mitchell .
billy the kid ( murphy ) becomes embroiled in lincoln county , nm , land wars . when rancher who gave him a break is killed by rival henchman , billy vows revenge . new employer takes advantage of his naivete to kill rivals , lets the kid take rap . kid takes to the hills with friends until caught . escapes hanging but remains in area to be near employer ' s young wife ( storm ) with whom he ' s infatuated . falls into trap by pat garrett and is shot down while gazing at woman thru window .
wayne started working behind the scenes as a producer in the late 1940s . the first film he produced was angel and the badman ( 1947 ) . over the years , he operated several different production companies , including john wayne productions , wayne - fellows productions and batjac productions .
taking on a war drama , wayne gave a strong performance in sands of iwo jima ( 1949 ) , which garnered him his first academy award nomination for best actor . he also appeared in more two westerns by ford now considered classics : she wore a yellow ribbon ( 1949 ) and rio grande ( 1950 ) with maureen o & apos ; hara .
the movies were always a part of bruce lee’s life . his father ( who plays the rich businessman here ) was a leading cantonese opera singer and film actor , and through that association bruce made his first on - screen appearance in golden gate girl ( 1941 ) at the tender age of 3 months . the kid –which was based on a comic strip character - stars 10 year - old bruce as a poor lad who gets mixed up with a street gang .
i thought the film was cute at the start ; i got a lot of chuckles out of it , and bruce has oodles of screen presence ( it’s funny to note that he was doing that ‘thumb to the nose’ gesture even then ) . his father was a…
american actor / stuntman jock o ' mahoney ( aka jock mahoney ) stars in the australian the kangaroo kid . the star plays a 19th - century san francisco detective named tex kinnane , who is sent
down under
to nab shyster lawyer vincent moller ( douglass dumbrille ) . several comparisons are made between the american wild west and the equally treacherous australian outback .
john forsythe was a theater , film and tv actor . he won golden globes for playing blake carrington in aaron spelling’s long - running prime - time drama dynasty .
is largely about class conflict , with the filmmakers clearly siding with the struggling poor over the ever - greedy and petty rich . those stuck in poverty are invariably depicted in a positive light - the diligent female workers , the long suffering teachers ( e . g . , uncle ho ) , and the innocent children ( e . g . , cheung and his siblings ) . but even the thieves in this film have honor , something the “respectable” rich do not . this isn’t a film that romanticizes poverty , but it does portray the “have nots” as possessing a kind of inherent decency and heroism , a common representation not just in hong kong , but cinemas worldwide .
one jump ahead of the bushrangers . . . two jumps ahead of the law
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reunited with ford and mitchell , wayne stepped away from his usual western roles to become a swedish seaman in the long voyage home ( 1940 ) . the film was adapted from a play by eugene o & apos ; neill and follows the crew of a steamer ship as they move a shipment of explosives . along with many positive reviews , the movie earned several academy award nominations .
’s final reel where the underlying message of the film becomes apparent . the story essentially boils down to a morality tale about taking responsibility for your life , leaving a life of crime behind , and getting a real job to become a useful person in society . it’s a message that hasn’t gone out of style : those who have seen stephen chow’s
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when a wagon train is wiped - out by the yaqui indians , the surviving guide jim harvey is accused of desertion and cowardice but jim escapes the town jail in search of the truth .
meanwhile , at hung’s factory , the workers ( mostly women ) decide to strike in order to get better working conditions . hung’s duplicitous son , chiu ( series creator yuen wo - pan ) has other ideas and decides to disrupt the peaceful sit - in by hiring flying blade lee and his den of thieves to vandalize the factory . not only is chiu planning to set up the workers to take the blame , but he also wishes to double - cross flying blade lee as well . in this world of adult problems can ten - year - old kid cheung help save the day ? well , the movie
yuan bou - wan ( 袁步雲 , also written as yuen po - wan ) was a hong kong manhua artist and movie actor . he created several notable characters for newspapers , such as ' kid cheung ' and ' miss lau ' . both have also been adapted into movies .
the main attraction of the movie , of course , is “the kid” himself , bruce lee . although his role is more limited than you might expect ( considering the title ) , whenever the ten - year - old bruce lee is onscreen , he’s quite the little charmer . while there are some mildly amusing bits scattered throughout the picture , one standout scene occurs when ah cheung entertains his little siblings with a comedy routine that pokes fun at his grade school experiences . although only a child , lee’s ineffable charisma is surprisingly present , not to mention his trademarked gestures – the compulsive thumbing of the nose and the jutting out of his lower jaw to look tough ; it’s all there . he also overacts a bit , a bad habit that he wouldn’t exactly shake , even as he matured into adulthood .
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a 10 - year - old bruce lee stars as kid cheung , an orphan boy who sells comics in a little stall in the slums to survive . he and his two siblings are looked after by his uncle ho , a teacher . when the wealthy hung pak - ho surveys the slums to build a school for orphans , he is robbed by the vicious blade lee and his gang . cheung helps blade lee escape and earns his friendship , but uncle ho convinces him to return the gold necklace lee stole . hung rewards ho by hiring him as his private secretary .
“the men who control the big studios today are stock manipulators and bankers . they know nothing about our business . they ' re in it for the buck . ”
factually absurd and fairly lame in its pat psychological theorizing , but still a fascinating take on billy the kid , not only because audie is simply perfect for the role ( the budding fresh - faced american killer myth inhabiting the elder ) but also because of the dissonance built into an unusually elastic classical hollywood approach that seeks all at once to honor the messiness of a legendary violence but also build up a likable young star ( a transient , implacable 2d historical marker , pat garrett is thoroughly marginalized here , granting billy the dual role of angel / demon ;
. . . and left his final judgement to god
the last words to ring out in voice - over over billy ' s grave ) creating a startling mesh of images like so :
before the civil war , lt . jed sayre ' s efforts to conciliate the cavalry and the navajo are undermined by his racist c . o . and confederate sympathizers .
wayne portrayed an aging gunfighter dying of cancer in his final film , the shootist ( 1976 ) , with jimmy stewart and lauren bacall . his character , john bernard books , hoped to spend his final days peacefully , but got involved one last gunfight . in 1978 , life imitated art with wayne being diagnosed with stomach cancer .
out of school , wayne worked as an extra and a prop man in the film industry . he first met director john ford while working as an extra on mother machree ( 1928 ) . with the big trail ( 1930 ) , wayne received his first leading role , thanks to director raoul walsh . walsh is often credited with helping him create his now legendary screen name , john wayne . unfortunately , the western was a box office dud .
actor john wayne was born marion robert morrison on may 26 , 1907 , in winterset , iowa . ( some sources also list him as marion michael morrison and marion mitchell morrison . ) one of the most popular film actors of the 20th century , john wayne remains a popular american icon to this day . he was already a sizable presence when he was born , weighing around 13 pounds .
finally , ' hot - tempered leung ' was originally a pre - war newspaper column by yan wu - fa for the red green daily . the 1947 movie adaptation by yu leung in turn resulted in a two - volume comic book by yuan bou - wan in that same year . yuan bou - wan was furthermore an actor in a great many hong kong film productions between 1947 and 1995 .
louis xvi was the last king of france ( 1774–92 ) in the line of bourbon monarchs preceding the french revolution of 1789 . he was executed for treason by guillotine in 1793 .
winning a football scholarship to university of southern california ( usc ) , wayne started college in the fall of 1925 . he joined the sigma chi fraternity and continued to be a strong student . unfortunately , after two years , an injury took him off the football field and ended his scholarship . while in college , wayne had done some work as a film extra , appearing as a football player in brown of harvard ( 1926 ) and drop kick ( 1927 ) .
wayne made his directorial debut with the alamo ( 1960 ) . starring in the film as davy crockett , he received decidedly mixed reviews for both his on - and off - screen efforts . wayne received a much warmer reception for the man who shot liberty valance ( 1962 ) with jimmy stewart and lee marvin and directed by john ford . some other notable films from this period include the longest day ( 1962 ) and how the west was won ( 1962 ) . continuing to work steadily , wayne refused to even let illness slow him down . he successfully battled lung cancer in 1964 . to defeat the disease , wayne had to have a lung and several ribs removed .
a well - known conservative and anticommunist , wayne merged his personal beliefs and his professional life in 1952 & apos ; s big jim mclain . he played an investigator working for the u . s . house un - american activities committee , which worked to root out communists in all aspects of public life . off screen , wayne played a leading role in the motion picture alliance for the preservation of american ideals and even served as its president for a time . the organization was a group of conservatives who wanted to stop communists from working in the film industry , and other members included gary cooper and ronald reagan .
wayne worked with o & apos ; hara on several films , perhaps most notably the quiet man ( 1952 ) . playing an american boxer with a bad reputation , his character moved to ireland where he fell in love with a local woman ( maureen o & apos ; hara ) . this film is considered wayne & apos ; s most convincing leading romantic role by many critics .
the late actress patty duke won an academy award in 1963 at age 16 for her portrayal of helen keller in ' the miracle worker ' —becoming the youngest oscar recipient at the time . she later starred in an array of tv movies and became a mental health activist .
the clunkiest gay western i ' ve ever seen . an unaware audie , in his first year in hollywood , is made the butt of one faggot joke after the next . should have been directed by fassbinder .
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the son of napoleon bonaparte , who named him as his successor , napoleon ii never actually ruled france , but was considered the titular emperor .
amusing with good characterizations and a good cast to start out with , but pretty flat in plot and in camerawork , though by no means predictable . the characters pretty much do not change at all over the course of the movie , but they are interesting enough to begin with . there were perhaps too many people involved although it made for straightforward condemnation of corrupt , selfish , and stingy business owners throughout , which the film indicts as being much more criminal than actual riffraff lawbreakers , some of whom are war veterans with no other means . charming to see 10 - year - old bruce lee in a pretty prominent role though , and his father plays in this as well . i also really liked susie and the other kids .
was lee’s first breakout motion picture as an adult , in truth , the now legendary icon starred in about twenty hong kong - made films as a youth before eventually relocating to the united states at the age of eighteen . in this , his fifth movie , lee plays ah cheung , the title character .
albert , first duke of prussia and last grand master of the teutonic knights , is known chiefly for ending the teutonic knights ' government of east prussia .
in honor of his charitable work in the fight against cancer , wayne & apos ; s children established the john wayne cancer foundation in 1985 . the organization provides support to numerous cancer - related programs and to the john wayne cancer institute at saint john & apos ; s health center in santa monica , california .
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john wayne was born may 26 , 1907 , in winterset , iowa . he received his first leading film role in the big trail ( 1930 ) . working with john ford , he got his next big break in in stagecoach ( 1939 ) . his career as an actor took another leap forward when he worked with director howard hawks in red river ( 1948 ) . wayne won his first academy award in 1969 . he died of cancer in 1979 .
shortly before his death , the u . s . congress approved a congressional gold medal for wayne . it was given to his family in 1980 . in the same month as the duke & apos ; s passing , the orange county airport was renamed after him . he was later featured on a postage stamp in 1990 and again in 2004 and was inducted into the california hall of fame in 2007 .
the oldest of two children born to clyde and mary
molly
morrison , wayne moved to lancester , california , around the age of seven . the family moved again a few years later after clyde failed in his attempt to become a farmer .
, even though the two films are separated by a gulf of almost sixty years .
' miss lau ' deals with the adventures of a pretty maid and the men who pursue her . this character was also the subject of a movie , which broke box office records when it premiered in 1949 . among yuan ' s other notable creations are ' arrogant chiu ' , originally published in red green daily , and ' wong chai ' . the latter starred a spineless young man who cowers before his wealthy uncle , and gave the artist ' s satirical look at the gap between hong kong ' s upper and lower classes .
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“i ' ve played the kind of man i ' d like to have been . ”
hiding in the mountains from the law , father and son break wild horses until a lost female lawyer joins them to help clear their name , but some would rather see them dead .
an agent sent from washington in 1874 takes charge of an apache reservation and has the oppressive us army back off , which creates conflicts and causes the indians to have great respect for him .
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a newspaper publisher and his asian valet / martial arts expert battle crime as the feared green hornet and kato .
tex kinnane ( jock mahoney as jock o ' mahoney ) , posing as a stage driver , goes to australia to investigate a series of robberies at goldstar . he makes friends at the saloon with baldy muldoon ( alex kellaway ) and barmaid stella grey ( veda ann borg ) . lawyer vincent moller ( douglass dumbrille ) , the leader behind the robberies , learns tex ' s real identity , and frames a plot to blame the crimes on tex .
when whites hunger after the gold on ute indian land , a bigoted young man finds himself forced into a peacekeeping role .
around this time , wayne made the first of several movies with german actress and famous sex symbol marlene dietrich . the two appeared together in seven sinners ( 1940 ) with wayne playing a naval officer and dietrich as a woman who sets out to seduce him . off - screen , they became romantically involved , though wayne was married at the time . there had been rumors about wayne having other affairs , but nothing as substantial as his connection to dietrich . even after their physical relationship ended , the pair remained good friends and co - starred in two more films , pittsburgh ( 1942 ) and the spoilers ( 1942 ) .
lee plays a young man who comes under the tutelage of a convict and must make hard choices about his life ' s direction .
: eight years ago ? well , that ' s ridiculous . the boy couldn ' t have been more than twelve years old !
it’s during this little bit of sightseeing that both hung and his young daughter are pick - pocketed by a local rascal named flying blade lee ( director feng feng ) . while fleeing the scene of the crime , flying blade takes refuge in ah cheung’s cramped little dwelling . instead of turning the thief in for a reward , ah cheung helps him escape , a gesture which immediately garners flying blade’s respect and friendship .
bruce lee has remarkable staying power . forty years after his untimely death , he ' s still celebrated as a charismatic and influential lethal weapon . remember how pelé ushered in america ' s soccer craze ? bruce did the same for kung fu . for those of us who came of age in the 70 ' s , he was evel knievel , the fonz , and sylvester stallone ' s rocky rolled into one .
wayne won his first academy award for best actor for true grit ( 1969 ) . he played rooster cogburn , an eye - patching drunkard and lawman , who helps a young woman named mattie ( kim darby ) track down her father & apos ; s killer . a young glen campbell joined the pair on their mission . rounding out the cast , robert duvall and dennis hopper were among the bad guys the trio had to defeat . a later sequel with katherine hepburn , rooster cogburn ( 1975 ) , failed to attract critical acclaim or much of an audience .
in 1956 , wayne starred in another ford western , the searchers , and again showed some dramatic range as the morally questionable civil war veteran ethan edwards . he soon after reteamed with howard hawks for rio bravo ( 1959 ) . playing a local sheriff , wayne & apos ; s character must face off against a powerful rancher and his henchmen who want to free his jailed brother . the unusual cast included dean martin and angie dickinson .
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outraged by redleg atrocities , the james and younger brothers along with kit dalton join quantrill ' s raiders and find themselves participating in even worse war crimes .
with a six - shooter . . . fists . . . or bowie knife . . . no one gets the jump on him ! ( original poster )
there is some shooting , but nobody is hit . there are a couple of fight scenes , with characters delivering some punches and rolling around on the ground .
unjustly accused of robbing the train he was riding home , bill doolin re - joins his old gang , participates in other robberies and becomes a wanted outlaw .
an academy award - winning director , john ford is considered to be one of the best filmmakers of all time . he is best known for directing westerns .
to kill time , i diged hard into my library . and i found an interesting item i got years ago . a lesley selander one . a western , of course . it seems to be a sort of mix up between western and modern adventure . we don ' t see cars but i feel that this story takes place not so long ago ; the buildings , furniture and so on . . . anyway , this is the story of a private investigator - see ? - who is sent from usa to australia to catch a criminal , robber and killer . the lead character is played by jock mahoney . from that , there is nothing unusual . the classic fists and gun fights , stagecoach robbery - in australia , i recall - and little romance between mahoney and the gal . i forgot her name . a good little suspenser to waste time .
prince rupert , a 17th century soldier , statesman and scientist , is best known for his talent as a royalist commander of the english civil war ( 1642 - 1651 ) .
when the thief departs , he leaves behind a stolen necklace , and ah cheung and uncle ho immediately return it to hung . that expensive piece of jewelry actually belongs to hung’s young daughter , and thanks to some earnest convincing on her part , both ah cheung and his uncle get rewarded : uncle ho becomes hung’s private secretary and the young girl’s tutor , while ah cheung is allowed to enroll in a good school . unfortunately , ah cheung is teased by the other students and gets expelled for fighting , a turn of events which eventually leads him to join up with flying blade lee’s band of merry men . uncle ho is disheartened by ah cheung’s descent into thievery , and the two have a terrible falling out .
“i would like to be remembered , well , the mexicans have a phrase , ' feo fuerte y formal . ' which means he was ugly , strong and had dignity . ”
bruce lee was around nine years old when he made this melodrama , playing a poor boy who becomes the protege of a neighborhood gangster . here his uncle confronts him about his new life .
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fugitive bank robber joe maybe steals the identity of a marshal and rides into a town whose judge asks joe to act as town marshal but an old flame almost betrays his real identity forcing joe to claim she ' s his wife .
settling in glendale , california , wayne received his distinctive nickname
duke
while living there . he had a dog by that name , and he spent so much time with his pet that the pair became known as
little duke
and
big duke ,
according to the official john wayne website . in high school , wayne excelled in his classes and in many different activities , including student government and football . he also participated in numerous student theatrical productions .
tex kinnane ( jock mahoney as jock o ' mahoney ) , posing as a stage driver , goes to australia to investigate a series of robberies at goldstar . he makes friends at the saloon with baldy muldoon . . . see full summary »
raised alongside his two younger siblings by his uncle ho ( yee chau - shiu ) , ah cheung is an orphan boy living a life of poverty in the slums of hong kong . his life takes a dramatic turn when a wealthy factory owner named hung pak - ho ( played by lee’s real - life father , lee hoi - chuen ) moseys into the ghetto to look for a proper place to build a new school - a political promise he actually has no intention of honoring .
“oscar and i have something in common . oscar first came to the hollywood scene in 1928 . so did i . we ' re both a little weatherbeaten , but we ' re still here and plan to be around for a whole lot longer . ”
wayne died on june 11 , 1979 , in los angeles , california . he was survived by his seven children from two of his three marriages . during his marriage to josephine saenz from 1933 to 1945 , the couple had four children , two daughters antonia and melinda and two sons michael and patrick . both michael and patrick followed in their father & apos ; s footsteps michael as a producer and patrick as an actor . with his third wife , pilar palette , he had three more children , ethan , aissa , and marisa . ethan has worked as an actor over the years .
around this time , wayne continued to espouse his conservative political views . he support friend ronald reagan in his 1966 bid for governor of california as well as his 1970 re - election effort . in 1976 , wayne recorded radio advertisements for reagan & apos ; s first attempt to become the republican presidential candidate .
wayne & apos ; s career as an actor took another leap forward when he worked with director howard hawks in red river ( 1948 ) . the western drama provided wayne with an opportunity to show his talents as an actor , not just an action hero . playing the conflicted cattleman tom dunson , he took on a darker sort of character . he deftly handled his character & apos ; s slow collapse and difficult relationship with his adopted son played by montgomery clift . also around this time , wayne also received praise for his work in john ford & apos ; s fort apache ( 1948 ) with henry fonda and shirley temple .
for nearly a decade , wayne toiled in numerous b movies - mostly westerns - for different studios . he even played a singing cowboy named sandy saunders among his many roles . during this time period , however , wayne started developing his man of action persona , which would serve as the basis of many popular characters later on .
bruce lee shined in his first leading role as a - chang in this vivacious social comedy , playing a 10 - year - old orphan who ' s raised by a righteous uncle ( yee ) , groomed by a skilled thief ( fung ) and involved in all sorts of trouble around the factory of a hilariously forgetful miser ( lee hoi - chuen , lee ' s father ) .
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brandon lee : a guy tried to rob me once . . . . big mistake ( rare interview )
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bruce lee shined in his first leading role as a - chang in this vivacious social comedy , playing a 10 - year - old orphan who ' s raised by a righteous uncle ( yee ) , groomed by a skilled thief ( fung . . . see full summary »
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13 - year old bruce lee plays san , a child up for adoption . finally accepted by his surrogate parents , he is faced with a dilemma when his real parents show up and want him back .
a young woman from kansas hires la private detective philip marlowe to find her missing brother .
a young man sworn to an oath of non - violence works with his cousins in an ice factory where they mysteriously begin to disappear .
a man visits his relatives at their restaurant in italy and has to help them defend against brutal gangsters harassing them .
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a young gun slinger tries to help a rancher and his daughter , save their land and cattle from an evil , wealthy land owner .
when his father and brother are murdered by a corrupt lawyer and sheriff duo , railroad surveyor clay o ' mara plans his revenge , and is aided by former outlaw whitey kincade .
a beautiful woman with an ulterior motive hires two gunslingers to escort her through indian territory so she can be reunited with her awaiting husband .
: suppose i told you there were half a dozen warrants out for his arrest right now . one for killing a man out of silver city , colorado , eight years ago with a knife . another for killing four chiricahua indians .
: you don ' t judge a rattlesnake by his age . he ' s a rattler whether he ' s got one rattle or a dozen .
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felt a bit clunky . no natural flow . there are certainly better westerns out there
“if i ' d known this was all it would take , i ' d have put that eyepatch on 40 years ago . ”
“when people say a john wayne picture got bad reviews , i always wonder if they know it ' s a redundant sentence , but hell , i don ' t care . people like my pictures and that ' s all that counts . ”
“i ' m an american actor . i work with my clothes on . i have to . riding a horse can be pretty tough on your legs and elsewheres . ”
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henry vii was a 13th century german king and son of frederick ii , who was holy roman emperor .
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