The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

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A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns to a funeral of a homeless man and tells the truth about his deed. (imdb)

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Genres: Drama, Western

Country: USA

Directed By: John Ford

Written By: James Warner Bellah, Willis Goldbeck, Dorothy M. Johnson

Starring: Lee Marvin, Denver Pyle, Lee Van Cleef, John Carradine, Woody Strode, Edmond O'Brien, James Stewart, Vera Miles, John Wayne, John Qualen, Strother Martin, Andy Devine

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Date	User	Rating
Jul 28	goldman2	83 _92%
Jul 24	Opio	69 _69%
Jul 16	fagus	50 _62%
Jul 14	SamPollard	98 _97%
Jul 14	gregscott	89 _89%
Jul 11	trankobuskas	80 _89%
Jul 10	Rankaisija	80 _78%
Jul 04	Fleck710	70 _80%
Jun 29	obligatory	100 _87%
Jun 27	Lef	100 _88%
Jun 21	CAPPLIES	7 _74%
Jun 15	Puppet	40 _15%
Jun 14	mattorama12	70 _61%
Watching this in the middle of a western marathon helps put this in the perspective as one of the first attempts at deconstructing the western, but I still can't help but compare to other deconstructions that were far more effective. It also drags at the beginning and after the showdown.
Jun 07	tykunz	75 _24%
Jun 02	tardini	60 _71%
Jun 02	Tars3	87 _87%
Jun 01	XakkMaster	92 _93%
May 26	hkayas	80 _0%
May 19	Stenen06	80 _67%
Apr 30	pablobiedma	10 _0%
Apr 28	Rivette	60 _52%
Apr 22	derzulya	8 _87%
Apr 21	TomLeazak	50 _0%
Apr 17	jacbak	8 _65%
Apr 16	BromarSharif	5 _77%
Apr 10	MessiahTool	59 _21%
Apr 09	RavynLoony	99 _99%
Apr 04	coldesser	90 _0%
Mar 31	LukasLaser	86 _74%
Mar 25	HosHy	100 _97%
Mar 21	danvtemt	9 _73%
Mar 20	michaelm2391	40 _34%
Mar 14	davischan	80 _80%
Mar 13	RoyalB	100 _95%
Feb 27	CesarCastag (CinePlayers.com)	90 _84%
Feb 27	Dante	100 _93%
Feb 26	AceCheese11	90 _84%
Feb 19	Paxton	73 _72%
Possibly the greatest Western cast ever assembled. Do you think Lee Marvin and Lee Van Cleef gave each other advise on how to menace? Do you think Jimmy Stewart laughed when John Wayne told him he'd win an Oscar some day too? Do you think John Carradine regaled everyone with personal anecdotes from the 1700's?
Feb 17	Erencgiden	16 _6%
Feb 14	directorscut	100 _96%
Feb 10	AD101192!	96 _87%
Feb 09	Thegoodboy	63 _56%
catechism of the democraty and other recent and nowdays ideologies), Advocacy for lawyers... *Liked mostly Wayne characters and his restained evolution and inner antagoniism *and ofc "we hold these truths to be...uh...self-evident, that, uh..." - "all men are created equal". "- I knew that, but I plumb forgot it"
Feb 03	cyber_turnip	80 _90%
Feb 03	PrestoBix40	31 _82%
Jan 26	Melt Gibsont	4 _0%
Jan 25	iceblox	75 _76%
Jan 24	Shotane	84 _89%
Jan 17	DeadFox	81 _62%
Jan 17	newportinc	95 _84%
Jan 14	hellothere	50 _12%
Jan 09	Durronfo	65 _32%
Jan 05	Angel Wings	100 _0%
Jan 04	Grahamb	90 _86%
Jan 03	Cheezy Dub	80 _81%
Jan 02	boysanilar	79 _63%
Dec 28, 2020	Atoz	74 _89%
Dec 27, 2020	air0storm	40 _1%
Really overrated. The last scene is excellent. The rest of the film has aged horribly. I can't believe this film came out in the 60s not the 40s
Dec 26, 2020	kyriei2	90 _93%
Dec 08, 2020	mgarr	97 _92%
Dec 05, 2020	aakkyy	82 _59%
Dec 03, 2020	jldorn	80 _43%
Nov 22, 2020	ltremaine	82 _97%
Nov 21, 2020	napouser	70 _74%
Nov 11, 2020	CoNQueRa	95 _96%
Nov 06, 2020	evrenpozan	85 _95%
Oct 29, 2020	Valdac	83 _79%
Oct 29, 2020	DSonla	78 _83%
Oct 22, 2020	jamienelson	70 _54%
Oct 22, 2020	breetz	69 _63%
Oct 20, 2020	JonnyHalftab	82 _38%
Aside from Peckinpah's work, I think most all American Westerns are just too hokey for me
Oct 17, 2020	Lanhia	80 _69%
Oct 13, 2020	rospo	78 _95%
Oct 02, 2020	moerfani	85 _38%
Sep 30, 2020	bingagain24	65 _70%
Sep 25, 2020	CCLZA	90 _94%
Sep 09, 2020	braincaster	78 _69%
Sep 09, 2020	Warhawk	90 _92%
Sep 06, 2020	Pickle_Man	90 _77%
Aug 31, 2020	flipperrbm	6 _73%
Aug 25, 2020	warrenmu	95 _40%
Aug 18, 2020	zoink	60 _25%
Finally learned where "pilgrim" came from. Didn't love it like I hoped. I just am not a fan of James Stewart apparently.
Aug 17, 2020	Fulgance	90 _92%
Aug 14, 2020	krayner2814	75 _81%
Aug 13, 2020	ylajali	65 _49%
Aug 13, 2020	NimiSa	91 _74%
Aug 10, 2020	belfastboy	80 _83%
Aug 04, 2020	hertzfeldts	57 _41%
Aug 02, 2020	fanfic	80 _85%
Aug 01, 2020	djross	65 _69%
Undoubtedly more thematically complex than most Westerns (in relation to race, freedom, progress, industry, politics, the press, and so on), and explicitly critical of the ideology of the genre (it is 1962, after all: not so early), so for Western aficionados it is undoubtedly interesting, and perhaps a milestone. The principals are all obviously too old for their parts, and despite the "self-critique" it is still very much in the "classic Western" mould, but it draws well on a talented cast.
Aug 01, 2020	jgreenwood	75 _72%
Jul 20, 2020	mrarn	85 _98%
This film is all about choices and the codes that guide the cliche western characters. At first, I saw this as a flaw, but instead, it gave an expected framework for their action. They also filled each scene with standard western imagery, including some sidekick comic relief that was a little disconnected. John Ford made some great movies, and this is one his best.
Jul 15, 2020	pileofzack	85 _66%
Jul 14, 2020	smajda28	9 _90%
Jul 12, 2020	damhar	78 _87%
Jul 05, 2020	zzzorf	90 _93%
Jul 04, 2020	kappeuter	70 _67%
Jun 15, 2020	AlexBrisson	90 _89%
Jun 13, 2020	D Lightman	80 _94%
Jun 12, 2020	memberbenef	67 _42%
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May 27, 2020	gunduzfeneri	85 _83%
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May 20, 2020	open sea	90 _88%
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May 16, 2020	blinkyjoh	85 _92%
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May 10, 2020	LB94	86 _93%
May 08, 2020	djfrodo	95 _96%
May 06, 2020	TheShiznit	73 _96%
May 06, 2020	drdutw	87 _97%
May 03, 2020	Vicenzo	8 _85%
May 01, 2020	marshalls	9 _70%
May 01, 2020	Mr Vincent	80 _75%
Apr 25, 2020	fluland	85 _81%
Apr 22, 2020	jal90	100 _96%
Apr 19, 2020	Minutemen	84 _75%
Apr 12, 2020	asperastrum ()	94 _96%
Apr 08, 2020	alinag	87 _86%
Apr 08, 2020	geach	85 _71%
Apr 05, 2020	GavanRex	97 _87%
Apr 03, 2020	MuppetusG	9 _95%
Apr 01, 2020	sakaerka	91 _89%
Apr 01, 2020	devrimozkan	77 _89%
Apr 01, 2020	shikantaza	80 _79%
Mar 30, 2020	denizbergun	90 _50%
Mar 30, 2020	mjoc0723	80 _92%
Mar 28, 2020	gokcenn	96 _64%
Mar 26, 2020	spearmint	91 _90%
Mar 26, 2020	Pleveen	88 _9%
Mar 26, 2020	Wolfbrother	100 _99%
Mar 25, 2020	pootero	85 _82%
Mar 25, 2020	matthewmj336	81 _36%
Mar 24, 2020	zinderud34	70 _0%
Mar 22, 2020	erllunll	82 _85%
Mar 11, 2020	Jules E. S.	100 _95%
Mar 11, 2020	Iulius E. S.	100 _96%
Mar 10, 2020	saeed7395	89 _92%
Mar 03, 2020	Hyperion+	3 _42%
Mar 03, 2020	mehran	85 _61%
Mar 01, 2020	dracular	75 _88%
Feb 17, 2020	WWallce4prez	85 _87%
Ford's complicated disassembly of his classic heroes is on full display. Jimmy Stewart slowly allows his values to be compromised, but it is Wayne's observation of this that is most damaging. I think when Ford takes a look at his own mythology is when he becomes the most interesting.
Feb 16, 2020	scottstilson	56 _56%
Feb 09, 2020	mgrey1	79 _39%
Feb 06, 2020	MoonLoop	87 _87%
Feb 02, 2020	tammineni ()	80 _68%
Feb 02, 2020	Ammar44	88 _74%
Jan 25, 2020	vv238	89 _93%
Only John Ford, the man who spent most of his career creating the film version of American Western mythos, to expertly deconstruct those same ideas in one of his later works. Couple the aging Ford with a set of past-their-prime stars (Stewart and Wayne) to get a film which pits the ideas of the old west against the reality that legends very seldom reflect fact. Ford spent most of his career printing the legend but with this film he printed the fact, and the film itself became legend.
Jan 25, 2020	cochise4c2	7 _73%
Jan 23, 2020	mihemedo	60 _54%
Jan 23, 2020	Pezou	80 _63%
Jan 21, 2020	Noirezcent	89 _70%
Jan 20, 2020	ahwell	74 _66%
Jan 19, 2020	LordKubrick	83 _46%
Jan 10, 2020	swolfesj	68 _74%
Jan 05, 2020	CiTay	70 _46%
Jan 02, 2020	amir.ka	90 _92%
Dec 30, 2019	Bolido	85 _86%
Dec 28, 2019	awesomeman	95 _20%
Dec 28, 2019	andreyevic	73 _35%
Dec 20, 2019	Shayan	60 _43%
Dec 14, 2019	CineLounge	80 _96%
Dec 12, 2019	zupertramp	40 _12%
Dec 08, 2019	trvsdjhnsn	6 _94%
Dec 01, 2019	smsti	70 _63%
Dec 01, 2019	DomTosco	100 _95%
Nov 29, 2019	soraxtm	70 _53%
Nov 27, 2019	TJDixon2	80 _76%
Nov 25, 2019	mackenzi	75 _72%
Nov 24, 2019	umutkrdmn95	92 _92%
Nov 23, 2019	TheBellDings	65 _57%
Nov 22, 2019	JZ17	85 _73%
Nov 20, 2019	Philosofem	89 _92%
Nov 20, 2019	Mentaculus	94 _94%
Stewart is constantly emasculated, Wayne plays second fiddle, Marvin’s damnittohell false bravado - Ford is peeling away the mythos of the Western like sunburned skin and the result is as raw and flush with heat as Ford’s cinematic language knew how to communicate it. “When fact becomes legend, print the legend” isn’t what gets me: it’s Stewart’s and Mile’s faces when confronted with the parlor trick of American idealism - exposed as charlatans even if only to themselves.
Nov 18, 2019	_josef_k	78 _73%
Nov 17, 2019	Old_Spriggan	65 _26%
Nov 12, 2019	inmate	88 _91%
Nov 05, 2019	cagdas	74 _52%
Nov 03, 2019	babil7	90 _81%
Oct 27, 2019	neurophate	80 _74%
I don't really like old westerns, but as I can tell after the screening, it is an anti-western, so it works in favor of a full film rating (I didn't read anything about it before watching). The plot is interesting and entertaining, it seems to me that the final was resolved too quickly, but It didn't made me lose focus. It's a movie that connects the classics and modern westerns.
Oct 22, 2019	bhajansunlo	85 _94%
Oct 21, 2019	Guy...	20 _27%
Oct 06, 2019	lofayokos	70 _84%
Oct 01, 2019	Nilly Brown	5 _0%
That's a good one!
Sep 22, 2019	Blondone86	65 _13%
Sep 10, 2019	hZNbAAcmIItT	70 _73%
Sep 09, 2019	Ericmss	90 _87%
Sep 08, 2019	nmroshan	80 _56%
Aug 26, 2019	Pugs4Less	96 _90%
Aug 25, 2019	leemarvins	82 _77%
Aug 24, 2019	sven_usling	80 _78%
Aug 22, 2019	gurkov	50 _15%
Aug 16, 2019	damper	60 _53%
Aug 12, 2019	sandman248	80 _63%
Aug 09, 2019	bal3x	90 _96%
Jul 28, 2019	Deoradh	79 _53%
Jun 29, 2019	patogl	90 _55%
Jun 22, 2019	xombiemonkey	10 _98%
Jun 21, 2019	Kerfoot32	59 _87%
Jun 14, 2019	savreux	78 _40%
Jun 13, 2019	Nangijala	80 _82%
Jun 08, 2019	Geslimmar	40 _17%
May 26, 2019	Teproc	67 _69%
May 21, 2019	mefeçe	80 _68%
May 17, 2019	navid erfan	90 _91%
May 11, 2019	MK10	70 _59%
May 11, 2019	goldfinger	60 _33%
May 01, 2019	Tr1baL	83 _54%
Apr 24, 2019	joewatson	90 _85%
Apr 23, 2019	AHALE80	70 _34%
Apr 11, 2019	jdnolla	8 _88%
Apr 07, 2019	TheRuins	80 _95%
Mar 27, 2019	VanillaSky	80 _89%
Mar 24, 2019	vildanden	70 _72%
Mar 22, 2019	DarrenCB	90 _86%
Mar 17, 2019	lucius	40 _23%
Mar 08, 2019	Romalen	93 _83%
Mar 05, 2019	mate_cosido	96 _97%
Feb 23, 2019	napolenbrady	91 _84%
91.00
Feb 21, 2019	MortSahlFan	70 _53%
Feb 17, 2019	FranchWhooki	78 _64%
Feb 09, 2019	Yol Grenden	75 _42%
Feb 06, 2019	finchereznor	80 _65%
Feb 05, 2019	tsumanne	74 _69%
Feb 03, 2019	ultradianguy	90 _54%
Feb 01, 2019	JC1512	74 _62%
Jan 28, 2019	kylerkelton	30 _42%
Jan 22, 2019	DocBrowne	73 _48%
Jan 19, 2019	jokevv	60 _41%
Jan 19, 2019	ibi8588	80 _70%
Jan 06, 2019	gossamer2019	87 _93%
Jan 06, 2019	Aeschylus	89 _69%
Jan 04, 2019	Popori	86 _70%
Dec 28, 2018	knives	86 _94%
Dec 27, 2018	FraGil	75 _66%
Dec 14, 2018	VengefulKBM	70 _51%
Dec 13, 2018	vshyam	0 _35%
Nov 15, 2018	rasseneur	89 _49%
Nov 13, 2018	Ceekay19	60 _28%
Maxwell Scott: "This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
Nov 01, 2018	WillyV	65 _43%
Oct 26, 2018	pp01	4 _45%
Oct 05, 2018	Zalgoz	80 _85%
Sep 28, 2018	toxicwind	7 _44%
Sep 21, 2018	ce8	78 _87%
Sep 10, 2018	Vessla	76 _63%
Sep 09, 2018	Zepheus	90 _96%
Sep 01, 2018	emre_alex	70 _56%
Aug 17, 2018	8505144	80 _62%
Aug 09, 2018	Fritz Fass	90 _93%
Aug 07, 2018	filmbantha	70 _63%

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