Turning Points In Ride The High Country

On February 4, 1974, a director by the name of Mel Brooks produce a very entertaining Western film “Blazing Saddles”, starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. The movie took place in a town from the Old West scenery in a town called Rock Ridge. In the town a man by the Hedley Lamarr a shady land speculator need to have a railroad that runs through the town of Rock Ridge, but to have the railroad run through the town he need to figure out a way to get the, residents out of the town.

An African-American from the north, Virgil Tibbs, is picked up at the train station by a racist cop. Tibbs was just passing through the town, when interrogated and taken for having a significant

Shane is a movie produced in 1953 by George Steven. Steven is also the director of the movie which is based on the 1949 novel by Jack Schaefer. Shane was set in 1889 in the Old West of Wyoming state. Shane, the man, starts off the movie by riding into the small town dressed differently than the other men in the movie. The viewer can see that Shane is different than any other farmers in the movie. He seems to be more strong, sturdy, and even a little dangerous. Shane befriends a farmer named Joe Starrett who was weary about the strange new man at first, but warms up quickly to him as he appears to be on his side against the rival cattle rancher, Rufus Ryker.

The film frequently demonstrates racism and prejudice within the small-town as gossip and rumours are spread based upon race or appearance. Jasper Jones is a young aboriginal boy who is accused of

The film consists of many cliché western characters. There is a banker, an outlaw, a prostitute, a doctor, a gambler, and a pregnant woman. These characters are categorized by social class. The banker, the pregnant

The day before Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination, MLK Jr. spoke at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee on April 3, 1968 about the Memphis Sanitation Strike. The intention of the speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” was to convince other African Americans to band together and support the sanitation workers after two black, garbage collectors died in an accident. The deaths caused others to realize the unequal treatment of blacks and whites in the workplace. MLK uses ethos, pathos, and logos to persuade fellow African Americans to band together in a nonviolent movement for the equalization between races.

The film which is based in the 1970’s primarily focuses on the trials and tribulations of two individuals organizing a labor union at a textile mill company located in North Carolina. Norma Rae is textile loom worker for the O. P. Henley Textile Mill and mother of three children who is opinionated about the poor working conditions, long hours and poor wages of her workplace. Her frustrations began when her mother temporarily loses her hearing at the textile mill but is not treated well by the workplace doctor. Norma Rae’s father dies while experiencing pain in his arm and requests for a break by management only to be denied at the textile mill. Norma Rae’s character is played by Sally Field whose story is based on a real life person by the name of Crystal Lee Sutton who tried to organize the J.P. Stevens textile mill.

A place not in the new frontier of changes. This movie demonstrates the consequences of not embracing the future. A town that chose not to go forward. A society under communistic rule without constitutional rights. American freedoms have vanished.

This movie took place September 25. 1933 which was four years into the Great Depression. The first impression I got was he was a happy man, was rich and made enough money from wrestling, I was wrong. His family included a wife, a daughter, and two sons. They lived in a run down apartment and didn't have enough money to pay for bills and there milk payment was past due. The daughter, Ariel woke up one morning and wanted breakfast she ate and was still hungry the father convinced her he was full and gave her his breakfast. I could tell by the time this movie is based on because of the music, there clothing, and the style of the town. The father, Jim was trying to get a job and there was many men at the fence trying to

Furthermore, the movie Pleasantville reflects some of the cultural conflicts of the 1950s. To begin, racial discrimination in the 1950s was extremely prominent in society. Whites discriminated against blacks because they were taught that anyone different than themselves was evil. Pleasantville portrays this when the citizens thereof begin changing color from black and white to color. These people represent an embrace of cultural change which goes against the normal, stable and secure status quo. The people of color are persecuted against by those of black and white color because they feel their existence is threatened by this symbol of change. For example, this persecution is seen in the scene when Betty Parker is persecuted by five black and white people while out in town. The five boys threaten her with verbal and physical attacks, as would blacks or “coloreds” would be by whites in the 1950s. Another cultural conflict exemplified by Pleasantville is changing teenage culture. Two ideas that challenged the cultural status quo in the ’50s were the idea that sex is ok, and Rock n Roll. Teenagers embraced these changes, and these changes are seen in Pleasantville. For example, a location called “lover’s lane” is where teens would go in this movie to participate in taboo, status quo-challenging sexual activity with the opposite sex. The idea of this in the 1950s was not even considered,

The Ride is the story of the heinous and gruesome murder of ten year old, Jeffrey Curley, a case that is familiar to many in the Massachusetts area. The book works its way from the grisly crime to the years afterward. It focuses on the family of Jeffrey, heavily weighted on the life of Cambridge Firefighter Bob Curley, Jeffrey’s father. Charles Jaynes and Salvatore Sicari, both from Jeffrey’s neighborhood were convicted of the murder. Within this essay I will demonstrate from The Ride the relationship between reporting and suffering that may have been brought on for the crime victims of this case, the relationship between the victim profiles and the victim family profiles, the role in which the family may have played in the

Despite the controversy, “Lonesome Cowboys” received the best film award at the San Francisco Film Festival in 1968.

The western movie I pick is John Ford’s movie Stagecoach (1939). The movie is about a group of people traveling together by stagecoach from the town Tonto to Lordsburg. The people traveling together are a diverse group of people. All of them have the specific motivation for going, but they all share the same goal reaching to Lordsburg. The characters are Dallas who’s a prostitute, Mrs. Lucy Mallory who is the wife of the Army Cavalry officer, Ellsworth Henry Gatewood who is a banker, Hatfield who is a gambler, Samuel Peacock who is whiskey salesman, Doc Josiah Boone who is a alcoholic doctor, Buck Rickabaugh who is a stage driver, Marshal Curley Wilcox who is a marshal riding shotgun, and Ringo Kid who is an escaped outlaw.

During the beginning of the film, Steve is asked “Do you wants to kill Nazi’s?” by Dr. Erskine, this question is a test to see if he is fit to take the super-soldier serum. Steve answers, “I don’t like bullies. I don’t care where they come from.” By not giving into the obvious violent answer, Steve is challenging the masculine code that men need to be violent. This is what makes Captain America different from other

In October of 1988, fifty years later, an old car is speeding down a dark backroad. The driver is Paul Wincott, a young man and a drifter. The car starts to stall out and Paul pulls the car over. The car stops next to a sign: “Welcome to Fairfield: The Nicest Town in New England”. Paul is unable to figure out what 's wrong with the car and walks into the nearby town.After walking into town he finds that the local mechanic’s shop is closed. With plenty of time to spare, Paul walks to the local bar. We find that Paul is a loudmouth who has knack for getting himself into trouble with the locals. He gets in a fight with some of the locals and it is broken up Sheriff Roy Braxton. Paul is sent to prison for the night, with the sheriff sending a tow truck to fetch Paul’s car, letting him know that the sooner he gets out of town the better.