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High Noon [VHS]
by (Cinematographer: Floyd Crosby) (Editor: Elmo Williams) (Producer: Carl Foreman) (Writer: Carl Foreman) (Producer: Stanley Kramer) (Writer: John W. Cunningham)
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Product Group: Video
Studio: Republic Pictures
ISBN: 6302484480
EAN: 9780782000481
UPC: 017153553338
Binding/Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 85 minutes
Release Date: 1998-01-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
SKU: 02399
Condition: New
Comments: Different than shown. Special Collector's Edition 40th Anniversary box set, brand new, factory sealed. Includes, VHS movie cassette, 2nd cassette, the Making of High Noon, 282 page book, reproductions of an original theatrical poster,and 4 original lobby cards.
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Written by Carl Foreman (who was later blacklisted during the anticommunist hearings of the '50s) and superbly directed by Fred Zinnemann, this 1952 classic stars Gary Cooper as just-married lawman Will Kane, who is about to retire as a small-town sheriff and begin a new life with his bride (Grace Kelly) when he learns that gunslinger Frank Miller (Ian MacDonald) is due to arrive at high noon to settle an old score. Kane seeks assistance from deputies and townsfolk, but soon realizes he'll have to stand alone in his showdown with Miller and his henchmen. Innovative for its time, the suspenseful story unfolds in approximate real time (from 10:40 a.m. to high noon in an 84-minute film), and many interpreted Foreman's drama as an allegorical reflection of apathy and passive acceptance of Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist campaign. Political underpinnings aside, this remains a milestone of its genre (often referred to as the first "adult" Western), and Cooper is flawless in his Oscar-winning role. --Jeff Shannon
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