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McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Why this pick
A snowbound, anti-mythic frontier elegy with the same distrust of Western heroics, patiently observed social world, and melancholy visual grandeur.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1980 3h 39m USA
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Why this pick
A harsh, morally exhausted frontier drama whose landscape and violence expose the political and human cost behind national mythology.
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The Wild Bunch
Why this pick
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The Deer Hunter
Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1870, two young men, Jim Averill and Billy Irvine, graduate from Harvard College. The Reverend Doctor speaks to the graduates on the association of "the cultivated mind with the uncultivated" and the importance of education. Irvine, brilliant but obviously intoxicated, follows this with his opposing, irreverent views. A celebration is then held, after which the male students serenade the women present, including Averill's girlfriend.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Kris Kristofferson
James Averill
Isabelle Huppert
Ella Watson
Paul Koslo
Mayor Charlie Lezak
Geoffrey Lewis
Trapper Fred
Mary Catherine Wright
Nell
Nicholas Woodeson
Small man
Robin Bartlett
Mrs. Lezak
Tom Noonan
Jake