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Dances with Wolves – US Box Office: USD$184millions
Director: Kevin Costner
Main Cast: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney Grant, Floyd Westerman, Tantoo Cardinal, Robert Pastorelli, Charles Rocket, Maury Chaykin, Jimmy Herman, Michael Spears, Tom Everett, Larry Joshua, and Kirk Baltz
Release Date: 21 November 1990
Filming Locations: Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA; Black Hills, South Dakota, USA; Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA; Nebraska, USA; Spearfish Canyon, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA; Triple U Standing Butte Ranch – 26314 Tatanka Road, Fort Pierre, South Dakota, USA; Sage Creek Wilderness Area, Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA; Belle Fourche River, South Dakota, USA; Interior, South Dakota, USA; Jackson, Wyoming, USA
Main Plot: Lieutenant John Dunbar is an intolerable outlier in the military because he makes friends with wolves and Native Americans while serving in a remote Civil War outpost in the west. He is assigned to a lonely outpost in the Dakota Territory during the American Civil War and meets and finally becomes adopted by the local Sioux tribe. He is known to them as “Dances with Wolves,” and as time passes, he falls in love with the lovely “Stands With a Fist.” Soon after, the frontier is no longer a frontie as the army advances on the plains, John must make a decision that will influence not only his life but also the lives of the locals he now refers to as his people.
Famous quotes:
Ten Bears: “Let us smoke a while.”
John Dunbar: “With Ten Bears, it was always more than a while. There was purpose in everything he did, and I knew he wanted me to stay. But I was sure of myself. I would be an excuse, and that’s all the Army would need to find this place. I pushed him as far as I could to move the camp. But in the end, he only smiled and talked of simple pleasures. He reminded me that at his age, a good fire was better than anything. Ten Bears was an extraordinary man.”
John Dunbar: “That’s my hat… that’s my hat!”
Big Warrior: “I found it on the prairie. It’s mine.”
Wind In His Hair: “The hat belongs to Lieutenant.”
Big Warrior: “He left it on the prairie. He didn’t want it.”
Wind In His Hair: “Well, you can see he wants it now. We all know it’s a soldier hat. We all know who wears it. If you want to keep it, that’s fine. But give something for it.”
Wind In His Hair: “Good… trade!”
John Dunbar: “We are trying for a baby.”
Kicking Bird: “No waiting?”
John Dunbar: “No waiting.”
Kicking Bird: “I was just thinking that of all the trails in this life, there is some that matter most. It is the trail of a true human being. I think you are on this trail, and it is good to see.”
Stands With a Fist: “I worked every day… very hard… there was a woman who didn’t like me. She called me bad names… sometimes she beat me. One day she was calling me these bad names, her face in my face, and I hit her. I was not very big, but she fell. She fell hard and didn’t move. I stood over her with my fist and asked if any other woman wanted to call me bad names… No one bothered me after that day.”
John Dunbar: “I wouldn’t think so.”
Toughest Pawnee: “Only a white man would make a fire for everyone to see.”
Pawnee #1: “Maybe there’s more than one.”
Pawnee #2: “There may be three or four.”
Toughest Pawnee: “I know three or four who will not be making the trip home.”
Sequel: The Holy Road
Fun Facts about Dances with Wolves:
- It turned out to be the film that no studio wanted to finance.
- Costner had a complicated relationship with his screenwriter.
- Costner intended to look for another director before working the job himself.
- Costner did the majority of his stunts.
Django Unchained – US Box Office: USD$162millions
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Main Cast: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, Michael Parks, and Don Johnson
Release Date: December 25, 2012
Filming Locations: Evergreen Plantation, 4677 Highway 18, Edgard, Louisiana, USA; Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA; Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA; Ahmanson Ranch, Victory Boulevard, Lasky Mesa, West Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA; Melody Ranch – 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California, USA; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Main Plot: Christoph Waltz, an undercover bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz, meets an enslaved person Django Unchained (Jamie Foxx), on a miserable road in 1958 from the deep South two years before the Civil War. Dr. King Schultz aims to find the Brittle Brothers. He asks Django to help him search for the men he is looking for. The King sets a deal where if Django helps the King, he will grant Django a horse, money, and liberty. Django agrees because that money will be used to buy the freedom of his wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), who had been kidnapped by a ruthless plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio). When they found the Brittle Brothers, they killed them. Django’s next mission is to help out his wife. However, the King asks for another deal if he teams up with him after being set free and developing essential hunting skills to complete a difficult mission: He would give more of what he offered and finally free his wife.
Famous quotes:
Calvin Candie: [to Django] “So, bright boy, Moguy tells me you looked over my African flesh and you were none too impressed, huh?
Django: “Not for top dollar”
Calvin Candie: “Well, then, we got nothing more to talk about. You see, you want to buy a beat ass nigger from me, those are the best ass niggers I want to sell, so…”
Django: “He don’t wanna buy the niggers you wanna sell. He wants the nigger you don’t wanna sell.”
Calvin Candie: “We’ll, I don’t sell the niggers I don’t wanna sell.”
Dr. King Schults: “Well, you won’t sell your best. You won’t even sell your second best, but your third best? You don’t wanna sell either, but if I made you an offer so ridiculous, you’d be forced to consider it?”
[Laughs]
Dr. King Schultz: “Who knows what could happen?
Calvin Candie: ” And what do you consider “ridiculous”?”
Dr. King Schultz: “For a truly talented specimen, the right nigger? How much would you say, Django?”
Django: “…12,000 dollars.”
Calvin Candie: “Gentlemen, you had my curiosity, now you have my attention.”
Betina: “What’cha do for your massa’?
Django: ” Didn’t you hear him tell ya, I ain’t no slave?”
Betina: “So, you free?”
Django: “Yeah, I am free.”
Betina: “So, you wanna dress like that?”
Fun Facts about Django Unchained:
- Django Unchained was shot over 130 days. According to Quentin Tarantino, it was his longest filming schedule for a single picture.
- Leonardo DiCaprio impressed Tarantino in one scene when he smashes his hand on the dinner table. Leonardo accidentally crushed a little stemmed glass with his palm, and after that, his palm began to bleed, but he just ignored it and finished the action.
Rocky IV – US Box Office: USD$127millions
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Main Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Brigitte Nielsen
Release Date: 21 November 1985
Filming Locations: Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA; Jackson Airport, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA; Fremont Mansion – 56 Fremont Place, Los Angeles, California, USA; The Agrodome, Pacific National Exhibition Grounds, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
Main Plot: Rocky Balboa proudly owns the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new opponent has emerged: Drago, a six-foot-four 261-pound boxer with Soviet Union support that has been believed he is scientifically trained. Drago will compete against Rocky’s friend Apollo Creed. Unfortunately, Drago kills Apollo in the match. Rocky reproves for what happened to his friend and vows to exact revenge on Drago in the ring in the cause of Apollo and the United States. Rocky travels to the Soviet Union, against the objections of his wife Adrian, to face Drago and recruits Apollo’s former manager Duke to help him prepare for the bout. While Drago improves his incredible striking power with high-tech equipment, Rocky toughens up at a camp in the freezing Soviet countryside under Duke’s supervision, with his sights set on defeating Drago.
Famous quotes:
Drago: “I must break you.”
Duke: “What’s happening out there?”
Rocky: “He’s winning… I see three of him out there!”
Paulie: “Hit the one in the middle.”
Duke: “Right! Hit the one in the middle.”
Sequel: Rocky Balboa
Fun Facts about Rocky IV:
- “Rocky IV” became the highest-earning film in the “Rocky” franchise to date, grossing slightly more than $300 million worldwide.
- This film is the sequel to Rocky II and Rocky III.
Any Which Way You Can – US Box Office: USD$70millions
Director: Buddy Van Horn
Main Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith, and Ruth Gordon.
Release Date: December 17, 1980
Filming Locations: Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, 25 North Cache Drive, Jackson, Wyoming, USA; Snow King Resort Hotel, 400 East Snow King Avenue, Jackson, Wyoming, USA; U.S. 101 & Interstate 405, Los Angeles, California, USA; Jackson Town Square, Jackson, Wyoming, USA; California Living Museum – 14000 Alfred Harrell Highway, Bakersfield, California, USA; Jackson Hole Airport, Jackson Wyoming, USA
Main Plot: A comedy film where a former truck driver turned into a prizefighter, his brother, and their pet orangutan get into a series of mishaps involving motorcycle gangs, corrupt cops, a mob, and pretty women. Clint Eastwood’s character, Philo Beddoe, engages in a bare-knuckle fight to supplement his income from fixing cars. He decides to stop fighting, but when the Mafia arranges another fight, he is forced to participate in it. The action opens with Philo beating out a new victim while Clyde (the orangutan) empties himself on the seat of a police cruiser, establishing the tone for the rest of the episode.
Famous quotes:
Orville Boggs: “He killed two men last year.”
Philo Beddoe: “No. Only one.”
Orville Boggs: “So what? The other guy’s laying someplace with nothing below the neck but memories.”
Cholla, Black Widow Leader: “Why me Lord? You made other men out of clay. Mine, you made me out of sh*t.”
Cholla, Black Widow Leader: “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will chew on Philo Beddoe’s ass for my last supper!”
Fun Facts about Any Which Way You Can:
- According to Sondra Locke’s memoirs, Clint Eastwood bulked up for his role as a street boxer by taking megadoses of vitamins and eating cooked potatoes like popcorn.
- The film was then re-released on a double bill with its predecessor, Every Which Way but Loose (1978).
- Became the 5th most popular at the US and Canadian box offices movie in 1980.
- In this film, believe it or not, no animals were harmed.
Shane – US Box Office: USD$20millions
Director: George Stevens
Main Cast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, and Brandon De Wilde
Release Date: August 14, 1953
Filming Locations: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA; Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA; Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA; Iverson Ranch – 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA; Paramount Studios – 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA; Teton Range, Wyoming, USA
Main Plot: A worn-out gunfighter Shane in the 1980s in Wyoming, makes friends with a homestead family whose young son idolizes him and starts to imagine a quiet life, but a simmering range war forces him to take action. Ryker, a cattleman, and some settlers, including Joe Starrett and his family, are at odds. Ryker wants their land, and Shane rides into the conflict. Ryker tries to buy Shane after he assaults Chris, Ryker’s man. After that, Shane and Joe battle the entire Ryker team. Wilson, a truly evil gunslinger, is sent by Ryker to Cheyenne. Shane needs to remove all the weapons from the valley.
Famous quotes:
Shane: “I gotta be going on.”
Joey: “Why, Shane?”
Shane: “A man has to be what he is, Joey. Can’t break the mold. I tried it and it didn’t work for me.”
Joey: “We want you, Shane.”
Shane: “Joey, there’s no living with… with a killing. There’s no going back from one. Right or wrong, it’s a brand. A brand sticks. There’s no going back. Now you run on home to your mother, and tell her… tell her everything’s all right. And there aren’t any more guns in the valley.”
Joey: “Shane…”
[Joey notices that Shane is wounded]
Joey: “It’s bloody! You’re hurt!”
Shane : [Shane starts to stroke Joey’s hair] “I’m all right, Joey. You go home to your mother and father and grow up to be strong and straight. And, Joey… take care of them, both of them.”
Joey: “Yes, Shane.”
[Shane rides off]
Marian Starrett: “Guns aren’t going to be my boy’s life!”
Joey: “Why do you always have to spoil everything?
Shane: “A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel, or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.”
Marian Starrett: “We’d all be much better off if there wasn’t a single gun left in this valley – including yours.”
Joe Starrett: “I wouldn’t ask you where you’re bound.”
Shane: “One place or another. Someplace I’ve never been.”
Fun Facts about Shane:
- Based on a true story.
- The chained horses were supposed to panic during the scene where Shane and Joe fight in the corral, according to the DVD commentary. The filmmaker had two men dressed in bear costumes terrify the horses to establish fear in them.
- This was ranked as the #45 Greatest movie of all time by the American Film Institute in 2007.
