Johnny Guitar (1954)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.6/10   

Réalisateur:

Nicholas Ray

Writers:

Roy Chanslor (novel)
Philip Yordan (screenplay)
(suite)

Release Date:

27 mai 1954 (USA)

Genre:

Film-Noir | Western

Accroche:

Gun-Queen of the Arizona Frontier ! . . . and her kind of men !!!

Plot:

Vienna has built a saloon outside of town, and she hopes to build her own town once the railroad is put through...

Plot Keywords:

Saloon | Stagecoach | Guitar | Posse | Hatred

Awards:

1 win

Avis des utilisateurs:

A Shakespearian western

Ensemble

Joan Crawford	...	Vienna
Sterling Hayden	...	Johnny 'Guitar' Logan
Mercedes McCambridge	...	Emma Small
Scott Brady	...	Dancin' Kid
Ward Bond	...	John McIvers
Ben Cooper	...	Turkey Ralston
Ernest Borgnine	...	Bart Lonergan
John Carradine	...	Old Tom
Royal Dano	...	Corey
Frank Ferguson	...	Marshal Williams
Paul Fix	...	Eddie
Rhys Williams	...	Mr. Andrews
Ian MacDonald	...	Pete
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Trevor Bardette	...	Jenks (uncredited)
Clem Harvey	...	Posseman (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe	...	Frank, Bartender (uncredited)
John Maxwell	...	Jake, Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Sheilk O'Brien	...	(uncredited)
Robert Osterloh	...	Sam (uncredited)
Denver Pyle	...	Posseman (uncredited)
Rocky Shahan	...	Cowboy at hanging (uncredited)
Sumner Williams	...	Posseman (uncredited)
Sheb Wooley	...	Posseman (uncredited)
Will Wright	...	Ned, Bank Teller (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Nicholas Ray

Scénaristes
Roy Chanslor		(novel)
Philip Yordan		(screenplay)
Ben Maddow		uncredited
Nicholas Ray		uncredited

Musique originale
Victor Young

Image
Harry Stradling Sr.		(as Harry Stradling)

Montage
Richard L. Van Enger

Direction artistique
James W. Sullivan		(as James Sullivan)

Décorateur de plateau
Edward G. Boyle
John McCarthy Jr.

Création des costumes
Sheila O'Brien

Maquillage
Peggy Gray	....	hair stylist
Bob Mark	....	makeup supervisor

Assistant réalisateur
Herbert E. Mendelson	....	assistant director (as Herb Mendelson)

Technicien du son
T.A. Carman	....	sound
Howard Wilson	....	sound

Effets spéciaux
Howard Lydecker	....	special effects
Theodore Lydecker	....	special effects

Cascadeur
Robert Bradshaw	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Montgomery	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rocky Shahan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Charles Wilcox	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Nels Mathias	....	grip (uncredited)

Divers
Herbert J. Yates	....	presenter

Production Companies

• Republic Pictures (I)

Distributors

• Republic Pictures (I) (1954) (USA) (theatrical)
• Republic Pictures (II) (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Republic Pictures Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Comet Video (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Filmes Castello Lopes (Portugal)
• Gloria (1954) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2002) (Germany) (VHS)
• Republic Pictures (????) (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)  optical effects

Autre(s) titre(s):

Johnny Guitare (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]

Durée:

110 min | West Germany:104 min (cut version)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Trucolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Classification:

Iceland:12 | West Germany:12 (nf) (cut version) | West Germany:16 (nf) (original rating) | Norway:16 | Australia:PG | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:Approved (certificate #15815) | Canada:PG

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Red Rock Crossing, Sedona, Arizona, USA

Company:

Republic Pictures (I)

Anecdotes:

Crawford, who had bought the rights to the novel, selling it to Republic Pictures with the provision that she would star, initially wanted Claire Trevor to play the part of Emma and was jealous of the younger, competitive Mercedes McCambridge.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning of the film, when Johnny Guitar passes by the miners riding, his shadow is projected to his left side. In the next shot it is projected to his right side.

Guillemet:

Vienna: You shouldn't have come back, Tom.
Old Tom: I won't be in the way.
Vienna: I can't have anyone here.
Old Tom: Nobody notices me. I'm just part of the furniture.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Viva la clase media (1980)

Soundtrack:

Johnny Guitar

A Shakespearian western

I was 15 the very first time I watched this wonderful movie, and from that moment it became a kind of cult classic, a cinema icon, for me. I had to wait over ten years to be able to enjoy it again, and by this time it had reached the category of legend on my personal film paradise. The great score by Victor Young, which I never could forget, is probably the most romantic and sentimental music ever composed for the screen, with the Johnny Guitar theme, with the voice of Peggy Lee, bringing us the fascination of the legend they called Johnny Guitar. Also the fantastic colourful images, with those reddish tones of fire and passion, and the backgrounds, the landmarks, the characters and the sutile and perfect dialogues, make this film a total masterpiece or modern cinema. A western without savages, cavalry, rodeos, and the usual John Ford stuff. A different western, ahead of its time, and very misunderstood by the public then, but, fortunately, reborn from the limbo and forgiveness, rediscovered by new generations, and still alive, fresh as in its first day, and always inmortal. Joan Crawford was never so great, and the exchange of poisoned words with McCambridge at the saloon "You haven't got the nerve" , and "If I don't kill you first" on reply to "I'll kill you" by Emma, makes me to smile, as both characters show they wear the trousers rather than the men do. In short, there never was a film like Johnny Guitar, and there never will. Now, on its 50th aniversary, it is time to enjoy it once more, and to wish that we could have been at Vienna's, being part of that group of characters with no equal in cinema iconography.