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[Close-up on a Western revolver holster. Man draws and fires three shots.]
Narrator: The Western movie has become an American tradition.
Films like "Stage Coach", "Red River", "Shane", "High Noon", and "The Magnificent Seven" will never be forgotten.
[A caption reads "Dino De Laurentiis presents".] Narrator: Now, Dino De Laurentiis presents perhaps the greatest Western of them all.
[Gunshot. A caption reads "The Shootist".] Narrator: "The Shootist". The story of John Bernard Books.
[Close-up of a gun being cocked.] Narrator: The last of the great gunfighters.
[Close-up of the trigger being pulled.] Narrator: A living legend.
The role is being played by an actor who is himself a living legend: John Wayne.
[Archival footage of John Wayne.] J.B. Books: I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people.
[Books and Gillom walking.] J.B. Books: I require the same from them.
[Books is riding a horse. A highwayman points a gun at him.] Highwayman: You hold it right there! Just throw me your wallet!
J.B. Books: Yes, sir! A little something extra! [Books pretends to take his wallet out of his coat, draws his gun, and fires a shot.]
[In a doctor's office, Books steps out of the examinaton room carrying his jacket in his left hand and hat in the right one.] Narrator: Co-starring with Wayne is a group of Hollywood's finest actors.
[The caption appears: "James Stewart".] Narrator: James Stuart. [Dr. Hostetler sitting in his office] Dr. Hostetler: You have a cancer. Advanced.
[Books puts on his hat.] J.B. Books: How much time do I have? Dr. Hostetler: Two months. Six weeks. There's no way to tell.
[The caption reads: "Lauren Bacall".] Narrator: Lauren Bacall.
[Bond Rogers, in a kitchen prepping food. Books stands next to her.] Bond Rogers: Mr. Books, you are a notorious individual utterly lacking in character or decency. You're an assassin.
J.B. Books: That's according to which end of the gun you're on. Bond Rogers: Rubbish!
[The caption reads: "Ron Howard".] Narrator: Ron Howard.
[Gillom and Books stand inside a barn] Gillom: Would you give me a shooting lesson? J.B. Books: Well, a man should know how to handle a gun.
[Gunshot hitting a tree trunk. Gillom, with Books next to him, shoots at a tree repeatedly.]
Gillom: How could you get into so many fights and then always come out on top?
J.B. Books: I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't.
[An intruder enters through the window of a bedroom and fires a gun. An oil lamp on the bedside table breaks. The bed catches fire.]
[Books fires a gun at the intruder who falls over backwards.]
[The caption reads: "Richard Boone".] Narrator: Richard Boone.
[Sweeney, outside a store] Sweeney: Well, I heard that you were in town for a very short time.
[Books and Bond sit in a carriage outside the store.] J.B. Books: That's true.
[The caption reads: "John Carradine".] Narrator: John Carradine.
[Beckum inside a barbers' shop. Books sits in the barber's chair, while the barber folds a towel] Beckum: I'm Hezekiah Beckum, the undertaker, sir.
J.B. Books: Oh, Beckum, you're gonna do to me what they did to John Wesley Hardin.
You're gonna lay me out, let the public come by and gawp at me for 50 cents a head.
Beckum: Mr. Books, you're a hard man. J.B. Books: I'm alive.
[The caption reads: "Scatman Crothers".] Narrator: Scatman Crothers.
[Moses next to a brown horse in a stables] Moses: Mr. Books! It's pure pleasure to groom your horse!
And even a greater pleasure to do business with you!
[The caption reads: "Harry Morgan".] Narrator: Harry Morgan.
[Marhsall talks to Books in a dining room as he sips a hot drink.] Marshall: Books, this is 1901. [Overwiew of the streets of Carson City, Nevada.] Marshall: The old days are gone, and you don't know it.
[Marshall continues talking to Books in the dining room.] Marshall: You've plain plumb outlived your time.
[The caption reads: "Richard Lenz".] Narrator: Richard Lenz.
[Dobkins, sitting on a couch in a sitting room.] Dobkins: You must appreciate, sir, that you are the most celebrated shootist extant. [Books, by a bookcase, faces Dobkins.]
J.B. Books: "Extant"? Dobkins: Still existing.
[The caption reads: "Sheree North".] Narrator: Sheree North.
[Serepta kneels by Books as he sits in an armchair.] Serepta: Everybody knows who you are. I'd be Mrs. J.B. Books. I'd be somebody.
[The caption reads: "Hugh O'Brian".] Narrator: Hugh O'Brian.
[In a saloon, man in a bowler hat talks to Pulford.] Man: Old Books is cashing in.
Pulford: That's hard news. [In a saloon, Books ducks.] That's a man I could have taken.
[A man fires a gun at Books in a saloon. Books dives over the counter. Glasses are shattering.]
Narrator: This film has the makings of a classic. [A bottle that Books throws from behind the counter smashes.]
[Hostetler talks to Books in his office.] Dr. Hostetler: I would not die a death like I just described. [A tombstone with John Bernard Books's name and date of birth. The date of his death is missing, but the year is there: 1901.]
[In the saloon, Books shoots from behind the counter at a man holding a gun. The man stumbles back against the wall as he's shot.]
[In Hostetler's office.] Dr. Hostetler: Not if I had your courage.
[In the saloon, an injured Books shoots at a man holding a table in front of him as shield. Books draws another gun from his belt.]
Narrator: In it, John Wayne gives the most remarkable performance of his career.
[Books, in a dining room] J.B. Books: I'm a dying man scared of the dark.
[Books fires a gun at a man hiding behind a table. Two bullets hit the table. Pulford fires a gun at Books. Books collapses behind the saloon counter.]
Narrator: As he recreates the final days...
[Books talks to Gillom, while he puts holsters his gun.] J.B. Books: There's more to being a man than the end of a gun.
[Pulford peeks round the side of the saloon bar. Books, lying on his back, fires his gun.] Narrator:...of the man they called "The Shootist".
[A slate reads: Dino De Laurentiis presents A Frankovich/Self Production John Wayne Lauren Bacall In a Siegel Film "The Shootist"]
[Produced by M. J. Frankovich and William Self Directed by Don Siegel Screenplay by Miles Hood Swarthout and Scott Hale]
[Based on the novel by Glendon Swarthout Technicolor A Paramount Release]
Arrow Video
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
Legendary director Don Siegel (Dirty Harry) directs the iconic John Wayne as an ageing gunfighter dying of cancer in his final screen appearance, a superb adaptation of Glendon Swarthout's classic western novel, The Shootist.
John Bernard Books is the stuff of legend, a renowned 'shootist' whose reputation looms large. But it's 1901, and like the old west, John is dying and a reputation like his draws trouble like an outhouse draws flies. As word spreads that the famous gunfighter is on his last legs, the vultures begin to gather; old enemies, the marshal, newspaper men, an undertaker, all eager to see him dead. Other men might die quietly in bed or take their own lives, but J. B. Books will choose his executioner and face down death with a pistol in each hand.
With an outstanding cast that features not only Wayne, but James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Scatman Crothers and John Carradine, The Shootist is an elegiac ode to a monumental screen presence and to the Western genre itself.
Product Features
- New 2K remaster by Arrow Films from the original 35mm camera negative
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Original lossless mono audio
- Optional English Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Brand new audio commentary by filmmaker and critic Howard S. Berger
- The Last Day, a new visual essay by film critic David Cairns
- A Man-Making Moment, a new interview with Western author C. Courtney Joyner
- Laments of the West, a new appreciation of Elmer Bernstein's score by film historian and composer Neil Brand
- Contemplating John Wayne: The Death of a Cowboy, a new visual essay by filmmaker and critic Scout Tafoya
- The Shootist: The Legend Lives On, archival featurette
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Juan Esteban Rodríguez
- Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Juan Esteban Rodríguez
- Six postcard-sized lobby card reproductions
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by film critic Philip Kemp
- 100 mins approx
- Don Siegel
- PG
- John Wayne
- Lauren Bacall
- Ron Howard
- 1.85:1
- English SDH
- 1976
- English
- 1
- A
- Arrow Video
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[Close-up on a Western revolver holster. Man draws and fires three shots.]
Narrator: The Western movie has become an American tradition.
Films like "Stage Coach", "Red River", "Shane", "High Noon", and "The Magnificent Seven" will never be forgotten.
[A caption reads "Dino De Laurentiis presents".] Narrator: Now, Dino De Laurentiis presents perhaps the greatest Western of them all.
[Gunshot. A caption reads "The Shootist".] Narrator: "The Shootist". The story of John Bernard Books.
[Close-up of a gun being cocked.] Narrator: The last of the great gunfighters.
[Close-up of the trigger being pulled.] Narrator: A living legend.
The role is being played by an actor who is himself a living legend: John Wayne.
[Archival footage of John Wayne.] J.B. Books: I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people.
[Books and Gillom walking.] J.B. Books: I require the same from them.
[Books is riding a horse. A highwayman points a gun at him.] Highwayman: You hold it right there! Just throw me your wallet!
J.B. Books: Yes, sir! A little something extra! [Books pretends to take his wallet out of his coat, draws his gun, and fires a shot.]
[In a doctor's office, Books steps out of the examinaton room carrying his jacket in his left hand and hat in the right one.] Narrator: Co-starring with Wayne is a group of Hollywood's finest actors.
[The caption appears: "James Stewart".] Narrator: James Stuart. [Dr. Hostetler sitting in his office] Dr. Hostetler: You have a cancer. Advanced.
[Books puts on his hat.] J.B. Books: How much time do I have? Dr. Hostetler: Two months. Six weeks. There's no way to tell.
[The caption reads: "Lauren Bacall".] Narrator: Lauren Bacall.
[Bond Rogers, in a kitchen prepping food. Books stands next to her.] Bond Rogers: Mr. Books, you are a notorious individual utterly lacking in character or decency. You're an assassin.
J.B. Books: That's according to which end of the gun you're on. Bond Rogers: Rubbish!
[The caption reads: "Ron Howard".] Narrator: Ron Howard.
[Gillom and Books stand inside a barn] Gillom: Would you give me a shooting lesson? J.B. Books: Well, a man should know how to handle a gun.
[Gunshot hitting a tree trunk. Gillom, with Books next to him, shoots at a tree repeatedly.]
Gillom: How could you get into so many fights and then always come out on top?
J.B. Books: I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't.
[An intruder enters through the window of a bedroom and fires a gun. An oil lamp on the bedside table breaks. The bed catches fire.]
[Books fires a gun at the intruder who falls over backwards.]
[The caption reads: "Richard Boone".] Narrator: Richard Boone.
[Sweeney, outside a store] Sweeney: Well, I heard that you were in town for a very short time.
[Books and Bond sit in a carriage outside the store.] J.B. Books: That's true.
[The caption reads: "John Carradine".] Narrator: John Carradine.
[Beckum inside a barbers' shop. Books sits in the barber's chair, while the barber folds a towel] Beckum: I'm Hezekiah Beckum, the undertaker, sir.
J.B. Books: Oh, Beckum, you're gonna do to me what they did to John Wesley Hardin.
You're gonna lay me out, let the public come by and gawp at me for 50 cents a head.
Beckum: Mr. Books, you're a hard man. J.B. Books: I'm alive.
[The caption reads: "Scatman Crothers".] Narrator: Scatman Crothers.
[Moses next to a brown horse in a stables] Moses: Mr. Books! It's pure pleasure to groom your horse!
And even a greater pleasure to do business with you!
[The caption reads: "Harry Morgan".] Narrator: Harry Morgan.
[Marhsall talks to Books in a dining room as he sips a hot drink.] Marshall: Books, this is 1901. [Overwiew of the streets of Carson City, Nevada.] Marshall: The old days are gone, and you don't know it.
[Marshall continues talking to Books in the dining room.] Marshall: You've plain plumb outlived your time.
[The caption reads: "Richard Lenz".] Narrator: Richard Lenz.
[Dobkins, sitting on a couch in a sitting room.] Dobkins: You must appreciate, sir, that you are the most celebrated shootist extant. [Books, by a bookcase, faces Dobkins.]
J.B. Books: "Extant"? Dobkins: Still existing.
[The caption reads: "Sheree North".] Narrator: Sheree North.
[Serepta kneels by Books as he sits in an armchair.] Serepta: Everybody knows who you are. I'd be Mrs. J.B. Books. I'd be somebody.
[The caption reads: "Hugh O'Brian".] Narrator: Hugh O'Brian.
[In a saloon, man in a bowler hat talks to Pulford.] Man: Old Books is cashing in.
Pulford: That's hard news. [In a saloon, Books ducks.] That's a man I could have taken.
[A man fires a gun at Books in a saloon. Books dives over the counter. Glasses are shattering.]
Narrator: This film has the makings of a classic. [A bottle that Books throws from behind the counter smashes.]
[Hostetler talks to Books in his office.] Dr. Hostetler: I would not die a death like I just described. [A tombstone with John Bernard Books's name and date of birth. The date of his death is missing, but the year is there: 1901.]
[In the saloon, Books shoots from behind the counter at a man holding a gun. The man stumbles back against the wall as he's shot.]
[In Hostetler's office.] Dr. Hostetler: Not if I had your courage.
[In the saloon, an injured Books shoots at a man holding a table in front of him as shield. Books draws another gun from his belt.]
Narrator: In it, John Wayne gives the most remarkable performance of his career.
[Books, in a dining room] J.B. Books: I'm a dying man scared of the dark.
[Books fires a gun at a man hiding behind a table. Two bullets hit the table. Pulford fires a gun at Books. Books collapses behind the saloon counter.]
Narrator: As he recreates the final days...
[Books talks to Gillom, while he puts holsters his gun.] J.B. Books: There's more to being a man than the end of a gun.
[Pulford peeks round the side of the saloon bar. Books, lying on his back, fires his gun.] Narrator:...of the man they called "The Shootist".
[A slate reads: Dino De Laurentiis presents A Frankovich/Self Production John Wayne Lauren Bacall In a Siegel Film "The Shootist"]
[Produced by M. J. Frankovich and William Self Directed by Don Siegel Screenplay by Miles Hood Swarthout and Scott Hale]
[Based on the novel by Glendon Swarthout Technicolor A Paramount Release]
Arrow Video
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
Legendary director Don Siegel (Dirty Harry) directs the iconic John Wayne as an ageing gunfighter dying of cancer in his final screen appearance, a superb adaptation of Glendon Swarthout's classic western novel, The Shootist.
John Bernard Books is the stuff of legend, a renowned 'shootist' whose reputation looms large. But it's 1901, and like the old west, John is dying and a reputation like his draws trouble like an outhouse draws flies. As word spreads that the famous gunfighter is on his last legs, the vultures begin to gather; old enemies, the marshal, newspaper men, an undertaker, all eager to see him dead. Other men might die quietly in bed or take their own lives, but J. B. Books will choose his executioner and face down death with a pistol in each hand.
With an outstanding cast that features not only Wayne, but James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Scatman Crothers and John Carradine, The Shootist is an elegiac ode to a monumental screen presence and to the Western genre itself.
Product Features
- New 2K remaster by Arrow Films from the original 35mm camera negative
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Original lossless mono audio
- Optional English Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Brand new audio commentary by filmmaker and critic Howard S. Berger
- The Last Day, a new visual essay by film critic David Cairns
- A Man-Making Moment, a new interview with Western author C. Courtney Joyner
- Laments of the West, a new appreciation of Elmer Bernstein's score by film historian and composer Neil Brand
- Contemplating John Wayne: The Death of a Cowboy, a new visual essay by filmmaker and critic Scout Tafoya
- The Shootist: The Legend Lives On, archival featurette
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Juan Esteban Rodríguez
- Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Juan Esteban Rodríguez
- Six postcard-sized lobby card reproductions
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by film critic Philip Kemp
- 100 mins approx
- Don Siegel
- PG
- John Wayne
- Lauren Bacall
- Ron Howard
- 1.85:1
- English SDH
- 1976
- English
- 1
- A
- Arrow Video
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