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Encyclopedia > The Unforgiven (1960 film)
The Unforgiven

DVD cover
Directed by John Huston
Produced by James Hill
Written by Alan Le May (novel)
Ben Maddow (screenplay)
Starring Burt Lancaster
Audrey Hepburn
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography Franz Planer
Editing by Russell Lloyd
Distributed by United Artists
Release date(s) 1960
Running time 125 min.
Country United States
Language English
IMDb profile

The Unforgiven is an American western film released in 1960. Produced by John Huston, it is better known for the problems behind the scenes than the movie itself. Audrey Hepburn broke her back during the shoot, delaying the movie, and there was constant bickering between Burt Lancaster's company, which was financing the movie, and John Huston, who was the producer. Lancaster's company wanted a more economically viable movie, and thus less controversial, and Huston saw the movie as a way to examine race in America. Huston often said this was his least satisfying movie.[1] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director and actor. ... James J. Hill (September 16, 1838 – May 29, 1916), was a noted American railroad tycoon. ... Alan Le May (January 3, 1899 - April 27, 1964) was an American novelist and screenplay writer most remembered for the novels upon which the motion pictures The Searchers (1956) with John Wayne and The Unforgiven (1960) with Burt Lancaster and Audrey Hepburn were based. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Audrey Hepburn (May 4, 1929 – January 20, 1993) was an Academy Award-winning Anglo-Dutch actress of film and theatre, Broadway stage performer, ballerina, fashion model, and humanitarian. ... Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (Russian: , Dmitrij Zinovevič Tëmkin, somtimes translated as Dmitri Tiomkin) (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a film composer and conductor. ... Film cinematographer Franz Planer (March 29, 1894 - January 10, 1963) was born in Karlsbad, Austria-Hungary (now called the Czech Republic). ... The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Broncho Billy Anderson, from The Great Train Robbery The Western movie is one of the classic American film genres. ... See also: 1959 in film 1960 1961 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film // Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I. Blues August 10 - Filming of West...

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Production

The film was directed by John Huston and starred Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy, Charles Bickford and Lillian Gish. The story was based upon a novel by Alan Le May. John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director and actor. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Audrey Hepburn (May 4, 1929 – January 20, 1993) was an Academy Award-winning Anglo-Dutch actress of film and theatre, Broadway stage performer, ballerina, fashion model, and humanitarian. ... Also see: Audie Murphy legacy. ... Charles Bickford in Tarzans New York Adventure Charles Bickford (January 1, 1891–November 9, 1967) was an American actor. ... Lillian Diana de Guiche (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993), was an Oscar-nominated American actress, better known as Lillian Gish. ... Alan Le May (January 3, 1899 - April 27, 1964) was an American novelist and screenplay writer most remembered for the novels upon which the motion pictures The Searchers (1956) with John Wayne and The Unforgiven (1960) with Burt Lancaster and Audrey Hepburn were based. ...


The film tells the story of a frontier family fighting to survive when it is discovered that one of them—played by Hepburn—is actually a Native American who had been secretly adopted by the white family. The film orginally was meant to spotlight the issues of racism in the Old West. This is an unusual Western about racial intolerance, which focuses around Kiowa claims that the Zachary daughter is one of their own, stolen in a raid. The dispute results in other whites' turning their backs on the Zacharys when the truth is revealed by Mother Zachary. Audie Murphy plays Cash, the hotheaded brother who reacts violently to learning his "sister" is a "red-hide Indian." He leaves the family but returns to help them fight off an Indian raid during which Hepburn kills her Kiowa brother, thus choosing sides once and for all.[2] Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. ... Because racism carries connotations of race-based bigotry, prejudice, violence, oppression, stereotyping or discrimination, the term has varying and often hotly contested definitions. ... Great Basin region, typical American West The Western United States has played a significant role in history and fiction. ...


Real Life Inspiration

This movie, as the great "The Searchers" was based on a book by Alan Le May. Unlike "The Searchers" it made no real attempt to go beyond the mundane in examining the poisoneous affect of race on America.[3]


Critical interpretations

Aside from the unusual casting of Hepburn, the film is most notable for its behind the scenes drama. Production was suspended for several months in 1959 after Hepburn broke her back when she fell off a horse while rehearsing a scene. Although she eventually recovered, the accident was blamed for a subsequent miscarriage Hepburn suffered. According to several published biographies of Hepburn, Huston blamed himself for the accident and subsequently all but disowned the film, although he did complete it when Hepburn was well enough to return to work. Hepburn took the next year off work in order to successfully have a child, and returned to the screen in 1961 with Breakfast at Tiffany's. In addition to the problems with the injury to Hepburn, Huston was constantly battling with Burt Lancaster and his company over how to film the movie. Lancaster was more concerned with the economics, while Huston wanted to make a statement.[4] The result is that neither got exactly what they wanted.[5] 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Miscarriage or spontaneous abortion is the natural or accidental termination of a pregnancy at a stage where the embryo or the fetus is incapable of surviving, generally defined at a gestation of prior to 20 weeks. ... See also: 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) released Top grossing films North America The Guns of Navarone Exodus The Parent Trap The Absent-Minded Professor The Alamo Swiss Family Robinson... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


Cast

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Audrey Hepburn (May 4, 1929 – January 20, 1993) was an Academy Award-winning Anglo-Dutch actress of film and theatre, Broadway stage performer, ballerina, fashion model, and humanitarian. ... Also see: Audie Murphy legacy. ... There have been at least two prominent Americans in the 20th century named John Saxon: John Saxon (actor) (b. ... Charles Bickford in Tarzans New York Adventure Charles Bickford (January 1, 1891–November 9, 1967) was an American actor. ... Lillian Diana de Guiche (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993), was an Oscar-nominated American actress, better known as Lillian Gish. ... Albert Salmi (born March 11, 1928; died April 23, 1990) was an American actor. ... Categories: Canadian people stubs | 1918 births | Canadian actors | James Bond actors ... Douglas Osborne McClure (May 11, 1935-February 5, 1995) was an American actor whose career in film and television extended from the 1950s to the 1990s. ...

External links

  • The Unforgiven at the Internet Movie Database
  • {{Sover review of The Unforgiven} [6]
  • {{Goatdog's review of The Unforgiven} [7]
  • Template:BlueCornComics.com's review of The Unforgiven [8]

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Unforgiven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1222 words)
Unforgiven is a 1992 Western film which tells the story of a retired gunslinger who takes on one more job for the money.
The film's major theme appears to be the nature of violence, and the discrepancies between actual and fictional violence.
Twice in the film, violence is linked to the male organ; the film begins with a prostitute having her face slashed for mocking a man's under-endowment.
DVD Verdict Review - The Unforgiven (1006 words)
Filming was undertaken outside of Durango, Mexico in January 1959 and dragged on for months, partly because of injuries suffered by Audrey Hepburn when her horse bolted at one stage and also because of conflicts between Lancaster and Huston.
Somehow, however, a consistently interesting film emerged, even if there are some loose ends that seem attributable to the desire to strike a balance between having a commercial product and strict adherence to the story's basic theme of racial intolerance.
But then the character just disappears half-way through the film, and the remaining theme of intolerance focuses entirely on the nature of the treatment that Rachel experiences when she is at first suspected and later confirmed to be of Indian parentage.
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