The Searchers (movie)

John Wayne's catchphrase in the film, "That'll Be The Day", inspired Buddy Holly to write his hit song of the same name. In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. However, in the latest 2002 poll it fell back to eleventh place. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. At eighteenth place in 1972, it climbed to fifth place in 1992. The movie was written and directed by Preston Sturges. In 1972, The Searchers made its first appearance on the Sight and Sound poll of the greatest films ever made. It stars Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, Diana Lynn, William Demarest and Brian Donlevy (reprising his role as McGinty from The Great McGinty).

Peter Bogdanovich said of The Searchers that "the bold, vigorous strokes of The Searchers...require more artistry than the direction of The Informer." Another powerful factor is the famous depth of character, the best example being John Wayne's actions in the twist ending. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek is a 1944 comedy film about a girl named Trudy Kockenlocker who wakes up one morning after a wild night with a group of soldiers to find herself pregnant and married. Certainly a contributing factor to The Searcher's popularity is the fact that Ford's trademark calm style and wide shots are almost thrown to the wind in this film: it contains perhaps Ford's most radical camera movements and setups. Director John Ford's reputation was incredible: Ingmar Bergman, Orson Welles, Howard Hawks, Akira Kurosawa, Frank Capra, Elia Kazan, Samuel Fuller and many others described Ford as the greatest living director. It is a favorite of the film school 'Movie Brats' generation including Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg.

The Searchers is an often cited candidate for the greatest film of all time. Broken Arrow) the Native Americans are shown in a negative light, rather disturbed characters themselves, massacring white settlers, and even sexually assaulting them and abducting their children. However, unlike some revisionist Westerns of the 1950s (e.g. The West is shown as a threatening, even slightly sinister place.

Wayne's character, Ethan Edwards, is shown as a brooding and disturbed character. The film can be interpreted as a subtle critique of the sort of Westerns that Wayne normally appeared in (although Wayne himself would probably have disagreed). The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. It was directed by John Ford, and much of it was filmed in Monument Valley, Arizona.

Nugent from the novel by Alan Le May. The movie was adapted by Frank S. It stars John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond and Natalie Wood. The Searchers is a 1956 epic Western film which tells the story of a man who spends years looking for his niece who was taken by Indians.