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Along with STAGECOACH, this is one of my favorite Westerns and one of my favorite films. For people who shy away from Westerns, you should give the better ones a chance. I’ve found that Hollywood used the Western at times to talk about sensitive topics with a bit of distance like Hollywood does with Sci-Fi nowadays.

The story is simple, Will Kane (Gary Cooper, MEET JOHN DOE) sent Frank Miller (Ian MacDonald, JOHNNY GUITAR) up for murder, but Miller gets out on parole and comes gunning for Kane. It’s Kane’s wedding day to a Quaker named Amy (Grace Kelly, REAR WINDOW, TO CATCH A THIEF) and she wants to run, but Will knows the killers will just hunt him down and he’ll live in fear until that day. Will tries to round up a posse, but for various reasons everyone backs away.

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Cameron Crowe has not made a bad film. He’s written everything he’s directed and those films consist of SINGLES, JERRY MAGUIRE, ALMOST FAMOUS and VANILLA SKY. However, his first film, SAY ANYTHING…, may be his best and is definitely my personal favorite. The film is hands down one of the best movies ever set in high school. Teen comedy/dramas can only aspire to be as good as this film.

The story follows Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack, HIGH FIDELITY) as he tries to form a relationship with the beautiful valedictorian, Diane Cort (Ione Sky, DREAM OF AN INSOMNIAC). He invites her to a graduation party and she reluctantly comes with him. But as the movie’s tag line says, “To know Lloyd Dobler is to love Lloyd Dobler.”

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