That was Roy Bean
| Movie | |
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| German title | That was Roy Bean |
| Original title | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 (formerly FSK 16) |
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| Director | John Huston |
| script | John Milius |
| production | John Foreman |
| music | Maurice Jarre |
| camera | Richard Moore |
| cut | Hugh S. Fowler |
| occupation | |
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This Was Roy Bean ( The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean ) is an American western comedy directed by John Huston from 1972.
action
The plot is loosely based on the true life story of Roy Bean . As an outlaw on the run, he came to the poor Texan village of Vinegaroon, west of the Río Pecos , in the 1880s, a lawless area at that time. He enters the saloon , where its visitors and the whores employed there attack him, plunder and try to kill him. Bean survives, returns a short time later and takes bloody vengeance. A few days later, the Reverend LaSalle arrives to bury the dead. Bean, who found a Texas state code in the saloon, explains to the Reverend that he appointed himself a judge to end the lawlessness in the area. He takes over the saloon, which he names "The Jersey Lilly" after the actress Lillie Langtry he admires . The saloon also serves as a courthouse. To enforce his judicial powers, Bean appoints a gang of outlaws who have come to the village to be marshals . His marshals lead him to criminals, most of whom he passes death sentences. The condemned's belongings fall to Bean and his marshals.
The local Mexican María Elena becomes his partner. He also keeps a tame bear as a pet. Growing notoriety and the fact that the area is now the law, Vinegaroon prospered and grew into a town that was named Langtry; Bean and his marshals get wealthy. He hires attorney Frank Gass to defend the defendants, but the real purpose of this alliance is to make money off of the defendants, as Bean and the attorney share attorney fees.
After a few years, María Elena becomes pregnant and gives birth to their daughter Rose, but the young mother dies in childbed. The doctor who has been called is late and very drunk. Bean hangs it up by hand, but Frank Gass, who has meanwhile been elected mayor of Langtry, steps in and saves the doctor's life. Bean then leaves town. Gass takes control of Langtry, usurps Bean's possessions and dismisses the Marshals. Bean's daughter grows up with his former marshal Tector Crites. Years later, when oil is found in the area, Gass rises to become the richest man in Texas.
Rose, now 20 years old, goes to Gass and demands her inheritance from him. Meanwhile, Bean returns to town and gathers his former marshals around him. He holed up with them and Rose in his former saloon. Gass, who found out about this, had the building attacked. A fight ensues between Bean's followers and Gass's men. Bean's people set fire to the city, which burns down almost completely. Except for Crites, Beans Marshals, Frank Gass and Roy Bean themselves were killed.
Years later, Langtry is a meaningless village again, Lilly Langtry arrives in the place named after her. She visits the saloon "The Jersey Lilly", which has been converted into a museum. Crites, who acts as curator of the museum, tells Lilly that Rose has meanwhile married and gives her Roy Bean's old Colt and a letter that Bean wrote to her but never mailed.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on February 16, 1973 that the director and screenwriter failed to make the character of Roy Bean interesting. It remains one-dimensional, predictable and without its own personality - too dependent on Paul Newman's charm. The supporting characters are too numerous.
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was an " elaborately staged portrait of an authentic western hero from the turn of the century " and conveyed " its brutal, romantic and comical features in a colorful way ".
The magazine prisma wrote that Paul Newman played a " prime role ".
Joe Hembus notes that the film was "less of a film by John Huston as a very personal work of screenwriter John Milius." . Phil Hardy notes that Milius' script and Huston's directors sometimes conflict, but ultimately "united in their devotion to a rowdy, yet elegiac notion of heroism." The film was "one of Huston's most personal works and one the best westerns of the 1970s. "
Awards
The song Marmalade, Molasses & Honey was nominated in 1973 for an Oscar (for best song ) and for the Golden Globe Award (for best movie song ). Victoria Principal was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1973 for Best Young Actress.
background
The film was shot in Arizona - including Tucson , California and Texas . The production amounted to an estimated 4 million US dollars .
Web links
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Review by Roger Ebert, accessed on August 21, 2007
- ↑ That was Roy Bean. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ prisma, accessed August 21, 2007
- ^ Joe Hembus: Western Lexicon - 1272 films from 1894-1975. Carl Hanser Verlag Munich Vienna 2nd edition 1977. ISBN 3-446-12189-7 . P. 108
- ^ Phil Hardy: The Encyclopedia of Western Movies. Woodbury Press Minneapolis 1984. ISBN 0-8300-0405-X . P. 339
- ^ Filming locations for The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, accessed August 21, 2007
- ↑ uk.rottentomatoes.com, accessed on August 21, 2007 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
