Flaming star
| Movie | |
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| German title | Flaming star |
| Original title | Flaming Star |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Don Siegel |
| script |
Nunnally Johnson Clair Huffaker (also novel) |
| production | David Weisbart / Twentieth Century Fox |
| music | Cyril J. Mockridge |
| camera | Charles G. Clarke |
| cut | Hugh S. Fowler |
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Blazing Star is one in 1960, directed by Don Siegel turned Western , which on the novel Flaming Lance by Clair Huffaker based. Elvis Presley can be seen here in his sixth film role.
action
Texas 1878: Sam Burton and his family run a farm not far from a smaller settlement. In addition to his son Clint, Sam's second wife, Neddy, is a Kiowa family member . With her, Sam has another son, Pacer. The two half-brothers grew up together and are inseparable. Clint plans to marry Roslyn Pierce, who lives in the settlement.
Fear and concern spread among the population: the neighboring Kiowa tribe are planning an attack on the large settlement and have already attacked several farms outside of the area. The farmers accuse Burton's family that they are not on their side and have only been spared from the raids because of Sam's wife Neddy. The Burton family protests indignantly that they will side with the American farmers in an attack by the Kiowa. Only Pacer is undecided: As a half-breed, he has not felt accepted into the community of farmers since he was born.
After Pacer's mother, Neddy, was badly shot in an accident, the brothers headed to the settlement for help. However, they return too late with Doctor Phillips and Clint's fiancé Roslyn. Neddy is already dead after seeing the "Flaming Star of Death". In his anger and sadness, Pacer blames the doctor for this and accuses him of never having a heart for him and his mother, as did all the residents of the settlement. He therefore does not feel that he belongs to the Americans and will fight on the side of the Kiowa in the approaching war. His brother can't stop him from making a decision. Father Burton lets him go with his blessing, losing two of his family members in one day.
Pacer is welcomed by the Kiowa and promised to spare Pacer's father and brother in an attack on Farmerland. But an Indian troop, who do not yet know about this agreement, kill Sam while Clint is away. When Pacer rides to war with the chief of the Kiowa "Buffalo Horn" and some warriors, they meet Clint. Pacer accidentally wounds him and, with great effort, brings him to his home farm to nurse him back to health. He calls for his father; he learns from Clint that he is already dead.
Thereupon Pacer tied his terminally ill brother on a horse and sent it towards the settlement. There Roslyn takes on her fiancé, ignorant of what has happened to his family. When Clint wakes up the next morning, he drags himself out of the house to look for his brother. In fact, Pacer is on his way to the settlement, but he is badly wounded and says that he just wanted to check on his brother one more time. Clint tries to get him to get help in the settlement as well, but Pacer says that he has already seen the "Flaming Star" and will now ride into the mountains to die there in peace. Clint is unable to stop him and collapses in front of the settlement in tears.
background
Marlon Brando or Frank Sinatra were originally intended for the main role . After the cast by Elvis Presley , the script was not changed, so the film was not turned into a music film. Presley only sings the theme song and a dance song at the beginning of the film, but Flammender Stern's main focus is on his work as an actor. Barbara Eden is actually an understudy; she was hired after Barbara Steele left the project due to a disagreement with director Don Siegel .
A famous painting by Andy Warhol showing Elvis Presley as a cowboy was based on a film sequence from Flaming Star .
Reviews
"The Western, set in 1878, whose criticism of racist prejudice remains superficial, is considered the best film with Presley who is only allowed to sing here at the beginning."
Joe Hembus notes that Flammender Stern is one of the first films "that take seriously the problem of the white and red mongrel [...]" without dealing with the topic on a dime novel level. Phil Hardy thinks the film is "Presley's best work, without a doubt." Siegel's direction focuses "on the inevitability of violence in this situation."
Web links
- Flaming Star in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Flaming Star. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Hembus, Joe : Western Lexicon - 1272 films from 1894 to 1975 . Carl Hanser Verlag Munich Vienna 2nd edition 1977, p. 182f → ISBN 3-446-12189-7
- ↑ Hardy, Phil: The Encyclopedia of Western Movies . Woodbury Press Minneapolis 1984, p. 275 → ISBN 0-8300-0405-X