Virgil Earp

Dalia Lopez 07/19/2015 English 30 Mr. Dunne   Fact vs. Fiction in: Rosemary’s Baby Rosemary’s baby is a creepy, non-shock oriented, horror movie. With its credibility, well written storyline, and great actors it has received a spot on the best all time horror films list. While this movie isn’t like the newer horror movies, it messes with your mind in a disturbing way. The movie’s plot revolves around the fears of being a new mother that later become suspicions and paranoia. Rosemary’s

The Talon & Chantry is a series of novels by renowned Westerns writer Louis L'Amour. The Talon & Chantry series of novels has eight novels the first of which was North to the Rails that was first published in 1971. The first novel in the series was so popular that the author decided to write seven more titles in the series culminating in Milo Talon published in 1981. Although the novels are generally known as the Talon & Chantry books they are also known separately as The Talon Books or the Chantry

In many modern "period piece" movies, the screenwriters put extra effort in world building so that the film's story can seem more real. One example of this kind of movie is 1993's Tombstone. Tombstone follows Wyatt Earp and his family in their struggle to peacefully live alongside a violent gang called the Cowboys. Between periods of tense hostility and character growth, this film gives viewers a wide and varied scope of how life was in 1881 Arizona. Opening the movie is a newsreel style of narration

and killed the youngest Earp brother. While Wyatt Earp’s status as the town marshal symbolizes the civility and order of society, the Clantons—a violent, uncivilized family in which the father uses primitive methods of discipline, such as whipping, against his own four sons—represent the wilderness of the untamed West. The symbolic importance of the characters in My Darling Clementine is also connected to Ford’s use of setting and locale. Given the manner in which Wyatt Earp enters the town and sets

before one of them removes his watch and throws it on the ground. I found this indicative of his pursuit of freedom, because time serves only to constrain us. Once on the road you learn that their names are Wyatt and Billy, an obvious reference to Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid who are considered American legends, as well as outlaws. Wyatt rides a chopper with the stars and stripes on the gas

‘Easy Rider’ Analysis America in the 1960’s was a time of turbulence and chaos. A nation divided in the midst of the counterculture movement that was sparked by a generational split and fueled by the Vietnam War, America was struggling for change. The New Hollywood took these issues into account and translated them onscreen. Films of the New Hollywood centered around the protagonist, often depicting them as an anti-hero, who suffered from alienation and conflict within society. In the film

In the movie Tombstone Wyatt Earp is made to appear like a hero who does his heroic acts in a way that could make him seem like a criminal. In the film Wyatt is seen shooting and killing people out of what seems like vengeance. But like all hero movies the Tombstone film also follows a hero quest. A hero’s quest is a outline of what the hero goes through in his journey. The hero’s quest contains the three crucial parts of the separation, the initiation, and the return. The separation is the

Phar Lap the movie, produced by John Sexton, is relatively accurate to historical fact. This is largely due to the good representation of the horse himself and those closely involved with him. History is not conclusive itself and the film is vague in the corresponding areas. The producers showed the horse very accurately. Phar Lap, played by Towering Inferno, is a very similar colour of reddish chestnut. As seen in the later part of the film at Agua Caliente, he is shown to be taller than most of

America (Man lies down on couch. Silence. Man begins to talk to Doc, the assumed analyst behind the desk, his chair is facing away from the man and can not be seen. His actual presence is ambiguous. A huge American Flag hangs down from ceiling. The window is left open, so the flag ripples in the wind. The day is hot. The Devil Winds are blowing off the Mojave Desert.) History is fabrication. History is betrayal. “What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about

Colorado has a very rich history that often gets overlooked due to other big states that generally take up most of the headlines; however, that does not mean that there has not been big movements and big names to come through the Centennial State. Colorado has had many attractions, such as open land, beautiful landscapes, mining, and the hot springs to name a few. The ladder in that group of attractions brought to Colorado a man that was known in the west, and would forever be remember and one of