Essays Tagged: "John Wayne"

Report about the hero in American movies

he needs to travel one of the paths of a hero according to Seger. Bruce Willis plays the character John McClain in the trilogy Die Hard, he is a good example of a hero in America today.In the third m ... tner to help him fight a mad bomber. This is different from the movies from the past, James Bond or John Wayne never needed help. The partner he picks is a inner city black man, in the fifties this ne ...

(2 pages) 97 0 3.4 Oct/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Fantasy - An Essential Component of Reality - a look at mindplay versus real world as showcased by the game, Dungeons and Dragons

of imagination, those boys were heroes, vanquishing enemies of America, just like Audie Murphy and John Wayne.That was fantasy.The reality of the Viet Nam conflict saw many of those boys returned, in ...

(3 pages) 121 4 4.1 Sep/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Why Spaghetti Westerns Should Simply Be Westerns: An analysis of the Western Genre using examples from "The Searchers" and "For a Few Dollars More"

wanders the West looking to settle down, but is never able to give up the violent life he has led. John Cawelti says the Western takes place on the border between two lands, between two eras, and wit ... his own code of honor. This often leads him to acts of vengeance (Schatz, 51). The Searchers stars John Wayne who plays the role of Ethan who has recently returned home from the Civil War and is look ...

(8 pages) 201 2 4.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

American Ideals: American Cinema. This essay is about how the ideal american is depicted in the cinema.

that were created were westerns. People came to terms with referring to Americans as "cowboys" like John Wayne. Soon after came the James Dean movies and other like 12 Angry Men. Through the year Amer ...

(2 pages) 119 1 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

"The Platoon" and "The Sands of Iwo Jima".

their innocence in order to survive the chaotic world of battle. For example, a quote from Sergeant John M. Stryker (John Wayne) educates his new recruitsby saying, "Before I'm through with ya you're ... From the beginning Stryker had taken his troops under his wing, specifically Private Peter Conway (John Agar). To some extent, Sgt. Stryker showed more admiration for Private Conway, especially when ...

(4 pages) 50 0 0.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

The Horse Soldiers with a brilliant star in John Wayne playing a Union Col.

John Ford's The Horse SoldiersJohn Ford's film the Horse Soldiers is a stimulating and changeless st ... diersJohn Ford's film the Horse Soldiers is a stimulating and changeless stunning success featuring John Wayne in one of his best acting performances. Wayne plays Colonel Marlowe a man that thinks tha ...

(2 pages) 47 1 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

To what extent do film genres change over time? Compare Two examples from different decades, of any media genre of your choice.

oped greatly to give the audience something new to get from it. The comparison will be made between John Fords "Stagecoach" which was made in 1939 and his later film "The Searchers" which was made in ... hese two films; this could be due to the different issues in society at the time each film was made.John Wayne stars in both films, in Stagecoach he is the clear hero which is what you would expect an ...

(4 pages) 111 0 3.4 Jan/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

An Evaluation of the Haney, Banks and Zimbardo 1973 study

r knowledge of the experiment) produced over dramatic results. For example one of the guards termed John Wayne, admitted that he was changing his normal behaviour to fit into a persona and to produce ...

(2 pages) 25 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

The American West

citing time came violence or the threat. However, today many only know the violence as portrayed by John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and the producers and directors of the Hollywood Western. Violence in ma ... ic control over the cattle and merchant economies of Lincoln County. In 1877, Alexander McSween and John Tunstall, along with competing cattleman John Chisum, began to challenge the control of Murphy ...

(9 pages) 154 0 4.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The American West / Uses movies High Noon, Stage Coach, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance to discuss the 'myth' of the American West and where the 'myth' comes from

The American West Picture it... John Wayne in a film of cowboys and Indians. Easy, right? Now picture a different scenario... John W ... way he can. The second scenario would be a bit of a stretch from the truth, especially considering John Wayne. But what is this truth that we are comparing John Wayne to? Is it real? And why are we s ... ped into the minds of all who have come after the beginnings of the frontier. People such as John Ford, along with other directors and/or writers, have taken the idea of the American West and t ...

(13 pages) 80 0 3.7 Jul/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

The Classic Western Genre through the eyes of John Ford's "The Searchers".

In the film, The Searchers, director John Ford emphasizes setting as a major element of the western genre. Ford uses the beautiful and na ... them as important as characters in the film. In my lifetime, I have watched two movies directed by John Ford, and I have seen them both in the past 4 days, Stagecoach, and The Searchers. From what I ... th in the past 4 days, Stagecoach, and The Searchers. From what I have gathered from the two films, John Ford utilizes the landscape to help set the mood of the film, and help establish the characters ...

(2 pages) 32 0 4.8 Apr/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

A Criticism of 'The Searchers'.

"The Searchers" John Ford's acclaimed Western, was for me at least, not as good as advertised. Not to say the film w ... ill the movie had some very good aspects to it, mostly cinematography. Some of the characters were: John Wayne, Jeffery Hunter, Vera Miles, and Natale Woods. John Wayne, who played Ethan (a former sol ... Wayne, who played Ethan (a former solider in the confederate army) in the film, was no stranger to John Ford movies. In fact Wayne had received a big break from another Ford film years prior. This fi ...

(7 pages) 45 1 2.5 Nov/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

The Test

had been getting plenty of rain. I had a small piece of grass dangling from my mouth - as if I was John Wayne in an old western movie. I was mainly using the grass as a water source to help conserve ...

(3 pages) 29 1 4.2 Aug/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

The Sure Cure for Insomnia

d from the misery of others.Military lectures are notorious for being boring. There is a movie with John Wayne, The Green Berets, in which a Sergeant is depicted presenting a class to an audience whil ...

(4 pages) 18 0 3.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Paintballing

him from three feet away, but first you give him a chance to surrender. If he declines and pulls a "John Wayne" you then have the right to shoot.The most important piece of equipment in a paintball ga ...

(4 pages) 10 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

John wayne

The Duke takes his place in history. John Wayne, one of America's greatest actors and directors of all time. His fame and superstardom le ... t Fox before moving in front of the cameras in the late 1920's in a series of small roles. Director John Ford, who befriended " the Duke", recommended him for the lead role in Raoul Walsh's western ep ... whose failing budgets and quick shooting schedules did little to advance his career. In 1939 John Ford gave Wayne another break by casting him as the Ringo Kid in Stagecoach. The roll threw Way ...

(3 pages) 11 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

John Wayne

The Duke takes his place in history.John Wayne, one of America's greatest actors and directors of all time. His fame and superstardom le ... t Fox before moving in front of the cameras in the late 1920's in a series of small roles. Director John Ford, who befriended " the Duke", recommended him for the lead role in Raoul Walsh's western ep ... t films whose failing budgets and quick shooting schedules did little to advance his career.In 1939 John Ford gave Wayne another break by casting him as the Ringo Kid in Stagecoach. The roll threw Way ...

(3 pages) 9 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Ted Bundy

idered one of the most notorious mass-murderers in history -- ranking up there with Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy and Albert DeSalvo -- Bundy employed a mixed bag of tricks to entice and entrap the ... B20.Methvin, Eugene H (1995, January). The Face Of Evil. vol. 47, National Review, pp,34(7).Sanko, John (1997, April). Bill Would Stiffen Laws On Animal Cruelty Measure Aims At Deliberate Mistreatmen ...

(9 pages) 54 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Street Gangs

that Snoop Dogg makes, and in October of 2006 Snoop Dogg was sustained for carrying a weapon at the John Wayne International Airport. This was not his first offense at an airport, in April he was also ...

(4 pages) 10 1 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

A Man on Fire

kes on the idea of revenge with a blend of disturbingly sentimental seriousness and harsh reality. 'John Creasy has the vigilante characteristics that drive him to be an anti-hero. Creasy, however wel ... spectator of payback that extends far beyond his own experience or representative capacity (Fuchs).John Creasy in Man on Fire is to present times as Blondie in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was to t ...

(2 pages) 6 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Art Essays