Synopsis Spoiler Warning: The following contains important plot details of the entire film.Ī mysterious gunslinger named Shane (Alan Ladd) drifts into a quiet western town, and quickly finds himself drawn into a conflict between a simple homesteader Joe Starrett (Van Heflin) and a powerful cattle baron Rufus Ryker, who wants to force him off his land. The original film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The film had an enormous cultural impact, especially the final inconic and mysterious scene. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Brandon De Wilde), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jack Palance), Best Director, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay. Shane won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color. The music was stereophonic, and lent an additional grandeur to the Vista-vision presentation. The beauty of this film's setting was unprecedented in earlier western films. The physical setting is the high plains near Jackson Hole WY, with the spectacular Grand Teton massif looming in the near distance. Based on a 1949 novel by Jack Schaefer, some of the story is tied to Wyoming's Johnson County War. (The format offered bigger, brighter images, but only slightly wider than standard films) It is the story of a gunfighter who comes to a recently settled farm area near a quiet town and fights for the farmers against the hard-bitten cattlemen who control the majority of the land. Shane, released in 1953, was the first bigscreen (Vista-vision) color western film ever produced.
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