We were soldiers is a 2002 american war film directed by randall wallace and starring mel gibson. The film stars spencer tracy, robert wagner, jean peters, richard widmark, and katy jurado. Reserved seating digital projection, game room, listening devices, party room, stadium seating, wheelchair accessible box office info x. Directed by 1 writing credits 3 cast 41 produced by 1 music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 art direction by 2 set decoration by 2 costume design by 1 makeup department 2 production management 1. Theater in broken arrow, oklahoma cinemark broken arrow. However, broken arrow is not the worst action film, yet its not the best either, its really an in between film, one that might divide genre fans. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Galloway, it dramatizes the battle of ia drang on november 14, 1965.
The film is based on these historical figures but fictionalizes their story in dramatized form. Location shooting for the film was done during a sixweek period near the apache white river reservation and in the coconino national forest in arizona, as well as in lone pine, ca. Broken arrow is the term used to describe a nuclear device that has been lost. Broken arrow s marriage between pulsating techno sounds and its mythic western quality has been accomplished with a unique ensemble that includes trumpet, guitar, harmonica, percussion, minimoogs and four pianos rattling around at the bottom end.
Broken arrow is a 1996 action thriller directed by john woo and stars john travolta as major vic deakins, a usaf stealth pilot who with the help of a group of wellfinanced mercenaries hijacks his b3 stealth bomber carrying two live nuclear weapons. Repeat episodes were shown by abc on sunday afternoons during the 195960 tv season and in an early evening timeslot sunday evenings from april to september 1960. Shot in deluxe color and cinemascope, the film is a remake of house of strangers with the phillip yordan screenplay, transplanted out west, featuring tracy in the. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. It was miscatalogued, but i was eventually sent the right one. By 1870, there has been 10 years of cruel war between settlers and cochises apaches. Cochise, of course, was a real person, but so was tom jeffords.
Jeff chandler was under contract to universalinternational at the time. Asked in soundtracks what song was played during the credits of the movie beastly. Broken arrow 1950 letterboxd social film discovery. Broken lance is a 1954 american technicolor western film directed by edward dmytryk and produced by sol c. Apaches from the whiteriver agency on the fort apache indian reservation played themselves. Modern filmmaking in tulsa and the surrounding area began in the late 1940s with the production of the film tulsa. Broken arrow 1950 film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. See the full list of broken arrow cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing broken arrow near you.
Woo spent a lot of his american career being chastised for not being constant crazygonuts, as if he was dutybound. Broken arrow, a golden globewinning western film starring james stewart broken arrow 1996 film, an action film starring john travolta, christian slater and directed by john woo broken arrows film, a 2007 drama film. Broken arrow 1996 cast and crew air force pilots vic deakins john travolta and riley hale christian slater are sent on an overnight topsecret mission with. After befriending their leader cochise jeff chandler and arranging a truce, he is called upon by a u. Indian scout tom jeffords james stewart is sent out to stem the war between the whites and apaches in the late 1870s. Where was the movie broken arrow filmed utah or arizona.
Though he fulfills his mission, jeffords soon experiences great tragedy when he, his. Tom jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and apaches in arizona territory. In the early 1980s, tulsa experienced a filmmaking boom with the production of movies based on novels written. Broken arrow is a western technicolor film released in 1950. It was directed by delmer daves and starred james stewart as tom jeffords and jeff chandler as cochise. Broken arrow tom jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and apaches in arizona territory. An acoustic version of the song, available as a bside to the single, was. Broken arrow is a film directed by delmer daves with james stewart, jeff chandler, debra paget, will geer, year. With james stewart, jeff chandler, debra paget, basil ruysdael. First, i was sent john woos broken arrow by the library, even after placing a hold on the one directed by delmer daves. Broken arrow, directed by the hong kong cult favorite john woo, is his bigbudget hollywood debut, after his more modestly priced first u.
Cinemark broken arrow movie times showtimes and tickets. When it comes to action, composer hans zimmer prefers the intimacy that synthesizers give him. According to publicity for broken arrow, the film was shot in the locations where the story actually took place, and 375 apache indians appeared in the film. Hillside drive, broken arrow, ok 74012 map 918 3550427 theater amenities. Written by lott, ruthanne cunningham and toby gad, the track was released on 10 october 2010 as the lead single from the rerelease, reaching number 12 on the uk singles chart. Broken arrow is a 1996 american action film directed by john woo, written by graham yost, and starring john travolta and.
Riley hale, his copilot, who survives the hijacking and teams up with us park ranger terry. With the exception of seagals acting, its vastly superior to this on all. The film was shot around sedona, arizona, which has been the location for countless hollywood movies because of the dramatic landscape. Broken arrow 1950 james stewart, jeff chandler, debra. Based on the book we were soldiers once and young 1992 by lieutenant general ret. Shot in technicolor, it was directed by delmer daves and starred james stewart as tom jeffords and jeff chandler as cochise. Broken arrow is a 1996 american action thriller film directed by john woo, written by graham yost, and starring john travolta, christian slater, and samantha. Jeff chandler turns in an excellent performance as miscast cochise, playing the apache leader with an admirable. Exsoldier tom jeffords saves the life of an apache boy and starts to wonder if indians are human, after all. Find the movies showing at theaters near you and buy movie tickets at fandango.
A better movie for the facts was geronimo, which came out around 15 years ago, but i like this one too, especially the beautiful sedona scenery. Some filming took place in and around the mountain areas of glen canyon national recreation area in kane county, utah. Without it broken arrow would be no ore than a broken movie. A very underrated film, broken arrow deftly and handily tells a great story. Broken arrow 1996 was filmed mostly in utah, california and montana. The lake scene with hale and terry was filmed at lake powell. Western movies broken arrow 1950 ima prevod james stewart. Broken arrow 1996 internet movie firearms database. Shot in technicolor, it was directed by delmer daves and starred james stewart as tom jeffords and jeff. In this movie, two nuclear missiles are stolen by rogue us pilot deakins, but hot on his trail is his copilot hale and a park ranger, terry. This being a 1950 film miscegenation was frowned upon by the production code, you can guess what happens to her. Western movies broken arrow 1950 ima prevod james stewart part 12. Army general to negotiate a government peace treaty.
Broken arrow is roughly a mid 1990s action movie, 1996 or. James stewarts character seemed to dislike native americans at first based on false information, but he opened his mind and eyes. It was nominated for three academy awards, and won a golden globe award for best film promoting. Flecha rota 1950 james stewart, jeff chandler, debra paget. It was primarily shot on location in northern arizona, approximately 30 miles south of flagstaff. Broken arrow is a song by english recording artist pixie lott from the rerelease of her debut album, turn it up louder 2010. Broken arrow 33 movie clip blown away 1996 hd youtube. Broken arrow western movie drama romance full length movie english film for free duration. Debra paget was only 15 years old when she played the love interest to 41yearold james stewart. Broken arrow is roughly a mid 1990s action movie, 1996 or somewhere near that period but anyway broken arrow stars john travolta, christian slater and a beautiful broken arrow is a film directed by john woo who made other films such as faceoff, hard target, paycheck and hard boiled. Filmmaking has been happening in northeast oklahoma since the turn of the 20th century, and the 101 ranch was the birthplace for most of these early films. It shows woo capable of staging noisy fight scenes and spectacular explosions, but hes nowhere near the league of andy davis the fugitive and tony scott top gun when it comes to crafting smart action with. If you want a countryside basedrailroad nuclear actioner then check out under siege 2.
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