Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Brief Synopsis
Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.
Cast & Crew
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Len Morris
Director
Irene Bedard
Maggie Greenwald
Richard Schickel
Sharon Stone
Lou Diamond Phillips
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Western
Release Date
1997
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
Documentary explores the American Western film genre -- its myths, lengend, heroes, stars, history and impact on culture. The installments include: "A Liar's Frontier" which examines the conventions, lies and delusions of the genre; "The Hanging Tree" looks at the moral lessons taught in Westerns; "Western Whitewash" reveals racial distortions in Western movies; and "Big Guns Talk" contemplates the impact of the Western on American culture in the 1990s.
Director
Len Morris
Director
Cast
Irene Bedard
Maggie Greenwald
Richard Schickel
Sharon Stone
Lou Diamond Phillips
Robert Culp
Ralph Reiner
Anthony Quinn
Amy Madigan
Clint Eastwood
Frank Adams
Budd Boetticher
Richard Slotkin
Tom Selleck
William Zsigmond
Molly Haskell
Ernest Borgnine
Carroll Baker
Burt Kennedy
Virginia Quick
Richard Widmark
Jon Tuska
Gerry Spence
Sam Elliott
Mario Van Peebles
Ray Maple
Jane Seymour
Michael Mongillo
Rodney A. Grant
James Garner
Katharine Ross
Charlton Heston
Rosalind Chao
George Cosmatos
Dan Wildcat
Wes Studi
Kris Kristofferson
Bruce Dern
John Sayles
Ed Harris
Jack Elam
Nancy Kelly
Jimmy Smits
Daniel Stern
Crew
Angela Aleiss
Consultant
Harvey Ardman
Other
Richard Audino
Gaffer
Abigail Bailey
Film Research
Ken Bailey
Production Manager
Tom Beintema
Gaffer
Tom Beintema
Key Grip
Lon Bentley
Hair
Javier Bonilla
Grip
Gerard Bozian
Other
John Budris
Other
Edward Buscombe
Consultant
Ken Button
Photography
Stephen Consentino
On-Line Editor
Betsy Cox
Wardrobe
Doug Cragoe
Grip
Max Delgado
Transportation
Sean Dunleavy
Audio
Barbara Dupree
Assistant
John Duvall
Audio
Andy Ebberbach
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Cornelius Edwards
Other
Ian Ellerby
Assistant Editor
Charlie Esposito
Music
Kate Feiffer
Researcher
Fern Feller
Makeup Artist
Kathleen Ferrara
Boom Operator
Stan Garber
Grip
Adam Geiger
Photography
Miryam Gerson
Researcher
Nelly Gimble
Transcripts
James Gmuer
Props
Anthony Goen
Photography
Eli Golub
Grip
Mel Graham
Gaffer
Jaeson Greene
Production Assistant
Ramon Guerrero
Other
Andy Hambleton
Audio
Jon Hanlon
Photography
Max Hart
Film Research
Scott Harvey
Grip
John Hawkes
Audio
Steve Hellerstein
Transportation
Julia Hodges
Other
Shawn Holden
Sound Mixer
Gene Huelsman
Audio
Matthew Ishibashi
Gaffer
Abigail Kende
Rights & Clearances
Marc Kroll
Photography
Petra Lent
Editor
Michael Levine
Audio
Carl H Lindahl
Executive Producer
Joseph E Lotito
Production Assistant
Christopher Mara
Assistant Editor
Lisa Marshall
Makeup Artist
Scott Marshall
Photography
Linda Marshall-smith
Other
Edward Mccarthy
Props
John Mccormick
Audio
Mel Metzger
Craft Service
Fred Mollin
Music
Len Morris
Producer
Len Morris
Other
Sam Morris
Production Assistant
Christy Munn
Production Assistant
John Nadeau
Gaffer
Steve Nashum
Other
Carolyn Neipris
Transcripts
Lesa Neu
Makeup Artist
Todd Nielsen
Grip
Nancy Paladino
Graphic Designer
Claudia Pascarelli
Rights & Clearances
Frank Pass
Color Correction
Ken Perham
Gaffer
Simone Perusse
Other
Kristen Ploucha
Production Assistant
Ray Porchot
Stand-In
Gordon Pratt
Audio
Michelle Price
Other
Monti Rainbolt
Props
Daniel Ramirez
Other
David Rasmussen
Photography
Maryann Rea
Assistant
Charlene Roberson
Makeup Artist
Allen Rucker
Consultant
Candace Schermerhorn
Other
Martin Schwartz
Grip
John G. Scotti
Assistant Editor
Georgia Searle
Other
Georgia Searle
Writer
Maynard Silva
Other
Robin Sloan
Other
Richard Slotkin
Consultant
Laurent Soriano
Assistant Camera Operator
Dennis Sprankel
Audio
Vincent Stenerson
Editor
Patrick Alexander Stewart
Photography
Jay Stricland
Production Assistant
Tracy Tanner
Makeup Artist
Mike Thomas
Line Producer
Donna Torrisi
Craft Service
Jon Tuska
Consultant
Vincent Villanueva
Audio
Alicia Weber
Director Of Photography
Richard White
Grip
Dan Wildcat
Location Coordinator
Mern Wildcat
Location Coordinator
Francis Mark Woods
Photography
David J Wright
Other
Lani Yamamoto
Researcher
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Western
Release Date
1997
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
