The Misfits
Quasi-sophisticated but an emotional basket case, Roslyn Taber, Marilyn Monroe’s character, has come to Nevada to get a quickie divorce from her husband, Raymond Taber. After her landlady introduces her to aging cowboy Gay Langland (Clark Gable), Roslyn finds herself at last, seemingly, with a person with whom she can communicate. Meanwhile, Gay and his fellow horsemen, Guido and Perce Howland (played, respectively, by Eli Wallach and Montgomery Clift), scheme to capture a herd of wild mustangs, intending to sell them to a packing company for dog food. With legend John Huston directing a cast of movie icons, in a screenplay written by a famed playwright, The Misfits was one of the most anticipated films ever. However, difficult shooting locations, an unstable leading lady, an aging leading man, a crumbling marriage and an undisciplined director all combined to make the behind-the-scenes event of the film’s production more dramatic that The Misfits itself. The fine line that often exists between art and life is remarkable in The Misfits because Monroe, Gable and Clift played characters so much like themselves. Though greeted coolly by critics and audiences in 1961, it is, undeniably, a film that still lives. It has that rare element, mystique. Today, The Misfits holds special interest as an example of the loss of traditional values in the modern Western. It is one of John Huston’s trademark celebrations of a bunch of charismatic losers. It was the last film from two of Hollywood’s greatest stars.
USA
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1961
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1961
Script
Profil: John Huston
Profil: John Huston
Cinematography
Profil: John Huston
Profil: John Huston
Editing
Profil: John Huston
Profil: John Huston
Production
Profil: John Huston
Profil: John Huston
Cast
Clark Gable
Profil: John Huston
Marilyn Monroe
Profil: John Huston
Clark Gable
Profil: John Huston
Marilyn Monroe
Profil: John Huston
Music
Profil: John Huston
Profil: John Huston
Awards
Profil: John Huston
Profil: John Huston
Festivals
17th Festival on Wheels
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17th Festival on Wheels
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