The Big Sky (1952) | |
| Director(s) | Howard Hawks |
| Producer(s) | Howard Hawks, Edward Lasker (associate) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based |
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The Big Sky Overview:
The Big Sky (1952) was a Drama - Western Film directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Howard Hawks and Edward Lasker.
SYNOPSIS
Hawks adventure with a strong performance by Douglas as a Kentucky mountaineer who embarks on a keelboat expedition up the Missouri River in the 1830s. The perilous journey includes battles with hostile Indians and bands of outlaws - and romance with a Blackfoot princess. Pleasant frontier myth-making based on the novel by A.B. Guthrie, the poet of America's westward expansion.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
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Academy Awards 1952 --- Ceremony Number 25 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Supporting Actor | Arthur Hunnicutt | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Russell Harlan | Nominated |
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Zeb Calloway:
A man leaves when he ain't got nothin' to stay for.
Boone Cardell: What's the noise about?
Zeb Calloway: They're (Indians) celebrating your wedding.
Boone Cardell: Wedding?
Zeb Calloway: You maybe don't know it, but you're a married man now.
Boone Cardell: Married? And I don't got nothing to say about it?
Zeb Calloway: Wouldn't do you no good to say it.
Zeb Calloway: Boone, this is Teal's father, Chief Red Horse. Chief Red Horse wants to see you on account he wants to know how much you're gonna pay for his daughter.
Boone Cardell: Pay for Teal?
Zeb Calloway: You married her, didn't ya? He gets paid.
Boone Cardell: Well, I reckon that's the custom.
Zeb Calloway: Well, yes and no. In this particular case, it's yes.
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Boone Cardell: What's the noise about?
Zeb Calloway: They're (Indians) celebrating your wedding.
Boone Cardell: Wedding?
Zeb Calloway: You maybe don't know it, but you're a married man now.
Boone Cardell: Married? And I don't got nothing to say about it?
Zeb Calloway: Wouldn't do you no good to say it.
Zeb Calloway: Boone, this is Teal's father, Chief Red Horse. Chief Red Horse wants to see you on account he wants to know how much you're gonna pay for his daughter.
Boone Cardell: Pay for Teal?
Zeb Calloway: You married her, didn't ya? He gets paid.
Boone Cardell: Well, I reckon that's the custom.
Zeb Calloway: Well, yes and no. In this particular case, it's yes.
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