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The Shootist [1976 film] (1976)

by Don Siegel (Director)

Other authors: Lauren Bacall (Actress), Richard Boone (Actor), John Carradine (Actor), Ron Howard (Actor), Bill McKinney (Actor)6 more, Harry Morgan (Actor), Sheree North (Actress), Hugh O'Brian (Actor), James Stewart (Actor), Miles Hood Swarthout (Screenplay), John Wayne (Actor)

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A terminally ill gunfighter seeks to retire quietly but is embroiled in one last battle.
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Books (magnifiquement interprété par John Wayne) est une légende de la gâchette. Il a vécu une existence libre et solitaire au cours de laquelle il a été amené à tuer des hommes qui menaçaient sa propre vie.
Atteint d'une maladie incurable, il entend vivre ses derniers jours non loin d'un viel ami médecin qui lui confirme le sombre diagnostic. Ce dernier lui conseille de prendre une chambre chez une veuve (suberbe Lauren Bacall) qui vit avec son fils (le jeune Ron Howard de Happy Days !).
Le film retrace, avec mélancolie et finesse, les derniers jours de cette homme mythique, admiré par les uns, détesté à mort par les autres. Il donne à voir le cynisme absolu de certains, les petitesses d'autres qui tentent de profiter de la mort prochaine d'une légende vivante, mais aussi l'évolution de l'attitude de la veuve à l'égard du moribond. D'abord hostile au personnage puis légitimement effrayée des risques encourus par sa présence, elle l'observe avec une sollicitude croissante.
Le réalisateur signe un beau post-western dans lequel tout est trop tard. Trop tard pour poursuivre une existence que Books a infiniment aimée (il se meurt dans une ancienne Amérique qui, elle aussi, se meurt ), trop tard pour tomber amoureux.
C'est émouvant de voir cet homme se préparer à la mort, le jour de son anniversaire. Il endosse ses plus beaux habits, dit sobrement au revoir à la veuve à laquelle il avait pris le soin la veille de lui demander de ne pas poser de questions. Il se dirige vers "l'arène", un bar dans lequel il sait que quelqu'un cherche à le tuer. Il s'offre ainsi la mort qui lui épargnera les atroces douleurs de la fin.
Superbe scène que celle de ce cowboy carburant au laudanum, qui après avoir vendu son cheval, chemine vers sa mort dans un fiacre partagé avec une jeune fille.
La vie continuera sans lui. ( )
  biche1968 | Feb 24, 2021 |
John Wayne’s last movie is a dignified, thoughtful Western, heartbreakingly close to the Duke’s actual situation and very cunning in its use of Wayne’s screen persona to fill in the background of the character he plays here....The Duke's last hurrah is one of the very best of a cycle of 70s movies that served as obituaries for the Western itself.
added by Lemeritus | editEmpire, Williams Thomas (Jan 1, 2000)
 
...third in a wave of geriatric Westerns that have afforded new employment for the wrinkles and creases of John Wayne.... John Wayne, James Stewart and Lauren Bacall all possess that particular mystery of performance that allows them to touch us even when they are ridiculous. But Mr. Siegel's lack of form and fidelity to his own story means that as the movie proceeds, even those things that are charming turn to lead.
added by Lemeritus | editNew York Times, Richard Eder (pay site) (Aug 12, 1976)
 
He rides onscreen in The Shootist afraid that he is dying. Not afraid he'll be killed, but afraid he's dying, which is the last thing we anticipated a John Wayne character would do of his own accord. It is 1901: He has outlived his century.... The cast is excellent because it understands the material, and sympathizes with it: James Stewart, as the doctor, and Lauren Bacall, as the widow, play scenes with Wayne that absolutely make us forget we're watching a movie. Gaunt old John Carradine has been an undertaker all his life; finally they cast him as one. Don Siegel's direction reveals a sensitivity we didn't suspect after films like Dirty Harry. And observe the way John Wayne says "Good day, Mrs. Rogers" to Lauren Bacall for the last time.
 

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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Siegel, DonDirectorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bacall, LaurenActresssecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Boone, RichardActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Carradine, JohnActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Howard, RonActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McKinney, BillActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Morgan, HarryActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
North, ShereeActresssecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
O'Brian, HughActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Stewart, JamesActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Swarthout, Miles HoodScreenplaysecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wayne, JohnActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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