Stagecoach

1. This film is set in the 1880's when a group of people with different backgrounds all travel together in a stagecoach. This film shows how people from different backgrounds have moral laws to keep just in themselves. Throughout the film all of their different backgrounds change: some for the better and some for the worse. No one even acknowledged the prostitute, but when the wife had her baby, the prostitute was a nurturing woman and helped her in her time of need. And the doctor showed that even though he had a great profession, he still had troubles within himself which he used alcohol to relieve those struggles. This films showed that everyone has a piece of humanity within them no matter what their profession is, and throughout the film it is portrayed perfectly.

2. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91227/Stagecoach/articles.html
During this article, they discussed how they hired a veteran stuntman to do their ridiculous and risky scenes. One of the scenes included where their stuntman, Yakima Canutt had to be dragged under a team of horses and a stagecoach. This stunt was too much for John Ford to handle, when being ask if it was caught on film or not, Ford replied "Even if they haven't, I'd never shoot that again."Showing Fords care for the stuntman, risking his life for the films sake. Also Ford was known to poke fun at his actors on set and bully them as well.

3. This article related to the film because it shows Fords appreciation of his fellow workers, and how much he dedicated to making this film amazing. It also makes you appreciate it more because of the risk they took shooting certain scenes. The stunts are not like how they are shot today, so filming these scenes was really challenging and were performed exceptionally well for being shot during this time period. It really shows what true stuntmen are trained for.

4. This film was a bit boring to follow in the beginning, but once they started moving along on their journey and the characters started to develop then I could not keep my eyes away from the screen. After studying the characters traits during the lecture it was pretty cool watching them change throughout the film. I believe that this film was way ahead of its time. It had so many qualities movies today have, and this being one of Fords first talking films, he has done an incredible job of showing a difficult story line to an audience and make them learn a valuable lesson from it. This film has to be one of the best westerns and after watching it I can clearly understand why that is.