AirMax 2011 Movies' Best Opening Scenes Rio Bravo

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Released in 1959, Rio Bravo garnered director Howard Hawks a Director's Guild of America nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures. What makes this movie's opening sequence stand out is the fact it runs for over four and a half minutes without dialogue and yet the viewers learn all they need to know about the characters.
Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) enters the scene and kicks the spittoon away from Dude before the drunkard humiliates himself. He exudes authority and strength and we know he is a force to be reckoned.
Our first character, Dude (Dean Martin), enters the scene through the back door of a saloon. He appears nervous or desperate. He hesitates at a table where a man downs a shot of whisky and again when a waitress passes with a tray of shot glasses filled with the amber liquid. His body language suggests he craves a drink.
Keep in mind the characters haven't spoken in the first three minutes and five seconds. In that time [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], action revealed Dude is a conflicted drunk; Joe isn't nice; Sheriff Chance is a no-nonsense kind of guy. The movie will continue rolling whether we've gleaned this information or not [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but are we prepared for what's to come? There's takes exception to Chance's interruption, grabs a stick of wood and strikes him over the head. He's stopped before he can deliver the same treatment to Joe; others hold Dude while Joe beats him. A bystander tries to stop Joe and without hesitating [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Joe shoots him.
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Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) pores himself a shot and notices Dude lurking near the bar. He smiles and offers to share with a gesture; Dude nods. We realize Joe is callous when he tosses a coin in a spittoon and laughs. It's obvious he wants Dude to abandon his pride and fish the coin from the vile excrement.
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