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{{Infobox Film | name = Shalako (film)
| image = 100922.1010.A.jpg
| image_size = 175px
| caption = original movie poster
| director = [[ Edward Dmytryk]]
| producer = [[Euan Lloyd]]
| writer = [[J.J. Griffith]]<br />[[Hal Hopper]]
| starring = [[Brigitte Bardot]]<br />[[Sean Connery]]<br />[[Stephen Boyd]]<br />[[Jack Hawkins]]<br />[[Honor Blackman]]
| music = [[ Robert Farnon]]
| cinematography =[[Ted Moore]]
| editing =[[John D. Guthridge]]
| distributor = [[Cinerama Releasing Corporation]]<br />[[Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors]]
| released = [[1968]]
| runtime = 113 min.
| language =
| budget =
| imdb_id = 0063592
}}'''''Shalako''''' refers to a series of [[dance]]s and ceremonies conducted by Zuni and other [[Native American]] [[tribe]]s of the [[American Southwest]] in the [[fall]], typically following the harvest. It is notable in that unlike many other [[Zuni]] ceremonies that are closed to outsiders, non-Zuni are often invited to visit and watch portions of the Shalako dances. The American fascination with these ceremonies, dances, and proto-New-Age [[mysticism]] focused on Native American spiritual beliefs caused the word "Shalako" to be used as a place name or otherwise associated with ephemera of the frontier days of the American Southwest.


===film===
Notably, "Shalako" was a film starring [[Sean Connery]] and [[Brigitte Bardot]]. [[Stephen Boyd]] portrayed a classic English fop. [[Jack Hawkins]] played an [[upper class]] Englishman man abroad in the 'new' country. [[Honor Blackman]] portrayed an English [[lady]].


===novel===
'''''Shalako''''' refers to a series of dances and ceremonies conducted by Zuni and other Native American tribes of the American Southwest in the fall, typically following the harvest. It is notable in that unlike many other Zuni ceremonies that are closed to outsiders, non-Zuni are often invited to visit and watch portions of the Shalako dances. The American fascination with these ceremonies, dances, and proto-New-Age mysticism focused on Native American spiritual beliefs caused the word "Shalako" to be used as a place name or otherwise associated with ephemera of the frontier days of the American Southwest.
''Shalako'' is also a [[Western]] [[novel]] by [[Louis L'Amour]] and the name of a town that the author once intended to build. It would have been a working town typical of those of the [[nineteenth-century]] Western [[frontier]], with buildings with false fronts situated in rows on either side of an unpaved main street and flanked by wide boardwalks before which, at various intervals, there were watering troughs and hitching posts.


The town was to have featured shops and other businesses that were typical of such towns: a [[barber shop]], a[[ hotel]], a dry goods store, one or more[[ saloon]]s, a [[church]], a one-room schoolhouse, etc., and it would have offered itself as a filming location for [[Hollywood]] [[motion pictures]] concerning the Wild West. However, funding for the project fell through, and Shalako was never built. Shalako would have been named in honor of the protagonist of the novel by the same name.
Notably, "Shalako" was a film starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot. Stephen Boyd portrayed a classic English fop. Jack Hawkins played an upper class Englishman man abroad in the 'new' country. Honor Blackman portrayed an English lady.



''Shalako'' is also a Western novel by [[Louis L'Amour]] and the name of a town that the author once intended to build. It would have been a working town typical of those of the nineteenth-century Western [[frontier]], with buildings with false fronts situated in rows on either side of an unpaved main street and flanked by wide boardwalks before which, at various intervals, there were watering troughs and hitching posts. The town was to have featured shops and other businesses that were typical of such towns: a barber shop, a hotel, a dry goods store, one or more saloons, a church, a one-room schoolhouse, etc., and it would have offered itself as a filming location for [[Hollywood]] [[motion pictures]] concerning the Wild West. However, funding for the project fell through, and Shalako was never built. Shalako would have been named in honor of the protagonist of the novel by the same name.

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Revision as of 14:17, 21 October 2006

Shalako (film)
File:100922.1010.A.jpg
original movie poster
Directed byEdward Dmytryk
Written byJ.J. Griffith
Hal Hopper
Produced byEuan Lloyd
StarringBrigitte Bardot
Sean Connery
Stephen Boyd
Jack Hawkins
Honor Blackman
CinematographyTed Moore
Edited byJohn D. Guthridge
Music byRobert Farnon
Distributed byCinerama Releasing Corporation
Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date
1968
Running time
113 min.

Shalako refers to a series of dances and ceremonies conducted by Zuni and other Native American tribes of the American Southwest in the fall, typically following the harvest. It is notable in that unlike many other Zuni ceremonies that are closed to outsiders, non-Zuni are often invited to visit and watch portions of the Shalako dances. The American fascination with these ceremonies, dances, and proto-New-Age mysticism focused on Native American spiritual beliefs caused the word "Shalako" to be used as a place name or otherwise associated with ephemera of the frontier days of the American Southwest.

film

Notably, "Shalako" was a film starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot. Stephen Boyd portrayed a classic English fop. Jack Hawkins played an upper class Englishman man abroad in the 'new' country. Honor Blackman portrayed an English lady.

novel

Shalako is also a Western novel by Louis L'Amour and the name of a town that the author once intended to build. It would have been a working town typical of those of the nineteenth-century Western frontier, with buildings with false fronts situated in rows on either side of an unpaved main street and flanked by wide boardwalks before which, at various intervals, there were watering troughs and hitching posts.

The town was to have featured shops and other businesses that were typical of such towns: a barber shop, ahotel, a dry goods store, one or moresaloons, a church, a one-room schoolhouse, etc., and it would have offered itself as a filming location for Hollywood motion pictures concerning the Wild West. However, funding for the project fell through, and Shalako was never built. Shalako would have been named in honor of the protagonist of the novel by the same name.