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High Noon
Original poster
Based on
Screenplay by
Directed byRod Hardy
Starring
Music byAllyn Ferguson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerDavid A. Rosemont
ProducerTed Bauman
Production locationCalgary
CinematographyRobert McLachlan
EditorMichael D. Ornstein
Running time88 minutes
Production companyRosemont Productions International
Original release
NetworkTBS
ReleaseAugust 20, 2000 (2000-08-20)

High Noon is a 2000 American Western television film directed by Rod Hardy and written by Carl Foreman and T. S. Cook. It is a remake of the 1952 film High Noon, also written by Foreman, itself based on the 1947 Collier's magazine short story "The Tin Star" by John W. Cunningham. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Susanna Thompson, Reed Diamond, María Conchita Alonso, Dennis Weaver, August Schellenberg and Michael Madsen. The film premiered on TBS on August 20, 2000.[1][2][3]

Plot

Variety noted that the plot had only minor changes from the original film.

In the late 1890s, Will Kane is the chief marshal of Hadleyville, a small town in the New Mexico Territory; even though all of his deputies have resigned, Kane continues to serve due to his strong sense of duty. His new wife, Amy, is a Quaker and pacifist who deplores violence. At her urging, Kane decides to retire and become a farmer.

However, Kane then learns that Frank Miller, a gunfighter and killer he brought to justice years ago, has been pardoned and will arrive in Hadleyville on the noon train. Miller's old gang has returned to join him, and a message arrives stating that his first order of business will be to shoot Kane dead as revenge for convicting him.

Kane reaches out to his former deputies for help, but all of them refuse for various reasons. He then tries forming a posse, but the townspeople are even less willing to fight alongside him. Some are sympathetic to Miller as his notoriety made the town famous and they blame Kane for ruining a good thing, while others are afraid of him or feel that it isn't their responsibility to uphold the law. Several residents do volunteer anyway, but Kane is forced to turn them away as they are either too young, old, or physically unfit to fight.

A desperate Kane turns to his friend Judge Mettrick for advice; Mettrick simply tells him to leave town as he originally planned to. Unwilling to abandon his post, Kane decides to face Miller and his gang alone. Amy, who had threatened to leave on the noon train with or without Kane, returns and saves him by shooting one of Miller's men in the back. Kane finally guns his nemesis down after he tries to threaten Amy. After Miller's death, the town people come out to congratulate and thank Kane. Without saying a word, he throws his marshal's badge in the dirt and rides away.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in Calgary, and lasted for 19 days.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Oxman, Steven (August 17, 2000). "High Noon". Variety. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  2. ^ Ken Tucker (August 18, 2000). "High Noon". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  3. ^ Caryn James (August 18, 2000). "TV WEEKEND; The Day Gary Cooper Didn't Walk Down Main Street". The New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  4. ^ Hill, Michael E. (August 20, 2000). "Western Showdown". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 7, 2022.


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