The Searchers / The Tall T January 10, 2008

Regularly cited as one of the very best American films, The Searchers stars John Wayne as a man driven by racially fueled hatred to find his niece (Natalie Wood) who was captured by Indians as a young girl. The film was a major influence on Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. (119 mins., 35mm)

In The Tall T a trio of killers matches wits with rancher Randolph Scott after they take him and two newlyweds hostage while planning a stagecoach holdup. Based on an Elmore Leonard story. (78 mins., 35mm)

Second film starts 9:10 PM.

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