“Fort Apache” - FREE Film Screening at the Sid Richardson Museum

“Fort Apache” - FREE Film Screening at the Sid Richardson Museum
Friday, June 13 - 6:00 pm.
Strongly recommend arriving 15 minutes prior to the film beginning, or even earlier if you would like to browse the art in the Sid Richardson Museum’s excellent collection.

Movies at the Museum: Fort Apache
Our new exhibit, The Cinematic West: The Art That Made the Movies, explores how the artwork of Charles Russell and Frederic Remington influenced early directors of Western film. One of the best known Western film directors was John Ford. Throughout his career, Ford looked to both artists and their ability to create stories across canvas. Specifically, Ford wanted to capture the light, color, and action of Remington and Russell’s artworks. Join us for a summer’s Movies @ the Museum series as we dive into Ford’s Cavalry Trilogy.

Film: Fort Apache (1948)
Registration: Required – opens May 13
Ages: 18+
Contact: Leslie Thompson at lthompson@SidRichardsonMuseum.org or 817.332.6554 if you have any questions or would like to be added to the wait list when registration is full.

Event Details & Sign-Up:
https://sidrichardsonmuseum.org/events/movies-at-the-museum-fort-apache/

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Fort Apache is a 1948 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda. The film was the first of the director's "Cavalry Trilogy" and was followed by She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and Rio Grande (1950), both also starring Wayne. The screenplay was inspired by James Warner Bellah's short story "Massacre" (1947). The historical sources for "Massacre" have been attributed both to George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of Little Bighorn and to the Fetterman Fight.
The film was one of the first to present an authentic and sympathetic view of Native Americans. In his review of the DVD release of Fort Apache in 2012, The New York Times movie critic Dave Kehr called it "one of the great achievements of classical American cinema, a film of immense complexity that never fails to reveal new shadings with each viewing" and "among the first 'pro-Indian' Westerns" in its portrayal of indigenous Americans with "sympathy and respect".
The film was awarded the Best Director and Best Cinematography awards by the Locarno International Film Festival of Locarno, Switzerland. Screenwriter Frank S. Nugent was nominated for best screenplay by the Writers Guild of America.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Apache_(film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Apache_(film))

IMDB Review
7.4 / 10
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040369/

YouTube Film Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FddFfcf8wk

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