The film features five past or future Oscar winners―Tracy, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Walter Brennan and Dean Jagger―who between them would eventually earn eight Academy Awards for acting. That's essentially half of the cast, and it ensures a gripping ensemble performance rarely surpassed on screen.
It's a legendary scene in a movie, an opening described in Quentin Tarantino's Cinema Speculation, and yet she is unnamed almost everywhere, her purpose reduced to an anonymous but iconic moment of violence, perpetually dying but looking good while doing it.
Showing films in theaters is good for audiences, because it's the best possible way of experiencing cinema. Showing films in theaters is good for filmmakers, because it amplifies the artistry and grandeur of the idiom. Showing films in theaters is good for communities, because it supports the local creative ecosystem and provides jobs in the neighborhood.
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Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.
