Tag: William Wyler
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Classic Movie Review: The Big Country
“The Big Country” works on so many levels. If you haven’t seen it, you must. Here’s why: William Wyler’s “The Big Country” is a magnificent and beautiful epic that breathtakingly sweeps through the open prairies of the west in the later half of the 19th century. Many have called “The Big Country” the “anti-western,” and…
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A Movie to Commemorate the 70th D-Day Anniversary
What movie did you use to help commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day? I opted for an unconventional one in that it was a movie about the post-war, not the landing on Normandy. My choice? William Wyler’s “The Best Years of Our Lives.” This film chronicles three servicemen, a navy man, an airman, and an…
Author Mark W Sasse 