On Jul 20, 6:48 pm, "David Matthews" wrote:
> "David Oberman" wrote in message
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> news:kce784ttfp3898o931io16e7dvqg2rm8sk@4ax.com...
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> > Treadleson wrote:
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> But there are
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> >>also moments in the film that are unusually poetic, such as the kids
> >>up in the barn watching Mitchum's silhouette on horseback crossing the
> >>rim of the horizon singing, "Leaning" and the boy saying to Pearl,
> >>"Doesn't he EVER sleep?"
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> Apparently this great scene was shot entirely in the studio with a very
> clever use of perspective design in the scenery. The man on the horse isn't
> Mitchum it's a dwarf and the horse is a pony.
>
> Dave in Toronto
Very well done indeed. It sounds like you've read--or at least looked
at-- that book that came out about the movie with all the photos and
call sheets and maps.
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