Special Guest Scheduled to Appear
James Mangold’s remake of the classic western dials up the action without losing the complex, moral story at the center, thanks in large part to excellent performances by Christian Bale and Russell Crowe. Followed by a Q&A with special guests!
The second film adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1953 short story of the same name, 3:10 to Yuma follows a drought-impoverished rancher and Civil War veteran (Christian Bale) who hopes to pay his debts with the reward money from delivering a notorious outlaw (Russell Crowe) to the 3:10 train that will take him to prison in Yuma, Arizona. [122 mins; western, drama; English]
A Q&A on framing the hero and antihero in 3:10 to Yuma (1957 and 2007) with Bear Brown and Zachary Spicer will follow the screening. Bear Brown is a Senior Lecturer in The Media School at IU. He’s a professional director of photography and has taught cinematography for more than three decades. Zachary Spicer is a professional filmmaker, the co-founder and CEO of Pigasus Pictures, and the Director of Film at Constellation Stage + Screen in Bloomington, IN.
"It is part of the richness of 3:10 to Yuma that this is a classical piece of storytelling with themes and characters that can be found in the very earliest Westerns." – Geoffrey Macnab, Sight & Sound
"Director James Mangold amps up the blood and thunder without sacrificing the moral complexity of Elmore Leonard's original short story." – Kelly Vance, East Bay Express
This program is generously supported by the Roberta and S. James Sherman Inspiring Conversations Fund.
