One-Eyed Jacks, 1960, as Rio
Cast: Karl Malden, Pina Pellicer
Director: Marlon Brando
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Factoid
- Early in 1959 Brando began one of the most unique projects of his career – directing himself in One-Eyed Jacks
- Paramount’s last release in VistaVision.
- After four years in business, Pennebaker Productions (Marlon’s production company) had come up with a suitable script for Marlon.
- Taken from Charles Neider‘s novel The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones, One-Eyed Jacks is a tale of revenge set in 1885 Mexico.
- Stanley Kubrik was originally signed to direct, but he and Brando failed to agree on much of anything and he was dismissed four weeks prior to filming. Marlon decided to direct the movie himself.
- The movie went well over budget. Brando completed the picture in June 1959, at which time it was noted that Marlon had set a new world record by exposing over one million feet of film stock. Marlon’s first cut of the picture ran close to 5 hours in length!
- After Paramount trimmed the picture down to two hours and twenty minutes, the movie debuted in March of 1961 – after two years after it began filming.
- Reviews were mixed, but public reaction was positive. The picture reportedly earned $12 million upon its initial release, but because of its costs was considered only a partial success.
- Marlon was disappointed in the final print. “Now, it’s a good picture for them [Paramount],” he said upon its release, “but it’s not the picture I made…now the characters in the film are black-and-white, not gray-and-human as I planned them.”
Quotes from the movie
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Synopsis
[Spoiler Alert] Brando is Rio the Kid, a young bank robber who is betrayed by Karl Malden (Longworth). Longworth allows the Kid to be captured and sent to prison for five years, during which time Longworth becomes the respectable sheriff of a small village. When Rio is released, he tracks Longworth down, falls in love with his young stepdaughter and eventually kills him.
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