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The Prisoner of the Desert
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Immerse yourself in an unforgettable emotional epic with this Prisoner of the Desert Poster, featuring the legendary John Wayne. Discover the gripping poster for this cinematic masterpiece, where love and passion intertwine in a desperate quest across the vast arid expanses. Explore the intense emotions, palpable tension and fragile hope carried by John Wayne's captivating performance in this iconic film.
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Description of this Prisoner of the Desert Poster
Prisoner of the Desert is a 1956 American epic Western Technicolor VistaVision film directed by John Ford and written by Frank S. Nugent, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May. It is set during the Texas-Native American Wars and stars John Wayne as a middle-aged Civil War veteran who spends years searching for his abducted niece (Natalie Wood), accompanied by his adopted nephew (Jeffrey Hunter).
The film was a critical and commercial success. Since its release, it has become a masterpiece and one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. It was named the greatest American western by the American Film Institute in 2008, and it ranked 12th on the same organization's 2007 list of the 100 greatest American films of all time. Entertainment Weekly also named it the best western. The British Film Institute's Sight & Sound magazine ranked it as the seventh best film of all time based on a 2012 international survey of film critics and in 2008 the French magazine Cahiers du Cinéma ranked The Prisoner of the Desert number 10 in their list of the 100 best films ever made.
In 1989, The Searchers was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry; it was one of the first 25 films selected for the registry.
Prisoner of the Desert was the first major film to have a specially designed making-of film, requested by John Ford. It covers most aspects of filmmaking, including site preparation, prop construction, and filming techniques.
In 1868, Ethan Edwards returned after an eight-year absence to his brother Aaron's home in West Texas. Ethan fought in the Civil War (1861-1865) on the side of the Confederacy, and in the three years after that war ended, he also apparently fought in the Second French-Mexican War (1861-1867) . He has many gold coins of uncertain origin in his possession and a Mexican campaign medal which he gives to his eight-year-old niece, Debbie. As a former Confederate soldier, when asked to take the oath of allegiance to the Texas Rangers, he refused.
Shortly after Ethan's arrival, cattle belonging to his neighbor Lars Jorgensen are stolen, and Rev. Captain Samuel Clayton leads Ethan and a group of Rangers to retrieve them. After discovering that the theft was a Comanche ploy to keep the men away from their families, they return to find Edwards' property in flames. Aaron, his wife Martha and their son Ben died, while Debbie and her older sister Lucy were kidnapped.
After a brief funeral, the men set off in pursuit. When they find the Comanche camp, Ethan recommends a frontal attack, but Clayton insists on a stealth approach to avoid killing the hostages. The camp turns out to be deserted, and further along the trail the men ride into an ambush. Despite the end of the attack, the Rangers found themselves with too few men to effectively fight the Comanches. They return home, leaving Ethan to continue his search for the girls with only Lucy's fiancé, Brad Jorgensen, and Debbie's adopted brother, Martin Pawley. Ethan finds Lucy brutally murdered and presumably raped in a canyon near the Comanche camp. In a blind rage, Brad goes straight into the camp and is killed.
When winter arrives, Ethan and Martin lose track and return to the Jorgensen ranch. Martin is enthusiastically greeted by the Jorgens' daughter, Laurie, and Ethan finds a letter waiting for him from a trader named Futterman, who claims to have information on Debbie. Ethan, who prefers to travel alone, leaves without Martin the next morning, but Laurie reluctantly provides Martin with a horse to catch up. At Futterman's trading post, Ethan and Martin learn that Debbie has been taken by Scar, the leader of the Nawyecka band of Comanches. A year or so later, Laurie receives a letter from Martin describing the ongoing research. Reading the letter aloud, Laurie recounts the next scenes, in which Ethan kills Futterman for trying to steal his money, and Martin accidentally buys a Comanche woman who runs away when she hears Scar's name; later, she is among the dead when the two men find part of Scar's gang killed by soldiers.
In New Mexico, they find Debbie after five years, now a teenager, living as one of Scar's wives. She says she has become a Comanche and wants to stay with them. Ethan would rather see her dead than live as a Native American, and tries to shoot her, but Martin protects her with his body and a Comanche wounds Ethan with an arrow as they escape. Although Martin tends to Ethan's injury, he is furious with him for trying to kill Debbie. Later, they return home.
Meanwhile, Charlie McCorry has been courting Laurie in Martin's absence. Ethan and Martin arrive home just as Charlie and Laurie's wedding is about to begin. After a fist fight between Martin and Charlie, a nervous Yankee soldier, Lieut. Greenhill arrives with news that Ethan's friend Mose Harper has located Scar. Clayton leads his men to the Comanche camp, this time for a direct attack, but Martin is allowed to sneak out before the assault to find Debbie, who welcomes him. Martin kills Scar to save Debbie and Ethan scalps him. Ethan then locates Debbie and pursues her on horseback. Martin desperately pursues them, fearing that Ethan will shoot him. Instead, Ethan sweeps her up in his arms and takes her to the Jorgensen ranch, where Martin reunites with Laurie. While everyone enters the house, Ethan leaves the farm upon arrival, completely alone.
