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Hello John,Thank you one more time for the Broncho Billy DVD. It has been so extraordinary to watch it again. I would use just one word: your film is just amazingly beautiful!
It really brings such a great passion to the world of films, of short films, and I would feel honored to broadcast it on
our ShortsTV France channel... French speaking territories (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland). Thank you very much for your time, I really hope that Broncho Billy will be brodcast in France.Best regards,
Vanessa
Vanessa Capurso
Head of Acquisitions
ShortsTV France / Shorts International |
25 Beak Street W1F 9RT London - UK
Dear John:
My daughter told me that she got hold of your web site. I was thrilled that you would be so kind as to make me a copy of your great short, Broncho Billy.When I was fourteen, I saw it on Academy Leaders on PBS and never forgot it. I recorded the sound off the TV onto a cassette and still have that tape.
After all these years, I have wanted to actually see the great short and have never been able to see it. I consider it the best short film ever made and would treasure a copy of it. If you get a chance soon, please send a copy on either DVD or VHS.
I would love to talk to you at great length about the making of it: film stock, what kind of camera was used, budget, all of that and where that pretty girl is and Johnny Crawford is as well.
The film touched me and I would greatly appreciate a copy at your convenience.
Bob Kerrigan
San Diego, CA USA
Hello John,I saw your "Bronco Billy" film on PBS in the 70's when I was a kid. When I read about your Oscar for the film, my memory vividly brought back your film back to me. I really enjoyed it back then and I'd love to see it again. Is it possible for me to see it?
Thanks,
Hugo Kobayashi
After seeing this film on PBS years ago... 30 years ago, maybe?.... I never forgot it. A beautiful little work of art! Hope you can supply me with a DVD copy of this wonderful film.All best,
Robert Taylor
Sunman, Indiana
Posted on IMDB:"Caught this one when PBS ran a series in the late '70's focusing on Academy Award winning shorts. THE RESURRECTION OF BRONCO BILLY paints a poignant portrait of a lonely young man whose wistful daydreams slam head-on into harsh reality. His room is wall-papered with western posters; he imagines himself (while standing on a street corner waiting for a light to change) facing off against another gunslinger (they walk toward one another when the light changes, in classic gunfighter fashion -- and then abruptly brush past each other); in the final scene, he is soundly beaten by bullies... but has a final fade-out fantasy of himself as a gallant horseman sweeping a beautiful damsel off her feet. Outstanding even among an entire SERIES of Academy Award winners, THE RESURRECTION OF BRONCO BILLY is the kind of short aspiring filmmakers should seek out and study."
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Dear John,Broncho Billy offers proof positive that there are, and have been, filmmakers out there who have greatness in their souls. Your story of being a student, gathering together peers to make real a project that you knew could be superlative, and then bringing it full circle is exactly the foundation on which we built the theory of FilmPlayLinks.
...how impressed, how charmed, and how excited I was when I watched Broncho Billy. I've been mulling it over because it's such a layered project and I've got tons of thoughts... just the thoughts of someone who wishes they were there during the creative process. I'm amazed at Johnny Crawford's ability to pull off the nuances necessary for that character. The fantasy, the innocence but the pathos as well. My heart melted all over the place listening to him talk about John Wayne's hat propensities as opposed to Gary Cooper's.
Needless to say I think that it's fabulous and
I'm so proud to be a part of it, albeit decades later.Patte Ardizzoni | FilmPlayLinks |
Dear John:It's been a long time [since] I have seen such a beautiful short film. I definitely want to include it in the [EuropaCorp short film project] DVD. Your short is great.
Julien Hossein
EuropaCorp
Département court métrages
137, rue du Faubourg St Honoré 75008 Paris France
In 2005 Luc Besson and EuropaCorp has started up a project
to market selected short films in Europe on DVDs.
WRITING SHORT SCRIPTS is a very insightful book about writing short scripts.The Author has included his perceptive comments about the structure of short film scripts, and has thankfully included the texts of the short film scripts that he writes about.
THE RESURRECTION OF BRONCHO BILLY (1970) is one of the short films included in the book. A number of photos from the film are included as well. "BRONCHO BILLY" is the classic Academy Award Winning live action short film starring JOHNNY CRAWFORD and KRISTIN NELSON. JOHN CARPENTER created the Original Music and was the film editor. NICK CASTLE was the Cinematographer. It is shot like a classic western, but the setting is the big city in present time. The hero dreams of being a cowboy, and actually rides off into the sunset with the girl. It is a movie, with some cinematic wonderful license.
The entire shooting script is included in the book. It is simple, straight forward, and it includes JOHNNY CRAWFORD'S improvised dialogue from the famous "Park Bench Scene" with KRISTIN NELSON, where he goes on about John Wayne, and Gary Cooper, and when asked if he has a horse, says: "Well, not all cowboys have their own horse."
THE RESURRECTION OF BRONCHO BILLY (1970) was released by Universal Studios, to motion picture theaters across the U.S. and Canada for 104 weeks, and holds the record as the most financially successful live action short film in the history of the studio. Ironically, as the book tells us, the filmmakers were all just starting out on their motion picture careers and were attending classes at the Cinema Department at the University of Southern California at the time they made the picture. That is inspiring for young filmmakers everywhere.
If you are interested in short films, this book includes details about "BRONCHO BILLY" and several other excellent short films as a reference on short film script writing. If you may write a short film yourself, this is one book that you should own and read.
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