Flaming Star
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Call Number: DVD Western Flaming
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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Special features: Original English and Portuguese theatrical trailers ; interactive menus ; scene selection.
Based on the novel Flaming lance by Clair Huffaker.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960.
Cast: Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden, Steve Forrest, Delores Del Rio, John McIntire.
Set in west Texas in the years after the Civil War, this is the story of a half-breed who's mother is an Indian and whose father is white who is torn between two worlds. After an Indian uprising, his problems mount as he is feared by the whites, mistrusted by Indians and hunted by both.
DVD, digitally transferred anamorphic widescreen version.
Contents: Flaming lance.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
A Racist Western
submitted by KidBlue on August 24, 2020, 12:38pm
Elvis plays a “half-breed” Indian, the Indians are portrayed as godless savages without any redeeming value, and the white settlers are glorified as the noble settlers of the American frontier.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
English or Spanish soundtracks with optional subtitles in English and Spanish.
PUBLISHED
Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2002.
Year Published: 2002
Description: 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Siegel, Don, 1912-1991.
Johnson, Nunnally.
Weisbart, David.
Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977.
Eden, Barbara, 1934-
Del Rio, Dolores, 1905-1983.
Forrest, Steve, 1925-
McIntire, John.
Huffaker, Clair.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
SUBJECTS
Native Americans -- Mixed descent -- Drama.
Native Americans -- Drama.
Racially mixed people -- Texas -- Drama.
West (U.S.) -- Drama.