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'''''Rio Bravo''''' is a 1959 American [[Western (genre)|Western]] film directed and produced by [[Howard Hawks]] and starring [[John Wayne]], [[Dean Martin]], [[Ricky Nelson]], [[Angie Dickinson]], [[Walter Brennan]], and [[Ward Bond]]. Written by [[Jules Furthman]] and [[Leigh Brackett]], based on the short story "Rio Bravo" by B.
In 2014, ''Rio Bravo'' was deemed "culturally, historically
==Plot==
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Exteriors for the film were shot at [[Old Tucson Studios]], just outside [[Tucson]].<ref>''Commemoration: Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo,'' Warner Bros. DVD supplement.</ref> Filming took place in the summer of 1958, and the movie's credits gave 1958 for the copyright; the film was released in March 1959.
''Rio Bravo'' is generally regarded as one of Hawks' best, and is known for its long opening scene which contains no dialogue. The film received favorable reviews, and was successful, taking in [[US$]]5.75 million, the highest grossing Western of 1959.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hughes |first=Howard |url=https://
A brief clip from ''Rio Bravo'' was among the archive footage later incorporated into the opening sequence of Wayne's last film, ''[[The Shootist]],'' to illustrate the backstory of Wayne's character.
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==Soundtrack==
[[File:Dean Martin - Rio Bravo 1959.jpg|thumb|right|upright|{{center|Dean Martin}}]]
The musical score was composed by [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]. His score includes the hauntingly ominous "''[[El Degüello]]''" theme, which is heard several times.<ref>[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/xed01 The Handbook of Texas Online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310183148/https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/xed01 |date=2016-03-10 }}, Texas State Historical Association (retrieved on November 22, 2006).</ref> The Colorado character identifies the tune as "The Cutthroat Song". He relates that the song was played on the orders of General [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]] to the Texans holed up in [[Battle of the Alamo|the Alamo]], to signify that no quarter would be given to them. The tune was used in Wayne's film ''[[The Alamo (1960 film)|The Alamo]]'' (1960). Composer [[Ennio Morricone]] recalled that director [[Sergio Leone]] asked him to write "Dimitri Tiomkin music" for ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]''. The trumpet theme is similar to Tiomkin's "''Degüello''" (the Italian title of ''Rio Bravo'' was ''Un dollaro d'onore'', ''A Dollar of Honor'').<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kalinak |first=Kathryn |url=https://
Because the film starred a [[crooner]], Martin, and a [[teen idol]], Nelson, Hawks included three songs in the [[soundtrack]]. Before the big [[shootout|showdown]], in the [[jail|jail house]], Martin sings "My Rifle, My Pony, and Me" (which contains new lyrics by Webster to a Tiomkin tune that appeared in ''[[Red River (1948 film)|Red River]]''), accompanied by Nelson, after which Nelson sings a brief version of "[[Cindy (folk song)|Get Along Home, Cindy]]", accompanied by Martin and Brennan. Over the closing credits, Martin, backed by the [[Nelson Riddle]] Orchestra, sings a specially composed song, "Rio Bravo", written by Tiomkin with lyrics by [[Paul Francis Webster]]. Nelson later paid homage to both the film and his character, Colorado, by including the song "Restless Kid" on his 1959 [[LP (format)|LP]], ''Ricky Sings Again''.
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==''High Noon'' debate==
[[File:John Wayne and Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson in 'Rio Bravo', 1959.jpg|thumb|right|{{center|Theatrical poster, 1959}}]]
The film was made as a response to ''[[High Noon]]'',<ref name="michael munn">{{cite book|last1=Munn|first1=Michael|title=John Wayne: The Man Behind the Myth|date=2005|publisher=Penguin|location=New York|isbn=0451214145|page=190|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qqatDJRg1NYC&q=john+wayne+high+noon+rio+bravo&pg=PA190|access-date=1 February 2015|archive-date=23 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423231622/https://books.google.com/books?id=qqatDJRg1NYC&q=john+wayne+high+noon+rio+bravo&pg=PA190|url-status=live}}</ref> which is sometimes thought to be an [[allegory]] for [[Hollywood blacklist|blacklisting in Hollywood]], as well as a critique of [[McCarthyism]].<ref>[http://tags.library.upenn.edu/rollmang/blacklist Blacklist] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207032051/http://tags.library.upenn.edu/rollmang/blacklist |date=2009-02-07}}</ref> Wayne later called ''High Noon'' "un-American" and
==Reception==
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* {{AFI film|53001|Rio Bravo}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0053221|title=Rio Bravo}}
* {{TCMDb title|16103}}
* {{Rotten-tomatoes|id=rio_bravo|title=Rio Bravo}}
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