Thursday 7 February 2013

Adaption: Paying Homage to Heroes and Villains in Wild Western Film Part 2

This time, I'm looking towards our hero: Lenny Knightingale, a young, confident, but somewhat cocky weasel.

Of course, going with the hero Archetype, I attempted to make him as relateable and as familiar as possible to audiences. This means good-looking (as much as possible as far as anthropomorphic animals go), bold stance and a friendlier appearance than that of the villain.

I looked at the protagonists of classic western films from the 1950s onwards.

Alan Ladd as Shane in "Shane" (1953)

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John Wayne as Reuben J. Cogburn in "True Grit" (1969)

The Mgnificent Seven in "The Magnificent Seven" (1960) (Picture from potential re-make of film)


-and of course, the legendary Clint Eastwood

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