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Bale, Crowe saddle up for 'Yuma'
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Good guy, bad guy: Christian Bale, Russell Crowe in 3:10 to Yuma.
By Susan Wloszczyna
USA TODAY
June 1, 2007
Movies
'3:10 to Yuma' remake will be arriving Oct. 5
From "Walk The Line" to "Yuma" - FilmStew.com February 23, 2006
Christian Bale on board '3:10 to Yuma' with Russell Crowe - 8/4/06
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Bale, Crowe saddle up for 'Yuma'
Lionsgate Films
Good guy, bad guy: Christian Bale, Russell Crowe in 3:10 to Yuma.By Susan Wloszczyna
USA TODAY
June 1, 2007
Movies
'3:10 to Yuma' remake will be arriving Oct. 5
Director James Mangold (Walk the Line) and his wife, producer Cathy Konrad, are hitching their hopes to a long-gestating remake of 3:10 to Yuma. The junior-league High Noon from 1957 pitted Van Heflin's humble rancher Dan Evans against Glenn Ford's wily outlaw Ben Wade, who is held captive until a train can haul him to court.
"The film always existed as a kind of also-ran of Western greats," Mangold says. "To me, the story has a great structure. Its bones are really good. I love the Elmore Leonard short story, and some of the themes that were left out can be investigated today."
The new Yuma, shot in New Mexico and due Oct. 5, was to star Tom Cruise and Eric Bana. But timing conflicts led to the hiring of Russell Crowe, the pair's original choice for the suave bad guy. "So few men can play in a period like this," Mangold says. "Not to mention other movies feel like a bunch of 90210 actors with cowboy hats on. Wade needs to be deadly and incredibly charming at the same time."
As for Christian Bale as Evans, Konrad says, "there is a vulnerability to him despite other parts he has played. He is very attractive but can also feel like an everyman in a way a lot of other actors can't."
Mangold says the key to avoiding the fate of recent Western misfires is to focus on the human aspects. "Too often they try to make every Western in one movie," he says. "It's all about the vistas. They don't lock into one person."
"The film always existed as a kind of also-ran of Western greats," Mangold says. "To me, the story has a great structure. Its bones are really good. I love the Elmore Leonard short story, and some of the themes that were left out can be investigated today."
The new Yuma, shot in New Mexico and due Oct. 5, was to star Tom Cruise and Eric Bana. But timing conflicts led to the hiring of Russell Crowe, the pair's original choice for the suave bad guy. "So few men can play in a period like this," Mangold says. "Not to mention other movies feel like a bunch of 90210 actors with cowboy hats on. Wade needs to be deadly and incredibly charming at the same time."
As for Christian Bale as Evans, Konrad says, "there is a vulnerability to him despite other parts he has played. He is very attractive but can also feel like an everyman in a way a lot of other actors can't."
Mangold says the key to avoiding the fate of recent Western misfires is to focus on the human aspects. "Too often they try to make every Western in one movie," he says. "It's all about the vistas. They don't lock into one person."
From "Walk The Line" to "Yuma" - FilmStew.com February 23, 2006
Christian Bale on board '3:10 to Yuma' with Russell Crowe - 8/4/06
http://www.micechat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33242&highlight=james+mangold
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