1930/1931 Best Picture Winner
Premiered January 26, 1931 in New York City.
Budget: 1.5 Million
Gross: Unkown
Watching this movie gave us a new appreciation for "All Quiet on the Western Front". That film is looking better and better all the time. Cimarron has a poor plot, poor actors and poor audio. The first hour started out promising but the film began to decline with each passing minute. From a historical perspective, the film gave us a look into the plight of the people who lived in that enviornment, but that was one of the few positives of the film. The movie did not give us a protagonist to root for. The main character, "Yancey" is a terrible husband and his wife isn't much better, although she changes her ways later. Overall, we are just glad to have this movie out of the way.
Callie
Favorite: The church service scene was quite humorous...even though I don't think it was meant to be.
Least Favorite: When the most redeemable character, Isaish, died. The movie went downhill from this point on.
Joel
Favorite: A few camera angels impressed me.
Least Favorite: I disliked "Yancey" as the "hero". He was a terrible husband and often slurred his words like the actor was drunk.
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