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Q1. Before The Searchers, how many Academy Awards had cinematographer Winton C. Hoch won? Medium · 200 pts
Three
Hoch won 3 Oscars before The Searchers, yet his work here is considered among his finest!
Q2. How was VistaVision film run to capture Monument Valley's epic vistas? Medium · 200 pts
Horizontally
VistaVision ran film horizontally for superior image quality in landscape shots!
Q3. Which director called Wayne's Ethan Edwards 'one of cinema's greatest performances'? Medium · 200 pts
Martin Scorsese
Scorsese praised Wayne's subtle gestures showing internal conflict in this dark role.
Q4. How long after the Civil War did Texas remain outside the Union? Medium · 200 pts
5 years
Texas didn't rejoin until 1870, 5 years after the Civil War ended in 1865.
Q5. How many Westerns did John Ford film in Monument Valley? Medium · 200 pts
7
Ford filmed exactly 7 Westerns there, making it his signature location!
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"What makes a man to wander? A harrowed heart? A gnarled soul?" Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) embarks on a dangerous odyssey to rescue his niece Debbie (Natalie Wood) after she's abducted by Comanches in this sweeping 1956 western.
Directed by John Ford and starring Jeffrey Hunter and Vera Miles. Play the Searchers trivia game and relive this iconic John Wayne film!
Starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Henry Brandon, Dorothy Jordan, Hank Worden
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