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Cimarron

Name: Cimarron
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Released: 1931-02-09

1931 film by Wesley Ruggles

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Released: February 9, 1931
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Director: Wesley Ruggles
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Screenwriter: Howard Estabrook
Producer: William LeBaron
Cast: Richard Dix
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, Irene Dunne
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, Estelle Taylor
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2.imdb.com/title/tt0021746/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-05-18
3.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=49968.htmlRetrieved 2016-05-18
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, George E. Stone
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Runtime: 131 min
Genre: Western film
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1.cinemagia.ro/filme/cimarron-34764/Retrieved 2016-05-18
2.imdb.com/title/tt0021746/Retrieved 2016-05-18
3.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=49968.htmlRetrieved 2016-05-18
4.filmaffinity.com/en/film443711.htmlRetrieved 2016-05-18
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, epic film
, drama film
Country of origin: United States

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Cimarron is a 1931 American pre-Code epic Western film starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne, and directed by Wesley Ruggles. Released by RKO Radio Pictures, it won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Production Design. It is the first of four Westerns to ever win the top honor at the Academy Awards, being followed almost 60 years later by Dances With Wolves in 1990, Unforgiven in 1992, and No Country for Old Men in 2007.

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Director of photography: Edward Cronjager
Based on: Cimarron
Film editor: William Hamilton
Title: Cimarron
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor statement is subject of: 4th Academy Awards · nominee: Richard Dix
Academy Award for Best Actress nominee: Irene Dunne · statement is subject of: 4th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Director nominee: Wesley Ruggles · statement is subject of: 4th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominee: Edward Cronjager · statement is subject of: 4th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay nominee: Howard Estabrook · statement is subject of: 4th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Picture statement is subject of: 4th Academy Awards · nominee: RKO Pictures
Academy Award for Best Production Design nominee: Max Rée · statement is subject of: 4th Academy Awards
Movement: Pre-Code Hollywood
After a work by: Edna Ferber
Color: black-and-white
Costume designer: Max Rée
Narrative location: Oklahoma(since 1889)
Indian Territory(1889)
Wichita(until 1889)
Distribution format: video on demand
Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: passes
Review score: 50%(August 14, 2024) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 34 critic review
4.9/10(October 5, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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Copyright status: public domain
Has characteristic: film based on a literary work
Main subject: Oklahoma Land Run of 1889
Set in period: 1880s
19th century
20th century
Depicts: Osage Nation
First line: IN 1889, PRESIDENT HARRISON OPENED THE VAST INDIAN OKLAHOMA LANDS FOR WHITE SETTLEMENT..... 2,000,000 ACRES FREE FOR THE TAKING, POOR AND RICH POURING IN, SWARMING THE BORDER, WAITING FOR THE STARTING GUN, AT NOON, APRIL 22ND.......

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