John Carpenter originally wrote the script in 1971 for John Wayne. Batjac, Wayne's company, read it in the mid 1970s and hired him to do a rewrite. He did but "never quite found out what was going on there. Maybe Wayne didn't want to do any more Westerns. I worked with Michael Wayne and Tom Kane, and they would do things like take out some of the harder action stuff, making it easier on him."[1]
In the script the John Wayne character was an old riverboat rat who was really a U.S. Marshal searching for some criminals. He met up with another man and they went down the river, like Huckleberry Finn.[1]
"I'd love to have had Hawks direct it but Hawks was too old," said Carpenter. "I would love to have directed it, but I don't think they would have let me. "[1]
blood, river, 1991, film, blood, river, 1991, american, western, television, film, directed, damski, written, john, carpenter, starring, ricky, schroder, wilford, brimley, adrienne, barbeau, carpenter, wrote, screenplay, 1971, with, intent, that, would, featur. Blood River is a 1991 American Western television film directed by Mel Damski written by John Carpenter and starring Ricky Schroder Wilford Brimley and Adrienne Barbeau Carpenter wrote the screenplay in 1971 with the intent that it would be a feature film starring John Wayne The film premiered on CBS on March 17 1991 Blood RiverGenreWesternWritten byJohn CarpenterDirected byMel DamskiStarringRicky SchroderWilford BrimleyAdrienne BarbeauMills WatsonMusic byWilliam GoldsteinCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionExecutive producersMel DamskiMerrill KarpfProducerAndrew GottliebCinematographyRobert M Baldwin Jr Gary B KibbeEditorBernard GribbleRunning time92 minutesProduction companiesCBS Entertainment ProductionsLittle Apple ProductionsOriginal releaseNetworkCBSReleaseMarch 17 1991 1991 03 17 Contents 1 Cast 2 Production 3 References 4 External linksCast editRicky Schroder as Jimmy The Kid Pearls Wilford Brimley as U S Marshal Winston Patrick Culler Adrienne Barbeau as Georgina John P Ryan as Henry Logan Mills Watson as Jake Henry Beckman as Sheriff Webber Dwight C Mcfee as Squints Don S Davis as Congressman Adams Jay Brazeau as HotchnerProduction editJohn Carpenter originally wrote the script in 1971 for John Wayne Batjac Wayne s company read it in the mid 1970s and hired him to do a rewrite He did but never quite found out what was going on there Maybe Wayne didn t want to do any more Westerns I worked with Michael Wayne and Tom Kane and they would do things like take out some of the harder action stuff making it easier on him 1 In the script the John Wayne character was an old riverboat rat who was really a U S Marshal searching for some criminals He met up with another man and they went down the river like Huckleberry Finn 1 I d love to have had Hawks direct it but Hawks was too old said Carpenter I would love to have directed it but I don t think they would have let me 1 The film was eventually shot in Calgary Alberta in June 1990 2 References edit a b c Trick and Treat McCarthy Todd Film Comment New York Vol 16 Iss 1 Jan Feb 1980 17 24 Schroder to shoot movie in Calgary Final Edition Herald news services Calgary Herald6 June 1990 D4 External links editBlood River at IMDb nbsp Blood River at the British Film Institute better source needed Blood River at the TCM Movie Database nbsp This article related to an American TV movie is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Blood River 1991 film amp oldid 1215598655, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
