Best of Howard Hawks

[Klaus Weasley]

Hawks was one of Hollywood's most versatile and not to mention underrated directors. Which Howard Hawks film/s have you seen and which one is your favorite?

[Mick]

I voted for Red River, which is my favourite of the three (:() I've seen (the other two being Rio Bravo and The Big Sleep)

[Buck Turgidson]

Rio Bravo/El Dorado/Rio Lobo: Howard Hawks/John Wayne (and most importantly) Leigh Brackett. They all brought out the best in each other.

[VicVega]

Rio Bravo wins over all.

[MickeyKnox]

Rio Bravo-9/10
Scarface-8/10
Red River-8/10

[Klaus Weasley]

bump.

[The Other]

Ironically, Turner Classic Movies is having a Howard Hawks night. They started with I Was a Male War Bride (1949) - 8/10 with Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan, which I just finished watching and liked quite a lot. Rio Bravo (1959) is on now, followed by The Big Sleep (1946) and Only Angels Have Wings (1939).

[Buck Turgidson]

Leigh Brackett (along w/ Hawks and William Faulkner) also worked on the script for The Big Sleep. It has a lot of great dialogue and atmospherics, but there's a murder that's never solved...

They basically hung out w/ Bogart and Bacall and partied all the time. :cool:

[Moviefan1234]

"Scarface"

[Hannibal21]

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[Mikey2Dope]

Scarface (9/10)

[Jasonite]

I'm going with either Bringing Up Baby or Red River. The Big Sleep was good, but it's plot was too convoluted, and I think the very concept behind Rio Bravo is reprehensible--how that movie came to be. I haven't seen his version of Scarface, so I can't comment.


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[Brock-Landers]

Rio Bravo - 8/10
Scarface - 7.5/10
Red River - 7/10

[Subotai]

Damn, he was good. They oughta make kids watch all his films these days so they can see where modern directors get so much of their good stuff.

Red River is one of my litmus films.

8.5/10

[Deckard]

RED RIVER has it by a nose but all are faves and its a tough call......who knows next week it will probbaly change....I adore the mans work

[Antonio]

They're all great, but FRIDAY rules in my book.

Also, did he produce the original version of THE THING, or is he the unbilled director as well?

[bankholdup]

1. Scarface (1932) - 9/10
2. Bringing Up Baby (1938) - 9/10
3. Monkey Business (1952) - 8.5/10
4. To Have and Have Not (1944) - 8/10
5. His Girl Friday (1940) - 8/10
6. Rio Bravo (1959) - 8/10
7. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) - 8/10
8. Sergeant York (1941) - 8/10
9. The Big Sleep (1946) - 7/10


Working on seeing more of this fine director.

[Trinity]

1. Ball of Fire - 10/10
2. The Big Sleep - 10/10
3. His Girl Friday - 9/10
4. Sergeant York - 9/10
5. Twentieth Century - 8/10
6. To Have And Have Not - 8/10
7. Red River - 8/10
8. Man's Favorite Sport? - 6/10

That's all I've seen so far, but Bringing Up Baby, Only Angels Have Wings and I Was a Male War Bride are all on my must-see list.

[ColinM]

Originally posted by Hannibal21
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What he said.

I also love The Big Sleep and Bringing Up Baby.

[Indy in IN]

I haven't seen all of them listed, but Rio Bravo would have to be my favorite that I've seen.

[bigred760]

I picked Red River though Rio Bravo is up there too.

Never saw his version of Scarface, though the De Palma version is kickass.

[drdash]

it would have to be rio bravo. john waynes best western. and great perfomaces by dean martin and ricky nelson.

ciao
drdash