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One-Eyed Jacks Overview:

One-Eyed Jacks (1961) was a Western - Drama Film directed by Marlon Brando and produced by George Glass, Walter Seltzer and Frank P. Rosenberg.

Academy Awards 1961 --- Ceremony Number 34 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best CinematographyCharles Lang, Jr.Nominated
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One-Eyed Jacks BlogHub Articles:

One-Eyed Jacks (1961): Good and Evil is in the Cards

By 4 Star Film Fan on Sep 18, 2021 From 4 Star Films

One-Eyed Jacks acts as a bit of an anomaly. It was originally meant to be helmed by Stanley Kubrick. Instead, Marlon Brando himself oversaw direction — his one and only time in the director’s chair. The results are as vibrant and totally Brando as they are messy, devolving into something... Read full article

One-Eyed Jacks (1961)

By Beatrice on Jun 10, 2017 From Flickers in Time

One-Eyed Jacks Directed by Marlon Brando Written by Guy Trosper and Calder Willingham from a novel by Charles Neider 1961/USA Pennebaker Productions First viewing/Netflix rental One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This is an OK Western but I think I could have died without seeing it. As t... Read full article

Video of the Week: “One-Eyed Jacks”

By Marisa on Dec 2, 2015 From The Timothy Carey Experience

Our video for “Timothy In Color Week” is the full-length feature film directed by (his only effort) and starring Marlon Brando, One-Eyed Jacks (1961). Tim absconds with his scenes as Howard Tetley, town drunk, bully and lech. Several of Tim’s scenes, such as the one where he fight... Read full article

Pic of the Day: “One-Eyed Jacks” revisited

By Marisa on Jul 17, 2015 From The Timothy Carey Experience

On the heels of recent news that a restoration of One-Eyed Jacks (1961) is finally taking place, today’s pic revisits Marlon Brando‘s sole directorial effort. Howard Tetley, town drunk and boorish lout, gets lost in the craziness during fiesta time in Monterey. The discussion on the res... Read full article

Video of the Week: “One-Eyed Jacks” trailer

By Marisa on Jun 24, 2015 From The Timothy Carey Experience

This week’s video offering is another one from the archives. It’s a rather unusual trailer for Marlon Brando‘s sole directorial effort, One-Eyed Jacks (1961). It differs from most trailers in that it mixes stills with film footage, and in its length (almost 5 minutes). Naturally, ... Read full article

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One-Eyed Jacks Quotes:

Bob: What about Longworth?
Rio: Nothin' about him. In the mornin' I'll kill him and then we'll rob that bank.
[Rio has just bluffed his way out of jail with an empty pistol]
Rio: Looky here, Lon; wasn't loaded.
Rio: You may be a one eyed jack around here, but I've seen the other side of your face.
Louisa: You think that to kill him, will make you a man?
Rio: Well, I don't know 'bout that. But I know that I thought about him every day for five years. And that was the only thing that kept me going.
Bob: We brought you along because you're supposed to be the big man with the iron; but I think now I could even out pull you.
Rio: You're probably right, Bob. You probably could put six in me by the time I put that one into you.
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One-Eyed Jacks Facts
After buying the rights to the novel, producer Frank P. Rosenberg worked on the first draft of the script together with Rod Serling. Sam Peckinpah was then hired to rewrite it. A complex deal was then made where money earlier spent attempting to develop Louis L'Amour's novel "To Tame a Land" into a film was allocated for accounting purposes to this film, and Stanley Kubrick was hired as director. Kubrick fired Peckinpah and brought in Calder Willingham for more rewriting, but later Rosenberg fired him and hired Guy Trosper instead.
Marlon Brando replaced Stanley Kubrick as director.
Marlon Brando's original cut of the movie was over five hours long.
Marlon Brando's first cut of the film was allegedly five hours long. He was reportedly unhappy with the final product, despite its box-office success. "Now, it's a good picture for them Paramount," he said upon its release, "but it's not the picture I made . . . now the characters in the film are black-and-white, not gray-and-human as I planned them."
Marlon Brando would sit near the ocean for hours waiting for the waves to become more dramatic for his perfect shots.
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