Hello, Cinefile fans. This is John. This week on The Cinefiles, Steve Morris and I are tackling one of the greatest American westerns ever made

1953's Shane. It's listed at number 45 in the 2007 edition of A.F.I.'s 100 Years, 100 movies lists, and it's number 3 on A.F.I.'s top 10 in the western's category.

The film was directed by George Stevens, and screenplay was written by AB Guthrie Jr. and Jack Sher based on the novel Shane by Jack Schaefer.

It stars Alan Ladd, Gene Arthur Van Hefflen, a young Brennan to Wilde, and an incredible Jack Palant.

It's a film that I've seen many times and one that inspired both Pale Rider for Clean Eastwood and Logan, the most recent Wolverine film that came out with Hugh Jackman.

This film just tells a fantastic story about a gunslinger and that's Alan Ladd's character who's exploring the possibility of putting his guns down once and for all and becoming a farmer or a ranch hand or leaving that life behind.

And how much that life will never let him go, no matter how much he tries to run from it.

The film also won an Oscar for Best Cinematography for Loyal Griggs. It also was nominated for five other Academy Awards, including Brennan to Wilde and Jack Palant's both being nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

George Stevens was nominated for Best Director of the film itself, was nominated for Best Picture in AB Guthrie Jr., was nominated for Best Screenplay.

He's got a very special guest popping in and joining us for occasional comment here and that is George Stevens Jr., the director's son of the film who's an associate producer on the movie and was on the set.

So we'll get some golden nuggets of information from him as well throughout both of these parts.

Part one drops this week, Shane, here from the cinephiles. And if you want to buy Shane or listen to anything we do, any of the previous episodes, please go to www.cena-philes.net.

All right, get ready to join us this week for Part One of Shane.

The gun is a tool, Marion. No better, no worse than any other tool, an axe shovel or anything. The gun is as good or as bad as the man using it.

Remember that.

We'd all be much better off if there wasn't a single gun left in this valley, including yours.

Hello and welcome once again to the cinephiles where each week we enter the world of a great film.

We explore its themes, its history, the filmmaking and, John, the influence it has on us today.

My name is Steve Boris. I'm a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California.

I agree with everything Steve just said. My name is John. I'm a John Rook. I'm a voice over actor, writer, producer and host here in San Diego, California.

And mad lover of Westerns and those of you who know me as the outlaw, you know how much I love this genre.

So the fact that we're getting to talk about this film and getting to also have a special guest.

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