The Big Trees
The Majestic Redwoods Are The Backdrop For This Powerful Adventure
In 1900, Congress passed a law that made a man from Wisconsin try to prove that money does grow on trees.
Jim Fallon (Kirk Douglas) wants to be a lumber baron. Armed with the skill of a con-man and a gang of lumberjacks, Fallon sets off for California's Redwood Forest determined to use the law to his advantage. Religious homesteaders see the mighty trees as the work of God and try to keep Fallon's men from topping the giant Redwoods. Betrayal by his men and the support of a beautiful homesteader convince Fallon some things are more important than money. Now Fallon must stop what he himself began, stop cutting and save The Big Trees.
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See Them Before They're Gone - bwod
I've always wanted to see the giant Redwood trees of California. Now I can say I have. This film was made in 1952. I'm sure those forests don't exist any more, on the same scale, due to harvesting by loggers, and air pollution, which has become so damaging, if you go there, you have to leave your vehicle about a mile away, and then walk in to see these behemoths.
As movies go, the plot is fairly simple, and the outcome predictable. Kirk Douglas carries the film, as he usually does, and Edgar Buchanan does a nice turn as an out-of-work gold miner who joins up with Kirk in his quest to become a millionaire, falling the giant Sequoias. Some of the trees date back thousands of years. Will they be saved? Well, at least in Hollywood they will be. Recommended for enthusiasts of the western genre, as well as tree-huggers.
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See Them Before They're Gone - bwod
I've always wanted to see the giant Redwood trees of California. Now I can say I have. This film was made in 1952. I'm sure those forests don't exist any more, on the same scale, due to harvesting by loggers, and air pollution, which has become so damaging, ...