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"Three-Ten to Yuma" is a short story written by Elmore Leonard that was first published in Dime Western Magazine, a 1950s pulp magazine, in March 1953. It is one of the very few Western stories to have been adapted to the screen twice, in 1957 and in 2007 .
3:10 to Yuma debuted in the United States and Canada on September 7, 2007, in 2,652 theaters. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $14 million and ranked #1 at the U.S. and Canadian box office. 3:10 to Yuma grossed $53.6 million in the United States and $17.6 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $71.2 million. [2]
The town is the setting for the first chapter of the 1953 western The Bounty Hunters, the first novel by Elmore Leonard. His 1953 story “Three-Ten to Yuma” is set in the town. The town is the setting for the finale of the 1957 western 3:10 to Yuma and its 2007 remake.
In 1958, 3:10 to Yuma was nominated for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for Best Film and the Laurel Award for Top Male Action Star, which was awarded to Van Heflin. [7] The film was remade in 2007, directed by James Mangold and starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, and it was successful with critics. [8] [9]
3:10 to Yuma may refer to: "Three-Ten to Yuma", a 1953 Western short story by Elmore Leonard 3:10 to Yuma, directed by Delmer Daves and starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin; 3:10 to Yuma, a remake of the 1957 film, directed by James Mangold and starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale
Whitty also said that the film is "far superior" and "truer to its own world" than 3:10 to Yuma. [34] Josh Rosenblatt of The Austin Chronicle gave the film 3.5 stars and said the film "grabs on to many of the classic tropes of the Western – the meandering passage of time, the imposing landscapes, the abiding loneliness, the casual violence ...
Hombre is a novel by American author Elmore Leonard, published in 1961.It was adapted into a film in 1967 with the same name starring Paul Newman.It tells the story of an Apache man, John Russell, who leads the passengers of an attacked stagecoach through the desert to safety.
3:10 to Yuma should go directly to the 2007 film. Major critics have lauded the film as being better than the 1957 version. Moreover, the 1957 version was a not-so-familiar western with little hype until the recent version kicked off. The acting list in the 2007 version by itself propels the recent version into more importance.