He has 90 acres of sweet grassland just outside Lincoln New Mexico split

He has 90 acres of sweet grassland, just outside Lincoln, New Mexico, split by the Bonita Creek. He looks out at the land and his horses and he recalls the days of Red River, in the summer of 1946, when they had 2,000 head of cattle and a big crew; but Howard Hawks and the cameraman, Russell Harlan, would wait until the clouds were just right.
“Well, Howard wanted me to take care of Montgomery Clift. But he has been discovered before, and these days he prefers to stay on his ranch in New Mexico, and get himself ready for a new marriage For he has that true shyness that ladies love. Richard Farnsworth is 79 now, and very touched by the response to his new film, David Lynch’s The Straight Story. Then let me tell you that next spring, when the Oscars are awarded, in what is going to be a very competitive category, he could hobble up on stage on his bad hip to get the Best Actor Oscar.

If you are groping, I will throw in appearances in Gone With the Wind, Gunga Din and Spartacus Yet he goes uncredited in all those pictures. Aha, you say, he is likely one of the stunt doubles the screen requires. Here’s a question for movie buffs: this man was vital to Howard Hawks’s Red River; he was also in Fort Apache, by John Ford; The Tin Star, by Anthony Mann; and in Robert Aldrich’s Ulzana’s Raid. The five runners- up, who each win a pair of tickets to a concert at the Royal Festival Hall, are: Robert Barnes of London W6; John Cronjaeger of London, WC2; Kelvin Holdsworth of Perth; RG Hughes of London W4; and Liz Ramsay of Ashby-de- la-Zouch, Leics..

The winner of the Cagiva Cucciolo 125 scooter is Andy Beadle of London, SW4. The results will be published next Sunday.Italian Festival resultsAnswers: 1) Jerusalem and Babylon, 586-7 BC; 2) Vittorio De Sica 3) Arte Povera. Senders of the first five correctly answered entries pulled from the hat after the closing date will win a box set Ten runners-up will receive a video No cash alternative The editor’s decision is final No correspondence will be entered into Usual competition rules apply Applicants must be aged 18 or over. As well as five box sets, there are also 10 ordinary Lock, Stock: The Director’s Cut videos to be won.
For the chance to be among the winners, answer the following three questions:1) Who played the gangster twins’ mother in The Krays?2) Who played Bob Hoskins’s moll in The Long Good Friday (1979)?3) Which city was the scene of the crime in The Italian Job?Send your answers, with your name, address, and daytime telephone number to: Lock, Stock Competition, Culture, Independent on Sunday, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5DL, to arrive by Friday 26 November. Starring Nick Moran, Sting and – most infamously – the former footballer Vinnie Jones, Lock, Stock has been dubbed the Italian Job of the 1990s. Guy Ritchie’s film delves deep into the East End underworld of card-sharps, drug-dealers and debt-collectors.

The box sets on offer include a wide- screen video, a copy of the screenplay, and a set of poker chips and playing cards in a Hatchet Harry-style mock-croc briefcase – the ideal accessory for recreating the centre- piece scene in your own home. And there are five limited-edition box sets of the video to be won – each worth pounds 30 – plus 10 other copies in our Independent on Sunday Lock, Stock competition. The director’s cut of Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, complete with never-seen-before footage, is released on video by Universal Pictures on 6 December. That is part of the magic.`The Mysteries’: Cottesloe, National Theatre (0171-452 3000); previews for `The Nativity’ start on 7 Dec; for `The Passion’ on 13 Dec; and for `Doomsday’ on 16 Dec The whole cycle will be played on 18 Dec After that the three plays are in rep to May. It is a mystery how words – archaic medieval words like “malison”, “ilka”, “flite” – which might be incomprehensible on the page should be understood when spoken on the stage. Let the audience do the weeping and laughing.” Dudley believes the Passion is now clearer and more emotional than last time round.