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Lone Ranger

In the crowd of fans you will mark out the glaring ones. Photo: (с) www.evelinakhromtchenko.com

The new Disney blockbuster “The Lone Ranger” from the filmmaking team behind the blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise will be released on July 4, 2013. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, winning director Gore Verbinski and actor Johnny Depp by common efforts brought to life a legendary tale about John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, who transforms with the help of Native American warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) into a legend of justice.

With Johnny Depp involved from the beginning of the project and already cast as Tonto, the filmmakers searched for the perfect John Reid aka The Lone Ranger. It soon became apparent to Jerry Bruckheimer and Gore Verbinski that the much sought-after role of the Lone Ranger was custom built for a young, impossibly talented and equally good-looking actor named Armie Hammer. Having already made a notable mark in Hollywood with his performance as the Winklevoss twins in David Fincher’s “The Social Network” and starring opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Clint Eastwood’s “J. Edgar,” Bruckheimer and Verbinski snagged him for “The Lone Ranger” at just the right moment. In this film also is taking part a magnificent actress – Helena Bonham Carter (“The King’s Speech”) as flamboyant, one-legged saloon owner Red Harrington.

As with many ambitious projects, there was a long and winding road to bring the new version of “The Lone Ranger” to fruition. But neither producer JerryBruckheimer nor director Gore Verbinski are men to be easily dissuaded once their hearts and minds are focused. “We knew that it was time for ‘The Lone Ranger’ and westerns to be reborn,” says Bruckheimer, “just as Gore and I knew that it was time for pirate movies to be resurrected when we first developed ‘Pirates of the Caribbean for the screen a decade ago. There’s a reason why people have relished these characters and genres for decades, and we knew that if we re-introduced them in a fresh and exciting way, they would fall in love with them all over again.”

For the first time “The Lone Ranger” made its way onto the airwaves courtesy of WXYZ radio in Detroit, Michigan, on January 30, 1933 ( that was 80 years ago) There were 2,956 radio episodes of “The Lone Ranger” (the last new one was broadcast on September 3, 1954), a21-year history that actually overlapped the hugely successful television series, starring stalwart Clayton Moore as the titular character and dignified Jay Silverheels as Tonto. This program, which became an international phenomenon, began airing on ABC in 1949 and continued until 1957.

The huge popularity of the show also spun off into two theatrical feature films, “The Lone Ranger” (1956) and “The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold” (1958). But now it’s time for Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer to put their own indelible stamps on Tonto and the Lone Ranger. As they respect some traditions established over the past eight decades, they also fearlessly interpret the characters for an entirely new generation.

And who is going to watch this movie? This movie is filmed for kids, because kids took part in it and three of them even take a key position in this movie. This movie is for men, because they love strong westerns. This movie is also made for elderly people, because the story is told by an old Indian man, who was a witness and an actual participant of the past event. This movie is filmed as well for women, because Johnny Depp will be staring in it. It will be a tremendous success!

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