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I'm Patrick Wayne.
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I was 15 back in 1955 when we
headed to Monument Valley...
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...to film The Searchers for John Ford.
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Right now, I'm standing in the same
cave where Natalie Wood...
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...tries to escape from my father
at the end of the film.
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In those days, the 20th century
was no more than a rumor...
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...in Monument Valley.
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We didn't have to fake being in the
Old West. We were in the Old West.
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No telephones, no radio.
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Hundreds of miles
from the nearest railroad.
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Encamped in tents amid
stifling heat and swirling sandstorms.
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When you're eating dust at every meal,
so isolated and insulated...
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...you become a part
of that whole life.
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But, oh, was it ever beautiful.
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So many magnificent vistas...
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...just waiting to be captured
by the keen eye of John Ford.
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John Ford's love affair with the West
elevated the Western genre...
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...to new heights of critical acclaim.
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He paints pictures
that we wanna look at.
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And he tells stories about
people that interest us...
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...and capture our imagination.
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His career is tied closely
to that of my father's.
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High among the values
my father most cherished...
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...were honesty, trustworthiness,
loyalty. And these were key elements...
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...in his relationship with Ford.
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My father loved The Searchers.
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It's earned a place on the American
Film institute's 100-best list...
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...and I'm proud and honored
to have been a part of it.
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So if you really wanna know
about John Ford...
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...well, just watch this beautifully
restored version of The Searchers.