While his name isn’t floated around as frequently as contemporaries like John Ford or John Huston, the great director Howard Hawks ... star, Hawks described his new film El Dorado as “no ...

Since then, he's built a reputation as an acclaimed director, with nearly 30 films to his name. His work has earned him numerous award nominations and wins, including two Academy Awards.

John Wayne had already remade 1959’s Rio Bravo, a film about a sheriff defending his office from outlaws, in 1966’s El Dorado. Yet Howard Hawks, who directed both films, wanted to make it a ...

A comedy on May 8: A harried paleontologist has to make a good impression on ... A biography/drama on May 29: In the mold of the great Howard Hawks film, this is the story of an American ...