While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
年度惊喜，加菲表演太精彩了，剧情流畅，感情细腻，配乐更是美妙。主角团队演唱的每一首歌都超级好听，故事中透露着力量。导演用的叙事手段很高明和传记本尊故事一样激动人心，紧扣人心。一场无与伦比的视听盛宴。
天才总是孤独的。音乐剧的形式，确实不讨喜。。。
The end of an old age. The beginning of a new era!
天花乱坠但毫无重点、不知所云。严格点说连合格的cliché 合集都算不上吧。（尤其老爷身世那条线只想让我大喊“Are you fucking kidding me?”）
在滴答声的催促下，焦虑和不甘油然而生，朋友的成功，女友为生活做出的妥协都是一声声的质问，唯有梦想与坚持能换来精神的富足。加菲的歌喉和演技得到了完美的释放，精妙的剪辑让两部音乐剧此起彼伏。但是剧本的情感冲击力略显不足。
多一星还是给情怀，这年头，好像也就这值钱了。就这种拍法，大概可以一直无止尽地拍下去。各种完美大结局，完美到甚至连老太太的过世都理所应当。可我还是怀念大表哥呀～～～
天才、纽约、梦想、年龄、资金、爱情、（同性、艾滋……是些看起来都老套得不行的关键词。可当电影用音乐剧的形式去讲述一个音乐剧作家时，这一切都变得好看起来。音乐真好！（加菲好帅哦～
就是音乐剧卡司的群星闪耀吧，电影部分其实有点平庸
林聚聚导演的第一部电影长片，能为自己的偶像拍这样一部电影，让更多人了解他、记住他，一定是一件很幸福的事情。
Jon的第一场试片会结束后，好评如潮但无人投资，他问经纪人“那我现在该怎么办？”，经纪人说“写下一部，写完了就再写一部，一直投稿直到有回应为止，这是大多数剧作家的宿命。”有才华的人终将被看到，需要的是时间和耐心。只不过除了这段，全片剧情和音乐都不怎么打动人，不及影片最后Jonathan Larson本人的影像有感染力。
漂亮的游泳池 source of inspiration！
BGM起来就会梦回唐顿 520还包场就真的好像受众不太多 没关系 珍宝留给自己慢慢享受
就是音乐剧卡司的群星闪耀吧，电影部分其实有点平庸
生活和舞台的虚实切换非常棒，浓缩了生活流，也渲染了情绪。而且作为歌舞剧来说，歌是真的都好听。
就像是回老家拜访老邻居，聊聊天说说话，看看这几年他们过的好不好，那时候还在地上蹒跚学步的小孩有没有长高，家里老人身体是不是还硬朗。。。
年度最佳音乐剧电影！10年度最佳音乐剧电影！20年度最佳音乐剧电影！LMM我再次感受到了你的爱和努力和才华！我们有你真是幸运！
新的时代对庄园带来一系列冲击。好莱坞，有声电影崛起，大众文化产业带来的全新工作机会，平权思想的萌芽。但最让人动容的是最后一幕，老妇人弥留之际，对儿子说“我想要的你已经全都给过我了，而且是持续不断的给予”，向儿媳致歉，向斗嘴的伴儿表达认可她正直的敬意，向孙女致以美好的祝愿，让贴身女仆不要哭哭啼啼，让周遭停止喧嚣。一个祖母在离世前与所有亲人郑重其事的告别，帮他们抚平悲伤。
一出关于梦想与坚持的宣言，一封写给剧院和所有行业人的情书。并非功成名就的风光回望，却是更为后人熟知的错过和遗憾；他在生前没有真正知道自己的成功，失败与潦倒注解了与之后种种成就的刺眼反差。但电影中的世界不曾因为这份悲剧般的命中注定而变得灰色- -却更像始终不断的能量宣泄：疯狂的、热闹的、天真的。随便一截图就能抓到大牌客串的阵容足够让人回看；而有了《天使在美国》的试炼，加菲也仿佛驾轻就熟自己的演绎。Thank you, Jonathan Larson.
印象深刻的一幕是加菲拥抱女友时手指轻敲女友的后背，不要爱上艺术家，他会汲取你生命的能量和养分豢养他的作品。
虽然看过第一部，但我是直到结尾才分清角色。这部剧的人际关系，其中的浪漫，奢华，高雅可能对女生比较有吸引力，我后排两个女生对于剧中几位女性的讥笑、嘲讽、阴阳怪气，能给出很灵敏准确的反应，很吃年老后拿着定情信物回忆过往这一套。我对剧中人物的表现也有几个比较深刻的印象，只是整体上比较迟钝。我更感兴趣的是这个电影呈现的知识点，英国仆人的骄傲，英法庄园的差异，英国人到法国度假的生活方式，电影从无声到有声的历程，有声电影的制作。更有趣的是我发现仆人们是在地下室的餐桌上也很严肃的吃饭，最后因为一场戏能像主人一样在坐在大餐厅的餐桌上。大家听莫斯利求婚很浪漫，告别老奶奶很伤感。
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