John Carpenter's fondness for the films of Howard Hawks is no mystery. After all, the Halloween director dedicated four of his ten slots on his 2022 Sight and Sound list to Hawks movies, including Bringing Up Baby, Rio Bravo, and the original Scarface (starringPaul Muni, notAl Pacino). Indeed, Carpenter's early breakthrough, Assault on Precinct 13, is a modernized remake of Hawks' Rio Bravo, the classic Western starring John Wayne. You can't blame him for being such an obsessive fan, as Hawks represented the peak of classic Hollywood, a versatile filmmaker across all genres and tones with an impeccable eye for character and movie stardom.
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