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.
像买了个套票连续看了几场独立动画。最喜欢《糖水铺》《铁皮柜》和《翼娃子的星期天》，每部片子都很有地域特色、饱含对小人物的人文关怀，材料和媒介也选择得很有温度，作为国内的作品，很难得了。但总体来说，形式大于内容，虽然是寓言式的故事，受众年龄段定位仍然不够准确，例如小兔子和哼哈将军过于低幼，成人难以欣赏，其他的故事对于儿童来说又稍显艰涩，几个故事集合在一起的时候就会形成观感割裂的尴尬局面。另外，宣发也做得不太到位。不过，也许宣发并不是问题的核心，而是独立动画本身作为小众产品，搬上大众化的院线，自然会水土不服。更何况，这已经是一个互联网与疫情共同冲击院线的时代，独立动画也许应该另谋出路，而不必拘泥于院线。
首先感谢毒舌的组织，很棒的一次观影体验！第一次看到绘本以电影的形式出现，很适合带着小朋友观影。七个故事的很好看，最喜欢的是萤火虫女孩，糖水铺，小火车。萤火虫女孩是一趟奇妙旅程，老周师傅幸苦了，画面好舒服。糖水铺的蒯【kuai】老伯，一直为了左邻右里坚持开铺，那种温暖是城市里钢筋水泥的楼房里所没有的。小火车开头有猜测到是截肢，只是没想到结尾的父母做得很棒！哼哈二将以为是神话故事，没想到是双生子的，😊。黄焖鸡米饭一家人开开心心过活每一天，真好。小兔子的问题就像所有小朋友都会问的十万个为什么，好可爱。外婆的蓝色铁皮柜轮椅有点伤感，想起我的曾祖母了 (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)
绘本，剪纸，多种风格
意外的好看！把绘本写成了电影。温暖又真切，现在疫情回不了家，和家人也有矛盾，看完好想家。一直哭一直哭。
场面调度的流畅和其中的想象力很大程度上弥补了故事的单薄。当然以儿童为主要受众的电影不一定需要严密翔实的故事线。
2022-1-15安贞ume 意外的惊喜，很喜欢小火车那个四川故事。可以说国漫新思路。
《外婆的蓝色铁皮柜轮椅》
【心有温暖，向往光明】今天和《向着明亮那方》发行方聊了很久，关于影片，关于年后艺管方向，关于对原创动画的推广，收获满满。电影简单而明媚，画风多样。却有可能因为推广费用而没太多人知悉，太遗憾了！真心希望喜欢画画的孩子能看到这部电影
绘本改编的影片果然很温暖很治愈 普通人的生活很平凡也很温馨 电影里的普通人终于不再被妖魔化了 看得出来几个导演都是很热爱生活的人 没有刻意煽情没有故意制造的冲突矛盾却仍然让人感动 小火车这个故事太好了
点点的第一次电影院观影。不到四岁的小人儿，看完回家午睡前翻来覆去还没睡着，突然问我：“妈妈，我外婆是不是也去世了？”我都快睡着了，听到安静的房间里突然响起的声音，愣了一会儿，然后回答：是的。晚上睡觉前我问她，你知道“去世”是什么意思吗？她摇摇头说不知道。我说那等你再大一点告诉你好不好呀？她说不要，现在就想知道。我想了一下说：去世就是人离开这个世界了。她得到了答案，就睡了。虽然我也不知道她听懂了没。
小朋友可能更喜欢哼哈二将。
虽然有的故事有些“个人”。但是看到不同画风不同地域的方言就觉得太棒了。
7.5/10
看电影是一件多么美好的事情啊！真开心看到中国竟然还有这样纯真的动画导演在认认真真的讲故事，讲给孩子们听的故事！一开篇的小白兔的故事，既充满了童真童趣，又非常有深刻的内涵，既是在给孩子们讲故事，也是站在跟孩子平等的地位上跟孩子们讲述着世间百态。别把小孩子当低智商，他们有自己的世界观！
本身就很喜欢绘本，所以观影过程是满足的。7个小故事的主题都是家庭的温暖与爱，那就是作者心中的明亮那方吧。
冲着国内首部绘本原创电影也必须要带娃进影院看。七个短片，每一个都温暖感人，《小火车》和最后一个《翼娃子的星期天》直接泪崩。关于爱和家庭，关于普通人的现实生活，关于家乡，都是积极向上的底色，画面也极好，各种方言也很有意思。
值得四星推荐。
虽然是改编的绘本，每章和绘本一样略短。
早上躺在床上翻着淘票票突然发现今天竟然有点映，马上爬起来穿上衣服跑去电影院hhh…
这几日每晚都想在梦里能和奶奶相见，回到小时候住平房的日子。
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