town of Redemption

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The town of Redemption is a fictional frontier settlement central to the plot of the Western film "The Quick and the Dead," where a deadly quick-draw tournament takes place.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location
fictional town
setting in a film
appearsIn The Quick and the Dead NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre Western film
centralToWork The Quick and the Dead NERFINISHED
conflictType gunfights
power struggle
controlledBy Herod NERFINISHED
countrySetting United States NERFINISHED
eraSetting American Old West NERFINISHED
governedBy Herod NERFINISHED
hasCharacter Cort NERFINISHED
Ellen NERFINISHED
Herod NERFINISHED
The Kid NERFINISHED
hasCharacterRole gunslinger
outlaw
sheriff
hasTheme corruption
redemption
revenge
violence
hasTournamentRule duels decided by fastest draw
matches scheduled and announced publicly
participants may be killed
languageOfDepiction English
locatedInFictionalRegion frontier territory
medium film
nameAlludesTo redemption
narrativeFunction central setting of the plot
notableFeature daily dueling schedule
gallows
main street used as dueling ground
public executions by gunfight
saloon
partOfFranchise The Quick and the Dead (film) NERFINISHED
primaryEvent gunfighting contest
quick-draw tournament
symbolizes lawless frontier justice
personal reckoning
visualStyleInWork stylized Western town
workDirector Sam Raimi NERFINISHED
workGenre revisionist Western
workReleaseYear 1995

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Herod controls town of Redemption