High Noon (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition)
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Actor: Gary CooperBrand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 85 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-06-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Lionsgate
Movie Reviews of High Noon (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: a brave man facing certain death
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an "adult" western in that the townpeople act like townspeople. When faced by the possibility of an attack by five desperados, they prefer to do nothing and hope for the best. The movie may have also had a political viewpoint. We were locked in a deadly cold war with the Soviet Union. Many people, just as the townpeople in "High Noon", reckoned that disarmament and coexistence was a safer policy than confrontation.
Gary Cooper, as the resigning marshal of this small town, expects support--in terms of a posse--from the townsfolk. United they will outnumber the desperados many times and should be able to kill or capture them. One by one, however, the would-be posse peals away. Some won't fight for religious reasons, some for personal reasons, some for diability reasons and one, would be hero, is a drunk.
Cooper is left without allies and a bitter pill it is. Even his beautiful wife [Grace Kelly] won't stay. She wants them both to run. The only person who shows some guts is Katie Jurado who wants to fight for the marshal [and we know she would] but he belongs to another woman and so she gets out too.
Cooper, with every expectation of death on a dusty street, waits for the outlaws to arrive on the noon train. Hollywood style, he manages to gun down his enemies and then, in front of the assembled townsmen, throws down his badge in total disgust.
It's a powerful film of a brave man and of human frailty.
Ron Braithwaite author of Mexican Conquest novels, "Skull Rack" and "Hummingbird God."
Summary of High Noon (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition)
Gary Cooper won the Oscar for the Best Actor in this classic tale of lawman who stands alone to defend a town of cowardly citizens against a gange of revenge-seeking criminals. In the greatest showdown in the history of cinema Cooper stands to lose not only the town but his new wife Grace Kelly. The film also stars one of Hollywood's most beloved and prolific actors Lloyd Bridges and marks the first starring role for a beautiful young actress and internationally adored screen legend - Grace Kelly. HIGH NOON garned atotal of four Academy Awards including Best Editing Score and Original Song.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/COWBOYS Rating: NR UPC: 017153240856 Manufacturer No: 24085One of the greatest Westerns ever made gets the deluxe treatment on this superior disc from Republic Home Video's Silver Screen Classics line of special-edition DVDs. Written by Carl Foreman (who was later blacklisted during the anticommunist hearings of the '50s) and superbly directed by Fred Zinnemann, this 1952 classic stars Gary Cooper as just-married lawman Will Kane, who is about to retire as a small-town sheriff and begin a new life with his bride (Grace Kelly) when he learns that gunslinger Frank Miller (Ian MacDonald) is due to arrive at high noon to settle an old score. Kane seeks assistance from deputies and townsfolk, but soon realizes he'll have to stand alone in his showdown with Miller and his henchmen. Innovative for its time, the suspenseful story unfolds in approximate real time (from 10:40 a.m. to high noon in an 84-minute film), and many interpreted Foreman's drama as an allegorical reflection of apathy and passive acceptance of Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist campaign. Political underpinnings aside, this remains a milestone of its genre (often referred to as the first "adult" Western), and Cooper is flawless in his Oscar-winning role. The first-rate DVD gives this landmark film all the respect it deserves, beginning with a digitally remastered transfer from the original film negative. Additional features include the exclusive documentary The Making of High Noon, hosted by film historian Leonard Maltin and featuring interviews with the late Lloyd Bridges (who played Cooper's rival ex-deputy), director Fred Zinnemann, and producer Stanley Kramer. Also included is the original theatrical trailer and a special chapter stop highlighting the Oscar-winning song "Do Not Forsake Me." Offered in English and dubbed French and Spanish, with English closed-captioning or Spanish and French subtitles. --Jeff Shannon
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