 |
How the West Was Won by George Marshall, Henry Hathaway, John Ford, Richard Thorpe
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
DVD Cover InformationActor: Carroll Baker, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, John Wayne Director: George Marshall, Henry Hathaway, John Ford, Richard Thorpe Brand: Warner Brothers Cinematographer: Charles Lang Producer: Bernard Smith Writer: James R. Webb Writer: John Gay DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.66:1 Running Time: 162 minutes DVD Release Date: 2007-05-22 Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of How the West Was WonMovie Review: "WON" by Blu-Ray Summary: 5 StarsLook at this on a big screen TV! The improvement in image quality, sharpness, and color on this blu-ray edition is enormous. Watching this film in the SmilE format on the second disc is a treat and makes us remember what a spectacular stunt Cinerama was when we originally saw this on a huge curved panoramic screen for it's original release. It's certainly the kind of startling innovative technology that sold tickets and put us in theater seats; but if you find it distracting, return to the conventional widescreen version on disc one. Both are stunning--and somehow seem superior to the actual original projected theatrical film in their sharpness and color!
The very-widescreen image finally looks complete. The two "un-seam-ly" overlap lines that marred ALL previous showings, releases, and formats are almost totally and miraculously unnoticeable on both blu-ray discs! Now, without experiencing those persistent distractions and odd distortions, we rediscovered a spectacular film with a surprising amount of good acting and witty and often moving dialogue.
Of course, it includes some of the most stunning classic action sequences this side of Ben Hur and CB DeMille! And what a great cast and superb score. The blu-ray is a marvel and a must-have. And some might buy it for the fascinating "Cinerama Adventure" documentary alone, included here on disc one!
Summary of How the West Was WonFrom 1839 to 1889, this epic story follows four generations of a courageous New England farm family as they travel to the fertile Ohio Valley during America's westward expansion. This wondrous historical saga is set against the Louisiana Purchase, the Civil War, buffalo hunters, the Pony Express and the first transcontinental railroad. How The West Was Won won three Academy Awards for Best Screenplay, Best Sound and Best Editing. The first feature film to be photographed and projected in the panoramic three-camera Cinerama process, this epic Western is almost as expansive as the West itself, chronicling a pioneering family's triumphs and tragedies in numerous episodes spanning three generations and a half century of westward movement. Divided into five segments directed by veteran Hollywood filmmakers Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, and the legendary John Ford (and including uncredited sequences directed by Richard Thorpe), the film was one of the most ambitious ever made by the venerable MGM studio. Its stellar cast reads like a virtual who's who of Hollywood's biggest stars. Debbie Reynolds plays a sturdy survivor of many pioneering dangers, and the eventual widow of a gambler (Gregory Peck), who is later reunited with her nephew (George Peppard), a Civil War veteran and cavalryman who heads for San Francisco as the transcontinental railroad is being built. Many more characters and stories are woven throughout this epic film, which is dramatically uneven but totally engrossing with its stunning vistas and countless outdoor locations in Illinois, Kentucky, South Dakota, Monument Valley in Arizona, California, Colorado, and elsewhere. --Jeff Shannon
|
 |
The ShootistParamount; Release date: 2001-07-24; DVDBest price: $4.37Price in other shops: $9.98
ShenandoahUniversal; Release date: 2003-05-06; DVDBest price: $3.69Price in other shops: $9.99
A Fistful of DollarsTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 1999-10-05; DVDBest price: $3.88Price in other shops: $14.98
Pale RiderEASTWOOD,CLINT; Release date: 1997-11-19; DVDBest price: $4.76Price in other shops: $12.98
Young Guns (Special Edition)LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT; Release date: 2003-04-22; DVDBest price: $2.77Price in other shops: $14.98
City SlickersRelease date: 2001-05-08; DVDBest price: $2.50Price in other shops: $14.98
SilveradoRelease date: 2002-06-04; DVDBest price: $7.58Price in other shops: $14.95
Giant (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Digipack)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2003-06-10; DVDBest price: $13.40Price in other shops: $26.98
The AlamoTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2000-12-19; DVDBest price: $2.95Price in other shops: $14.98
HudParamount; Release date: 2003-12-02; DVDBest price: $4.41Price in other shops: $9.98
|
|