One Eyed Jacks
by Marlon Brando
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Actor: Ben Johnson, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado, Marlon Brando, Pina PellicerDirector: Marlon Brando
Brand: BCI ECLIPSE LLC
Cinematographer: Charles Lang
Producer: Frank P. Rosenberg
Producer: George Glass
Producer: Walter Seltzer
Writer: Calder Willingham
Writer: Charles Neider
Writer: Guy Trosper
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 141 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-10-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Bci / Eclipse
Movie Reviews of One Eyed Jacks
Movie Review: Brando Directs!
Summary: 5 Stars
This review refers to the BCI Eclipse(Brentwood Home Video) DVD edition of "One Eyed Jacks"(1961).....
"One Eyed Jacks", is the first and only film directed by Marlon Brando.It's a great western adventure with lots of action, romance and some great scenery.The story is a captivating one. Brando("Rio") stars with Karl Malden("Dad Longworth") as two bank robbers on the run from the Federales in Mexico, They are pinned down and only one can get away to get fresh horses for their escape. Dad is the one to go, but greed gets the best of him. He takes off with the loot and leaves Rio to be captured, and sent to a Mexican Jail for 5 long years. He escapes and goes looking for Dad, finally finding him in Monterey, California, where "Dad" is now a tough Sheriff and has a beautiful step-daughter, Louisa. The action and the romance heat up along the beautiful California coastline as Rio is bent on revenge and falls for the beautiful Louisa.
Pina Pellicer won a Best Actress for her role as Louisa at the Sebastion International Film Festival, and Charles Lang was nominated for the exquiste cinematography. The film also stars Katy Jurado(always wonderful), and western legends Slim Pickens and Ben Johnson.The music by Hugo Friedhofer is beautiful and captures the essence of the story.
This DVD by BCI is a decent transfer of this 42 year old film.There is not much sign of age. It's not as pristeen as you would expect from a big studio release, but you can't go wrong for the price. The colors are nice(although a bit dated) and dialouge clear.The California coastline looks very inviting.
This film may also be purchased in a 4 film set of western legends.Great American Western V.10, The which also includes
The Over The Hill Gang/Over the hill Gang Rides Again and The Deadly Companions(early Peckinpah)
This is classic Brando...enjoy...Laurie
Summary of One Eyed Jacks
Early in 1959 Marlon Brando began one of his most unique projects of his career - directing himself in One-Eyed Jacks. Taken from Charles Neider's novel One-Eyed Jacks is a tale of revenge set in Mexico. Stanley Kubrik was originally signed to direct but he and Brando failed to agree on much of anything and he was dismissed four weeks prior to filming. Marlon decided to direct the movie himself. The movie went well over budget. On completion Brando the director had set a new world record by exposing over one million feet of film stock. --- It's the Old West of 1880 and Brando stars as Kid Rio who along with his partner Dad Longworth (Karl Malden) are bank robbers who are caught holding up a Mexican bank. Longworth gets away and allows his partner to get caught and go to jail. When Rio is released five years later he goes out to seek revenge however he is surprised to find his partner is married with a stepdaughter and a sheriff of a town. Complications set in when Rio himself falls in love with the stepdaughter.System Requirements: Running Time 141 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 787364441198 Manufacturer No: 44411-9Similar DVD Movies
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