Sergeant York (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Howard Hawks
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Actor: Gary Cooper, George Tobias, Joan Leslie, Stanley Ridges, Walter BrennanDirector: Howard Hawks
Brand: COOPER,GARY
Writer: Abem Finkel
Writer: Alvin C. York
Writer: Harry Chandlee
Writer: Howard Koch
Writer: John Huston
Writer: Sam Cowan
Writer: Tom Skeyhill
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 134 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Story of World War I hero who captured German position single-handedly. Film also portrays York's earlier life in the mountains of Tennessee.Running Time: 134 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA Rating:?NR Age:?012569793750 UPC:?012569793750 Manufacturer No:?79375
Movie Reviews of Sergeant York (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: You're Not Behind The Plow
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a review for the WB DVD release of SERGEANT YORK (1941) directed by Howard Hawks
and starring Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan,Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Stanley Ridges and a
great cast of Warner Bros.character actors and supporting players.
Filming the story of WWI hero Alvin York was a dream for producer Jesse Lasky for decades
and the chance finally came during the days of the war in Europe in the late thirties.
It took a lot of persueding to get Alvin York to agree to allow his biography to be filmed, especially the combat segments, but Mr. York decided that America had to prepare for the inevitable coming of war. Eventually he felt that a film showing his initial reluctance to fight in WWI and his reasoning for finally joining in would be a good idea for Americans to see in 1941.
So SERGEANT YORK was made and released to much controversy until the attack on Pearl Harbor. After that, SERGEANT YORK was rereleased and became a smash hit, and no wonder it was successful.
The movie itself is part myth but mostly truthful. the mythical segment lies in the first part about Alvin York's early life in the hills of Tennesse, espcially the manner of
his conversion to that old time religion. It didn't quite happen the way the movie claims but the story is so fitting and entertaining it's hard to complain much about lack of authenticity. This version of the early part of Mr. York's life is almost like a fairy tale, a Hollywood fairy tale. Don't get me wrong, the basic story is true but certain things were embelished to be a little more entertaining.
The second part, York's involvement in the Great War and the incidents that made him
a household name war hero is factual from all the evidence presented and Mr.
York declined most offers to capitolize on his war experiences for profit throughout the following years.
All in all, SERGEANT YORK is a film classic and I hope will be seen at least once
by every American as well as people across the globe. Everyone involved in making this film did a wonderful, sometimes inspired job and all the effort shows in every moment of this outstanding picture.
This biography of a genuine hero is both fascinating and informative, perfect for the younger viewer as well as veteran film watchers. WB did a good job putting this two disc set together, the first disc includes both the movie and a commentary track and the second disc has two documentaries about both the making of the movie and a TCM
1989 biography of the life of Gary Cooper written and directed by critic Richard Schickel and narrated by Clint Eastwood. Both documentaries are well done as is the vintage WB cartoon and humorous short subject. This film has both an English and a French soundtrack as well as English, French and Spanish subtitles. Five stars.
Summary of Sergeant York (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Story of World War I hero who captured German position single-handedly. Film also portrays York's earlier life in the mountains of Tennessee.Gary Cooper plays Alvin York, the real-life country lad and sharpshooter drafted to fight during World War I but blocked from killing by his pacifist sentiments. Howard Hawks makes a rousing, heroic film out of the tale, and Cooper gives one of his best performances (for which he won an Oscar). The 1941 feature seems as much a valentine to wartime America (and a not-so-subtle piece of propaganda) as anything, with Hawks capturing splendidly shot scenes of life in York's home state of Tennessee, which in turn provide a striking contrast to the battlefield. A key scene in the film, in which York is presented with an argument in favor of killing in war, is still thought provoking. --Tom Keogh
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