The Hallelujah Trail
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Movie Reviews of The Hallelujah Trail
Movie Review: sprawling western comedy epic
Summary: 4 Stars
THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL is a glorious western comedy, permeated with crisp performances and some beautiful cinematography. The story is about a gun-ho temperance leader called Cora Templeton Massingale (Lee Remick), who discovers that a dried-up town in Denver is about to get a fresh shipment of whiskey. She gathers a small army of women and parades out into the wild to stop the shipment en route. Out to curtail their activities is Colonel Gearhart (Burt Lancaster). The story dissolves into a comedic farce with Cora and Gearhart in the eye of the storm.
John Sturges' attempt at an epic-sized comedy caper comes off quite well, with Remick and Lancaster ideally-suited to their roles. The finely-assembled screenplay by John Gay (based on the novel "Hallelujah Trail" by Bill Gulick) allows each character to have his or her own payoff and moment to shine. Co-starring Pamela Tiffin, Jim Hutton, Donald Pleasence, Brian Keith and Martin Landau. The DVD has the film in a beautiful anamorphic print, with the trailer.
Movie Review: A hidden gem
Summary: 4 Stars
Many people do not seem to "get" the humor of this movie, so for that reason it would seem that it has limited appeal.
My family watches this film and laughs almost all the way through it. There is a definite 60's campy vibe, which for some seems to be seen as "over the top" humor.
Like Airplane!, the strong dramatic cast gives the humor of the film even more punch. Burt Lancaster and Brian Keith, Jim Hutton and especially Donald Plesance give performances that round out the overall effect and feel of the film.
The humor is not dropped out of the sky to hit hard, it is constant and subtle, and makes the entire film enjoyable. There is sarcasm, slapstick, intellectual, and low-brow humor, all intertwined as a constant barrage that keeps you attentive, lest you should miss a joke.
The textural appeal of the film is also high; saturated colors, excellent scoring, and great wardrobe make it a delight over and over again!
Movie Review: See this for film what it is.
Summary: 4 Stars
Having read the previous member reviews I was prepared not take this movie seriously resulting in pure enjoyable entertainment. Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick and entire cast must have had a fun time making this film. The satire and laughs are side-splitting, especially in the tub scenes which are often. Compares well with Rossini's "Barber of Seville" referred to as Opera Buffa (Italian comic opera) and works of Jacques Offenbach called Opera Bouffe (French) defined as humorous frequently farcical, and often satirical. Hallelujah Trail is not serious and a must see for those who enjoy poking fun a so many routine beliefs. Lee Remick is her beautiful self; her costumes only enhance her natural beauty. Burt Lancaster's quips and facial expressions demonstrate his total confusion. The day will come when "West Side Story", Man of "La Mancha" and "Chicago" are classified as American Opera, at which time "Hallelujah Trail" may find its place as American Opera Buffa.Movie Review: Excellent movie, mediocre dvd quality
Summary: 4 Stars
I have been looking for this movie for twenty years, a bit uncertain of cast and title as I saw it only once on television when I was very young. Definitely as enjoyable as I remember, wonderful movie in the style of "It's a Mad, mad, mad, mad World.." huge cast of the greats of the day, indulging themselves in a hugely silly movie. Wonderful musical score as well.. Given all of this, the dvd release deserves near HD quality with sound to match, the quality of the movie is non-hd broadcast television quality, so it is very watchable, but does not do justice to the material contained here. Hopefully this will be remastered as it deserves, if nothing else for its 50th anniversary in 2015. The video quality is not bad enough to ruin the experience, but does detract from it. Night scenes are the only scenes I found of poor quality, the daytime scenes are fine.Movie Review: Hallelujah Trail DVD, Great Movie, very poor quality...
Summary: 4 Stars
Just received my DVD of Hallelujah Trail. If not in your collection, add it! One fantastic funny classic movie you'll watch again and again, but....My old VHS duel tape copy was mastered from a better copy of the film than the DVD. Several spots where film burns are noted, grainy, pixilated, jumpy too. And audio? Just causing the Dolby light to turn on is not Dolby (plus it is a mix down Dolby audio).
I'm Very Very disappointed, not in the movie, but by the lack of quality and
attention given to the transition to DVD. If not for the longevity of the DVD to preserve this classic it would not be worth the purchase price. I would hope someone takes the time to view the DVD a see the very poor attempt to create a DVD.
Thank you MGM for taking the time to make the DVD available, but I had hoped the expected quality would have been preserved....