Unforgiven (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Clint Eastwood
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Actor: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Jaimz Woolvett, Morgan Freeman, Richard HarrisDirector: Clint Eastwood
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 131 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-09-24
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Unforgiven (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: Sinners and Saints..
Summary: 5 Stars
This review refers to the Two-Disc Special Edition(10th Anniversary) DVD(Warner Bros)....
This may well be the greatest of Clint Eastwood's works. I am a big fan of both his work in front of the camera as well as his work as a director and producer, and this is my personal favorite.As well as the many international awards bestowed on this film and Eastwood as the director and star, it recieved four Academy Awards including Best Picture(1992) and Best Director. Warner Bros has bedazzled us with this outstanding transfer in every way of this fine film.
The story revolves around a group of prostitues living in the little western town of Big Whiskey. They are appalled that the town Sherriff does little in the way of punishing a customer that has cut up the face of one of the girls. They put up their own reward to any man who kills the offender(and his partner). Word of the crime(albeit exaggerated)and the reward spreads through the west and brings to town an array of killers.The tension grows throught the film as the Sherriff and his men brutalize these predators.
The Sinners: William Munny(Clint Eastwood)... an ex alcoholic notorious killer, now an unprofitable pig farmer, trying to raise his motherless children. Older and with less vengance flowing through his veins,now straps back on a gun and is going for the money.We watch him shed the pig farmer image and return to the vengeful killer.
"Little" Bill Daggett(Gene Hackman)...Don't let the nickname "Little" fool you. He is the biggest and meanest man in Big Whiskey. He has a sadistic streak that keeps the town in check, and does NOT intend on anyone collecting that reward.
"English Bob"(the late-great Richard Harris)...A gunmen after the money who's own greatness is self exaggerated. He does not fare well against Little Bill.
"The Scofield Kid"(Jaime Woolvet)...Billy the Kid wanna be, who enlists the help of William Munny to help gain him a reputation.
And of course the prostitutes (led by Francis Fisher)who perpetuate the killings, and the offending customer and his buddies.
The Saints(There aren't many): Ned(Morgan Freeman)...He was Munny's partner in the early days(so he's not really a Saint), and rides off with him this one last time. I call him a Saint because he seems to be the only person with a conscience.
The writer(Saul Rubinek)..not so much a Saint, more of an innocent. He writes the old dime novels about gunfighters and is scared out of his wits by what he witnesses but like any true jouranlist hangs around for the story. I kind of got a chuckle out of him.
Munny's dear departed wife who is not actually in the film, but is HIS conscience,and Delilah, the prostitue whose face was cut up, is like an angel as she watches over a sick Munny and is horrified by the events triggered by her misfortune.I might also add to this list the partner of the customer who cut up Delilah, as he is just a bystander and tries to make ammends.
As I mentioned above the DVD has been given an outstanding treatment. Both the picture(Widescreen) and the sound (Dolby Dig 5.1 Surround) are perfect in every way. The cinematography breathtaking across the western vistas as they ride. The indoor and nighttime scenes may seem dark, but everyting distinguishable and it it meant to be this way. The storm with it's thunder and rain, the horses, and gunshots, the dialouge all crisp an clear. This is a 2 disc set and has special features on both discs. There is commentary By Richard Schickel which you can have on during the film. He gives an in depth analysis of the story and the figures in it. There's also an old Episode of Maverick that Clint was in, documentaries, and more. Subtitles in English, French and Spanish. The features alone will keep you busy all day!If you love this film you'll love the DVD. If you havn't seen it, it's a must see for any Eastwood or Western fan.
also available in a great boxed set:Clint Eastwood Selection: Dirty Harry/The Outlaw Josey Wales/Unforgiven
"We all got it comin"..Munny to the Scofield Kid....Laurie
also recommended:
Deadwood: The Complete Series
The Gauntlet/True Crime
The Searchers / Stagecoach
Summary of Unforgiven (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman play retired, down-on-their-luck outlaws who pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey. Richard Harris is an ill-fated interloper, a colorful killer-for-hire called English Bob. And Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner Gene Hackman is the sly and brutal local sheriff whose brand of law enforcement ranges from unconventional to ruthless.Winner of four Academy Awards, including best picture, director, supporting actor, and best editing, Clint Eastwood's 1992 masterpiece stands as one of the greatest and most thematically compelling Westerns ever made. "The movie summarized everything I feel about the Western," said Eastwood at the time of the film's release. "The moral is the concern with gunplay." To illustrate that theme, Eastwood stars as a retired, once-ruthless killer-turned-gentle-widower and hog farmer. He accepts one last bounty-hunter mission--to find the men who brutalized a prostitute--to help support his two motherless children. Joined by his former partner (Morgan Freeman) and a cocky greenhorn (Jaimz Woolvett), he takes on a corrupt sheriff (Oscar winner Gene Hackman) in a showdown that makes the viewer feel the full impact of violence and its corruption of the soul. Dedicated to Eastwood's mentors Sergio Leone and Don Siegel and featuring a colorful role for Richard Harris, it's arguably Eastwood's crowning directorial achievement. --Jeff Shannon
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