How the West Was Won (Special Edition) [Blu-ray]From Warner Home Video
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Product Description
With courage sinew and conflict: that s how the West was won. With three directors five interlocked stories some of movie history s most legendary action scenes and a constellation of acting talent: that s how How the West Was Won was filmed. Henry Fonda Gregory Peck Debbie Reynolds James Stewart and John Wayne are among the big names in this big saga following a family s move West through generations marked by the spectacles of a heart-pounding raging river ride a thunderous buffalo stampede and a bracing runaway train shootout. Via technological advances this panoramic winner of three Academy Awards can now be seen with a resplendent restored clarity eliminating its original three- panel join lines and in roof-raising Dolby 5.1 audio. Westward ho!System Requirements:Running Time: 162 minutesFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: WESTERN/CLASSICS Rating: G UPC: 883929026272 Manufacturer No: 1000039748
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #134 in DVD
- Brand: Warner Brothers
- Released on: 2008-09-09
- Rating: G (General Audience)
- Formats: Anamorphic, Color, Surround Sound, Restored
- Original language: English
- Number of discs: 2
- Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
- Running time: 164 minutes
Amazon.com
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
Customer Reviews
How the West Was Won
One of the best and most vivid movies I've ever seen! A young Debbie Reynolds is fabulous in one of the lead roles. Really brings the history of the Western expansion alive.
Absolutely stunning Blu-ray presentation.
Finally, they've managed to splice the three parts of the picture into a seamless whole. Both the sound (Dolby True HD) and picture (1080/24p) are incredible! Buy, buy, BUY this wonderful edition!
great remastering job on a great film...........
Forget all the discussion about poor picture quality. That may legitimately apply to earlier versions of this film. But this remastered edition, just screened on the encore western Channel, is superb. Glorious color, great sound and the joining of the three camera angles all but totally erased. Job well done on a movie that warranted the effort. Buy with confidence but be advised there is a severe letterbox effect because of how wide the CINERAMA picture extends.
How the West Was Won (S Edition) [Blu-ray]
