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How the West Was Won (Blu-ray Book) [Blu-ray]
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| Part No: | B0018O50VQ |
| Manufacturer: | Warner Home Video |
| MFG Part: | WARBR39748 |
| Customer Rating: | 4.0 / 5.0 |
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/09/2008
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
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| WoW! True color and watching in Blu ray is so much better. Great Movie, with lots of stars. Love it |
| Spectacular! | 2008-11-13 | 5 / 5 |
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| Wonderful video and audio; better than any previous showing I have witnessed, including the original roadshow. Smilebox version does an amazing job of imitating Cinerama and is addictive; outstanding job by technicians of minimizing three-camera lines and cleaning audio. A fun movie with an excellent cast and breathtaking cinematography. A genuine must own. I look forward to future Smilebox releases. |
| how the west won me | 2008-11-13 | 5 / 5 |
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| All star cast, Panoramic display [nothing ever this big], great story line , camera work and acting! |
| A Wow Of A Blue Ray | 2008-10-29 | 5 / 5 |
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Three cheers are much in order for Warner Home Video with their release of this superb Blue Ray issue of "How The West was Won".
Firstly the five star rating adjudged this disc is NOT for the movie - which I think we all agree is something of a flawed epic western - but
for the quite amazing presentation of the film this time round on Blue Ray. Virtually gone are the once irritating panel lines that were left by the filming with three cameras and we now have a Blue Ray version of the movie that is nothing short of stunning. With extremely well defined and sharp as a button images, pluperfect colour resolution and great sound (Alfred Newman's score comes across with dynamic clarity) the entire visual experience is something to behold.
The first disc presents the movie in a terrific 2.35 widescreen version
with excellent extras that includes a film giving us the history of
Cinerama and how the public responded to its introduction in the early fifties. Also there are some great clips from the first Cinerama picture "This Is Cinerama" (1953) presented by Cinerama pioneer Lowell Thomas.
But it is disc two that really takes the biscuit! Here we get a "smile box" version of the complete movie. This is the "wrap around" totally curved format of the film which simulates the cinema Cinerama viewing experience. And by simply moving your seat closer to your TV (the greater your TV screen the greater the effect) you can well imagine watching the movie in your local Cinerama theatre. And it also makes a great fun demo.to show off to your friends!
Amazingly this unique presentation - with all its technical brilliance actually makes the movie better than it really is!
GO FETCH!! Hip, Hip................ |
| Compre agora! | 2008-10-22 | 5 / 5 |
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Portuguese review:
Para quem gosta de clássicos e ainda de westerns que fizeram história, este disco é imperdível por três razões, no mínimo: a imagem está impecável, a versão em tela cinerama é super charmosa e tudo, inclusive os extras, está legendado em bom português brasileiro e de Portugal. É isso! |
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