Westerns - Page 27

Manufacturer: Shout! Factory / Timeless Media Brand: GAIAM INTERNATIONAL Model: 26919938

Fifteen years after they starred together in The Dirty Dozen, Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin team up in an exciting action film that will keep you on the edge of your seat!Lone trapper Albert Johnson (Bronson) shoots and kills a man in self-defense at his remote Yukon cabin. A few days later, lawman Sgt. Edgar Millen (Marvin) reluctantly puts together a posse of heavily armed men to arrest Johnson for the murder. But bringing Albert Johnson in ends up being more than anyone bargained for.After a shoot-out at Johnson's cabin leaves multiple men dead, Millen and his men set off into the frozen wilderness to bring the fugitive to justice!Bonus Features: - Audio Commentaries The Cast and The WritersInterview with Producer Albert Ruddy (The Godfather)Theatrical Trailer

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John Wayne remains one of the most beloved icons in the history of American film. With over 142 lead performances, his prolific career established him as the symbol of an American West that epitomized the virtues of courage, toughness, humor and loyality. This amazing collection features 20 westerns (including the fabulous McLintock), three adventures, one comedy and a John Ford documentary that captures the appeal of the western through the eyes of John Wayne, James Stewart, Henry Fonda and other legendary stars. These early films capture the raw talent and charisma that were destined to make "The Duke" an American hero for the ages whose appeal endures to this day. Bonus Feature: 80 Minutes of John Wayne movie trailers spanning his colorful career! 1. Blue Steel 2. The Dawn Rider 3. The Desert Trail 4. The Lawless Frontier 5. The Lucky Texan 6. The Man From Utah 7. The Star Packer 8. The Trail Beyond 9. Hell Town 10. 'Neath the Arizona Skies 11. Paradise Canyon 12. Rainbow Valley 13. Riders of Destiny 14. Sagebrush Trail 15. Texas Terror 16. Winds of the Wasteland 17. Randy Rides Alone 18. West of the Divide 19. Angel and the Badman 20. McLintock 21. The American West of John Ford 22. Shadow of the Eagle 23. Hurricane Express 24. Desert Command 25. His Private Secretary

Manufacturer: Warner Archive Brand: Warner Manufacturing Model: 28815777

Director John Huston ("The African Queen," "The Maltese Falcon") and a powerhouse cast make magic in this tongue-in-cheek Western saga. Academy Award-winner Paul Newman ("Nobody's Fool," "The Sting") shines as the real life, self-appointed judge. All-star supporting cast includes Academy Award-nominees Anthony Perkins ("Psycho") and Ava Gardner ("The Sun Also Rises"), Jacqueline Bisset ("Rich and Famous"), Roddy McDowell ("Planet of the Apes"), Tab Hunter ("Grease 2"), Ned Beatty ("Roseanne"), and then-newcomer Victoria Principal ("Dallas") in her feature film debut. Written by John Milius ("Clear and Present Danger," "Apocalypse Now").When sold by Amazon.com, this product will be manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Brand: Warner Manufacturing

Sam Peckinpah's light-hearted, rambunctious ode to the dying Wild West, with Jason Robards as a rascally prospector who transforms a desert water-hole into big business. Year: 1970 Director: Sam Peckinpah Starring: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner What does it tell us that Sam Peckinpah's most joyous and life-affirming movie is also his most underappreciated? The Ballad of Cable Hogue was made in that singular moment when, having just completed The Wild Bunch, Peckinpah knew he was back in the game as a feature-film director; and before anyone (including Peckinpah himself?) had an inkling of how completely he was about to redefine the Western genre, contemporary American filmmaking, and his own personal legend. Cable Hogue is a splendiferous entertainment: a grufty Western tall tale, a lusty comedy, and also (in critic Kathleen Murphy's phrase) "a musical about the economic and emotional complexities of capitalism." Its title character--Jason Robards in a great, exuberant gift of a performance--is an ornery varmint left by two scurrilous partners (L.Q. Jones and Strother Martin) to die in the desert. Through pure cussedness and what may be dumb luck, may be divine intervention, he "finds water where it wasn't" and survives. Nothing to do now but settle back, let his waterhole--the only one on the stage line between Deaddog and Gila--make him a rich man, and await the day those two old partners drop by his waystation. Besides such Peckinpah regulars as Slim Pickens, R.G. Armstrong, and Gene Evans, the movie features Stella Stevens in her career-best role as Hildy, Hogue's best reason for getting into town now and again, and David Warner, an itinerant preacher and full-time lech who becomes his soulmate. Lucien Ballard photographed, and there's a charming song score (by Richard Gillis) whose neglect is as mystifying as that of the film. Above all, there is Sam Peckinpah exulting in the lyrical, heart-filling possibilities of making a motion picture, trying just about anything, and finding it beautiful. T...

Manufacturer: Kino Lorber Brand: KINO INTERNATIONAL

Screen legends Lee Marvin (Prime Cut), Jack Palance (Ten Seconds to Hell) and Jeanne Moreau (Viva Maria!) star in this gripping saga that covers the tumultuous final days of the Old West. Facing a changing landscape where barbed wire and railways replace the freedom of the open range, Monte Walsh (Marvin) and his fellow cowboys consider new work opportunities, toy with the idea of "settling down," and draw their pistols for one last showdown. Forty years after its original theatrical debut, the unbridled spirit of the American frontier rides again. Cinematographer William A. Fraker (A Reflection of Fear) wonderfully directs this realistic western featuring a stellar supporting cast that includes Mitchell Ryan, Jim Davis, G.D. Spradlin, Michael Conrad and Bo Hopkins. Special Features: Original Theatrical Trailer

Manufacturer: Paramount Brand: PARAMOUNT - UNI DIST CORP Model: 14968924

An aging cowboy loses his partner, his girlfriend and his place in the changing Old West. Westerns circa 1970 were mostly about the end of the West, and Monte Walsh is smack-dab in the middle of that melancholy moment. Lee Marvin and Jack Palance play middle-aged cowboys whose wandering ways are getting hemmed in by corporations, fences, and their own aging muscles. Not only is the boss man (grizzled veteran Jim Davis) laying off his longtime ranch hands, he doesn't even own the ranch himself anymore. The movie that emerges from this weary milieu is a curious, meandering artifact: the shapeless early going consists of fairly broad slapstick scenes of cowhand tomfoolery, and comes around--almost reluctantly, you sense--to a conventional frontier-justice story in its final half-hour. The movie's got Marvin's unimpeachable presence, a nice understated turn from Palance, and the welcome novelty of Jeanne Moreau playing Marvin's prostitute galfriend. Monte Walsh is one of the few films directed by the esteemed cinematographer William A. Fraker, and it might serve as a model for why more cinematographers aren't directors: it looks great, but the internal rhythm feels off, the tone is variable, and scenes tend to play more like set pieces than essential parts of a whole. Granted, many of those set pieces are pretty tasty: Marvin and Moreau have a couple of touching scenes together, and there's a strikingly strange sequence with Marvin trying to break a particularly feisty horse in the streets of a town at night. Some of the film's best moments (such as Marvin's dismissal of an offer to ride in a Wild West show) are very much of their era in moviemaking, as is the theme song sung by Mama Cass Elliot. Throw in a score by the great John Barry, and the film's cult reputation is easily grasped--but its relative obscurity isn't hard to understand, either. --Robert Horton

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The girl they called "Winnipeg's Sweetheart," Deanna Durbin, captured the hearts of movie fans everywhere with her irresistible charm and golden voice. From her debut in 1939 to the release of her last film in 1944, Deanna was an international superstar and box-office sensation. Then at the height of her fame, she walked away from Hollywood forever. Now her movie magic lives on in this special 6-film set, Deanna Durbin Sweetheart Pack. This rare treasure includes some of her best-loved films, including the Academy Award nominated Three Smart Girls; First Love, a modern riff on the classic Cinderella story; It Started with Eve, a tender-hearted musical farce; Lady on a Train, a crazy who-done-it; and Can't Help Singing, the film that takes Deanna out to the Old West in search of romance and adventure. All the music, romance and laughter is yours to own in the collection that's a treat for movie lovers and a must own for fans of one of Hollywood's most cherished legends.

Manufacturer: Paramount Brand: Paramount Home Video Model: 4986039

Starring karate champion, Chuck Norris, WALKER, TEXAS RANGER centers around Cordell Walker, a contemporary Texas Ranger who is old-fashioned in his method of dealing with criminals, which entails using a lot of force. Joined by his partner, Jimmy Trivette, Walker does not shy away from his "eye for an eye" approach to law enforcement. In the world of Walker, Texas Ranger, there's no problem that can't be solved with a big truck, a few roundhouse kicks, and the unflappable-bordering-on-comatose cool of martial-arts-champion-turned-B-movie-star Chuck Norris (Good Guys Wear Black, Forced Vengeance). As Texas Ranger Cordell "Cord" Walker, Norris helmed this fusion of karate chops and cowboy hats for nine seasons; for some reason, the last season is being released on DVD before any of the earlier ones. By this point, the show's formula--non-stop action and high drama with no concern for common sense or coherent storytelling--has been honed to a science. No opportunity for peril is overlooked, particularly when it affords Walker a heroic moment. In the season's first episode, firemen recoil from a burning building, but Walker strides in without a word (and without any of that cumbersome protective gear) to rescue a cute boy and his loyal dog. This is refined cheese: Bad guys wear evil on their sleeves and criminal masterminds act like morons whenever it's convenient to conclude the episode. Norris wisely keeps his dialogue to a minimum, usually curt commands to his multi-ethnic troupe of high-kicking Rangers (Clarence Gilyard Jr., Judson Mills, and Nia Peeples) or warm endearments to his beloved wife Alex (Sheree Wilson). Most episodes bounce between a couple of overlapping high-tension elements (say, arms dealers and an outbreak of the Ebola virus), though this season also features an epic four-episode arc about a villainous computer genius known as "The Chairman" (Michael Ironside, Scanners, Starship Troopers). The standard two-pronged attack can be amazingly effective; no matter how absurdly the characters may b...