| | Searchers DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Recommended DVDs, Classic Movies, Westerns Videos, Essential Cinema, Kidnapping And Missing Persons, Native American, AFI Top 100 (1997), Rescue, AFI Top 100 | | Starring | John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood, Vera Miles, John Qualen, Henry Brandon, Olive Carey | | Director | John Ford | | Art Director | James Basevi, Frank Hotaling | | Composer | Max Steiner | | Costume Designer | Frank Beetson, Ann Peck | | Director of Photography | Winton C. Hoch | | Editor | Jack Murray | | Producer | Merian C. Cooper, C. V. Whitney | | Screenwriter | Frank S. Nugent | | Source Writer | Alan LeMay |
An embittered frontiersman engages in an extensive and obsessive search for his niece, abducted years ago by Indians who killed her family in retaliation for a massacre in their village. A classic Western regarded by many as the best of the genre, John Ford's THE SEARCHERS has been acknowledged by several directors who came into their own in the 1970s, including Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Paul Schrader, and George Lucas, as a powerful influence on their work. The film stars John Wayne as Ethan Edwards, a case-hardened Civil War veteran returning to his brother Aaron's (Walter Coy) Texas home in 1868. When Rev. Samuel Johnson Clayton (Ward Bond) arrives to raise a posse to run down the Comanche who have stolen the cattle of neighbor Lars Jorgenson (John Qualen), Ethan is among those who join him. They return to find the Edwards family slaughtered and the two girls, Lucy (Pippa Scott) and Debbie (Natalie Wood), missing. The posse continues to search for the girls but turns back as winter settles in. However, Ethan and his reluctantly accepted companion, Martin Pawley (Jeffrey Hunter), the girls' part-Cherokee stepbrother, press on for another seven years, with the Indian-hating veteran becoming ever more fanatical as the hard seasons pass. In his epic meditation on racism, obsession, paranoia, and the myth of the West, Ford explores the ugly underside of a genre that he had imbued with optimism in his early career. Wayne gives perhaps his most powerful performance as the embittered Edwards, but it's the visual poetry of what are possibly Ford's most carefully framed, lit, and composed images that shape this masterwork from beginning to end. As Wayne walks through the doorway at the film's end, he grabs his elbow in a tribute to his and Ford's close friend Harry Carey Sr., a Western film icon who had passed away a few years before. THE SEARCHERS was an original selection to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1989.
Color by Technicolor; filmed in VistaVision.
The song "The Searchers" composed by Stan Jones.
Lana Wood, who plays Debbie Edwards as a little girl, is the younger sister of actress Natalie Wood. Searchers Quotes/Excerpts: "That'll be the day."--Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) Searchers Reviews: "...THE SEARCHERS contains scenes of magnificence, and one of John Wayne's best performances. There are shots that are astonishingly beautiful..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "...A masterpiece..."
-- Jonathan Wright, Total Film "...The Western that bowled over a generation of film schoolers, from Lucas to Scorsese to Spielberg..."-- Entertainment Weekly Staff, Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]ender and insightful. It will cut you up."
-- Nev Pierce, Total Film 5 stars out of 5 -- "Ford's picture is relentlessly unpretentious; tackling Big Themes without neon-slicking them or telling us what to think."
-- Nev Pierce, Total Film 5 stars out of 5 -- "It's a thoughtful, and rather dark piece....Ford used Monument Valley as a canvas for the breathtaking photography."
-- Jan Vincent-Rudzki, Ultimate DVD "...Heads many a list of all-time cinematic favorites....Stunning..."
-- Janet Maslin, New York Times "...An audience favorite from the beginning -- and a creative influence on a generation of filmmakers..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today Searchers | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1956 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1348  | | CD Universe Part number | 1262484 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 29, 2005 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 119 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Digital Sound; Letter Boxed; Widescreen |
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One of John Ford's most cherished projects, THE QUIET MAN took years to finance but became one of his greatest box-office successes and an enduringly beloved classic. John Wayne stars as Sean Thornton, a retired American boxing champion trying to put tragedy behind him by returning to Innisfree, the bucolic Irish village of his birth. He purchases his birthplace from its current owner, enraging the wealthy and bellicose Red Will Danaher (Victor McLaglen), who had designs on the property. On arriving at his cottage, Thornton finds it being swept out by Mary Kate Danaher (Maureen O'Hara), a redheaded vision from whom he steals a not completely unwelcome kiss. After engaging in a subterfuge involving a horse race, some of the locals manage to get the disgruntled Red Will to allow his sister to be courted by the American. But the courtship ritual of the village is only the first of many local practices that the bewildered Thornton must endure if he is to have Mary Kate. Wayne gives a surprisingly nuanced performance as the fish out of water, and he is perfectly matched with the radiantly rambunctious O'Hara. The rest of the cast is splendid as well, and the lush color photography garnered an Academy Award for Winston Hoch. John Ford also won an Oscar for his directing, and it's impossible not to be charmed by the artistry with which he weaves his rollicking, robust tale.
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Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin break out of their traditional screen personas in this offbeat western musical comedy with a memorable Lerner and Loewe score. Pardner (Eastwood) and Ben Rumson (Marvin) are two buddies who share everything, including their wife Elizabeth (Jean Seberg), whom they bought at an auction. Together, between bouts of drinking and gambling, the two men are able to transform such activities as hijacking a stage and kidnapping prostitutes into steps toward transforming their mining camp into a boomtown. Directed by Josh Logan (PICNIC, SOUTH PACIFIC). Academy Award Nominations: Best Score of a Musical Picture.
Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin and Jean Seberg find gold--and love--in them thar' hills in this raucous western musical featuring the classic Lerner & Loewe score!
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Billy, Doc and Chavez find themselves jailed in the same place and plan an escape. Together with new recruits, they head for the Mexican border not knowing that Billy's one-time friend now wears a badge and is leading a posse with one mission - get Billy the Kid. Academy Award nominations: Best Song ("Blaze of Glory").
This 103 minute feature film is a DVD starring Emilio Este vez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Sla ter, and Alan Ruck.
| | Sacketts DVDs (1979) Full Frame; Subtitled
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This exciting western was based on two best-sellers by the famous western author, Louis L'Amour. After the Civil War, three brothers head to the Wild West to seek their fortune rather than return home to Tennessee and a lethal family feud.
The Sacketts stars western favorites Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott in a two part television adaptation of best-selling western author Louis L'Amour's third novel in his popular Sacketts series. The Sacketts is punctuated by the occasional gunfight, but also enlivened by a story that celebrates both the open range and the taming of the West.
| | Bend Of The River DVD (1952) Full Frame; Dubbed; Subtitled
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The second of the terrific Stewart/Mann Westerns is characteristic of their pairings: adult themes played out against prairie vistas in which betrayal and violence can erupt at any time. Formerly a vicious Missouri raider, Stewart now leads a wagon train through Indian raids and hijackings to the new boom town of Portland where he becomes embroiled in the conflict between wealthy miners and farmers.
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British ranchowner John Tunstall (Terence Stamp) hires six young men to help him tend and guard his ranch. In addition he also teaches them to read and to be civilized, but soon Tunstall is murdered by a corrupt and ruthless competing cattle rancher. The six 'young guns' go seeking revenge and are erroneously branded outlaws by the law, until they can clear their names. The six young guns are played by Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney and Casey Siemaszko.
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| | Soy Charro De Levita DVD (1949) Black & White; Spanish
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Slapstick great Tin-Tan stars in this hilarious romp. Tin-Tan, along with his sidekick Marcelo, are put in charge of taking care of Carmelita's baby. But when the three of them are hired to run a stand, the hijinks begin!
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| | Year Of The Yao DVD (2005) Full Frame; Subtitled
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This documentary tells a unique story of Eastern and Western cultures merging within the world of professional basketball. Yao Ming, the seven-feet-six-inches-tall athlete who is a star in his native China, was the first pick of the Houston Rockets for the 2002-2003 NBA draft. Feeling pressure from his Chinese audience to succeed in the US, while simultaneously facing the scrutiny of the American basketball establishment, Yao meets significant challenges during his first year in the NBA. Narrated by Yao's 28-year-old interpreter, Colin Pine, the film shows how Yao and Colin navigate the turbulent ups and downs of American-style celebrity. Meanwhile, Colin also struggles with the complexity of translating NBA terminology into Mandarin Chinese. Despite frustrating setbacks and missteps, both Yao and Colin handle their new environments with aplomb and humor. Learning as they go, both become highly competent at what they do, finding ways to help each other. As a result, THE YEAR OF THE YAO is not only about basketball, it is also about the strong friendship that develops between these two strangers from totally different corners of the world.
In this powerful and inspiring story, Chinese basketball superstar Yao Ming faces incredible challenges - on the court and off - as he journeys from Shanghai to the Houston Rockets to become a true global hero. Extras include deleted scenes and more.
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| | Requiem DVD (2006) Widescreen
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Based on a true story, REQUIEM revolves around a female university student who seeks solace in the words of a priest after suffering an epileptic fit; she also still bears the scars of a punishingly strict upbringing. Unfortunately, the priest believes she is possessed by the devil, leading to further pain and suffering for a woman who is already delicately balanced on the precipice of insanity.
Michaela has grown up in a deeply religious family, in a small town in Germany, in the 1970s. Despite her long battle with epilepsy, she leaves home and secures her first taste of freedom while studying at the university. While there, she suffers a severe breakdown. Not a normal epileptic attack, but instead, a frightening rush of grotesque faces and voices. Afraid of being sent back home to her family, Michaela seeks help from a priest who reinforces her conviction that she is possessed. These harrowing events are based on a true story.
| | 4 For Texas DVD (1963) Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled
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When con men Zack Thomas (Frank Sinatra) and Joe Jarrett (Dean Martin) team up to open a gambling den, they quickly realize that business in the wild West isn't so easy. Both miscreant banker Harvey Burden (Victor Buono) and loose-cannon gunman Matson (Charles Bronson) are out to stifle Zack and Joe's moneymaking schemes. Luckily, the grifters still find plenty of time to romance a couple of voluptuous frontier babes (Anita Ekberg and Ursula Andress).
Rat Packers Sinatra and Martin fuel this comedic Western with their genuine, inimitable chemistry, and the pleasingly skewed supporting cast--including the staggering beauties Ekberg and Andress, the Three Stooges, and Yaphet Kotto in an uncredited cameo that marked his film debut--follows their roisterous lead. Director Robert Aldrich, fresh off the critical and popular success of his caustic psycho-thriller WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?, uses a much lighter touch in 4 FOR TEXAS to create an enjoyable, star-studded ride through the old West.
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| | Genius Club DVD (2006) Widescreen
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Seven people who are deemed to be among the smartest in the world are given a rude awakening on Christmas Eve. Summoned to solve the planet's problems, the group are given just one night to accomplish the task.
A terrorist gathers a scientist, seminary student, pro baseball player, professor, casino owner, painter, and a pizza delivery guy together to attempt to solve the world's problems in one night. Seven geniuses with IQs over 200 are taken from their lives on Christmas Eve and are put through the greatest test of their lives. If they fail, the world will come to an end. By morning, the group finds redemption in themselves and quite possibly the world.
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