| | Shane DVD (13 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Family Movies, Adventure Videos, Recommended, Classic, Westerns, Family Interaction, Essential Cinema, AFI Top 100 (1997), AFI Top 100, AFI Top 100 Movie Quotes, AFI Top 50 Heroes | | Starring | Van Heflin, Jean Arthur, Alan Ladd, Ben Johnson, Jack Palance, Edgar Buchanan, Elisha Cook, Jr., Brandon De Wilde, John Dierkes, Emile Meyer | | Director | George Stevens | | Composer | Victor Young | | Director of Photography | Loyal Griggs | | Editor | William Hornbeck | | Producer | George Stevens | | Production Designer | Hal Pereira | | Screenwriter | A.B. Guthrie, Jr. | | Source Writer | Jack Schaefer |
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; Soundtrack French; Dolby Digital 5.1 Re; Sensor Matic Director George Stevens based this landmark western on Jack Schaefer's best-selling novel.
Shane, a handsome loner, rides into a Wyoming valley seeking refuge from his difficult past. He discovers the Starretts, a pioneer farm family looking for a hired hand. Suddenly, Ryker and his posse of gun-toting ruffians ride by and threaten to run Starrett off his farm. Ryker, a ruthless businessman, has been trying to rid the valley of homesteaders so he can expand his ranch. After witnessing this brutality, Shane decides to stay on and help out. Provoked by Ryker's boys, Shane joins the homesteader's fight, facing off with a hired gunslinger to make the valley safe for civilized folks like the Starretts. Shane's bravery wins Mrs. Starrett's heart. But this honorable horseman is going to ride off into the night alone. George Stevens' classic Western, adaptated from the Jack Schaefer novel, stars Alan Ladd in the title role. Riding the ranges of Wyoming's Grand Tetons, Shane stops at the farm of homesteader Joe Starrett (Van Heflin) just before Ryker (Emile Meyer), a powerful and predatory cattleman, arrives with his hired muscle to make the farmer a threatening offer for land that he intends to get by any means necessary. When Shane lets the cattle baron know that his gun will back Starrett if there's any trouble, the grateful homesteader offers the stranger a job as a hired hand, which he accepts. Joe's young son Joey (Brandon de Wilde) is drawn to the quiet stranger, whose difference from the men he knows is confirmed by the accidental revelation of a gunfighter's lightning reflexes. Shane becomes a valuable asset to the farm, but is slowly drawn into the continuing hostilities between the two opposing groups. To complicate matters, Shane feels an unspoken, and unwanted, attraction to Starrett's wife Marian (Jean Arthur). This creates a sense of ambivalence in Joe, whose son already idolizes the gunslinger. Stevens' meticulous artistry imbues the simple Western with the mythic aura of an Arthurian legend, as Loyal Griggs' beautifully composed images provide the canvas for career performances by Ladd, Heflin, Arthur, and de Wilde, in what many regard as the finest western ever made. SHANE was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1993.
Additional cast: Paul McVey, John Miller, Ray Spiker, Janice Carroll, Martin Mason, and Helen Brown.
Jean Arthur made her last big-screen appearance in SHANE.
For the scene toward the end of the movie in which Shane fights with Joe, a man in a bear suit was used to stir up the family's horses in order to add to the drama. Shane Reviews: "...There are intriguing mysteries in SHANE..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Shane Movie Review Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews a real tear jearker
this movie is one of the all time greats and is a must see and to have in ones collection. When it first came out i went and saw it 4 times and each time i came away with tears in my eyes and yet it had a fantastic story line and the supporting cast were just as brillaint as Alan Ladd and if i had the funds to go to the USA i would make sure i got to meet them
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Submitted by Transone (New Zealand) 
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My favorite western film
As stated in my review of Marty, Shane is my co number 1 favorite film of all time along with the aforementioned Marty. I have seen this film 3 times in the theatre, including when it originally opened. At home I probably view this film every 12-18 months. It is the quintessential western, with only High Noon running a close second. I have even read the novella, on which the film is based, 3 times over the last 50+ years. For anyone who loves westerns, Shane is a must-see film.
Submitted by lbologn2 (Freeport, NY, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No All Time Greatest Western Ever made
Alan Ladd, should have gotten an Oscar for his portrayal of a loner gun slinger. Cinematography was awesome.
My all time favroite western. I loved
Brandon De Wilde, he was so cute and inquisitive.
Submitted by debbiec (L.A., CA)
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Set the standard in modern westerns, possibly Ladds's best perfomance and the action sequences and casting second to none. Story line has been done many times, but never better than this. converted well to DVD and should be added to any western fans collection.
Submitted by alanjill (Western Australia)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  GOOD MOVIE
This is the movie I named my son after,the movie was okay but I loved the name. My husband is a fan of western movies that's why he ordered it.
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Shane DVD Region 1
Keep Case - Sensormatic
Pan & Scan/Full Frame -1.33
Dolby 3.0 - English
Restored Mono - English
Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary by Production Assistant George Stevens Jr. and Associate Producer Ivan Moffat
Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Shane Video Cimarron, Down in the Valley, Gunsmoke - 50th Anniversary: Vol. 1, Hondo, My Darling Clementine, Pale Rider, Proud Rebel, Red Pony, Saddle The Wind, Violent Men, Westerner Purchase Shane Movie To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Big Country DVD (1958) Widescreen
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Wyler's powerful Western covers a lot of territory with Gregory Peck a fish out of water as a sea captain who travels west to marry and settle, but finds himself in the middle of a bitter dispute over water rights and a jealous clash with the ranch foreman (Charlton Heston). He also discovers his fiancee isn't who he imagined and finds true romance with the local schoolmistress (Jean Simmons). Folk singer Burl Ives surprised audiences with his performance which garnered him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
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Fraternal twins Conner (Flanery - SUICIDE KINGS) and Murphey (Reedus - GOSSIP) MacMannus are on a mission from God to rid Boston of crime. However, instead of signing up for the police force, these hard-drinking Irish-American brothers take the law into their own hands a la Charles Bronson in DEATH WISH. Heralded as saints by the city's beleaguered residents, the brothers also attract the attention of Paul Smecker (Dafoe - EXISTENZ), the openly gay FBI special agent assigned to investigate the spate of killings amongst the ranks of the Russian mafia. First-time director Duffy pulls out all the breaks in this inventive, action-packed thriller sure to please fans of HARD BOILED and RESERVOIR DOGS.
Closed Captioned; Soundtrack English; Director's Comments; Behind The Scenes
| | High Noon DVD (1952) Anniversary Edition; Collector's Edition
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Gary Cooper is Hollywood's perfect hero, the very embodiment of integrity and grace in this greatest of Westerns. As a newly married town marshal, he must balance an innate sense of justice and duty with loyalty to his beautiful new--and pacifist--bride when he is left by an ungrateful town to face a gang of deadly outlaws alone. As we watch spellbound, film time is real time as the showdown grows ever closer. HIGH NOON is a masterpiece that is frequently interpreted as a parable about artists left to "stand alone" and face persecution during the HUAC Hollywood blacklisting. However, Howard Hawks allegedly devised RIO BRAVO as an answer to the film's "wimpiness," and John Wayne once declared HIGH NOON as un-American--he was apparently offended by the ending of the film, which shows Sheriff Kane removing his badge and tossing it in the dirt.
Black & White; Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Bio/Filmographies; Soundtrack English; Director's Comments
| | Far Country DVD (1955) Full Frame; Subtitled
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One of the best Mann/Stewart Westerns of the '50s with a refreshing Yukon setting. Stewart drives cattle north on an arduous trek to Alaska. When he reaches his destination, his pay-off for his trouble is double-cross and violence.
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English
| | Grapes Of Wrath DVD (1940)
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John Ford's memorable screen version of John Steinbeck's epic novel of the Great Depression--often regarded as the director's best film--stars Henry Fonda as Tom Joad. After having served a brief prison sentence for manslaughter, Joad arrives at his family's Oklahoma farm only to find it abandoned. Muley (John Qualen), a neighbor now nearly mad with grief, tells Tom of the drought that has transformed the farmland of Oklahoma into a desert and of the preying land agents who have plowed under the shacks of the sharecroppers. Joined by former hellfire preacher Casy (John Carradine), Tom finds his extended family, including Pa (Charles Grapewin) and his indomitable Ma (Jane Darwell), packing their ramshackle truck to seek work in the fields of California. As the family treks across the country, their dissolution begins with the deaths of Tom's grandparents at close intervals. When they arrive in California, the Joads find only an abundance of poverty-stricken migrants like themselves and little in the way of potential work. Yet, ever resilient, they maintain their dignity, hoping for the best.
Among the talented cast, Fonda does perhaps the best work of his career, as does Qualen in the film's most haunting sequence. Director of photography Gregg Toland captures the suffering and the weathered, luminous nobility of the Joads and the other uprooted, drifting families, creating striking images equal to the best work of Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans. In a stirring film that stands as a microcosm of the depression experience of millions, Ford gives poverty a human face in a way that was rare then and even rarer in the decades to follow as Hollywood films with a sense of class consciousness dwindled like a species nearing extinction.
The Joad family struggles through the Dust Bowl to make it to California. Special DVD features include a bio of producer Daryl Zanuck, commentary, stills gallery, Movie Tone news footage of outtakes and news.
| | Andrei Rublev DVD (1969) Widescreen
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Director Andrei Tarkovsky's second film, ANDREI RUBLEV, is a massive and sweeping retelling of the life of the 15th-century Russian icon painter and perhaps the first great Russian artist. Unfolding in a free-flowing series of eight episodes, ANDREI RUBLEV follows the painter (Anatoli Solonitsyn) as he faces unbearable violence, endless attacks by the crude and malicious Tartars, and, eventually, a crippling crisis of faith. A moving mosaic of time, spirituality, dreams, history, culture, and politics, Tarkovsky's masterpiece was immediately condemned by the Russian authorities, who waited five years before giving it an official release. Despite this, the film endures as a wrenching testament to Tarkovsky's unique vision of the power of art and the duty of the artist. The film follows Rublev as he traverses the wretched earth of Russia in the Middle Ages, encountering jesters, fools, other artists, and the masses who eventually restore his faith in life and art. Tarkovsky's signature elliptical style, matched with stunning cinematography and breathtaking (and often nonnarrative) editing, creates a film unlike any other. Neither strict biography nor historical epic, ANDREI RUBLEV is the visual depiction of the mystical capacity for art to transform the struggles and joys of the human into the divine.
DVD. Complete vers. of censored film. Dir. cut spec. ed. 20 5 min. Russian w/ opt. retranslated Engl. subtitles that re store 40% of dialogue. Widescreen. Excls. dig. trnsfr. Scre en-specific audio essay by Harvard film professor Vlada Pet ric. Rare film interviews w/ dir. Andrei Tarkovsky w/ gener al essay by Petric. B&W.
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In this 1930s crime drama, crime boss Gene Fenmore tries to enforce ethics on his criminals, and when Rocky Mosely takes the last few dollars from a young couple, Fenmore comes down hard on him. The result is an uprising against Fenmore, led by Rocky. However, when a jewelry store job goes bad, Rocky and his gang blame it on the young couple, and Fenmore must find a way to redeem his honor. Interestingly, director and star Lowell Sherman went on to direct films starring legendary talent like Greta Garbo and Katherine Hepburn.
Black & White; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English
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After watching an erotic movie together, a couple and their young son find themselves acting out all of their own sexual fantasies. Director Radley Metzger's early 70's softcore classic rises above other films of its type through its beautiful art direction and dreamlike visuals.
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| | Knute Rockne: All American DVD (1940) Full Frame; Subtitled
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The stirring biography of the famous Notre Dame football coach who led the Fighting Irish to numerous victories. Note: unlike television prints of this film, this video version contains the famous "Win just one for the Gipper" quote.
"Win just one for the Gipper." The future president portrays halfback George Gipp and Pat O'Brien is Notre Dame's coach in this famed biopic.
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| | NFL History Of The Kansas City Chiefs DVDs (2007)
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The Kansas City Chiefs have their history comprehensively covered in this informative release from the NFL. Beginning with their origins, then progressing through the highs and lows experienced by all professional teams, the program also includes player and game profiles.
It continued with Len Dawson, Willie Lanier, Hank Stram and an upset in Super Bowl IV. Today, the history of the Kansas City Chiefs lives on in the finest stadium in the land with over 79,000 fans in a vibrant sea of red, creating one of the NFL's greatest home field advantages. Now, for the first time, the Chiefs' story is available in this thrilling two-DVD set - The Complete History of the Kansas City Chiefs. From Lamar Hunt's quest to build a second professional football league, to Larry Johnson, Herman Edwards and the Chiefs of today, The Complete History of the Kansas City Chiefs takes you inside one of the NFL's finest franchises.
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