MacKenna's Gold (DVD)

Made in 1969 this is not your traditional western, without wanting to bore you about the decline of the American western in the 50's and 60's you could argue that the last 'traditional' westerns were made in the late 50's. By then the audiences were staying away and apart from a few examples such as the Magnificent Seven (1960) Hollywood had turned it's back on the oldest genre of filmmaking. It took an Italian, Sergio Leone in the mid sixties to re-invent and reinvigorate the western by making a series more violent, less moralistic and semi operatic film we know known as spaghetti westerns ... more

This was a Super pana vision film released in 70mm wide screen, an action packed Western melodrama based on a folklore of the Ancient American Indians. MacKenna's Gold is a lavish film, and quite an entertaining one too. Shot in 1968, it boasts of some excellent color photography with wonderful panoramic visuals.. It had some of the biggest stars of those days like Gregory peck, Omar Sheriff ,Telly Savales, Eli Wallaich, Anthony Gale, Camilla Sparv among a host of othres... The Film MecKennas Gold is the story of a group of people looking for a legendary valley of Gold and how the lure of gold ... more