Advantages: A GOOD MOVIE Disadvantages: MAY NOT APPEAL TO EVERYONE
Review of “Hang 'em High”, a DVD starring Clint Eastwood. This DVD is not my usual cup of tea, I'm not a particular fan of either westerns or Clint Eastwood, but on a wet afternoon recently, we decided to pass away a few hours watching movies and this DVD had been loitering in the back of the cupboard unwatched for ages. ==The DVD== The DVD is one of the first 'Spaghetti Westerns' actually filmed in America. The film was also instrumental in bringing ... ...earlier movies. The actual movie was released back in 1968 by United Artists and in my opinion has stood the test of time. The DVD version was released in 2000 by MGM. Run time of this DVD is 1 hour 50 minutes and it is classified as suitable for age 18 and over. The genre is 'Western'. The DVD is a fairly basic one with only a few extras included such as a Making Of The Movie Trailer, Original Theatrical Trailer, Interactive Menu and Chapter Access. ...
brittle1906 24.07.2009
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Advantages: Clint Eastwood Western (need I say more) Disadvantages: NONE
Released by United Artists in 1968 the DVD is released by MGM.
Cost ranges between £4.00 and £10.00. (Though you'd be mad to pay more than £7.00 in my view)
The disc menu has four sections to choose from:
Play (of course)
Scene Selection
Language Options
Original Theatrical Trailer
The languages are English, French, German, Italian and Spanish
There are subtitles as well in English, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and ... ...Begley
Pat Hingle
Inger Stevens
and last but by no means least Bruce Dern as a Slimey character which he does so well.
Written by Leonard Freeman and Mel Goldberg
Produced by Leonard Freeman
Directed by Ted Post
The plot
Jed Cooper (Eastwood) is an ex lawman who buys a small herd of cattle. Unknown to him the cattle are stolen and their true owner has been murdered. A posse of nine men capture Cooper and accuse him of rustling and murder. ...
malcy101 08.07.2007 (25.07.2007)
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Advantages: Excellent Film, One of the Best Disadvantages: None
...Wilson and his vigilantes then Hang Jed Cooper before fleeing when they are disturbed. The only problem is that they left Jed alive. He is taken to the Capital city where he plans to seek his revenge. He is however offered the job of deputy marshall to clean up the area and bring in justice to the men who hung him.
The story continues with Jed Cooper tracking down the men who Lynched him and gaining his revenge, but all within the law as well as ... ...begin with a review about Hang em High. First I would say that this is an excellent western with Clint's performance being outstanding. This is not the same type of film like the spaghetti westerns that he has done (like "A few dollars more" or " A Fistfull of Dollars" or "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly") however it is still an excellent western with a great story.
Clints performance as the wronged man gaining revenge is really good and he plays ...
jpegington 31.10.2005
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Advantages: great enjoyable western film eastwood at his typical best Disadvantages: none
This film was made at the united atrtist studios but was released on dvd by MGM. In terms of the dvd menu it is pretty basic with just the following :-
Play
Scene Selection
Language selection
And that is it when I bought this dvd about rwo years ago it cost me £5.99, but I have seen it in many shops such as hmv, virgin and woolworths from £4.00 to £10.00, so I would recommend you do shop around.
Produced by leonard Freeman
Also written by Leonard ... ...Ted Post.
You will see the following actors in this film :-
Clint Eastwood
Inger Stevens( the love interest)
Ed Begley
Pat Hingle as judge fenton And also starring Dennis Hopper.
This film is based in oklahoma which at the time is a territory and not a state, and without giving too much away is a motivating factor to Judge Fenton. There basically 3 stories in this film which work well together, the first part is where inger stevens is looking ...
cityskyblue 15.01.2007 (25.02.2007)
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After starring in the now-legendaryDollarstrilogy of spaghetti Westerns for Italian ... more
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fatal mistakes, they hanged the wrong man... and they didn't finish the job. In his first American-made western, Clint Eastwood indelibly carves his niche as the...
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