Acclaimed Director John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven, Bad Day At Black Rock, Gunfight At ... more
The O.K. Corral) turns the legends of the west upside down in this rip-roaring western comedy about the year Denver was nearly devastated by a drought - of whisk...
Director John Sturges turns the west upside down in this rip-roaring Western comedy about ... more
the year Denver was nearly devastated by a drought (of whiskey) and had to have forty wagonloads imported through very harsh (and very thirsty) territory!
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Production Year: 1971 - Westerns - Director: Ed Sherin - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Frank Silvera, Jon Cypher, Richard Jordan, Barton Heyman
Production Year: 1971 - Westerns - Director: Richard Benedict, Douglas Heyes, Leslie Martinson - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Ben Murphy, Pete Duel
Advantages: Excellent storyline, one for everyone Disadvantages: none, it's great
The Desperate Trail is an 129 minute, graphic western starring Sam Elliott {Road House, Tombstone}, Craig Sheffer {Nightbreed, A River Runs Through It} and Linda Fiorentino {Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Dogma}. By and large this film centre around these three actors.
Characters:
Craig Sheffer- Jack Cooper, outlaw and con man
Linda Fiorentino- Sarah O'Rourke, outlaw
Sam Elliott- Bill Speakes, U.S Marshall
The film starts with Jack Cooper, Sarah O' Rourke and Bill Speakes among others travelling along in a Stagecoach. Jack keeps trying to make small talk with Sarah. Speakes tells him he's wasting his time with Sarah and shows him that she is cuffed to him, and tells him Sarah is heading for the gallows. A short time later there is an attempted hold-up on the Stagecoach that get's foiled. However in the excitement Sarah is able to ...
Advantages: Upbeat, joyous and infectious Disadvantages: Very hard to come by
Overview
Formed in 1986, The London Boys consisted of Edem Ephraim and Dennis Fuller fronting for their producer and songwriter Ralf-René Maué (but not in the Milli-Vanilli way because Edem and Dennis sing their own tunes). As accomplished dancers, Ephraim and Fuller quickly made a name for themselves across Europe thanks to their high energy performances and eurodisco beats.
The 1989 album "The Twelve Commandments of Dance" reached number 2 in the UK charts and is probably their best known work. This review however covers the lesser-known 1995 album "Hallelujah Hits" released shortly before the untimely demise of Ephraim and Fuller in a car accident. "Hallelujah Hits" is an unusual crossover album fusing traditional gospel compositions with eurodance beats.
Tracklisting
1. Gospel Train to London ...
Advantages: Stunning views, sense of achievement Disadvantages: Unbelievably exhausting! Very expensive.
During the peak of the Inca Empire, many steep paved routes were built as a system of highways throughout the empire for the chasqui runners of its ruler (the eponymous Inca) to travel on. If people mention "the" Inca trail, they are referring to the most famous one of all - the paved path leading to the famous Machu Picchu, an Incan city perched on a mountain top high in the Peruvian Andes.
Since I was a child and heard of Machu Picchu, I wanted to hike along its famous and difficult trail. The city has a mysterious appeal to it - having remained hidden from the Spanish conquistadores, it was unknown to Europeans (though not to locals!) until 1911 when Hiram Bingham "discovered" it. Even today, the city (and its neighbouring modern town Aguas Calientes) are extremely isolated - you arrive there by train or on foot, not by road ...
A comedy-Western tale which follows the fate of a wagon-load of whisky bound for Denver that is waylaid by Indians, temperance crusaders and the civilian militia.
Original Theatrical Trailer, Interactive Menu, Chapter Selection
Aspect Ratio
2.35 Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 English French German Italian Spanish
DVD Description
THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL is a slapstick comedy starring Burt Lancaster as cavalry officer Col. Thadeus Gearhart, set just before the winter of 1867, when the boomtown of Denver realizes it's almost run out of whiskey. The perenially drunken Oracle Jones (Donald Pleasence) hatches a plan to bring a wagon train of whiskey to Denver before winter sets in. Newspaper editor Hobbs wires temperance leader Cora Massingale (Lee Remick) about the shipment, and a group of Sioux Indians also takes an interest in the booze. Col. Gearheart leads a company assigned to protect the temperance contingent, which intends to head off the train, and Capt. Slater (Jim Hutton) leads another, assigned to protect the train. A Denver citizens group, led by Clayton Howell (Dub Taylor), is also headed for the train, not to mention the Sioux. When the Teamsters suddenly stage a sit-down strike, the train is left wide open to attack. This odd little film, based on the novel by Bill Gulick, features a star-studded cast and a score by the great Elmer Bernstein.
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