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MR EASTWOOD RIDES AGAIN!

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 · Read full review
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Review of Hang 'Em High (DVD)

Why is the Ribbon Yellow?

Advantages: Good story, good acting, lovely scenery
Disadvantages: John Wayne!

...ribbon tied in her hair, she has two of the young men fighting over her and Nathan asks her if she knows the significance of wearing a yellow ribbon and when she says she does he asks who it if for. She will not tell him and he along with the two men are left in suspense. The patrol leaves the Fort and they are soon forced to make a diversion to get the ladies to their stage as they have come across the savage Comanche Indians and do not wish to ...
...interest but I don’t think she added much to the film apart from the side story with her trying to choose which man she wanted to spend her life with. I thought the two young men fighting over her was a bit over the top for this story but they were good actors and did very well with the script that they had to work with. The film was quite strange at times and when watching it I noticed that a lot of the film was shot on location but then a few minutes ...

sewbizzie 28.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (DVD)

Guess What? John Wayne is a cowboy, Again!

Advantages: Lovely scenery, great music, average story
Disadvantages: John Wayne, a western

...his collection. This film being Chisum which was made in 1970. At the very start of this film we see John Chisum sitting on his horse looking out over his vast expanse of land and his cattle which are grazing on it. Next we meet a gang member and his gang who are paid by a man called Brady to go after Chisum and kill him so that his land will become available. The gang go after Chisum’s cattle and shoot it so Chisum goes to find them and after a ...
...the gang disappear. Chisum is then making his way to the town to collect his niece who is coming to stay with him but once he gets into town he finds that lots of the properties have been bought by a man called Murphy. Murphy is trying to take over the whole of the town and the surrounding land. Chisum is also introduced by Murphy to the new sheriff, which turns out to be Brady. Chisum goes to the US Calvary to sell his cattle as he has done every ...

sewbizzie 13.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Chisum (DVD)

Vintage Burt Lancaster

Advantages: The more times you watch it the better it gets
Disadvantages: None

...almost all his movies. Valdez is Coming is the story of injustice and how Valdez tries to help the widow of the man he was forced to kill by the local landowner. Burt Lancaster plays the town constable (Bob Valdez) and as the name suggests he is a Mexican, who also fought for the US cavalry. Jon Cypher plays Frank Tanner (the Land Owner) who is responsible for an innocent man being gunned down by Valdez . Tanner has accused the man of murdering ...
...proves his innocence. But before Valdez can get hold of this evidence and display it to Tanner and the observing townspeople, Tanner's slimiest henchman R.L. Davis(Richard Jordan) interferes, and the resulting violence that breaks out includes Valdez being forced to kill the holed-up gunman who starts firing at him. Valdez goes to Tanner to ask for money for the widow as compensation and ofcourse is laughed at and made to look a fool. Valdez is ...

lona 07.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Valdez Is Coming (DVD)

A Western without John Wayne!

Advantages: good story, good acting
Disadvantages: None from me and hubby

...a cattle baron, Rufus Ryker. Shane is offered work with the family and soon find himself at home with them. Things go bad for the family when Rufus tells them and all the other homestead owners that he has got a new massive cattle contract so he wants their land. The families are not prepared to give up their land though. Shane and Joe decided that they will not be moved and call a meeting with the other homestead owners and they all decide that ...
...to move. Will Joe and Shane be able to keep their homestead and land of will Rufus get his way and win? The story to this film was very good if not a little predictable. I thought that Alan Ladd who played the lead role of Shane did a great job and it was so nice to see another lead role in a cowboy film instead of John Wayne. He managed to bring a lot to his role and show many sides to his character. He was hard and tough with the gun fighters ...

sewbizzie 05.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Shane (DVD)