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Man of the West

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"Great western with great transfer"
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Sound and picture are very good on this classic Gary Cooper western and would recommend to anybody who have the dvd to get this Blu-ray release as the picture being Blu-ray is 5 times clearer due to having 5 times more detail compared to the old dvd format.

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Man of the West is a classic 1958 western film starring Gary Cooper and directed by Anthony Mann in his last film in the genre.

Seemingly naive Link (Gary Cooper) leaves his family to take a train to Fort Worth. Also on the train is saloon singer Billie Ellis (Julie London), who is compelled by con man Sam Beasley (Arthur OConnell) to cheat Link out of his money. But the con comes to naught when the nefarious Dock Tobin (Lee J. Cobb) and his gang rob the train.

Link takes Billie and Beasley to Tobins cabin, where it is revealed the mild-mannered Link is Tobins nephew and a former member of his cutthroat gang. Dock Tobin draws up a plan to rob a bank which the outlaws find agreeable, but theyre reluctant to have Link rejoin their group. Soon it becomes apparent why they feel this way; when Link rejoins his old gang, his shy demeanor falls away and his outlaw instincts rise to the surface.

Review

“For fans of the Western genre, choosing your favourite Anthony Mann Western is as difficult as singling out a favourite Hitchcock, such is the richness of the pickings. For his A Personal Journey Through American Movies Martin Scorsese opted for The Furies and The Naked Spur; in collating the BFI 360 list, archivist David Meeker selected The Man From Laramie. Despite a great fondness for Winchester 73, I’m inclined to agree with the choice included in the BBC 100 (a list of one hundred classic films which were screened by the BBC in 1995 to celebrate the centenary of cinema), namely Man of the West. Made just prior to his disappointingly turgid retelling of Edna Ferber’s Cimarron, this was Mann’s penultimate Western as he approached the end of a decade long dalliance with the genre begun in 1950 with Devil’s Doorwa­y…despite its themes and ageing leads (this was one of Cooper’s final films before his untimely death in 1961), Man of the West lacks an air of fatalism. Cooper’s character may have an antecedent in Clint Eastwood’s William Munny from Unforgiven (and perhaps even Josey Wales), but this is no ‘end of the West’ example of the genre. This is unsurprising to a degree given the healthy state of the Western in the late fifties (a time when The Big Country, Gunfight at the OK Corral, The Horse Soldiers, The Left-Handed Gun, Rio Bravo and The Tall T were all made), but also because Mann’s focus is much narrower. It may hit all of the correct generic buttons and prove hugely enjoyable as a piece of action cinema, yet what remains is an expertly drawn portrayal of two deeply troubled men and their outlaw culture.” thedigitalfix.com

Release date NZ
August 9th, 2013
Movie Format
Blu-ray Region
  • Region B
Aspect Ratio
  • 2.35 : 1
Language
English
Length (Minutes)
99
Supported Audio
  • Dolby Digital Surround 2.0
Number of Discs
1
Country of Production
  • USA
Original Release Year
1958
Box Dimensions (mm)
135x171x14
UPC
9345228001349
Product ID
21513217

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