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John Wayne 20 Movie Pack 
Actors : John Wayne
Studio : Digital 1Stop / Mill Creek Entertainment
by Digital 1Stop / Mill Creek Entertainment
Brand : DIGITAL1STOP
Release Date : 2005-07-01
Publisher : Digital 1Stop / Mill Creek Entertainment
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 4
EAN : 0683904504586
UPC : 683904504586
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 30 reviews)
List Price : $14.98
Our Price : $4.29
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Product Description |
John Wayne 20 MoviePack - The Dawn Rider, The Desert Trail, The Lucky Texan , 'Neath Arizona Skies, Rainbow Valley, The Trail Beyond, Texas Terror, The Star Packer, Paradise Canyon, Riders of Destiny, West of the Divide, Winds of the Wasteland, Born to the West (Hell Town), The Lawless Frontier, The Man from Utah, Randy Rides Alone, Blue Steel, Sagebrush Trail, The American West of John Ford, Angel and the Badman, McLintock
System Requirements:
Running Time 1243 Mins.
Format: DVD MOVIE |
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Gun Control & Wife Abusers' fantasies. |
I only saw two of these movies in the set. The first is Angel and the Bad Man. That was pretty cute basically, except the toss-away-your-weapons pacifist message - the Duke gives up guns for the Quaker girl - isn't one I agree with. The second movie was McClintock. The basic message seemed to be that women are irrational, verbally abusive nutcakes. But no problem!
Just humilitate them in public, give them a hard spanking with some kind of metal instrument, (couldn't tell which kind) and they will transform into little obedient lambs. McClintock passses on his "paddle" to be used by his daughter's fiance.
On the other hand, the frequently drunk, carousing husband doesnt' show any remorse or signs of changing himself.
I am not going to watch the rest of the movies in this series. But if McClintock is an example of what any of the others are like, I think this dvd set should be placed in the genre of "Scary Stuff." |
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Don't Do It |
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Many of these movies were not the best quality to begin with. This set further lowers the quality by using copying from low quality prints, and (in the case of the wide-screen movies) lopping off the sides of the movie. Spend a little more and you won't be distracted from some fun movies by the quality. |
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Tremendous value! |
No, this is not Duke's 20 "Best of" collection. But it is an insight to many of his early movies. Although most are forgettable, they are enjoyable to watch.
Disc 1 starts well with "Blue Steel" and "The Dawn Rider", allowing you to see early movie making. The remaining movies, and those bearing the Lone Star logo get a bit repetitive, and it might require most to use the fast forward in many scenes.
Disc 2 is also primarily Lone Star, but the first ("Hell Town") and last ("Winds of the Wasteland") are not, and are easily the best of the one-hour variety. Don't skip these two.
Disc 3 starts out with two more Lone Star, but they might be the best two from that bunch. Then we get some real treats.
"Angel and the Badman" is a very good B&W feature that highlights the evolution from simple action of the earlier movies to real storytelling. Following is "McLintock", which is a real hoot, the only color movie included. It contains many familiar faces, many very young. It's definately not politically correct, but great slapstick comedy. These two movies alone are worth the price of the set.
The final "movie" isn't a movie, it a documentary about the westerns of John Ford. Anyway, it's still enjoyable to watch.
An added bonus is over an hour of movie trailers of Wayne's.
Transfer quality is not great, but actually a better than I expected from the age of many of the movies, and low, low price.
Not great movies, and not great quality of transfers, but a great value! |
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John Wayne Value |
The collection was a gift to a big John Wayne Fan...she thought it was awesome...for the money a great bang for the dollar..a great value!
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A Collection of Old John Wayne Westerns |
With the exception of ANGEL AND THE BADMAN (1947) and MCLINTOCK (1963), all of the John Wayne westerns in this collection date from the 1930's.
Judging by the fact that most of these movies, when listed individually on Americancivilwar, have zero or one Americancivilwar review, it is fair to say that they are not well known. For this reason, this 20-movie collection is a treasure of sorts.
Several reviewers have already pointed out that the movies here are abridged. Indeed, this can be annoying. For instance, those familiar with the original version of MCLINTOCK will recognize that a funny part had been edited out.
There is also included an interesting documentary by John Ford. In it, John Wayne speaks as himself, and comments on his roles in westerns.
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