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| How the West Was Won (Ultimate Collector's Edition) | 
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| Directors: Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall
Actors: Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.98
Buy New: $41.99
You Save: $17.99 (30%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  (45 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1765
Format: Ac-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Original Recording Remastered, Restored, Special Edition, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Japanese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 164 minutes
Number Of Items: 3
Aspect Ratio: 2.55:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.6 x 2.1
MPN: 1000039866
UPC: 883929026487
EAN: 0883929026487
ASIN: B0018O50W0
Release Date: September 9, 2008 (In 3 Days)
Theatrical Release Date: February 20, 1963
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Not yet released
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Product Description
With courage sinew and conflict: that?s how the West was won. With three directors five interlocked stories some of movie history?s most legendary action scenes and a constellation of acting talent: that?s how How the West Was Won was filmed. Henry Fonda Gregory Peck Debbie Reynolds James Stewart and John Wayne are among the big names in this big saga following a family?s move West through generations ? marked by the spectacles of a heart-pounding raging river ride a thunderous buffalo stampede and a bracing runaway train shootout. Via technological advances this panoramic winner of three Academy Awards can now be seen with a resplendent restored clarity eliminating its original ?three- panel join lines? and in roof-raising Dolby 5.1 audio. Westward ho!Explore a new home entertainment frontier with a classic movie adventure in a stunning new version never before possible!Includes 2-Disc Special Edition DVD: The Winner of 3 Academy Awards Digitally Remastered from Restored Picture Elements in New Dolby 5.1 Audio With 3-Panel Cinerama ?Join Lines? of Previous Theatrical/Video Versions Removed Via Pioneering TechnologyPlus 4+ Hours of Special Features Including New Star/Historian Commentary The Making of How the West Was Won Featurette and the Acclaimed Bonus Movie Cinerama Adventure Nostalgically Chronicling the History of How the West Was Won?s Unique Filmmaking ProcessBonus Collectibles Inside: ? 36-Page Cinerama Souvenir Book Reproduction ? 10 Color Production Photo Cards ? 10 Black-and-White Rare Behind-the-Scenes Photo Cards ? 24-Page Reproduction of the Original General Release Pressbook ? Mail-in Offer for a FREE** Poster(**Limited time offer. Not included with Club skus)Running Time: 162 min.System Requirements:Running Time: 162 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:WESTERN/CLASSICS Rating:G UPC:883929026487 Manufacturer No:1000039866
Amazon.com
The first feature film to be photographed and projected in the panoramic three-camera Cinerama process, this epic Western is almost as expansive as the West itself, chronicling a pioneering family's triumphs and tragedies in numerous episodes spanning three generations and a half century of westward movement. Divided into five segments directed by veteran Hollywood filmmakers Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, and the legendary John Ford (and including uncredited sequences directed by Richard Thorpe), the film was one of the most ambitious ever made by the venerable MGM studio. Its stellar cast reads like a virtual who's who of Hollywood's biggest stars. Debbie Reynolds plays a sturdy survivor of many pioneering dangers, and the eventual widow of a gambler (Gregory Peck), who is later reunited with her nephew (George Peppard), a Civil War veteran and cavalryman who heads for San Francisco as the transcontinental railroad is being built. Many more characters and stories are woven throughout this epic film, which is dramatically uneven but totally engrossing with its stunning vistas and countless outdoor locations in Illinois, Kentucky, South Dakota, Monument Valley in Arizona, California, Colorado, and elsewhere. --Jeff Shannon
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| Customer Reviews: Read 40 more reviews...
 Absolutely stunning Blu-ray presentation. September 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Finally, they've managed to splice the three parts of the picture into a seamless whole. Both the sound (Dolby True HD) and picture (1080/24p) are incredible! Buy, buy, BUY this wonderful edition!
great remastering job on a great film........... September 1, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Forget all the discussion about poor picture quality. That may legitimately apply to earlier versions of this film. But this remastered edition, just screened on the encore western Channel, is superb. Glorious color, great sound and the joining of the three camera angles all but totally erased. Job well done on a movie that warranted the effort. Buy with confidence but be advised there is a severe letterbox effect because of how wide the CINERAMA picture extends.
Can't wait for this classic in BR August 29, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie made a lasting impression on me as a boy In Houston at the Cinerama theater on Richmond Ave. Peck, Stewart, Reynolds, Widmark, Peppard (underrated) and narration by none other than Spencer Tracy.
I also saw 2001 and Grand Prix (racing classic) in this format. I suppose
Imax is the closet you'll get these days to the "effect."
How the west was WOW! August 26, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Done on grand scale in both production and star power and harnessed by no
less than three legendary directors the 1962 How the west was won gets in
on the remastered bandwagon and not a moment too soon for adventure fans.
I was blessed in getting this Ultimate Collector's edition in August from my
trusty neighborhood outlet in midtown Manhattan and for anyone is a fan or
has the pleasure of seeing it for the first time are in for a treat. The new
edition was well the wait. This nicely put together 3-disc set is vastly an
improvement over previous releases I'm not a "tech head" but I do know when an effort has been put into restoring film and enhancing sound as in this
release. The film is split by two disc and the third disc is that of a bonus
film "Cinerama Adventure" which showcases an informative history of the good
old short lived process that added to the adventure of movie going.
Extras also include a reprint of The Cinerama pressbook 10 photo stills and 10 behind the scene shots and 20 page general release booklet.
all in all a grand package to a grand film that deserves no less.
 Amazon does this with all films August 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For those pointing out the reviews of older DVD versions of HWWW being here and much inappropriate, this is ,in my long Amazon experience, normal. Every time I look up a film and read the reviews (if more than one version has been put out) it is pretty much always easy to see the reviews are for all the versions - not just the one specifically listed. Good reviewers might want to be sure to note releasing company and release date in their review to help avoid this problem.
Would, though help if Amazon would simply attach only the reviews of a specific release page to that page and not move them to any other release page - but maybe it's more than their computers/program operators can handle.
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