Product Description
"Into the West", the Steven Spielberg-produced epic Western mini-series, is comprised of six two-hour films, each done by a separate director. The series covers the settling of the American west and the growth of the region from 1825 to 1890. As the desire for a better life drives thousands of settlers out west, the native inhabitants of the land see their way of life jeopardized. Into the West follows the stories of two families and their struggles as they search for the American dream.
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True story of the westward expansion - America.......2007-11-04
This series is very well researched so that the true story of America's westward expansion is told. It has excellent story lines guaranteed to enthrall all American history buffs. Worth the pounds spent!
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Good Western.......2008-02-27
I first rented this out from my video shop and thought is was brilliant, it's not like your average run of the mill western it has a slight twist by combining all your favourite western heroes, Wild Bill Hickock, Jesse James, Doc Holliday, and my Favourite Billy the kid.
I'm glad I've finally found it on DVD I've been looking for ages it's well worth watching!
Modern Western great story.......2007-08-09
I first saw this film very late at night on an obscure sky channel which I stumbled accross whilst flicking as you do.
So glad to have found it at last on DVD as been searching for ages.
Story basically is a good description of what the word Purgatory means.
Imagine all your western idols: Jesse James, Wild Bill Hicock, Doc Holiday all in one place trying to be as good as gold and change their ways so they can get into heaven.
But along comes trouble as it always does and temptaion so abit like eve in the garden of eden and that blasted apple.
Excellant film with a good story which is not run of the mill and can be watched over and over again. Obviously I love the film and rceived it today and will watch it tonight as can't wait to watch it again :-)
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"Like a lot of men son, riding west with a secret".......2008-01-08
Three brothers,for different reasons,are forced to leave their home.Two,Orrin(Tom Sellack)and Ty(Jeff Osterhage)end up together on a cattle drive eventually becoming lawmen in Santa Fe.The other ,Tell(Sam Elliott)ends up gold prospecting in the Rockies but their paths eventually cross when the Bigalow clan headed up by Ira(Jack Elam)who are after Tell track him down to a small border town which brings Orrin and Ty running to the side of their brother.
Based upon two of Louis L'Amour's many Sacketts novels,the gunplay is a little pokey and plot developments are played heavy handedly when the finesse of say a Lonesome Dove is needed.Peter Osterhage(save for one tension filled showdown)is weak as is Tom Sellack in a strangely subdued performance.
All that said Sam Elliott is terrific as always as is Ben Johnson as Cap Roundtree and Glenn Ford(in one of his last roles)as ramrod Tom Sunday.
Veteran director Robert Totten does an adequate job but he really should have made more of Jim Byrnes excellent screenplay.
For Elliott enthusiasts an essential purchase.
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Moving tribute to the real cowboys........2007-01-12
This is not a shoot-em-up Western. If that is what you are after, stop reading right here. What this is, is a real heartfelt tribute to the cowboy. The genuine article cowboy. In particular, it charts a group of cowboys through the decline of the golden age of the cowboy, near the end of the 19th Century. Almost the whole of the first half of the movie, there is no plot to speak of, just character exposition building up the picture of the life and character that these men had. Nothing is rushed, and yet it is never dull, thanks to an intelligent script. There are humorous moments and great lines, but plenty of pathos and melancholy too, as the characters all deal with the end of an era in their own ways. We see the cowboy-turned-outlaw, the cowboy-turned-storekeeper, the cowboy-turned-floor sweeper... but most of all we see the cowboy turned into legend. As the plot kicks in, there is nothing contrived about it, but it all feeds into the central idea of examining what men do when their purpose is taken away from them.
The movie benefits from some great performances from some classic character actors such as William Devane and Barry Corbin, as well as a brilliant star turn from Tom Selleck who has never been better. It also benefits from the stunning scenery - ironically not in Wyoming as the movie suggests, but shot in Canada. The sweeping vistas, free of any trace of civilization, set against a backdrop of the Rockies, are stunning and superbly photographed.
What pulls this above it's TV-movie-of-the-week origins is the sincerity poured into it by all concerned, and not least by the prolific director Simon Wincer (Lonesome Dove, Quigley Down Under... and Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles! ) and executive producer Tom Selleck. This fills the movie with those little, almost subliminal moments which make it feel real.
The result is no classic big screen film, but a perfectly judged and understated homage to a bygone era. It leaves us with the notion, that though the golden age is over, there will always be real cowboys.
When riding fence is all that's left.......2006-03-11
Directed by Simon Wincer (LONESOME DOVE, QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER, CROSSFIRE TRAIL, INTO THE WEST), MONTE WALSH, which won the 2004 Bronze Wrangler Award for Outstanding Television Feature Film, didn't even register as a faint blip on my radar when it was first released. I'm glad that I've since come across it.
Tom Selleck, in the title role, is an aging cowboy at the turn of the 19th century. Arriving back in town after wintering on the range minding a cattle herd, Monte and his trail pardner, Chet Rollins (Keith Carradine), learn that the hard season has broken the backs of the local ranch owners and their spreads are being bought up by a consortium of Eastern dudes. Jobs are scarce, but Walsh and Rollins are hired by Cal Brennan (William Devane), a former owner now managing the consortium's local holding. Cowboys are a dying breed and, as Monte and Chet soon discover, times only get tougher as even the distant bosses can't show a profit.
Ostensibly in Wyoming but actually filmed in the gorgeous Canadian Rockies, MONTE WALSH is a bittersweet tale of a man, supremely talented in a very narrow niche, finding himself outliving his best friend (Chet), his long-time lover, the aging saloon whore "Countess" Martine (Isabella Rossellini), and his own ability to earn a living in the only craft he's ever known.
Except for Selleck, Carradine, and Devane, the film is populated by actors that you may not recognize, though it's good to see again Barry Corbin (Deputy Roscoe Brown in LONESOME DOVE) as Bob the Storekeeper and William Sanderson (Lippy in LONESOME DOVE, E.B Farnum in DEADWOOD, and Larry on NEWHART) as the odiferous ranch cook, Skimpy.
Perhaps the most poignant and tragic scene involves a cowboy nicknamed "Fightin' Joe Hooker" (James Gammon), who, at the end of his career, is relegated to "riding fence", i.e. stringing barbed wire to a line of fence posts stretching endlessly across the landscape - the most hated of ranch jobs. Joe got his moniker from having ridden alongside General "Fightin' Joe" Hooker at the Battle of Missionary Ridge back in '64. Now, his spirit crushed by age and lack of prospects, Joe deliberately races his mount over a precipice to their deaths. Only after his demise do the other ranch hands, while going though his meager belongings, learn that his real name was Albert Miller.
MONTE WALSH isn't a great film, but I enjoyed it immensely for its perspicacity regarding the end of an era in general, and the challenge confronting the individual at life's useful end in particular. At some point, I suspect, we're all faced with "riding fence".
A classic western.......2004-12-01
Tom Selleck turns in his best performance since Magnum PI in this made for tv western....
Everything about this movie shows that it was clearly a labour of love for all those involved making it...The story takes it's time to unfold giving all the characters time to make themselves known but it does not slow the pace down at all.
The cinematography of the picture is excellent..lovely sweping shots of the western landscape....
Like Costner's excellent western "Open Range" you get the build up to the final gun battle & when it does come it makes it all the more tense & exciting when you see it.
In short this is a great western,a great film with a fanttastic performance by Tom Selleck...Not to be missed.
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lonesome outlaw years.......2006-12-11
good fun, another good acting performance by guest star bret hart who pulled off another good performance although good drama and great acting by all
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A SUPERB COLLECTION!.......2008-02-09
Apart from STONEY BURKE, which was made in the early 1960s, this is an excellent collection of 1950s TV western nostalgia produced, I suppose, for juvenile audiences, although equally appealing to us older kids ( i.e. grown-ups ). Although the box cover has a prominent photo of Jack Lord, there is actually only one episode of Stoney Burke. The rest are as follows:
BRAVE EAGLE - Keith Larsen ( 1 )
BUFFALO BILL JR. - Dickie Jones ( 11 )
THE CISCO KID - Duncan Renaldo ( 22 )
FRONTIER DOCTOR - Rex Allen ( 10 )
FURY - Peter Graves ( 1 )
HAWKEYE AND THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS - Lon Chaney Jr. ( 12 )
JUDGE ROY BEAN - Edgar Buchanan ( 8 )
THE LONE RANGER - Clayton Moore ( 2 )
NORTHWEST PASSAGE - Buddy Ebsen ( 2 )
THE RANGE RIDER - Jack Mahoney ( 12 )
RED RYDER - Allan Lane ( 1 )
THE ROY ROGERS SHOW - Roy Rogers ( 15 )
SERGEANT PRESTON OF THE YUKON - Dick Simmons ( 7 )
SHOTGUN SLADE - Scott Brady ( 13 )
SKY KING - Kirby Grant ( 4 )
STORIES OF THE CENTURY - Jim Davis ( 21 )
SUGARFOOT - Will Hutchins ( 1 )
U.S. MARSHALL - John Bromfield ( 5 )
WIDE COUNTRY - Earl Holliman ( 1 ).
That amounts to some 63 hours of entertainment on 12 double-sided dvds. It says on the box that the episodes have been remastered and they do indeed look good, but because of their age they obviously do not look like brand new prints.
This set has to be the best value for money around. Enjoy!
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dis film rules .......2006-11-19
this film is gd if u like mka u like this film its about 2 girls named jessica and susie who go to ranch when they r der they discover the ranch is gonna be closing then they find out y it gonna be closing because of a person named bart who has been turning down the customers who wanna stay at the ranch
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