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Summary: The greatest western mini-series ever made!
Review: This is one great film.Great acting and great cinematography.The audio and video quality of this DVD is very good.I had this movie on VHS for years,but the DVD version makes watching it that much better.
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Summary: THE BEST!
Review: ONE OF THE BEST ALL TIME WESTERNS.MY DAD TURNED ME ON TO THIS SERIES AND I THANK HIM ALL THE TIME.I TOOK THE CHANCE TO READ THE BOOK BEFORE I WATCHED THE VIDEO AND WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED. DUVAL AS GUS MACRAE IS IN MY MIND HIS FINEST PORTRAYAL ON FILM.HE CAPTURED THE CHARACTER PERFECTLY.LOVABLE AND CAREFREE YET SMART AND DEADLY WHEN NEEDED.ONE OF MY ALL TIME HEROES.TOMMY LEE JONES AS WOODROW CALL IS EQUALLY GOOD , STUBBORN (LIKE MY WIFE:), AND SO DEDICATED.DIANE LANE IS GORGEOUS AND HER CHARACTER LORRIE IS PLAYED TO PERFECTION.THOUGH NOT A BIG BUDGET FILM (TV MINI-SERIES) THIS VIDEO IS STILL GRAND.A STELLAR CAST AND SCREENPLAY THAT ADHERES TO THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MAKES ME A HAPPY GUY! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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Summary: A complete RIPOFF if I've ever seen one
Review: I can't believe that the studio would crop down the original story by two hours! More importantly, there is absolutely no indication on Amazon's product page that it is not the complete and original version. Obviously we are supposed to buy first and be disappointed later. Shame on the studio for dismembering such an admirably filmed and classic western. Shame on Amazon for not letting us know that this isn't the complete film.For those of you who had never seen the film and bought this DVD, I'm sorry to tell you that you've been snubbed out of 1/4 of the story. For those of you who loved the film and bought this DVD, don't you feel cheated? This isn't the first time a studio has decided what is best for the viewing public. I, for one, will be demanding to know why this film was cut and how/where I can obtain a quality (this DVD quality was awful) and UNABRIDGED digital video of Lonesome Dove.
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Summary: All six hours and a rare experience
Review: I had never seen "Lonesome Dove." I missed it the first time it was on TV, and each time since. I just purchased this DVD, (which by the way is of excellent quality) and the family sat down four nights in succession to watch the whole epic. We were all stunned. If Oscars were given for television, Robert Duvall would have gotten the Oscar for his work here. He was just the best. Tommy Lee and Danny Glover and Diane Lane were all excellent - as was the entire cast...I mean really - Anjelica Houston was wonderful. The casting was one of a kind, and I am going to skip the "sequels and prequels" because they could never match the story I became entranced with enough to recommend to everyone I know. The extras are also interesting, especially the conversation with Larry McMurtry. I had never read anything by him, and now I can't wait to start reading just a few of his books to sample this wonderful storyteller in the print form. I would not recommend "Lonesome Dove" for young children or the squeamish, as there are many extremely sudden incidences of violence and death, very sad in context and probably very much in tune with the realities of the setting. Certainly the epic doesn't glamorize the time and place, but "Lonesome Dove" is about character, and we find all too little of that around us in our time.
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Summary: Great Story, Bad DVD
Review: This is the best story made into a movie I've ever seen and I've watched it many times. I am disappointed in the DVD verson of it. The color is washed out and looks "flat"; no depth to the beautiful background. Neither the original on TV, nor the tape I made of it years ago are as dull. This is why I gave 4 stars instead of 5. Still it's better than nothing as tapes won't last very long. Fantastic characters and casting was perfect. Even if you are not enamoured with westerns, as I'm not, I can practically guarantee you'll like it. The book is great too, if you want to compare, and you like thick books.
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Summary: Mine says it's 6 hours.
Review: I ordered the copy that claims to be 240 minutes but wanted to say that when it got here it says the running time is 6 hours. I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but it seems to be complete. Not sure what's going on with amazon.com on this title.
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Summary: On the Trail's Math
Review: First, 240 minutes is FOUR hours, not six (60 x 4 + 240) and old video books review this as being 8 hours of FILM, they don't include commercials. This miniseries definitely ran more than 3 nights on television, so it has been chopped in half to make it affordable, I guess. I could live with some trimming-- though it didn't seem long even when I watched it WITH commercials, but this is too far.
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Summary: Only four hours long?Where's the other four hours?
Review: I clicked the more technical details on this page and it says that this movie is 240 minutes long.
Only four hours long for an original mini-series that was eight hours long?
So what happened to the rest of this classic mini-series?
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Summary: one of the top western films of all times!
Review: They couldn't have picked a better set of characters to use in this movie. Robert Duval and Tommy Lee Jones were spectacular as well as the rest of the crew. The story is more realistic in its portrayal of western life at that time than the ones we grew up watching. It is a six hour movie (actually, it was a mini series for t.v.) that will hold your interest during its entirety. This is a classic that will be just as great a hundred years from now as it is today. As the storyline has been told numerous times I will not go into it too much except to say that it is a story of a couple of retired texas rangers and their crew that take a herd of cattle from Texas to Montana. The events and people portrayed during the trip are so memorable and realistic. You won't just be watching the movie, but will feel that you are a part of it. I highly recommend the movie. Enjoy!
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Summary: The quintessential western
Review: For 'Incomplete' in Pennsylvania. When you take all the commercials out of an 8 hour mini-series you get 6 hours of actual running time. Let's see that's 15 minutes of commercials per hour of tv. Hmm .25 X 8 er ahhm comes out to about 2 hours. Now that that's out of my system. This is an excellent example of the cinematic arts. The characters, the story are all woven into a grand tapestry which defies one to sit through it only once. I have seen this movie compared to Lord of the Rings and in breadth and scope I would have to agree. A superb addition to any video collection.
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