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Summary: A Very Beautiful Film!!
Review: This late 40's film is another love letter to the US Cavalry from director John Ford ( his others being "Fort Apache" and "Rio Grande" ). While everybody here gives good performances, it's John Wayne's portrayal of an aging Cavalry officer three days shy of retiring that is the lynchpin of this film. His convincing performance of a man 20+ years his actual age should've gotten him the Oscar. Another great feature of this film is the cinematography-which DID get the Oscar. Couple this with the beautiful restoration work that was done for this DVD and you have a film that almost looks like it was made yeaterday-especially the outdoor shots! This is a very beautiful looking transfer! Even if you don't like John Wayne, or Westerns in general, this is still a worthy film for your dvd collection!
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Summary: A Very Beautiful Film!!
Review: This late 40's film is another love letter to the US Cavalry from director John Ford ( his others being "Fort Apache" and "Rio Grande" ). While everybody here gives good performances, it's John Wayne's portrayal of an aging Cavalry officer three days shy of retiring that is the lynchpin of this film. His convincing performance of a man 20+ years his actual age should've gotten him the Oscar. Another great feature of this film is the cinematography-which DID get the Oscar. Couple this with the beautiful restoration work that was done for this DVD and you have a film that almost looks like it was made yeaterday-especially the outdoor shots! This is a very beautiful looking transfer! Even if you don't like John Wayne, or Westerns in general, this is still a worthy film for your dvd collection!
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Summary: Five star film shot in original format--Academy Ratio 1:1.33
Review: This wonderful movie epitomizes so much that is powerful about the work of John Ford--his eye for composition, his sense of victory in defeat, his celebration of community and the competing forces that threaten it and bind it together. Other reviewers have commented on the relative weakness of performances by the younger players: I think that fits one of his themes, as the inexorable passage of time forces the older generation to yield to not-quite-ready callow youths.One reviewer complained that this DVD was released in a TV ratio, and advised us to wait for the widescreen version. In 1949, when this movie was released, there was no widescreen. The film was shot in the standard Academy format, 1.33 times as wide as it is tall. I don't think we're losing any edges by seeing it this way. Highly recommended.
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Summary: The DVD is in the correct aspect ratio !
Review: To the earlier reviewer who complained that the DVD is is full-frame rather than wide-screen- The movie was shot, as was typical of movies in the 40's, in a 1.33 / 1 aspect ratio. Thus, the DVD is presenting the film in it's original ratio. The DVD is a beautiful print.
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Summary: widescreen wasn't available in 1949
Review: To the reviewed called "prt2v" from Charlottesville, VA, on your June 2002 review -- this movie was made in 1949, before widescreen was available in 1959. That's the reason for the full-screen format. Because I have not viewed the DVD yet, I can't comment on the product at this time, but I know the film is great!
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Summary: John Wayne in his element
Review: When this film was released I was six years old, living in grey, cold, bankrupt post war Britain, a world of food and clothing rationing. Cinema was pure escapism and I thank my parents for taking me there every week. Westerns were big in those days. They had titles such as "Broken Arrow" or "Winchester 73". As my love of cinema was slowly nurtured "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" left an indelible impression on my psyche. I loved every bit of it. The odyessic story, with its lack of 'white man good' 'red indian bad' stereotyping. The sophistication of Ford's direction with its cool appreciation of America's big country. The actors - Wayne, of course, towering above all, and decades before he blotted his copybook with his embarrasing gung-ho roles, to Victor McLagen's 'Oirish' knockabout sargeant, via the under-stated work of Joanne Dru and John Agar. "Never apologise, son. It's a sign of weakness." A simply unbeatable movie.
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Summary: John Wayne in his element
Review: When this film was released I was six years old, living in grey, cold, bankrupt post war Britain, a world of food and clothing rationing. Cinema was pure escapism and I thank my parents for taking me there every week. Westerns were big in those days. They had titles such as "Broken Arrow" or "Winchester 73". As my love of cinema was slowly nurtured "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" left an indelible impression on my psyche. I loved every bit of it. The odyessic story, with its lack of 'white man good' 'red indian bad' stereotyping. The sophistication of Ford's direction with its cool appreciation of America's big country. The actors - Wayne, of course, towering above all, and decades before he blotted his copybook with his embarrasing gung-ho roles, to Victor McLagen's 'Oirish' knockabout sargeant, via the under-stated work of Joanne Dru and John Agar. "Never apologise, son. It's a sign of weakness." A simply unbeatable movie.
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Summary: Visually beautiful western with a great story
Review: While many of John Ford's movies are classics, I think that "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" does often get downplayed, but it really is an excellent movie. The colors are lush, and quite crisp on this DVD (more so than in the VHS of this film) and the cinematography is gorgeous. But the acting is also top-knotch. John Wayne does wonderful as a ramrod-straight but aging cavalry officer. Though Wayne was probably at a physical peak at the time the film was made, he moves like an older man with aches and pains, and carries it off nicely. His interactions with the other actors are also good, and reflect well the tight-knit nature of the post-Civil War military. There's humor, there's drama, and in the end, the film is just very enjoyable. The extra features on the DVD are okay; the "John Ford Home Movies" only show Ford and Wayne enjoying drinks somewhere in Mexico, and everything else is just text, but the clarity of the film and the gorgeous colors on the DVD make this a must-have.
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Summary: Visually beautiful western with a great story
Review: While many of John Ford's movies are classics, I think that "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" does often get downplayed, but it really is an excellent movie. The colors are lush, and quite crisp on this DVD (more so than in the VHS of this film) and the cinematography is gorgeous. But the acting is also top-knotch. John Wayne does wonderful as a ramrod-straight but aging cavalry officer. Though Wayne was probably at a physical peak at the time the film was made, he moves like an older man with aches and pains, and carries it off nicely. His interactions with the other actors are also good, and reflect well the tight-knit nature of the post-Civil War military. There's humor, there's drama, and in the end, the film is just very enjoyable. The extra features on the DVD are okay; the "John Ford Home Movies" only show Ford and Wayne enjoying drinks somewhere in Mexico, and everything else is just text, but the clarity of the film and the gorgeous colors on the DVD make this a must-have.
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Summary: Unusual western !
Review: You may argue True Gift , The Alamo or the Searchers were films where the charisma of John Wayne was never better shown , but to my mind this is the most complete performance given in the screen for that western veteran of one thousand battles . Playing the role of Nathan Brittles and supported by a extraordinary script and wonderful camera of John Ford he goes beyond the hard guy and shows us his human side giving us a management and leadership lesson about what is going on with the role of a leader days before his jubilee .
One of the most unforgettable westerns in any age , and the third western buy of my personal collection.
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