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Summary: Like fine wine, it gets better with time...
Review: I first saw this movie when I was 14, and I've probably seen it at least 100 times. It's the kind of movie you can put down for a few months and when you pick it up again, it still has a certain freshness to it, there's something you didn't notice before. Maybe it's something in Wayne's performance, or some little detail you didn't notice before. The performances are without exception flawless, from Ben Johnson to Victor McLaglen. Many people think The Searchers is Ford's greatest movie, and maybe it is. But I'd rather take SWAYR with me on a desert island!This is a movie you really appreciate as you get older.
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Summary: The West as we like to think it was
Review: I have watched this movie innumerable times and it grows dearer and dearer with each viewing. All the elements of the classic western - love, loss, war, friendship, duty, honor - are there. The performances are John Ford Company standards and are not to be slighted. Yes Pilgrim, the Duke could act!
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Summary: she wore a yellow ribbon
Review: i liked all of john fords movies with john wayne , also i like all of john waynes movies after 1935
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Summary: Arguably Wayne's Best!
Review: I love this movie. If you like John Wayne and John Ford you'll absolutely love the movie. It has everything - action, romance and pathos. Wayne should have gotten his Oscar here. I do agree to aviod EP if possible but see this movie again and again.
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Summary: Great film, but where is Fort Apache?
Review: I must watch this film 5 to 10 times a year and never get tired of seeing it. I also watch "Rio Grande" almost as often. Now when the heck are they (whoever "they" might be) going to put "Fort Apache" out on DVD?
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Summary: Great film, but where is Fort Apache?
Review: I must watch this film 5 to 10 times a year and never get tired of seeing it. I also watch "Rio Grande" almost as often. Now when the heck are they (whoever "they" might be) going to put "Fort Apache" out on DVD?
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Summary: Crying for DVD
Review: If there's one John Wayne film just crying for a DVD release, this is it. Director John Ford once said he could conceive of nothing more beautiful than a horse in full stride. There are plenty of them in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon but even more than that, there's Monument Valley in a way that only John Ford could have filmed it. It's no accident that a Monument Valley vista now bears the name "John Ford's Point." And She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is THE John Ford Monument Valley film.
There have been scores of Monument Valley films but no other is this good. Just look at the way the West Mitten hangs over Captain Brittles' moving scene at his wife's grave and the thunderstorm building over the wagons where Ford overruled his cinematographer and kept the cameras rolling. Many of us believe this is John Wayne's best acting performance ever and that his True Grit Oscar was payback two decades later, just as Henry Fonda's On Golden Pond statue was payback for The Grapes of Wrath. Let's just say that Wayne's performance here is so good if ever anyone argues that he was a celebrity more than an actor, the best way to refute them is simply to roll She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. But, please, please, PLEASE ! we need to be able to roll it in DVD.
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Summary: 5 star movie in 2 star format
Review: It is regretable that the producers of this DVD put in out in Full Screen (TV) format instead of Wide Screen format. John Ford's series of three pictures were shot in some of the most breathtaking scenery in America and chopping off the sides ruins much of the quality of this great film. IF you have to own a copy now then this might be worth it, but my recommendation is to wait for the Wide Screen edition to come out.
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Summary: Second in the "U.S. Cavalry" Trilogy
Review: It's in Technicolor. John Wayne's character is retirement age. So watch this film after "Fort Apache" and "Rio Grande"? That'd make sense. Anyway, Wayne gives a bravura performance, as does Victor McLaglen and most of the others save for Joanne Dru (ah, leave her alone). All in all, solid western fare from the great John Ford.
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Summary: The Duke and Ford ride the trail again...
Review: Joanne Dru teams with The DUKE again in this Technicolor marvel (after appearing together in "Red River" the year before). In this one, Dru plays a young romantic hopeful for both John Agar and Harry Carey, Jr. Monument Valley never looked better. The stormclouds are stunning, even if the fake lightning is not. And the sunsets! Only Technicolor can capture the colors with such brilliance! While I prefer "Rio Grande" and the lamentably-not-on-DVD-yet "Fort Apache", "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" plays more as a quiet homage to the cavalry than the actionfests of the other two films. Not that this film is sparse on action! However, the focus here is most definitely on the honor and wisdom of the old guard. As usual, Ford has many subtle threads woven in to the plot of the film that enhance the story with backstories that are only hinted at. The most notable of these is the former Confederate soldiers, now part of the U.S. Cavalry. Their honor is intact, and they are still true to their ideals, despite wearing the uniform of the Yankee. There is, we know, much more to their story, but we see just what we need to. Any more, and the real story would get lost, the focus moved to the wrong place. How many modern directors make the mistake of letting this happen again and again and again? Too many, for sure. Some people have complained that John Wanye was a lousy actor, which I've always chalked up to a refusal to recognize talent in a celebrity simply through differences in personal taste. Like "The Searchers", "Red River", "The Horse Soldiers" and "The Sands of Iwo Jima" (also starring the late John Agar), there are solid moments in this film when DUKE delivers. Just look as he "gives his report" to his wife and children, when he writes out his protest to his commanding officer, and again, when he gets the memento of the silver watch from his troopers. The viewer's taste notwithstanding, it cannot be denied that DUKE could act. The usual excellent Ford supporting players abound. Ben Johnson, Arthur Shields, Harry Carey Jr., and of course, the lovable Victor McLaglen (yet again playing a man named Quincannon), are all on hand. Paul Fix has a cameo as a gun-runner. Two real-life Indian chiefs also appear. Chief John Big Tree appeared in several westerns (including "The Big Trail" and "Stagecoach", both with The DUKE), and is famous for being the original model for artist James Fraser when he crafted the indian head nickel. Chief Sky Eagle cameos in his only film appearance. A touching and poignant western, it is a must see for fans of Ford, The DUKE, The U.S. Calvalry, or the Old West. And, incidentally, this film was not shot in a widescreen format. It was shot in a 35mm, spherical process, with an aspect ratio of 1.37:1. In other words, it will show about the correct size when displayed on your standard TV screen.
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