Did any of you get to watch the broadcast of the God Fathers. Its been a long time since I last watched it. What a story, it had meaning all through it.

I should have said, did anyone get to watch the Three Godfathers?

Hello :rolleyes:

Chisum I have not watched "The Three Godfathers "in about eight months :( It is on heck of a movie :rolleyes:

I find that when I pull one of the Dukes moves off the shelf to watch I have to readjust my favorites <_<

Like yesterday I watched "Hondo" :D boy did I not rate that one high enough in my top 100 :angry:


Monique ;)

I agree, Monique! Our top 3 or 4 Duke movie favorites may never change, but from 5 on down...constantly. It seems every time I watch a movie I've seen already, something else in it appeals to me and it moves up the list. The Three Godfathers is a great example. I thought it was ok when I first saw it, but with every viewing, it climbs my list. I am sure it is the same with most of us. dukefan1

dukefan1,

DITTO!

(I couldn't think of a way to say what you said any better or much differently, plus I was trying for "the shortest post ever" category, but now I've blown it with all this commentary.)

:rolleyes:

Chester

Anybody heard if/when Three Godfathers will be released on DVD? I have only seen it on TV and have not seen it in quite awhile. Kind of want to see it again and would prefer not to buy it on VHS if it will be released sometime soon.

Originally posted by SXViper@Nov 19 2004, 05:10 PM
Anybody heard if/when Three Godfathers will be released on DVD? I have only seen it on TV and have not seen it in quite awhile. Kind of want to see it again and would prefer not to buy it on VHS if it will be released sometime soon.

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They keep rumoring it on Digital Bits but with no specific date; only 2004 or 2005.

I can't say when it will be released in the US, but I can say that I received The Three Godfathers on DVD last Christmas from my son.

I should add, my son bought it off of eBay, and it was from Brazil, and is in Portuguese . . . but does have an English speaking option, of course :D.

Chester :newyear:

Originally posted by chester7777@Nov 20 2004, 03:53 AM
I can't say when it will be released in the US, but I can say that I received The Three Godfathers on DVD last Christmas from my son.*

I should add, my son bought it off of eBay, and it was from Brazil, and is in Portuguese . . . but does have an English speaking option, of course* :D.

Chester :newyear:

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I just don't understand that - many of our best films are released on disc in other countries before they're available here. A good example is "Fort Apache". From what I've read, there's no problem getting it in Region 2 on DVD but we still don't have it on disc in Region 1. If Bill hadn't been so kind as to send me a copy on DVD, I might never have gotten it on a disc. And the picture/sound quality is great. I may have to buy myself one of those recorders. Although I'm not sure I want to make the investment since there aren't that many more films I want for my DVD collection.

Thanks Chester. so that is a region 1 dvd? Is the Portugese subtitled so there are words on the screen or do you just choose the language option?

Stumpy. Yeah it is ridiculous that we have to wait to get a certain dvd released. Fort Apache is another one that I would love to have, but they for some reason just want to hold on to it.

:cowboy: There are several that I cannot understand why they have not been released on dvd yet. (Talking about The Dukes movies of course ;-0)

Fort Apache, and Allegheny Uprising just to name two of them. Has Stagecoach been released on DVD yet? If not, that's three more that I/we need. Three Godfathers is a great Christmastime movie. I'd love to watch it in the same sitting as It's A Wonderful Life.

I can certainly understand the frustration about releases of Duke movies. I would love to have all his movies including the never release movies, The High & The Mighty & Island In The Sky. But I am not a market researcher, and I don't fully understand the concept either. I think it has a lot to do with timing of the releases. Don't ask me why, Three Godfathers, Alleghany Uprising, Fort Apache, Hondo, The Train Robbers, Trouble Along The Way, Tycoon, Circus World, Tall In The Saddle, Blood Alley, The Wings Of Eagles, Big Jim McLain, Without Reservations, Reunion In France, Pittsburgh, McQ, The Shepherd Of The Hills, and many many of Duke's "B" movies are not released. We've heard the rumours about some of the releases, but nothing firm. It does seem that Duke releases as usually released in the late spring (late May early June). We'll have to wait and see about this coming spring.

By the way, I am talking about region 1 release of Duke movies.

Cheers B)

I have mentioned this before, but the DVD of "Without Reservations" released in the UK is clearly marked region 0. On my favorite online shop Without Reservations (http://play.com/play247.asp?searchtype=r2title&searchstring=without+reservations&page=search&Go.x=16&Go.y=15) there is still a warning about it being region 2 so I guess they have some reservations.

If anyone knows how I could check this without having a DVD player from another region then please let me know.

Originally posted by SXViper@Nov 20 2004, 07:06 AM
Thanks Chester. so that is a region 1 dvd? Is the Portugese subtitled so there are words on the screen or do you just choose the language option?
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If it isn't specifically a region 1 DVD, I can certainly attest to the fact that it plays fine on my DVD player. English is one of the language options (of course, we have to guess a little, as the written instructions are in Portugese :blink: , but we've gotten it right every time so far :rolleyes: ).

The writing on the outside of the case is in Portugese, no English there.

Chester :newyear:

Is there subtitles in the movie while viewing it in english?

Originally posted by SXViper@Nov 23 2004, 01:43 PM
Is there subtitles in the movie while viewing it in english?

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Nope! :D

Chester :newyear:

Chester; I am makeing a DVD copy off of a New VHS tape of the "Three Godfathers" on my New Fangled Machine, I will let you know how it turns out!!! :ph34r: Chilibill :cowboy:

Well I figured out how to check the regions of the DVD's and I can confirm that the Without Reservations DVD is a Region 0 (plays in all regions) release. That means that you yanks and aussies can order it from Europe.

As for subtitles I have a lot of DVD's with subtitles and I have yet to buy one where you don't have the option to remove them.

Regards
Popol Vuh

Originally posted by William T Brooks@Nov 26 2004, 04:05 PM
Chester; I am makeing a DVD copy off of a New VHS tape of the "Three Godfathers" on my New Fangled Machine, I will let you know how it turns out!!!* :ph34r: Chilibill* :cowboy:

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Bill, once you make your disc copy, I'll buy the tape from you if you want to sell it.
As I told you, I've ordered a DVD recorder and can also make a disc from a tape when I get it (should be within a week). Anyway, I'll pay you whatever you paid for the tape, plus shipping. Like you, I'd want a new tape to make a disc. This way, you can recover your cost of the tape.

Stumpy; I going to make a back-up DVD copy of the Tape and then I will send the tape to the Address that you sent me! Bill :cowboy:

Originally posted by William T Brooks@Nov 30 2004, 08:17 AM
Stumpy; I going to make a back-up DVD copy of the Tape and then I will send the tape to the Address that you sent me!* Bill* :cowboy:

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That would be great, Bill, and I'd appreciate it very much but this time, I insist on some kind of reciprocal arrangement. Hell, you can't keep doing things for people for nothing (you're not a millionaire, are you? :lol: ) I'll either pay you for the tape, plus postage, or will mail you some of my tapes so you can make discs. Do you have a "want list" of movies for which you have no tapes or discs?

Stumpy; I am working on a list! But I would like a copy of "Starman" only because I flew the Camera Aircraft up at "Meteor Crater" and I want to show my Son and Grand Children that are into this Outer Space thing, what Grandpa could do a few years back!!! :agent: Bill :cowboy:

Originally posted by William T Brooks@Nov 30 2004, 01:26 PM
I would like a copy of "Starman" only because I flew the Camera Aircraft up at "Meteor Crater" and I want to show my Son and* Grand Children that are into this Outer Space thing, what Grandpa could do a few years back!!!*

I don't have a tape of "Starman", Bill, but I do have it on DVD and I imagine (or hope) that I can copy from disc-to-disc. Of course, if they've got that anti-piracy gizmo installed on the disc, that would prevent that. Anyway, we'll wait and see once I get the recorder. If I can copy disc-to-disc, I'll certainly copy you one.
If I can't, you might take a look at the tapes I have (which I posted on 18 Nov in the "High Noon" thread) and see if there are any you'd like to have.

It's been a while since I've seen that flic (and I think it didn't deserve to die at the box-office, just because E.T. was there first) and I remember the flight scenes at the end to be very dramatic - job well done!
I also think Starman features one of the most underrated actors of the US, Jeff Bridges - did you have a chance to meet him back then, Bill?

itdo; Yes I did get to meet Jeff when they were laying out the final scene at "Meteor Crater" and what I was to do with the Aircraft so that the camera man could get the camera Shots that the Director John Carpenter wanted. And you are right He is a very underrated as a Actor. Also Michael Douglas was one of the Producers of Starman ! Bill :cowboy:

Well, it's getting close to Christmas and we decided to watch Three Godfathers this Saturday night. Naturally, you look at it from a different perspective each time you watch it. For some reason, both the Mrs. and I, at the same time, had a question about the little baby - who was that baby and whatever happened to him (or her . . . as IMDb indicates that the baby used was a girl)?

Does anybody know? There is no one listed for the baby, either with or without credit, on IMDb, and looking in Fred Landesman's book, I don't see any mention of who might have played that part.

Anybody know anything?? Arthur . . . ? Itdo . . . ?

Chester :newyear:

I don't recall where I got that information, but the baby was actually played by twins (as it is with most films in which a baby part is involved, so there's always one baby ready and rested). I doubt that one of them stayed in films and appeared elsewhere.

BTW, I think that all the baby shots were done at MGM studios, because the baby is only visible in close-up. In all the long shots at Mojave, the actors just hold a bundle - that's just my guess, of course, but they probably wouldn't have brought the babies to the desert.

Originally posted by Stumpy@Nov 29 2004, 11:11 PM
I've ordered a DVD recorder and can also make a disc from a tape when I get it (should be within a week).

Well, I got that DVD recorder and have been copying films like mad from tape to disc. However, many of my favorite movies on tape have anti-piracy software installed and I keep getting the message "Content Protected" when I try to record them. I've done some online research to see if there is any way to overcome this, as I'm sure that protection is intended only to thwart people who make a great number of copies for resale and is not aimed at people like me who only want to make copies for personal use.

According to my research, the protective software is called Macrovision and I've gotten hints here and there that it can be bypassed but I'm not very technically minded so I'm rather reluctant to try something that may mess up my new toy.
Anybody have any suggestions?

Stumpy I wish I could help you out with your video copying but I cannot. But I would like to give you a heads up on what disc's that you might use. I have been only to successfully watch a burned dvd if it is the DVD +R format. For some reason my 2 DVD players in my house can only view the +R and not the -R. Also I even tried watching in my XBox and that will not view them either.

Stumpy and SXviper; I have been using "Memorex DVD-R" and I have not had any tapes that have I have not been able to copy as of yet! Bill :cowboy:

Originally posted by William T Brooks@Dec 6 2004, 04:31 PM
Stumpy and SXviper; I have been using "Memorex DVD-R" and I have not had any tapes that have I have not been able to copy as of yet! Bill** :cowboy:

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I'm using Verbatim DVD+R and they're recording OK on the Lite-On recorder. However, when I try to play them back on my Toshiba DVD player, they won't play so there most be some kind of incompatibility there. They'll play OK on the Lite-On (which is a player as well as a recorder)

The user's manual says if you "finalize" the recording (whatever that is), it will play on all other DVD players but it won't play on my Toshiba. However, I have another Toshiba (different model) that I haven't tried yet.

Also, I may have discovered a way to bypass that Macrovision anti-piracy thing. I read on the internet that it can be bypassed by hooking up your VCR to the recorder using coaxial cable. In other words, connect a coaxial cable to the out-to-TV jack on the VCR and the other end to the in-from-antenna jack on the recorder. I'm trying it right now and will let you know what happens, in case anyone else needs to use the bypass.

Originally posted by Stumpy@Dec 6 2004, 06:44 PM
Also, I may have discovered a way to bypass that Macrovision anti-piracy thing.* I read on the internet that it can be bypassed by hooking up your VCR to the recorder using coaxial cable. In other words, connect a coaxial cable to the out-to-TV jack on the VCR and the other end to the in-from-antenna jack on the recorder. I'm trying it right now and will let you know what happens, in case anyone else needs to use the bypass.

Glory be, it works. All you have to do is make sure your DVD recorder is set to the same channel (3 or 4) as your VCR. Then, as I said in the previous post, connect the out-to-TV jack on the VCR to the in-from-antenna jack on the DVD recorder, using coaxial cable (not RCA connectors). Start the tape playing in the VCR. At the proper point, start the DVD recording.

Of course, you have to have the DVD recorder connected to your TV monitor so you can follow the progress of the movie. One other point - my Lite-On DVD recorder displays a progress bar at the top of the monitor screen while it's recording. If you hook up the VCR to the DVD recorder as described above, that progress bar will appear in your finished recording, so make sure the progress bar is disabled before you start recording. You can disable it by clicking the "Display" button on the recorder remote.

Gosh, you can learn how to do almost anything on the internet. Doing this made my day because now I can record to disc all the favorite films I still have on tape. And as we know, DVDs will last indefinitely with reasonable care.

Originally posted by Stumpy@Dec 6 2004, 07:49 PM
Glory be, it works.

I spoke too soon. :angry: Don't understand why but here's what happened. Yesterday afternoon I tried to record my commercially-recorded VHS copy of "Operation Crossbow" to DVD. I kept getting the screen message "Content Protected", meaning it had an anti-piracy signal on the tape. Today, I connected the two machines with coax cable, as recommended on the 'net, and it recorded with no problems. I therefore assumed all my tapes could be converted to disc. But when I tried to record several others, I again got the message "Content Protected". So disregard the previous advice because it's back to the old drawing board for me. I'm determined to lick this problem.

Stumpy ; You must "Finalize" or they do not play on all the other machines I have already been thru that!!! Bill :cowboy:

Your other Tape is on the way tomorrow, it should be there in a few days.

Originally posted by William T Brooks@Dec 6 2004, 08:36 PM
Stumpy ;* You must "Finalize" or they do not play on all the other machines I have already been thru that!!!* Bill :cowboy:

Your other Tape is on the way tomorrow, it should be there in a few days.

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Oh, I've been "finalizing" them, Bill, just like the book says, but they still don't wanna play on my Toshiba player. It's an older model - I haven't tried them on my newer model Toshiba yet because I took it out of the loop so I could hook up the new recorder.

Jim; I gave some DVD copys to my Son that he wanted, and some but not all would not play on his OLD DVD Machine but did play on his NEW DVD Machine! My Video Man said that the newer VHS tapes have a little different Format than the older VHS Tapes!!! Bill

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Glory be, it works.

I spoke too soon. :angry: Don't understand why but here's what happened. Yesterday afternoon I tried to record my commercially-recorded VHS copy of "Operation Crossbow" to DVD. I kept getting the screen message "Content Protected", meaning it had an anti-piracy signal on the tape. Today, I connected the two machines with coax cable, as recommended on the 'net, and it recorded with no problems. I therefore assumed all my tapes could be converted to disc. But when I tried to record several others, I again got the message "Content Protected". So disregard the previous advice because it's back to the old drawing board for me. I'm determined to lick this problem.

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Well, cross your fingers for me but maybe it works after all. I went back and re-read the online post regarding use of coaxial cable to bypass the Macrovision protection. It says the DVD recording should be started 2 or 3 seconds before you start the tape playback. Says it doesn't work each and every time but will work more often than not. So I've tried that and Voila, it has worked for two tapes. So maybe the guy knows what he's talking about.

Originally posted by Stumpy@Dec 7 2004, 07:46 PM
Well, cross your fingers for me but maybe it works after all.* I went back and re-read the online post regarding use of coaxial cable to bypass the Macrovision protection. It says the DVD recording should be started 2 or 3 seconds before you start the tape playback.* Says it doesn't work each and every time but will work more often than not.* So I've tried that and Voila, it has worked for two tapes.* So maybe the guy knows what he's talking about.

OK, listen up, guys and gals.

If any of you decide to buy a DVD recorder to transfer your movies on tape to disc, here's a cheap and easy way to beat the Macrovision protection on VHS tapes. As noted earlier, I decided to transfer my favorite VHS-recorded films to DVDs in order to preserve them, because the tapes deteriorate after several years, whereas discs are supposed to last indefinitely, with reasonable care.

When I first began trying to do this, I kept getting a screen monitor message that said "Content Protected" on several of the tapes, which indicated they'd had a Macrovision (anti-piracy) signal recorded and a chip in either the DVD recorder or VCR was detecting that signal, thus preventing recording.

I did some research on the 'net and found this tip, among others. It said to connect the VCR and the DVD recorder with coaxial cable instead of the recommended S-video or component (red,white,yellow) cables. In other words, run the connecting coax cable from the "Out-to-TV" jack on the VCR to the "In-from-antenna" jack on the DVD recorder. Then start the recording 2 or 3 seconds before you start playback of the tape. Though at first I was skeptical, I tried it and it works. And naturally, it's much less expensive and a lot less technical than many of the other solutions proposed to beat Macrovision.

The completed DVD doesn't have the same picture clarity as a commercially- recorded disc but it's certainly as good as any VHS tape. Which is good enough for me because now I can preserve all my favorite movies on disc before the corresponding tapes become unplayable through age deterioration.

BTW, I'm using Verbatim DVD+R blanks to record the movies. But I suppose the trick would work with almost any format.

Originally posted by Stumpy@Dec 8 2004, 12:14 PM
I did some research on the 'net and found this tip, among others. It said to connect the VCR and the DVD recorder with coaxial cable instead of the recommended S-video or component (red,white,yellow) cables. In other words, run the connecting coax cable from the "Out-to-TV" jack on the VCR to the "In-from-antenna" jack on the DVD recorder. Then start the recording 2 or 3 seconds before you start playback of the tape. Though at first I was skeptical, I tried it and it works. And naturally, it's much less expensive and a lot less technical than many of the other solutions proposed to beat Macrovision.

As an experiment, I decided to try the trick with component and S-video cables because you get much better picture quality. Apparently it works with them too because right now I'm burning a DVD of "Spy Game", which I'm sure has the Macrovision signal encoded on the tape. I guess as long as you start the recording before you start playing back the source tape, it doesn't matter what cables are connecting the VCR and DVD recorder.

Stumpy; You say that you are useing S-Video cables and you are getting a better picture? Sounds like a good idea, I am going to try it myself. Bill :cowboy:

Stumpy and Bill, I would say if you can copy thru S-video cables instead of coax you would have a far better picture. Now if you have the ability with your equipment to copy thru component cables you would have an even better looking picture. The only question I would have is what are you using for sound cables now that you are not using the coax?

Originally posted by SXViper@Dec 9 2004, 06:05 PM
Stumpy and Bill, I would say if you can copy thru S-video cables instead of coax you would have a far better picture. Now if you have the ability with your equipment to copy thru component cables you would have an even better looking picture. The only question I would have is what are you using for sound cables now that you are not using the coax?

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I bought a Phillips cable (or rather a bundled) cable at Walmart that includes the S-video cable and two audio (for left and right channels) cables. I thought S-video gave the best picture of all, even better than component or composite.

Bill,
I don't have an S-video jack on either of my VCRs. In fact, I don't recall ever seeing an S-video jack on any VCR. So I connected the VCR and DVD recorder with what are called composite cables (red, white, yellow). Then I connected the recorder to the TV with S-video and two audio (red, white) cables. But S-video and, as Viper said, component cables give much better picture and sound quality than coaxial cable.

Component cables are actually blue green and red. They are strictly for video only and give a great picture. The only thing better would be the new digital DVI inputs. I was just kind of curious as to how you were recording the sound. I figured you would be using the red and white RCA audio cables. What I was wondering is if you could use either a optical or digital coax cable for sound or not. That would be the only way to get true surround sound. Sounds like you guys have a nice little setup there.

Great Idea I am going to try it Tomorrow!!! Bill :cowboy:

Just found this over on Digital Bits. Looks like the transfer has been completed, now we just have to wait till it gets released. Here is the quote:


The 1936 Three Godfathers film with John Wayne did not appear in 2004 and has not yet been formally announced for 2005 although it is known that a DVD transfer has been done by Warner Bros.


I believe they screwed up the year of release.

SXViper,

Actually The Three Godfathers was released in 1936, but not with John Wayne. As a matter of fact it is being shown on Turner Classic Movies as of 12:30 a.m. CST, December 24 (Friday).

Cheers B)

Hi Hondo

Ref Three Godfathers it first saw the light of day in 1916 as Three Godfathers from the book of the same name by Peter B. Kyne. It starred Harry Carey and was directed by Edward J LeSaint.

It surfaced next in 1919 as Marked Men directed by John Ford and starring Harry Carey, J.Farrell McDonald and Joe Harris.

It became one of Fords favourite early pictures.

In 1929 it was made again under the title Hells Heroes and was directed by William Wyler.

As you say in 1936 it was made again and directed by Richard Boleslawski and was followed by Fords own 1949 remake which apparently had as its working title The Trail of Shadows.

I knew it was a remake several times but I didn't know it was done that many. Funny that it has not been made since Duke. Was that because of the perfection that Duke put in it and everyone knew that they could never make that movie again? ;) Arthur, have you seen any of the other productions?

I did see the 1936 version, and with Walter Brennen it was alright, but doesn't hold a candle to Duke.

Cheers B)

Hi Hondo


You're probably right and of course in Ford's later years he began to go out of fashion and that could also be a contributary factor.

No I haven't seen any of the others, our television doesn't tend to show those sort of pictures I sometimes wish they did.


Have a good Christmas Mike


Regards


Arthur

Hi guys and Merry Christmas!!

I did know of the others, I was just refering to the quote, I am sure they just screwed up the release date since they mentioned the John Wayne version.

The 3 Godfathers is coming to DVD and will be available this week exclusively at Target stores throughout the country. I saw the ad for it in todays Target paper and that is what it said. The cover art looks like a old time movie poster.

Nice find WaynamoJim. Here is a link for the movie on Targets website. 3 Godfathers (http://weeklyad.target.com/target/circular_browse_listing_detail.asp?storeid=2395848&pagenumber=8&rapid=212932&listingid=-2096036325&)

Hi WaynamoJim,
Thanks for the link, and you make an interesting point about the artwork!
I have the VHS of this, with the original artwork, cartoon type drawing more in keeping with the film.
The artwork on this DVD, looks odd!!

Keith

Hi all,
I received this movie on VHS today with some other Duke films, so will see it at night. I never saw it before.
Regards,
Senta

Speaking of Three Godfathers, I just watched it last night on TCM.

Thanks for letting us know of ite release this week, i'm going to snag my copy as soon as I finish here.

BTW, the cover artwork is from one of the several 1-page posters that were originally printed for this movie. I saw this poster for sale along time ago when this antiques paper dealer came through here to sell his wares here in Corpus Christi. I remember this poster as well as the that he had several other John Wayne posters including Back To Bataan & McQ. I also remember that all of the posters were way out of my affordable spending range. :(

PS, almost forgot but, most of the cover art images you see are also from the movie posters made for that movie. If you have Stagecoach on dvd, look at its cover art and then do a google search and you will find John Wayne poster in thumbnail size pics adn the guy that owns all those posters has a Stagecoach poster of the same art.

As I have never seen this movie before I would like to grab a hold of it. Any word on it being released anywhere else beside this chain?

-IHW

Yep! I have my sons purchasing my copy today. Can't wait to get it.

Originally posted by InHarmsWay@Dec 20 2005, 01:46 AM
As I have never seen this movie before I would like to grab a hold of it. Any word on it being released anywhere else beside this chain?

-IHW

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As far as I can tell IHW, there is nobody else selling this but Target. I have tried all my sources and that is the only place I can see it for sale.

Hi all,
I watched it yesterday and can say that it is right movie for Christmas time. I like it a lot. And I didn't thought before that it is in color and brillianly shot. And it is magnificient to view. My VHS copy is petty good quality and bright colors, feelings as it was shot yesterday.
Regards,
Senta

I'm going to Target soon as I leave here to see if I can snag a copy. I wonder why it's only going to be sold at target of all places?

Well I picked it up and I have not watched it yet. But is says on my copy that it is in b&w. I cannot ever remember seeing the movie in B&W before. Oh well, after I watch it I will let you know my thoughts on it. It is not, I repeat, is not a knock off small time company that produced it like Goodtimes Video. This was made by Warner Bros, so it should be decent.

Well, I had alittle time so I fired the movie up on the computer and it is in color. The back cover has a misprint and says its in B&W. Very good quality from the little that I watched it so far. Turner Entertainment Company along with Warner Bros is the production company/released by company. Looks like another movie made it to DVD that was on most of our wish lists. Christmas will be good this year with all the new Duke films that have been released the last quarter of this year.

Hi Todd, I bought my copy yesterday ( the last copy they had) and watched it as soon as I got home. I sure wish this came with some extras though.

Oh well, i'll be watching it again on Christmas evening.

We watched it several years ago for the first time. I kind of liked it, but my wife couldn't get over the rediculous scene where they spread axle grease all over a naked newborn baby. Still a good movie though.

GSP

Trivia for
3 Godfathers (1948)

* For the scene where Deputy Curly (Hank Worden) has trouble pulling a mule about a train, director 'Ford, John' rigged the reins to pull backwards whenever Worden pulled forward.

* Ford had a greensman water a cactus overnight to allow it to be squeezed for water.

* When John Wayne is "greasing" the baby boy, Robert William Pedro, it is evident that the baby boy is actually a baby girl.

* This is a remake of John Ford's silent film Marked Men (1919), which starred Ford's long-time friend Harry Carey. When Carey died in 1947, Ford decided to remake the story in Technicolor and dedicate the film to his memory. Carey's son, Harry Carey Jr., plays one of the three, "The Abilene Kid".

Keith

Hi Keith,
Thank you for information. I'm thinking about this movie for the last days and it quite different from the others, done by Ford. May be it connected with its symbolic meanins. I like the opening titles - the dedication to Harry Carey, who is the star on early western sky, and it is the star in Bible that leads wise man, and star in the film when they take the direction to the New Jerusalem. And remember when Abilene Kid is dying Bob holds a hat to protect him from the sun, and when he dyes he remove hat and it is sun on the face of the Kid, that means that he awake to the better life (something like this).
By the way what was the location of this movie, I think that I hadn't read about it.
It is beautiful. Seems to me that thanks to Duke and Ford I began truly love deserts and mountains.

Regards,
Vera

Just check my local Target. Not a copy of THREE GODFATHERS in site. :headbonk:

Originally posted by ZACK613@Dec 22 2005, 11:54 AM
Just check my local Target. Not a copy of THREE GODFATHERS in site. :headbonk:

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Zach13, when I picked mine up there was only 2 when I got there, so I think they maybe were gone very fast. Or else they only got a few in to begin with.

Ringo, yes, there are no extras and it would have been nice to see a few but its good enough for me that it was finally released. Have a Merry Christmas and have fun watching it Saturday night. :newyear:

Hi Vera,

THREE GODFATHERS was filmed in Death Valley, Mexico

Originally posted by General Sterling Price@Dec 21 2005, 05:15 PM
We watched it several years ago for the first time. I kind of liked it, but my wife couldn't get over the rediculous scene where they spread axle grease all over a naked newborn baby. Still a good movie though.

GSP

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That's Doc Meecham for you! :rolleyes:

Originally posted by SXViper@Dec 22 2005, 03:05 PM
Zach13, when I picked mine up there was only 2 when I got there, so I think they maybe were gone very fast. Or else they only got a few in to begin with.

Ringo, yes, there are no extras and it would have been nice to see a few but its good enough for me that it was finally released. Have a Merry Christmas and have fun watching it Saturday night.* :newyear:

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Thanks Todd, and rats. Would liked to have seen a "making of" included.

Here's a good merry christmas present for all you Duke fans out there. Someone over at the spaghetti western web board mentioned that Three Godfathers is on sale on DVD at Target. I didn't believe him cause I check every couple weeks over at Amazon about future western releases and never saw it.

But sure enough, I went over to Target today and there it was. Its an offical Warner Bros release, and only cost 9.99. I haven't watched it yet, but the box looks official. So maybe Target is doing some special promotion? Either way, its official. THREE GODFATHERS IS ON DVD!

Go to your local Target and look for it in the DVD section. It isn't prominently displayed so you might have to do some browsing. And if someone else brought this up, I'll apologize in advance. Otherwise, enjoy the new Three Godfathers DVD. Merry Christmas!

Well, I was so excited about the DVD find that I didn't look at page 2 in the general discussions forum. Waynamo Jim brought up the same topic, but I guess it can't hurt to have two topics about Three Godfathers.

It's always been one of my favorites, and I'm glad to see its on DVD.

Originally posted by Patrick@Dec 24 2005, 04:17 PM
Well, I was so excited about the DVD find that I didn't look at page 2 in the general discussions forum.* Waynamo Jim brought up the same topic, but I guess it can't hurt to have two topics about Three Godfathers.

* It's always been one of my favorites, and I'm glad to see its on DVD.

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No problem patrick, i just merged the two topics into one.

Merry Christmas, & Happy New Year.


Kevin

May be this topic also had to be moved into film reviews.
By the way is it known, who was the infant baby?
Regards,
Senta

3 Godfathers is also available from Amazon.com, and evidently Amazon.com and Target have some kind of relationship regarding the selling of some Amazon items in Target is why the film is there. That's at least according to the Target website which still shows the film as coming soon. I could not find it at any Super Target here in the Denver metro area, but the first regular Target I stopped at had it for $9.99.

Roger.

I looked in my local Target but didn't see it. Could be out of stock or something. I'll check again the new time I'm in there.

Hi Vera ,
There seemed to be very little real baby in the film,
most of the time, it looked like a very stiff Doll,
that rolled around in Duke's massive hands and arms,
so perhaps we should just call her "Dolly"!!!!

Originally posted by ethanedwards@Jan 1 2006, 12:59 PM
Hi Vera ,
There seemed to be very little real baby in the film,
most of the time, it looked like a very stiff Doll,
that rolled around in Duke's massive hands and arms,
so perhaps we should just call her "Dolly"!!!!

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Hi Keith,
It is not a doll, it is a real baby. But what interests me: they take real baby to the location or may be they shoot close ups in the pavilion. May be in the Harry Careys book there is answer to this question?
Regards,
Vera

Hi Vera,
In Harry Carey's book, he mentions, the doll.

It started with the "baby" we carried in our arms.The doll was pretty worn out, even when we got it!.Some of the paint was begining to wear off-it was a well used baby. It was hard to keep believing this doll was really alive, and it was doubly hard to keep the top of its head from being exposed to the camera.It seemed as though I was always the one with the baby, and one day, Harvey Gould, the camera operator, said he could see the doll's head above the blanket

However, Vera,
They used a real baby, for close-ups in the studio edited shots!

It is a doll, when it is not seen, but when we see it it is a baby. :rolleyes:

I'm checking web sites at the Target stores, and I haven't seen any listing of that movie, and I checked Amazon.com and they didn't have anything out either. We don't have a Target close by, so I don't want to make a special trip if they don't have any. Gas is high enough. If there are copies out there, why haven't anyone announced it outside of here? I haven't heard anything, & I mean anything about it beyond here.

The DVD search has not mention of this movie in the states.

Give me a clue, guys.

Cheers B)

Now I am confused. I just call the Target in my area, and they have Three (3) copies of the movie. I asked them to save me a copy and I'll get there in a couple of days. I inquired about how they got this movie with no formal announcement, they didn't have an answer.

I am not complaining but how come no one has this movie out?

Anyway, I am about to be the owner of this movie in a day or two. :lol:

Cheers B)

You're right, Hondo, it doesn't show as available on DVD on IMDb and Deep Discount DVD doesn't have it at all. It will be interesting to see what you will find tomorrow. Keep us posted.

Chester :newyear:

I guess this is one of those movies that slipped by the cracks, but it slipped by many in this case with no on line service/retail having this in thier warehouse. :huh:

I'm confused! :wacko:

Cheers B)

I would have missed it as well if I hadn't been looking through the Sunday ads just before Christmas. It is a official studio release(Warner Bros) but there are no extras. Very nice transfer and audio is good as well. This is no Goodtimes Video release.

I was thinking to myself, I'll just wait until they come out with a version that has some bonus features, and then I thought to myself, Wait a minute! I've already got this movie on DVD. :jump:

I started digging through the pile to unearth my copy of Three Godfathers. I had a little trouble finding it, though, because the title reads O Ceu Mandou Alguem.

Why is that, you might ask?

I remember sharing this with the folks on the board at the time that my son got this for me for Christmas two years ago, having obtained it on eBay. It is from Brazil, which is why the title reads in Portuguese!

It is dubbed in English, although it is a small challenge to read the directions in Portuguese to make the change. :headbonk:

Chester :newyear:

I can't believe it. I got this movie in my hands. There is nothing in the special features, but I am more interested in the movie. From what I heard this is a special feature from Target stores. Not sure why John Wayne, but I think they were more interested in John Ford instead. :) Someone told me that they released Mogambo another John Ford classic.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001XLY7E.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

I also found In Harm's Way, and picked it up too. What a great day. Got two great Duke movies and different genres on top of that. Can't wait to put them in my player and see another great Duke classics. WOW!!! :jump:

Cheers B)

How much was In Harms Way? I saw a copy of it for sale at Best Buy this morning but do not recall its exact price there. I think it was about $14.00 bucks? but not 100% sure.

Carl,

I got this for $9.99 at Target. It was the last copy I found at my local store.

Cheers B)

Originally posted by Hondo Duke Lane@Jan 6 2006, 12:10 AM
Carl,

I got this for $9.99 at Target.* It was the last copy I found at my local store.

Cheers* B)

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Thank you Hondo, i'll go by there soon as I leave here today and see if our local Target has a copy. If so, i'll have bought 16 John Wayne movies (though I have extra copies of several of them) in just over a day. :D

If you want to see something funny with this release, check out the trailer that Warner's put on. When Pedro comes out of the bank, and starts shooting, they dubbed-in a phoney laugh. Sounds like something right out of Cisco The Kid...check it out, next time your watching the movie...will certainly bring a smile.

falc04, I noticed that phony laugh they dubbed in for Armedariz's laugh. Sounded utterly ridiculous, like a deep, hearty laugh from the stomach. I liked how he screams originally, something very musical about it.

As for the dvd, I have no idea what's going on. Right before Christmas, I read that Target was releasing it on DVD so I headed over there and sure enough, there it was. It does look great, but its too bad that it wasn't a regular DVD release so that it could be sold online or at Best Buys, Borders, and Barnes and Nobles all over the country.

Either way, I'm happy to add this one to my DVD collection. I had forgotten how much I like this movie.