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baron von Rassilon
September 25th, 2003, 11:41 PM
Bought a new John Wayne movie on DVD? Then review it here. Let others know about it. How was the transfer, the sound, does it include extras? Was the price decent? Let other fans know if the DVD you bought is worth buying for their collection or if they should wait.

I'll start with King of the Pecos from Artisan.
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The synopsis of the movie is; Texas in the 1870's is an open range, and an evil cattle baron has claimed most of it for himself. Nothing stands in this man's path. A rancher either leaves the land…or dies. In one case, the son of a murdered couple escapes. Years later, that boy returns as a young lawyer (John Wayne) with a six-shooter and a deadly aim. His challenge to the cattle baron can only end with one man standing, and the other dead.

Pretty much standard of the time, but still very enjoyable to watch. The story was fast paced and kept your interest. I was surprised by this one myself.
The movie was crisp and clear considering the age of the film. There was no tears or major scratches in the film that transfered to the DVD. Sound quality was excellent with no fade ins or outs. There are no extras to the DVD for deleted scenes, considering the age of the film and they didn't waste much film for retakes. The DVDs special features are, Fullscreen, English 2.0 Dolby Digital, Digitally Mastered, scene access. The price is perfect, $9.95. I bought mine at an electronics store, Best Buy. That's the usual price online for this DVD.


I'd rate this one, http://www.angelfire.com/zine/timetraveler/images/popcorn.gifhttp://www.angelfire.com/zine/timetraveler/images/popcorn.gifhttp://www.angelfire.com/zine/timetraveler/images/popcorn.gifhttp://www.angelfire.com/zine/timetraveler/images/popcorn.gifFour out of four popcorns.

smokey
September 26th, 2003, 07:50 AM
hi all,

my new dvd is the alamo

you all know the story so i won't repeat it but as for good value for money it's tops. the quality of the movie was to say great the picture quality is really clear and the sound is sharp it appears to have been copied from the master movie and was put out by mgm it not only contained the movie but about the making of the movie with interviews with the men who were there and the man who's property the set was built on. the interview section is great as it tells you things that you would not really get to see or hear about. cost wise it was a reasonable price for down under i paid A$19 for it.

so my rating for this movie plus extras gets **** four stars

using the same scale as baron

i have also just got the searchers

as you know it's about the searching for debbie as disscussed in other posts.
the quality is a lot better then our old vhs it is clearer the sound is sharper there are extras in that there are short shots they appeared to have been taken for the tv as a report on how the movie was being made and to tell people about it these shots were informative in they told you how they were able to do some of the stunts and such.

price wise it cost A$25 not to bad about mid range for prices have seen it selling for A$36

rating just for you robbie i give it a big ********** stars

cheers smokey

Chisum
September 29th, 2003, 11:01 PM
Rio Grande DVD Sam's Club, $12.99

Excellent DVD, no Defects. The best part is the narration by Maureen Ohara. Lots of information and descriptions. Well worth the money.