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The Big Country (Blu-ray)
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DVD Details
- Widescreen
- Subtitles: French & Spanish
- Closed-Captioned (CC)
- Rated: Not Rated
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 2 hours, 47 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 20, 2001
- Originally Released: 1958
- Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Gregory Peck & Jean Simmons | |
Performer: | Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Carroll Baker, Charles Bickford, Alfonso Bedoya, Chuck Connors & Jim Burk | |
Directed by | William Wyler | |
Edited by | Robert Belcher & John Faure | |
Screenwriting by | Robert Wilder, James R. Webb, Sy Bartlett & Robert Wyler | |
Composition by | Jerome Moross | |
Produced by | Gregory Peck & William Wyler | |
Director of Photography: | Franz Planer |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1958 -
Best Supporting Actor: Burl Ives
Entertainment Reviews:
...Sprawling....Jerome Moross' musical score is widely regarded as one of the best ever...
USA Today
Rating: B- --
Overblown western meant to debunk the western myth.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Wyler showcases our own big country by demonstrating just how very small we are in comparison, the violent struggles of a few mere blips on the face of the sprawling landscape.
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From the Front Row
Rating: 3.5/4 --
An excellent Western. Jerome Morris' score is one of the all-time greats, standing in the company of Elmer Bernstein's The Magnificent Seven theme and Ennio Morricone's Spaghetti Western contributions as the genre's best.
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Creative Loafing
Rating: 5/5 --
Wide open-spaced mega western, full of stars, color, and a great Jerome Moross score.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Rating: B- --
As Charlton Heston explained ..., 'it's connected with the American ethos - America was made for Westerns.'
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Old School Reviews
Rating: B- --
Burl Ives won the Supporting Actor Oscar for playing a patriarch in William Wyler's sprawling, overlong Western, though the award also might have been given to him for similar part in Cat on Hot Tin Roof.
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Description by OLDIES.com:
One of Hollywood's greatest directors teams with a cast of incredible screen legends for this bold, sweeping tale of a ship's captain who ventures west to find a hotbed of jealousy, hatred and dangerous rivalries. As the reluctant hero is thrust into the maelstrom, he must summon all of his resolve to save not only his own life, but also the life of the woman he loves.
William Wyler directs this action-packed adventure that triumphs as "a work of art" (Motion Picture Herald). Starring Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Jean Simmons, Chuck Connors and Burl Ives, this magnificently entertaining epic will take your breath away with unbridled suspense, exhilarating excitement and explosive drama on a grand scale.
Product Description:
Wyler's powerful Western covers a lot of territory with Gregory Peck a fish out of water as a sea captain who travels west to marry and settle, but finds himself in the middle of a bitter dispute over water rights and a jealous clash with the ranch foreman (Charlton Heston). He also discovers his fiancee isn't who he imagined and finds true romance with the local schoolmistress (Jean Simmons). Folk singer Burl Ives surprised audiences with his performance which garnered him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 117,080
- UPC: 027616859013
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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