How the West Was Won

This movie was the last of the Cinerama movies made. The DVD tries to recreate the Cinerama version in a wide screen format. You can see the two lines where the three pieces of film came together. I first saw this... Full review

This film has John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Lee J. Cobb, Gregory Peck, Harry Morgan and countless of other stars. They portray the American Frontiersmen in there expansion west.... Full review

"How the West was Won" is one of my favorite classic movies of all time. It shows a little bit of history about the Old West, but it's about one family through generations. From the Civil War to the years that... Full review

This is an outstanding movie that traces the lives of several generations of one family. It starts off with the family exploring the Ohio region and ends with them in the late 1800's in Arizona. It shows how we conquered the... Full review

I still remember seeing How the West Was Won in Cinerama when it made it into general release back in 1962. A motion picture theater equipped for Cinerama is the only way this one should be seen. The formatted VHS... Full review

This isn't as spectacular as you might think after checking the cast credits, which are almost beyond description. However, it's still a pretty solid movie. For a western, I was shocked years later to view this on widescreen VHS and... Full review

A rip-roaring tale of two families,Prescotts and Rowlings and of caravaning.Trapper Linus marries Eve whose family members died in the flowing rapids. Later they have two sons and claim a homestead and visit good ole Aunt Lily in small town America.... Full review

There are those who would disagree, I know, butfor my money this is absolutely the single best authentic Western ever made. All the traditional motifs and conventions are here, but are set forth with an eye toward historical authenticity relatively rare... Full review

As a seven year old boy who adored history, I was brought by my mother to see this in Cinemascope on a huge screen. Anyone who has seen this can just imagine the impact.There has always been a healthy dispute... Full review

This movie has made a life-long impression on me from the time I saw it at the age of 10 until this day (over 40 years). Growing up a fan of westerns and loving the West and its beautiful history,... Full review

So I can only recommend How The West Was Won for its visual splendor;....This action setpiece is far better than the film it closes out.....if only it had been done on a more deserving film.....The restoration of this film is impressive;.... ... Full Review

Unfortunately, How The West Was Won is 162 minutes long, and those awe-inspiring shots make up only a few minutes.....Recently, How The West Was Won was released on the Blu-ray format in a groundbreaking edition, which lets you watch the film in, essentially, the right way:.... ... Full Review

It wasn't until 10 years later that the first, and ultimately only, two narrative features shot in three-strip Cinerama made their debut: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and How the West Was Won , recently released in a new special-edition DVD and Blu-Ray. ... Full Review

As a dramatic narrative How the West Was Won doesn't work all that well. The best reason for buying a Blu-ray player right now is Warner Home Video's high-definition version of How the West Was Won, a film made 46 years ago in the highest-definition moving picture medium the world had seen: Cinerama. ... Full Review

Warner delivers How The West Was Won in a deluxe 2-disc "Digi-book" edition on Blu-ray. Warner deserves credit for the level of attention given to restoring How The West Was Won. Most of us will probably never enjoy the true Cinerama experience ... Full Review

They are the gifts that keep on giving. DVD box sets provide hours, even days of entertainment, thanks to multiple discs crammed with bonus material, interactive features and extended movies, as well as fun collectibles and gadgets. ... Full Article

Carroll Baker ...Eve Prescott Rawlings Lee J.Cobb ...Marshal Lou Ramsey Henry Fonda ...Jethro Stuart Carolyn Jones ...Julie Rawlings Karl Malden ... ... Full Article

How the West Was Won was the hot ticket attraction of 1963. The exciting three-panel Cinerama feature played to reserved seat roadshow audiences for almost two years. ... Full Article

All film deteriorates, end of the story.The 1962 epic How the West Was Won is a case in point. The last 46 years have not been kind to the reels of film making up the multi-Oscar winning epic -... ... Full Article

"How the West Was Won'' is finally coming out on DVD on August 29 -- without the annoying "join lines'' that have disfigured all non-Cinerama theatrical (and all TV and video) showings of the sprawling 1962 epic, which has segments... ... Full Article

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