EM: How The West Was Won 西部开拓史 DVD
Code : 9787884033683
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Price : | MYR12.90 SGD6.13 USD5.03 RMB34.83 MYR10.32 / SGD4.90 / USD4.02 / RMB27.86 |
Weight : | 250 g |
Genre : | Ancient Period , |
Subtitle : | Chinese , |
Language : | English , |
Video Format : | NTSC , |
Discs : | 1 |
Region Code : | ALL , |
Model : | DVD , |
Watching a letterboxed version of "How the West Was Won," I noticed the dividing lines on the screen, and it was clear that much of the picture was still missing even in this format. But neither hindered my enjoyment of this sprawling epic, even if James R. Webb's Oscar winning screenplay left something to be desired. Alfred Newman's music score is terrific, and so is that all-star cast. Unlike those disaster flicks of the 70s like "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno" that claimed to be stuffed with stars but actually boasted "names" (usually familiar performers, primarily from TV, who rarely headlined a first class feature), "How the West Was Won" has the genuine article. John Wayne, James Stewart, Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Carroll Baker, and Debbie Reynolds may mean little at the ticket windows of the 90s (and many of them are dead, anyway), but all were above the title stars who carried their own films at the box-office in the early 60s.
Three directors helmed this project but I'd be hard pressed to distinguish whether John Ford, George Marshall or Henry Hathaway were behind the camera during any particular episode if the opening credits didn't identify each segment and its director. I suppose "How the West Was Won" is more quantity than quality, but it's entertaining overall. 故事讲述一家三代在各种时代背景下的艰难曲折,通过这个家庭从19世纪早期到1880年代半个世纪的迁徙经历,描述美国西部历史。他们从纽约出发,经历了内战,淘金热,路遇印第安人和西南部的流放者,经历各种艰难险阻,终于到达西部,并联合其他开拓者在平原上修建了铁路,把法律与正义也带到了边疆。