UHD Review The Ranown Westerns – Criterion UHD Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

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Let’s look at The Ranown Westerns. By 1956, Randolph Scott had already established himself as one of the Western genre’s most notable actors and a consistent box office draw as well. That year, he collaborated with director Oscar Boetticher – or “Budd” as he liked to be called – on a film intended to initially star John Wayne, Seven Men from Now; while that film wasn’t successful at the box office – though over the years it has become regarded as one of Scott’s best – it would also mark the beginning of a seven-film collaboration between star and director, the lion’s share of the seven movies coming from Columbia Pictures. The five films – The Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Alone, Ride Lonesome & Comanche Station – from the collaboration (known as the Ranown Western cycle) are making their UHD Blu-ray debuts – after previous home video releases from Sony, Mill Creek and Indicator – courtesy of the Criterion Collection.



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