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Great story Robert. I have loved Woody Strode in just about everything he has been in. He is one of those unique actors, who whenever the camera is on him, demands your attention.Robert Crawford said:I watched my German Blu-ray this morning. I kind of teared up during the scene in which Tom Doniphon's wooden casket is on display at the undertaker. It brought back memories of me watching this film for the first time at my local movie theater with the rest of my family. I was a young boy at that time, but the film stuck with me because of the brutal performance by Lee Marvin and John Wayne constantly calling James Stewart, "pilgrim" throughout the film. Also, as an African-American kid, this was the first film I remember seeing an African-American actor, Woody Strode, in a Western film. All of those things greatly affected my appreciation for Western films.
As to this upcoming Blu-ray release, I hope Paramount includes the bonus material from the 2009 DVD Centennial Collection release. If it does, I might but it again for those commentaries and featurettes at such a low price point.
John Ford did direct Woody Strode in previous Westerns like "Two Rode Together" and "Sergeant Rutledge", but I didn't see those films until after "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". Of course, one of my favorite films is another Western, Strode was in "The Professionals" which I consider the best written film in that particular genre.jim_falconer said:Great story Robert. I have loved Woody Strode in just about everything he has been in. He is one of those unique actors, who whenever the camera is on him, demands your attention.
Ronald Epstein said:The Paramount imports seem to have a similar trend that is keeping me fairly optimistic...
John Maher_289910 said:but to me, it was the greatest western ever made. I still feel the same way.
Robert, This is perhaps trivial but I can't but help throw it out there...Woody Strode has a prominent place in my hometown's professional football folklore...he was a star with the Calgary Stampeders 1948 Grey Cup championship team...his team mate and friend from the Hollywood Bears Pacific Coast league, Ezzrett "Sugarfoot" Anderson was also part of that Grey Cup team and is still living today in Calgary...both Woody and Sugarfoot were good friends of the great Jackie Robinson...Woody's team mate from UCLA...I watched my German Blu-ray this morning. I kind of teared up during the scene in which Tom Doniphon's wooden casket is on display at the undertaker. It brought back memories of me watching this film for the first time at my local movie theater with the rest of my family. I was a young boy at that time, but the film stuck with me because of the brutal performance by Lee Marvin and John Wayne constantly calling James Stewart, "pilgrim" throughout the film. Also, as an African-American kid, this was the first film I remember seeing an African-American actor, Woody Strode, in a Western film. All of those things greatly affected my appreciation for Western films.
As to this upcoming Blu-ray release, I hope Paramount includes the bonus material from the 2009 DVD Centennial Collection release. If it does, I might but it again for those commentaries and featurettes at such a low price point.
It's a complicated film in which the true hero of the film didn't get the woman and died a pauper, but at the end of the film, it's apparent that the same woman still loved him.Persianimmortal said:I don't necessarily consider it the greatest western ever made, but it is definitely the most thought-provoking one by a country mile in my opinion.
Robert Crawford said:It's a complicated film in which the true hero of the film didn't get the woman and died a pauper, but at the end of the film, it's apparent that the same woman still loved him.
It might not be the best Western film, but it's the most complicated one in my humble opinion. I've watched it twice over the last 24 hours and I can't believe this film wasn't well received by the critics and general public back in 1962.Peter Apruzzese said:This is a movie I only started to appreciate and love as I got older. The sense of loss is palpable, and the ending devastating -
"Who put the desert rose on his coffin?"
then
"Nothing's too good for the man who shot Liberty Valance." Followed by that shaky shot of the train riding off in the distance.
Robert Crawford said:It might not be the best Western film, but it's the most complicated one in my humble opinion. I've watched it twice over the last 24 hours and I can't believe this film wasn't well received by the critics and general public back in 1962.