Blu-ray Review The Shootist (Limited Edition) – Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[t1g3r5fan]

Today, The Shootist. By 1976, John Wayne had become not just synonymous with the Western genre, he was also one of the most recognized movie stars of the 20th Century. Around the same time, Don Siegel had firmly established himself as a go-to guy for directing action movies and had just completed both Charley Varrick (1973) and The Black Windmill (1974) for Universal Pictures. However, Wayne and Siegel would team up for the first and only time in the cinematic adaptation of Glendon Swarthout’s novel The Shootist. Previously released on DVD by Paramount, Arrow Video has licensed the movie from the studio for its US Blu-ray debut.



The Shootist (1976)



Released: 21 Jul 1976
Rated: PG
Runtime: 100 min




Director: Don Siegel
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western



Cast: John Wayne...

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[Peter Apruzzese]

Thank you for the review, looking forward to getting mine tomorrow.

John Carradine also worked with John Wayne previously in Stagecoach.

 

[Robin9]

Thank you for this review of a film I admire as well as like. I'm puzzled by one thing. If there are "scratches, tears and dirt present on the transfer" then there is scope for improvement, so how can we be certain that " This release is by far the best the movie will ever look on home video?"

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Probably because it’s extremely unlikely that any of these titles will be remastered again.

 

[Robin9]

Probably because it’s extremely unlikely that any of these titles will be remastered again.

That provides probability, not certainty.

 

[Jeff Fearnside]

Many thanks for this great advance review, Mychal. My copy is arriving today!

 

[Robert Saccone]

Mine shwoed up today. Looking forward to see this soon1

 

[Lee Sandersen]

One of the two movies I can think of where The Duke dies. This and the Cowboys. Anyone think of any others? I miss ya John Boy! Despite some of your personal life drama, your movies were the best.

 

[Robert Crawford]

One of the two movies I can think of where The Duke dies. This and the Cowboys. Anyone think of any others? I miss ya John Boy! Despite some of your personal life drama, your movies were the best.

Sands of Iwo Jima and The Fighting Seabees. Also Wake of the Red Witch and Reap the Wild Wind.

 

[bujaki]

Didn't he die at The Alamo? Or did Crockett survive in Wayne's version?

 

[Robert Crawford]

Didn't he die at The Alamo? Or did Crockett survive in Wayne's version?

Yup!

 

[bujaki]

Yup!

It could have gone either way since the film is so fanciful.
BTW, I saw the film during its initial TODD-AO roadshow release and liked it then. I was a 10-year old. I know more about the real history of the place. It's not like the film.

 

[jim_falconer]

Sands of Iwo Jima and The Fighting Seabees. Also Wake of the Red Witch and Reap the Wild Wind.

And there’s always been a question mark at the end of The Sea Chase