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FAR COUNTRY (DVD) DOL DIG 2.0 MONO DVD Movie

FAR COUNTRY (DVD) DOL DIG 2.0 MONO DVD


1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard

PN: 025192262524     Release: 02/27/2007
Starring: James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet
Director(s): Anthony Mann


The Far Country
One of the most entertaining of the Western movies to come out of the 1950s, this is a Stewart vehicle in which he must take on the ruthlessness of the frontier. Set in the Yukon, Stewart and his friends are driving cattle to market from Wyoming to Canada, where the boom towns pay top dollar for beef. When they arrive in Skagway, the corrupt sheriff of the town (John McIntire) steals the cattle and Stewart et al are forced to fight for their herd. Together with the female saloon keeper of another town (Ruth Roman), they find themselves up against an evil they were not prepared for. When Stewart's friend (portrayed by Walter Brennan) is killed, he is forced to go up against the evil sheriff. Good versus evil in incredible Yukon settings makes this an above average Western. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide
Cast
James Stewart as Jeff Webster
Ruth Roman as Ronda Castle
Corinne Calvet as Renee Vallon
Walter Brennan as Ben Tatem
John McIntire as Mr. Gannon
Jay C. Flippen as Rube
Steve Brodie as Ives
Connie Gilchrist as Hominy
Robert J. Wilke as Madden
Chubby Johnson as Dusty
Royal Dano as Luke
Jack Elam as Newberry
Kathleen Freeman as Grits
Connie Van as Molasses
Crew
Alexander Golitzen - Art Director
Bernard Herzbrun - Art Director
Ronnie R. Rondell - First Assistant Director
Terry Nelson - First Assistant Director
John Sherwood - First Assistant Director
Anthony Mann - Director
Russell Schoengarth - Editor
Joseph E. Gershenson - Composer (Music Score)
Herman Stein - Composer (Music Score)
Henry Mancini - Composer (Music Score)
Hans Salter - Composer (Music Score)
Bud Westmore - Makeup
William H. Daniels - Cinematographer
Aaron Rosenberg - Producer
Borden Chase - Screenwriter

The Far Country
The third collaboration of star James Stewart, writer Borden Chase, and director Anthony Mann, The Far Country (1955) features Stewart as a hard-edged cattleman turned miner who gets enmeshed in the corrupt forces threatening to take over a pioneer mining town. As far west as the Western can get, the Yukon environs of Dawson match the extremity of Stewart's loner Jeff; his close relationship with his partner Ben is the only sign of Jeff's humanity. Jeff may rethink his ways after a tragedy, but he joins the community via the disreputable avenue of revenge. Even though the community is worth saving, Chase neatly sums up the potential for venality with the observation that gold "drives a man crazy." More self-consciously stylized than Mann's other color westerns with Stewart, the film intersperses backdrops and rear projection with location shots, emphasizing the disjunction between Stewart and his surroundings, as he lives by his constant urge to move on rather than integrate himself. Although Stewart's moral redemption and relationship with a "good woman" may be schematic, the ironic, occasionally opaque dialogue injects The Far Country's action with a darkly humorous self-awareness that matches the striking yet slightly off-kilter visuals. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
 
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General Specifications:

Language Options:English
Subtitle Options:French, Spanish
Sound Processing:DD1: Dolby Digital Mono
Additional Features:cc Original theatrical trailer
DVD Aspect Ratio:1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard
MPAA Rating:NR
DVD Discs Included:1
DVD Sides:1
DVD DVD Region Code:1
Content Length:97 min
 

DVD Chapters:


Side #1 --
1. Main Titles [1:26]
2. Bound for Alaska [7:34]
3. Skagway [6:25]
4. The Law in Skagway [4:25]
5. Gannon's Rule [4:27]
6. The Sawdust Concession [2:06]
7. To the Far Country [4:38]
8. The Cattle Thieves [11:28]
9. Webster's Way [4:00]
10. Avalanche [4:10]
11. Robbers [2:24]
12. Dawson [4:37]
13. The New Claim [2:06]
14. A Way Out [5:08]
15. The Need for Law [5:57]
16. Trouble in Town [5:40]
17. Death on the River [8:17]
18. Gannon's Claims [4:31]
19. Showdown in Dawson [7:09]
20. End Titles [:18]


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