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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r |
(aka "Three Godfathers" )
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by John Ford
U.S.A. 1948
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Queasily kind-hearted action comedy - filmed umpteen times before and since - in which three outlaws are forced to take care of an orphaned baby. Of all Ford's westerns, this is the one that best shows his unblinking attachment to a sentimental, mythical view of the West - one governed by codes of decency and chivalry that only existed in his head. This is the film against which the revisionist westerns of the 1960s and 1970s were aligned: mounted gunmen sweetened into cuddly uncles, for the benefit of the American public. It's phoney, it's bunk - and it might just persuade you of a beautiful lie. |
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Theatrical Release: 1 December 1948
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DVD Review: Warner Home Video - Region 1 - NTSC
Big thanks to Gregory Meshman for the Review!
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Also available in the John Wayne-John Ford Film Collection with The
Searchers Ultimate Edition / Stagecoach Two-Disc Special Edition / Fort
Apache / The Long Voyage Home / The Wings of Eagles / She Wore a Yellow
Ribbon and They Were Expendable
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Warner Home Video Region 1,2,3,4 - NTSC |
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| Runtime | 1:46:08 | |
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1.33:1
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NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. |
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| Audio | English Dolby Digital 1.0, French DUB Dolby Digital 1.0 | |
| Subtitles | English, French, Spanish, None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Warner Home Video Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 28 |
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| Comments | In a strange move, Warner Home Video released 2 John Ford lesser titles exclusively to Target stores in U.S. Both titles have been available in Europe (U.K., Germany) and Australia since July 2004 and copyright of the new DVDs confirm they were made in 2004. Most likely, they will be released to other stores later in 2006 with upcoming John Ford boxset. The unrestored image is rather good, but with some damage (capture 3 for 3 Godfathers, capture 4 for Mogambo). The only extra on each disc is a theatrical trailer. |
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Recommended Reading for Western Genre Fans (CLICK COVERS or TITLES for more information)
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The Crowded Prairie: American National Identity in
the Hollywood Western (Cinema and Society) by Michael Coyne |
The Invention of the Western Film : A Cultural
History of the Genre's First Half Century (Genres in American Cinema S.) by Scott Simmon |
The Searchers (Bfi Film Classics) by Edward Buscombe |
The Western Genre by John Saunders |
Westerns: Films through History (AFI
Film Readers) by Janet Walker |
The Encyclopedia of Westerns (The Facts on File
Film Reference Library) by Herb Fagen, Tom Selleck |
Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in
Twentieth-Century America by Richard Slotkin |
The Western (Inside Film) by David Lusted |
Red River (Bfi Film Classics) by Suzanne Liandrat-Guigues |
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CLICK to order from:
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Also available in the John Wayne-John Ford Film Collection with The
Searchers Ultimate Edition / Stagecoach Two-Disc Special Edition / Fort
Apache / The Long Voyage Home / The Wings of Eagles / She Wore a Yellow
Ribbon and They Were Expendable
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Warner Home Video Region 1,2,3,4 - NTSC |
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