Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780790730806 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, Original recording reissued, NTSC ISBN: 0790730804 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: February 03, 1998 Running Time: 96 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: March 02, 1939 Sales Rank: 1666
Amazon.com essential video: This landmark 1939 Western began the legendary relationship between John Ford and John Wayne, and became the standard for all subsequent Westerns. It solidified Ford as a major director and established Wayne as a charismatic screen presence. Seen today, Stagecoach still impresses as the first mature instance of a Western that is both mythic and poetic. The story about a cross-section of troubled passengers unraveling under the strain of Indian attack contains all of Ford's incomparable storytelling trademarks--particularly swift action and social introspection--underscored by the painterly landscape of Monument Valley. And what an ensemble of actors: Thomas Mitchell (who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar as the drunken doctor), Claire Trevor, Donald Meek, Andy Devine, and the magical John Carradine. Due to the film's striking use of chiaroscuro lighting and low ceilings, Orson Welles watched Stagecoach over and over while preparing for Citizen Kane. --Bill Desowitz
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Rating: - Classic Western
Stagecoach is without question one of the top three western movies of all time. It's a joy to see the young John Wayne come into his own in this great movie. An interesting sidelight is that the director, ... Read More
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If you want to know where all of the American Western clichés came from, look no further, this film has got them all! From shoot-outs, to the cavalry arriving just in time, to riding into the sunset this movie ... Read More
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I bought dvd for a gift. It arrived after the birthday, but they enjoyed the gift.
Rating: - A Classic Western
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It's been made more than once, but I don't think it's been made better. This is a classic in every sense of the word. John Wayne in one of his earliest movies plays the Ringo Kid or ... Read More
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If you're looking at ordering Stagecoach, you probably don't need me to tell you that it's a great movie. Yes, it's in black and white. Yes, it's a little grainy. Yes, its on a square screen. That will keep the ... Read More
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