Amazon.com: The first feature film to be photographed and projected in the panoramic three-camera Cinerama process, this epic Western is almost as expansive as the West itself, chronicling a pioneering family's triumphs and tragedies in numerous episodes spanning three generations and a half century of westward movement. Divided into five segments directed by veteran Hollywood filmmakers Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, and the legendary John Ford (and including uncredited sequences directed by Richard Thorpe), the film was one of the most ambitious ever made by the venerable MGM studio. Its stellar cast reads like a virtual who's who of Hollywood's biggest stars. Debbie Reynolds plays a sturdy survivor of many pioneering dangers, and the eventual widow of a gambler (Gregory Peck), who is later reunited with her nephew (George Peppard), a Civil War veteran and cavalryman who heads for San Francisco as the transcontinental railroad is being built. Many more characters and stories are woven throughout this epic film, which is dramatically uneven but totally engrossing with its stunning vistas and countless outdoor locations in Illinois, Kentucky, South Dakota, Monument Valley in Arizona, California, Colorado, and elsewhere. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great
WoW! True color and watching in Blu ray is so much better. Great Movie, with lots of stars. Love it
Rating: - Spectacular!
Wonderful video and audio; better than any previous showing I have witnessed, including the original roadshow. Smilebox version does an amazing job of imitating Cinerama and is addictive; outstanding ... Read More
Rating: - how the west won me
All star cast, Panoramic display [nothing ever this big], great story line , camera work and acting!
Rating: - A Wow Of A Blue Ray
Three cheers are much in order for Warner Home Video with their release of this superb Blue Ray issue of "How The West was Won".
Firstly the five star rating adjudged this disc is NOT for the movie ... Read More
Rating: - Compre agora!
Portuguese review:
Para quem gosta de clássicos e ainda de westerns que fizeram história, este disco é imperdível por três razões, no mínimo: a imagem está impecável, a versão em tela cinerama ... Read More
- Great