The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
starring: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien
directed by: John Ford
directed by: John Ford
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A tenderfoot lawyer and a powerful rancher are rivals in lovet who stand together against a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.Studio: Paramount Home VideoRelease Date: 04/11/2006Starring: James Stewart Vera MilesRun time: 123 minutesRating: NrDirector: John Ford
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"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." That's more than the code of a newspaperman in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; it's practically the operating credo of director John Ford, the most honored of American filmmakers. In this late film from a long career, Ford looks at the civilizing of an Old West town, Shinbone, through the sad memories of settlers looking back. In the town's wide-open youth, two-fisted Westerner John Wayne and tenderfoot newcomer James Stewart clash over a woman (Vera Miles) but ultimately unite against the notorious outlaw Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin). Ford's nostalgia for the past is tempered by his stark approach, unusual for the visual poet of Stagecoach and The Searchers. The two heavyweights, Wayne and Stewart, are good together, with Wayne the embodiment of rugged individualism and Stewart the idealistic prophet of the civilization that will eventually tame the Wild West. This may be the saddest Western ever made, closer to an elegy than an action movie, and as cleanly beautiful as its central symbol, the cactus rose. --Robert Horton
A tenderfoot lawyer and a powerful rancher are rivals in lovet who stand together against a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.Studio: Paramount Home VideoRelease Date: 04/11/2006Starring: James Stewart Vera MilesRun time: 123 minutesRating: NrDirector: John Ford
Amazon.com essential video:
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." That's more than the code of a newspaperman in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; it's practically the operating credo of director John Ford, the most honored of American filmmakers. In this late film from a long career, Ford looks at the civilizing of an Old West town, Shinbone, through the sad memories of settlers looking back. In the town's wide-open youth, two-fisted Westerner John Wayne and tenderfoot newcomer James Stewart clash over a woman (Vera Miles) but ultimately unite against the notorious outlaw Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin). Ford's nostalgia for the past is tempered by his stark approach, unusual for the visual poet of Stagecoach and The Searchers. The two heavyweights, Wayne and Stewart, are good together, with Wayne the embodiment of rugged individualism and Stewart the idealistic prophet of the civilization that will eventually tame the Wild West. This may be the saddest Western ever made, closer to an elegy than an action movie, and as cleanly beautiful as its central symbol, the cactus rose. --Robert Horton
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- Sloppy, Yet Memorable
On the surface, this black-and-white western from director John Ford looks like a "B" movie.It's long, often overacted and the direction is sloppy.Yet, because of its storyline and the forthright message that it conveys, the 1962 releaseis one of the most memorable films of Ford's illustrious career.
James Stewart plays a well-meaning, albeit naive, lawyer from the East, who arrives in the small western town of Shinbone and immediately comes up against nefarious gunman Liberty ... Read More
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- THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
This is truely not one of the best Ford westerns.It is a classic as far as the story goes.I'm a 100% John Wayne fan..but..to use a backstagewhen the stagecoach is robbed goes back to the early'50's westerns like so many did in those days to save money.Ford wasn't poor...he could have made it a great robbery outdoors..then go to stage probs like the town itself.I love Marvin..he was perfect..with a young LEE VAN CLEEF to help him.Stewart was perfect..And JOHN WAYNE was very good.B/W was great.Howver ... Read More
Rating: - A clever take on that dusty genre...
I will admit first and foremost that I am not a huge fan of the Western.I know, 2007 brought it back, and three of my favorite films that year were Westerns, but as a general rule they just don't really excite me too much.Still, I wanted to see this movie since I've recently become a little intrigued at the man that is James Stewart.I loved `It's a Wonderful Life' and felt that `Anatomy of a Murder' was very well done and so as an actor I wanted to see more of his work.Besides that, a friend of ... Read More
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- Paramount upgrades one of their best westerns
I recently purchased The John Wayne Century Collection (Big Jake, Donovan's Reef, El Dorado, Hatari!, Hondo, In Harm's Way, Island in the Sky, McLintock!, Rio Lobo, The High and the Mighty, etc.), so I have the previous release of Paramount's "Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". At the time I wondered why they put no extra features on the DVD. Now I know. So Paramount can double-dip yet another one of their classic films and not dig any deeper into their archives.
As I've commented on the other ... Read More
Rating: - Another John Ford masterpiece
This is perhaps second only to The Searchers in the many great films John Ford directed. Again starring John Wayne as well as the always excellent James Stewart, Vera Miles and Lee Marvin. Essentially its a western which shows the beginning of the end for the old west.
If you watch this you need to remember that although this was made in 1962, and that John Ford had been making films since the early part of the 20th Century (1917). So this has a different feel to any sort of modern film. The ... Read More
- Sloppy, Yet MemorableOn the surface, this black-and-white western from director John Ford looks like a "B" movie.It's long, often overacted and the direction is sloppy.Yet, because of its storyline and the forthright message that it conveys, the 1962 releaseis one of the most memorable films of Ford's illustrious career.
James Stewart plays a well-meaning, albeit naive, lawyer from the East, who arrives in the small western town of Shinbone and immediately comes up against nefarious gunman Liberty ... Read More
- THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCEThis is truely not one of the best Ford westerns.It is a classic as far as the story goes.I'm a 100% John Wayne fan..but..to use a backstagewhen the stagecoach is robbed goes back to the early'50's westerns like so many did in those days to save money.Ford wasn't poor...he could have made it a great robbery outdoors..then go to stage probs like the town itself.I love Marvin..he was perfect..with a young LEE VAN CLEEF to help him.Stewart was perfect..And JOHN WAYNE was very good.B/W was great.Howver ... Read More
- A clever take on that dusty genre...I will admit first and foremost that I am not a huge fan of the Western.I know, 2007 brought it back, and three of my favorite films that year were Westerns, but as a general rule they just don't really excite me too much.Still, I wanted to see this movie since I've recently become a little intrigued at the man that is James Stewart.I loved `It's a Wonderful Life' and felt that `Anatomy of a Murder' was very well done and so as an actor I wanted to see more of his work.Besides that, a friend of ... Read More
- Paramount upgrades one of their best westernsI recently purchased The John Wayne Century Collection (Big Jake, Donovan's Reef, El Dorado, Hatari!, Hondo, In Harm's Way, Island in the Sky, McLintock!, Rio Lobo, The High and the Mighty, etc.), so I have the previous release of Paramount's "Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". At the time I wondered why they put no extra features on the DVD. Now I know. So Paramount can double-dip yet another one of their classic films and not dig any deeper into their archives.
As I've commented on the other ... Read More
- Another John Ford masterpieceThis is perhaps second only to The Searchers in the many great films John Ford directed. Again starring John Wayne as well as the always excellent James Stewart, Vera Miles and Lee Marvin. Essentially its a western which shows the beginning of the end for the old west.
If you watch this you need to remember that although this was made in 1962, and that John Ford had been making films since the early part of the 20th Century (1917). So this has a different feel to any sort of modern film. The ... Read More
