Shane (Region B)
One of the landmark and most enduring Westerns of the 1950s, George StevensāĀ ShaneĀ struck a chord with audiences at the time of its release, and continues to influence admirers today, even as it served as a template for the series of groundbreaking spaghetti-westerns of Sergio Leone.
Alan Ladd plays the titular gunslinger, the archetypal āman aloneā who wanders into town and shortly afterward becomes embroiled in a conflict between a group of Wyoming homesteaders and the nefarious cattle baron who has designs to wrest away their land. As the conflict escalates, and a romance develops between Shane and homesteader Marian Starrett (Jean Arthur in her last screen role before an early retirement from motion pictures), a whoās-who of studio system character talent revolves through the production ā Van Heflin, Jack Palance, Elisha Cook, Jr. ā before the proverbial ride into the sunsetā¦
Writing in The New York Times in 2001, Woody Allen said: āShane, I think, is [Stevensā] masterpiece. Iāve seen it many, many times. Certainly more than 20.ā The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present George StevensāĀ ShaneĀ in this special edition, for the filmās first release on Blu-ray in the UK.
Reviews
ā ā ā ā ā āĀ The Independent
āArguably the most seminal Western ever madeĀ ā ā ā ā ā āĀ ā Empire
āThe finest stories are often the most simple and George Stevensā classic western is simplicity itselfā-Ā RTE Guide
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Stunning high-definition restoration 1.37:1 presentation
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Uncompressed mono and stereo soundtracks
- Audio commentary by George Stevens, Jr. and associate producer Ivan Moffat
- Video interview with film scholar Neil Sinyard
- Complete Lux Radio Theater adaptation of Shane
- Original theatrical trailer
- 28-PAGE BOOKLET featuring writing on the film by critic Penelope Huston, an unpublished interview with Stevens, a treatment for an un-filmed prologue to the film and archival imagery.
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One of the landmark and most enduring Westerns of the 1950s, George StevensāĀ ShaneĀ struck a chord with audiences at the time of its release, and continues to influence admirers today, even as it served as a template for the series of groundbreaking spaghetti-westerns of Sergio Leone.
Alan Ladd plays the titular gunslinger, the archetypal āman aloneā who wanders into town and shortly afterward becomes embroiled in a conflict between a group of Wyoming homesteaders and the nefarious cattle baron who has designs to wrest away their land. As the conflict escalates, and a romance develops between Shane and homesteader Marian Starrett (Jean Arthur in her last screen role before an early retirement from motion pictures), a whoās-who of studio system character talent revolves through the production ā Van Heflin, Jack Palance, Elisha Cook, Jr. ā before the proverbial ride into the sunsetā¦
Writing in The New York Times in 2001, Woody Allen said: āShane, I think, is [Stevensā] masterpiece. Iāve seen it many, many times. Certainly more than 20.ā The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present George StevensāĀ ShaneĀ in this special edition, for the filmās first release on Blu-ray in the UK.
Reviews
ā ā ā ā ā āĀ The Independent
āArguably the most seminal Western ever madeĀ ā ā ā ā ā āĀ ā Empire
āThe finest stories are often the most simple and George Stevensā classic western is simplicity itselfā-Ā RTE Guide
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Stunning high-definition restoration 1.37:1 presentation
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Uncompressed mono and stereo soundtracks
- Audio commentary by George Stevens, Jr. and associate producer Ivan Moffat
- Video interview with film scholar Neil Sinyard
- Complete Lux Radio Theater adaptation of Shane
- Original theatrical trailer
- 28-PAGE BOOKLET featuring writing on the film by critic Penelope Huston, an unpublished interview with Stevens, a treatment for an un-filmed prologue to the film and archival imagery.
