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Actor: Alan Ladd, Jean ArthurEdition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 117 minutes
Release Date: 1998-04-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Shane
Movie Review: My wife chuckled when I said this film nearly made me cry
Summary: 5 Stars
I guess if it's okay for her to get choked up watching all that Jane Austen stuff, then it's okay for me to have to fight back a few tears while watching little Joey run after his hero.
SHANE is one of the best westerns ever made. It captures the essence of this American mythology and offers superb quality in a such a wide array which one rarely sees anymore. For instance, the acting was just right; never over-the-top, never one-dimensional and boring, and never emotionally manipulative. The camera shots were top notch and could easily compete with any western/epic of the last twenty years. The action was fast-paced and intense, and yet this film is not ruled by the action sequences. The characters carry this film, not the action. The characters are likeable and very believable.
But perhaps my favorite thing about SHANE is the presence of the hero who on the surface appears too nice and too meek (the nice tough guy, if you will). But at the right time, he is a force to be reckoned with. Another of my favorite examples of this would have to be James Stewart in DESTRY RIDES AGAIN.
SHANE is one of the few films I've watched recently (for the first time in a long time) which left me wondering, "Why in the world have I not bought this yet?"
Summary of Shane
Consciously crafted by director George Stevens as a piece of American mythmaking, Shane is on nearly everyone's shortlist of great movie Westerns. A buckskin knight, Shane (Alan Ladd) rides into the middle of a range war between farmers and cattlemen, quickly siding with the "sod-busters." While helping a kindly farmer (Van Heflin), Shane falls platonically in love with the man's wife (Jean Arthur, in the last screen performance of a marvelous career). Though the showdowns are exciting, and the story simple but involving, what most people will remember about this movie is the friendship between the stoical Shane and the young son of the farmers. The kid is played by Brandon De Wilde, who gives one of the most amazing child performances in the movies; his parting scene with Shane is guaranteed to draw tears from even the most stonyhearted moviegoer. And speaking of stony hearts, Jack Palance made a sensational impression as the evil gunslinger sent to clean house--he has fewer lines of dialogue than he has lines in his magnificently craggy face, but he makes them count. The photography, highlighting the landscape near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, won an Oscar. --Robert HortonWesterns VHS Video
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