How the West Was Won (1962)

Directors:

John Ford
Henry Hathaway
(mehr)

Drehbuchautor:

James R. Webb (written by) (suggested by the series "How the West Was Won" in LIFE magazine)
(mehr)

Premierendatum:

20. Februar 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Abenteuer | Drama | Romanze | Western

Werbezeile:

A FABULOUS ROMANTIC ADVENTURE

Plot:

A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the nineteenth century--including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.

Plot Keywords:

Fight On Train Roof | Song | Male Female Relationship | Family Relationships | Pioneer

Filmpreise:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 5 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Awesome - American history on a grand scale

Besetzung

Carroll Baker	...	Eve Prescott Rawlings
Lee J. Cobb	...	Marshal Lou Ramsey
Henry Fonda	...	Jethro Stuart
Carolyn Jones	...	Julie Rawlings
Karl Malden	...	Zebulon Prescott
Gregory Peck	...	Cleve Van Valen
George Peppard	...	Zeb Rawlings
Robert Preston	...	Roger Morgan
Debbie Reynolds	...	Lilith 'Lily' Prescott
James Stewart	...	Linus Rawlings
Eli Wallach	...	Charlie Gant
John Wayne	...	Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Richard Widmark	...	Mike King
Brigid Bazlen	...	Dora Hawkins
Walter Brennan	...	Col. Jeb Hawkins
David Brian	...	Lilith's attorney
Andy Devine	...	Cpl. Peterson
Raymond Massey	...	Abraham Lincoln
Agnes Moorehead	...	Rebecca Prescott
Harry Morgan	...	Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (as Henry 'Harry' Morgan)
Thelma Ritter	...	Agatha Clegg
Mickey Shaughnessy	...	Deputy Stover
Russ Tamblyn	...	Confederate deserter
Spencer Tracy	...	Narrator
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Rodolfo Acosta	...	Gant gang member (uncredited)
Mark Allen	...	Colin Harvey (uncredited)
Beulah Archuletta	...	Indian woman (uncredited)
Robert Banas	...	Dance Hall Dancer (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey	...	Surgeon (uncredited)
Charlie Briggs	...	Flying Arrow Barker (uncredited)
Paul Bryar	...	Auctioneer's assistant (uncredited)
Walter Burke	...	Wagon poker player (uncredited)
Polly Burson	...	Stock player (uncredited)
Kim Charney	...	Sam Prescott (uncredited)
Ken Curtis	...	Cpl. Ben (uncredited)
John Damler	...	Lawyer (uncredited)
Christopher Dark	...	Poker player with Cleve (uncredited)
Kem Dibbs	...	Blacksmith (uncredited)
Craig Duncan	...	James Marshall (uncredited)
Ben Black Elk Sr.	...	Arapajo chief (uncredited)
Jay C. Flippen	...	Huggins (uncredited)
Sol Gorss	...	River pirate (uncredited)
Tom Greenway	...	(uncredited)
James Griffith	...	Poker player with Cleve (uncredited)
Barry Harvey	...	Angus Harvey (uncredited)
William Henry	...	Staff officer (uncredited)
Jerry Holmes	...	Railroad clerk (uncredited)
Roy Jenson	...	Henchman (uncredited)
Claude Johnson	...	Jeremiah Rawlings (uncredited)
Jack Lambert	...	Gant henchman (uncredited)
John Larch	...	Grimes (uncredited)
Stanley Livingston	...	Prescott Rawlings (uncredited)
J. Edward McKinley	...	Auctioneer (uncredited)
Harry Monty	...	(uncredited)
Bob Morgan	...	Member of train robbery gang (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	...	(uncredited)
Robert Nash	...	Lawyer (uncredited)
Cliff Osmond	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Tudor Owen	...	Parson Alec Harvey (uncredited)
Harvey Parry	...	Henchman (uncredited)
Jack Pennick	...	Cpl. Murphy (uncredited)
Gil Perkins	...	Henchman (uncredited)
Red Perkins	...	Union soldier (uncredited)
Buddy Red Bow	...	Native Man (uncredited)
Walter Reed	...	(uncredited)
Chuck Roberson	...	Officer (uncredited)
Victor Romito	...	Henchman (uncredited)
Jamie Ross	...	Bruce Harvey (uncredited)
Gene Roth	...	Riverboat poker player (uncredited)
Bryan Russell	...	Zeke Prescott (uncredited)
Danny Sands	...	Trapeze man (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer	...	Riverboat officer (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre	...	Auction spectator (uncredited)
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Gant henchman (uncredited)
Clinton Sundberg	...	Hylan Seabury (uncredited)
Karl Swenson	...	Train conductor (uncredited)
Ken Terrell	...	River pirate (uncredited)
Lee Van Cleef	...	River pirate (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.	...	Officer #2 (uncredited)
Harry Wilson	...	Cattleman at barricade (uncredited)
Carleton Young	...	Poker player with Cleve (uncredited)

Regie
John Ford		(segment "The Civil War")
Henry Hathaway		(segments "The Rivers", "The Plains" and "The Outlaws")
George Marshall		(segment "The Railroad")
Richard Thorpe		(uncredited) (transitional historical sequences)

Buch
James R. Webb		(written by) (suggested by the series "How the West Was Won" in LIFE magazine)
John Gay		uncredited

Produktion
Bernard Smith	....	producer

Originalmusik
Alfred Newman

Kamera
William H. Daniels		(director of photography)
Milton R. Krasner		(director of photography) (as Milton Krasner)
Charles Lang		(director of photography) (as Charles Lang Jr.)
Joseph LaShelle		(director of photography)

Schnitt
Harold F. Kress

Bauten/Dekorationsbau (art directors)
George W. Davis
William Ferrari
Addison Hehr

Bühnenbildner/Ausstatter (set decorators)
Henry Grace
Don Greenwood Jr.
Jack Mills

Kostüme
Walter Plunkett
Ron Talsky		(uncredited)

Maske/Frisuren
Sydney Guilaroff	....	hair stylist
William Tuttle	....	makeup designer
Jay Sebring	....	hair designer: Henry Fonda/George Peppard (uncredited)

Produktionsleiter (production managers)
Thomas Conroy	....	production supervisor: Cinerama

Regieassistenten
George Marshall Jr.	....	assistant director
William McGarry	....	assistant director
Robert Saunders	....	assistant director
William Shanks	....	assistant director
Wingate Smith	....	assistant director
Richard Talmadge	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Ton Stab
Franklin Milton	....	recording supervisor
Van Allen James	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Spezialeffekte
Bob Overbeck	....	special effects crew (uncredited)

Visual Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie	....	special visual effects
Robert R. Hoag	....	special visual effects

Stunts
May Boss	....	stunts (uncredited)
Polly Burson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Frank Cordell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Everett Creach	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth	....	stunts (uncredited)
Sol Gorss	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Graham	....	stunts (uncredited)
Johnny Hagner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Donna Hall	....	stunt double: Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward	....	stunts (uncredited)
Charles Horvath	....	stunts (uncredited)
Loren Janes	....	stunt double: Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)
Loren Janes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Roy Jenson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Leroy Johnson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Juaregui	....	stunts (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ted Mapes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Troy Melton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Louise Montana	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Morgan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Hal Needham	....	stunts (uncredited)
Harvey Parry	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gil Perkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Carl Pitti	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rusty Richards	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson	....	stunt double: John Wayne (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Victor Romito	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ronnie Rondell Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Danny Sands	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dean Smith	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Talmadge	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Bob Terhune	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ken Terrell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Autry Ward	....	stunts (uncredited)
Troy Ward	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams	....	stunts (uncredited)
Henry Wills	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack N. Young	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Yrigoyen	....	stunts (uncredited)

Kamera und Elektrik (Stab)
Harold E. Wellman	....	photographer: second unit
Bill Johnson	....	camera operator (uncredited)
James V. King	....	camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
Owen Marsh	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Owen Marsh	....	video technician (uncredited)
Pete G. Papanickolas	....	grip (uncredited)

Kostüm und Garderobe (Stab)
Robert Fuca	....	assistant set costumer (uncredited)

Schnitt (Stab)
Charles K. Hagedon	....	color consultant
Mike Henry	....	negative cutter (uncredited)

Musik (Stab)
Ken Darby	....	associate composer
Robert Emmett Dolan	....	music coordinator
Bob Bain	....	musician: guitar (uncredited)
Carl Fortina	....	musician: concertina (uncredited)
Tommy Morgan	....	musician: harmonica (uncredited)
Alfred Newman	....	conductor (uncredited)

Produktionsfirmen

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents)
• Cinerama (presents)

Verleihfirmen

• Cinerama Releasing Corporation (1962) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Cinerama Filmgesellschaft MBH (1963) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1963) (USA) (theatrical) (CinemaScope version)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1971) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM (1962) (France) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS) (widescreen)
• Neue Visionen Filmverleih (????) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Turner Pictures (I)
• Warner Home Video (1992) (Germany) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Weitere Firmen

• Officials of the State of South Dakota  deep appreciation
• U.S. Forest Service  deep appreciation (as United States Forest Service)
• The United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation  deep appreciation (as Bureau of Reclamation)

Alternativ:

Das war der wilde Westen (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

162 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Arapaho

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor) (credited as Metrocolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.20 : 1

Tonverfahren:

4-Track Stereo (35 mm prints) | Cinerama 7-Track (Westrex Recording System)

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:G | USA:Approved (certificate #20143) | West Germany:12 (f) | USA:G (re-rating) (1970) | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:K-16 | Norway:12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) (cut) | UK:PG (video re-rating) (1995) (uncut) | UK:U (original rating)

Drehorte:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Firma:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Dies und das:

One of the few American films to have its world premiere in London, England.

Pannen:

Anachronismus: The Civil War has recently ended (April-May 1865) and the Union Veteran older brother is leaving the family farm/homestead in Ohio to his younger brother. However, in the very next scene the Pony Express is mentioned, which ended about 3-1/2 years earlier in October 1861.

Dialogzitate:

Agatha Clegg: [Lily has asked to partner-up with Agatha in a wagon train] You know something ? I got a hunch you're gonna draw men like fish to bait. Maybe I can catch one of them while they swim by. You got yourself a partner.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Montiert/geschnitten aus This Is Cinerama (1952)

Soundtrack:

What Was Your Name in The States?

Awesome - American history on a grand scale

As a seven year old boy who adored history, I was brought by my mother to see this in Cinemascope on a huge screen. Anyone who has seen this can just imagine the impact.

There has always been a healthy dispute about what historical developments most influenced the outlook and behavior of Americans. Among the candidates are: i) the development of an entirely new world on distant shores - a world where the rules were there to be made as the Pilgrims/Puritans/Quakers and others determined, ii) the colonists' growing self-identity as Americans, the evolution of that separate identity, and these peoples' coordination and cooperation from 1607 to the Albany Union conference in 1759, the Stamp Act Congress in 1763 and the Second Continental Congress' decision to declare independence in 1776, iii) the workings of a multi-racial society due to the presence of aboriginal people and the importation of slaves, iv) the role of the frontier and settlement of a continually receding West, v) the enormity of immigration and their inter-action with the native-born from about the 1840s to the present, vi) the sheer size and diverse conditions of topography and climate, vii) the evolution of democracy over four centuries on a large scale, viii) the experience of modernization over the past century on a scale unknown to, and before, the rest of the world.

This movie in effect tells the fourth story - and tells it in a thrilling, colorful way -- from the 1840s when the frontier was still the Ohio Valley to about 1885 - not so long a time. (Contrast this with the 169 year colonial period).

The movie is stunning - beautifully cast - music you'll always remember - and many powerful and moving scenes. So many scenes live forever in my mind

- the return of the George Peppard character from the Civil War to his family's farmstead in Ohio,

-- the astonishing speech by the Richard Widmark character after the buffalo stampede has killed so many,

-- the wonderfully written emotional scenes whenever Debbie Reynolds was dealing with either Robert Preston's clumsy attempt at courtship ("why with hips like yours, having children would be as easy as rolling off a log") or her own love for the roguish Gregory Peck,

-- the George Peppard family (with the wonderful Carolyn Jones and Debbie Reynolds) singing Greensleaves as the movie nears its end,

-- and the astonishing scene of the West transformed into cloverleaf highways and overpasses after we've been watching a deserted West for several hours.

The pride in those who won the West is so evident throughout the movie - yet it's shown along with losses (the deep sadness of Henry Fonda's mountaineer at the continuing encroachment of civilization, the breach of the boundary set in an Indian treaty due to the railroad's need to set a straight course - and the resulting catastrophe).

Not too many years would pass before movie makers would be telling audiences that the settlement of the West was a triumph of vicious villains, charlatans, cynics and fast-buck artists in movies like McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Soldier Blue, Little Big Man, The Wild Bunch.

But I'm deeply grateful that I was old enough to see how the West was won in a movie like this.