How the West Was Won (1962)

Directors:

John Ford
Henry Hathaway

Drehbuchautor:

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

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:

A Grand Epic

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

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:

USA:G (re-rating) (1970) | USA:Approved (certificate #20143) | Canada:G | Portugal:M/12 | West Germany:12 (f) | 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:

A comic book version of this film was published in conjunction with the film's release, as was the practice back then with all family and children's films. In the comic book, when Sheriff Ramsay (Lee J. Cobb) tries to prevent Zeb Rawlings (George Peppard) from going after the outlaw Gant (Eli Wallach), Rawlings whacks Ramsay over the head with his rifle and knocks him unconscious, which explains the bandage on Ramsay's forehead in the next scene. No such explanation is offered in the film; it is as if somebody had edited something out.

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:

Zebulon Prescott: O Lord, without consulting with Thee, we have sent thy way some souls whose evil ways passeth all understanding. We ask Thee humbly to receive them...whether you want them or not! Amen.

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Soundtrack:

Wait For the Hoedown

A Grand Epic

I'm not a fan of westerns in particular, but this magnificent epic is an exception for me because it has all the wonderful elements of a sprawling historical epic that only Hollywood could do so wonderfully in the 50s and 60s. And yes, I embrace it for holding to a perspective that today's PC revisionists who see evil in everything associated with the rise of America as a great nation are always so quick to condemn. While this is by no means a flawless look at history, it is only those who dare to liken the American pioneers with "Nazis" as one reviewer did who end up "creating history" more than a film like this does.