The Way West [The Great Western Collection] [DVD]

Impressive transfer to Blu Ray. Excellent acting from Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum and Richard Wydmark. A powerful and often tragic story matched up with some great location photography. The 5.1 soundtrack makes a big difference also.

This is a classic western with a great cast and storyline, Andrew Mc Lagen does a great job of directing, Richard Widmark and Kirk Douglas turn in excellent performances.If you haven't seen this film before, don't worry about spending your money, it is a worthwhile investment. I'm not like other reviewers who go to great lengths to write a load of useless spiel about the film. My advice is watch it if it is on television, if a friend has copy of it, ask if you can borrow it, then make up your own mind.

Wonderfull film. I know l am a great western fan but this is a great film with great acting from a really good cast.

Excellent. ...another film from my YouthUnable to get it .Friends told me about Amazonand Great Price for Such A great filmwith in a few days Service EXCELLENTVERY HAPPY with Condition of film....Many thanks..

Love this film and it is worth getting just for the scenery. Apparently it was all filmed on location, and the locations were spectacular.

An entertaining film great acting.

the picture was very clear,great film,arrived promptly,very pleased.

brilliant

extraordinary actors, outdoors, you must see

Normally I prefer character-based movies, but in this film, the characters are upstaged by the magnificent landscapes of the Oregon Trail. From the Missouri River country, across prairies and wastelands and wild rivers, over the towering snow-covered Rockies, down into the Snake River Canyon, across the Cscade mountain range into the Willamette Valley, this movie is breathtaking in scope and astonishing in production value. Nearly every scene was shot on location and it shows. No phony-looking soundstage sets here.The cast of course is first-rate, though they must constantly contend with the gorgeous scenery that dwarfs even the likes of Kirk Douglas, Richard Widmark and Robert Mitchum. The direction deftly balances the drama and the incredible cinematography, and a rousing epic score equals the visual grandeur. The script is as good as it could be expected, given that the characters are almost secondary to the fantastic panoramas.The story itself is fairly simple; something like a road picture - only without any road. A saga of two men fighting each other across the country, as well as fighting the wilderness, the elements and the Indians, who are respectfully portrayed here. All in all, the viewer gets a glimpse (but just a glimpse) of what it must have been like for the intrepid pioneers who really did the things shown in the movie, and much more. As close as you will ever come to knowing the hardships and drama of crossing the plains.All in all, well worth seeing.

this is one great movie to watch The Way West is an all star cast Kirk Douglas stars in this great western when a wagon train heads west it also has a great cast of stars like Robert Mitchum and Richard Widmark and a host of others its a great movie and the Blu-ray is excellent.

Very nice job on the Blu-ray!!

The Way West is startlingly beautiful, brimming with jaw-dropping widescreen Oregon panoramas courtesy of photographer William H. Clothier. It's too bad, then, that Kino has given us a somewhat faulty transfer with this Blu. Most of the time it looks OK, however about halfway through the film something goes wrong with the colours: things start to look washed out and the edges of the frame appear to have a strong blue tint. This problem only lasts for about 20 minutes (when the colours return to normal) so it isn't a deal breaker, but it is a major annoyance. It seems the section of the reel in question may have been rotting or deteriorating and Kino, in typical fashion, have not decided to restore it.A film this pretty deserves better yet (as usual with catalogue films of this age) this release is almost certainly the best version of the film we'll ever get on home video. Buy with caution.