Western Adventures: Greatest Classic Films Collection on DVD (4 Disc Set), includes 4 classic western adventure movies – directors include Robert Altman, Sydney Pollack and Sam Peckinpah.
Old frontier themes are dusted off and given a new life in this collection of gritty Western films from the late 1960s and early '70s. Included here are Sydney Pollack's pastoral JEREMIAH JOHNSON, starring Robert Redford; THE TRAIN ROBBERS, starring John Wayne; Sam Peckinpah's blood-soaked THE WILD BUNCH; and Robert Altman's genre-busting MCCABE & MRS. MILLER, starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie.
The Wild Bunch (1969)
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the “traditional”
American West is disappearing around them.
Director: Sam Peckinpah, Stars: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan,
Edmond O'Brien, Warren Oates
“It's a towering achievement that grows more riveting and resonant with
the years.” Rolling Stone
“Arguably the strongest Hollywood movie of the 1960s – a western that
galvanizes the clichés of its dying genre with a shocking jolt of delirious
carnage.” Village Voice
“..an American masterpiece, one of the greatest films ever produced in the
Hollywood system.” Chicago Tribune
“Peckinpah's most complex inquiry into the metamorphosis of man into
myth. Not incidentally, it is also a raucous, violent, powerful feat of American
film making.” TIME
“One of the great artistic achievements of the 20th century. And a bloody
awesome western to boot!” Film4
McCabe & Mrs Miller (1971)
A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining
town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the
scene.
Director: Robert Altman, Stars: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois,
William Devane, Shelley Duvall
“A pioneering film, in both senses of the word, and one of the key works
in the American cinema of the 1970s.” Time Out
“If anything, Robert Altman's self-styled "anti-western” looks even
richer, stranger and more daring than it did when it first appeared back in
1971.“ Guardian UK
"A poetic, slow-burning tale of America's pioneering past, it's an
off-beat western and one of Altman's finest films.” Times UK
“Cast and director come together a treat in a fascinating attempt to
revise the western that satisfies visually, emotionally and
intellectually.” Film4
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling
object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their
warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.
Director: Sydney Pollack, Stars: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton,
Joaquin Martinez
“There are momoments of great beauty and terror and deeply earned pathos.
There are as well such not-so-incidental pleasures as John Rubinstein's lovely
and serviceable musical score, and a cast of excellent supporting
actors.” New York Times
“A flawed but immensely appealing film.” Time Out
“Pollack does right to put his faith in one man and a whole lot of
mountains. The result is impressive.” Empire Magazine
The Train Robbers (1973)
A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her
husband so that she may return it and start fresh.
Director: Burt Kennedy, Stars: John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson,
Ricardo Montalban
“The easy-going nature of the film ensures that there is no real danger to
our heroes, which limits any suspense that could have been created. Anyone
looking for an old-fashioned western will be pleased, but those looking for a
two-gun actioner should try something else.The Train Robbers is not the best
western ever made; in fact, it's not even Wayne's best. But it is a fine
effort that is sure to entertain fans of the genre.” DVD Verdict