John Wayne Collection: Volume One (The Quiet Man / The Sands of Iwo Jima / Flying Tigers / The Wake of the Red Witch)
by John Ford
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Actor: Barry Fitzgerald, Gail Russell, John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglenDirector: John Ford
Brand: LGF
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Box set, Closed-captioned, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Original recording remastered
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 445 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Republic Pictures
DVD Reviews of John Wayne Collection: Volume One (The Quiet Man / The Sands of Iwo Jima / Flying Tigers / The Wake of the Red Witch)
DVD Review: What's good is good; What's bad is annoying...
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased this collection because I'm looking for a specific film that I only caught the last part of therefore, I don't know the name of the movie. It was some what of a war movie so I thought it might be included in this collection based on the cover. To my surprise, only two of the movies are war movies (and not the one I was looking for). The other two are, according to the jacket, romance movies (though not the mushy stuff of today). I've never seen any of these (if I did, it was only bits and pieces of the war movies) and all were quite enjoyable.
The Sands of Iwo Jima (war): This is an exceptional movie with many historic images. The bonus documentary was quite informative. I would have to flag this as the best of the four in this collection. (Black & White)
Flying Tigers (war): Good film with a strong message. Haven't watched the bonus features yet so I can't accout for it's historic accuracy. The special effects are poor by today's standard but was probably the best they could do at the time. This doesn't take away from the movie but does remind you that it is an old film. The transfer to DVD is not perfect (a little grainy) but is still watchable. Very good movie and well worth watching. (Black & White)
The Wake of the Red Witch (Romance): This movie was quite interesting to me. I didn't know that John Wayne play in a swash buckling type movie as this one. Though the jist of the movie isn't about swash buckling the tone is there. In the first part of the movie, John Wayne sinks the ship Red Witch carrying a cargo of gold. The rest of the movie is about recovering the gold. Along the way, he falls in love but his nimesus end up marrying her. He end up fighting a giant octopus and eventually rejoining with his love, BUT not the way you'd expect. Very entertaining movie. (Black & White)
The Quiet Man (Romance): This movie is the only one I have a complaint about. The transfer to DVD is not as good as you'd expect. I don't know if it's due to the poor quality of the actual film or some idiot not paying attention to what he was doing. The movie is a little blury. If you have a standard size TV, it's not too bad (but still noticable). However, if you have a widescreen TV, don't plan on watching this in the wide-to-fit format. I tried to tough it out but within the first 10 minitues of the movie, I found myself switching back and forth on the settings. This is the reason I didn't give this collection 5 stars. The movie itself is quite good but quality is the poorest I've seen. This film is about an American boxer, who killed a man in the ring, going back to his home town in Ireland, making an enemy, falling in love with his enemies sister, corting the sister in the Irish custom, marrying the sister, and fight with his brother-in-law. The last part is remanicent of McClintock when he pulls his wife off the train, drags her 5 mile to find his brother-in-law, and the whole town ending up in a knock-down, drag-out fight. There's quit a bit of suddle humor enterlaced through out the movie which made this quite enjoyable dispite the blurriness. (Color)
In summary, the movies themself in this collection are quite good. The only negative is the picture quality.
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Description of John Wayne Collection: Volume One (The Quiet Man / The Sands of Iwo Jima / Flying Tigers / The Wake of the Red Witch)
The American Volunteer Group of Flying Tigers, fight for China's freedom from the Japanese before the bombing of Pearl Harbor; an American boxer retires to Ireland, where he finds love; the final assault on the island of Iwo Jima; the captain of the Red WItem Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 05/08/07
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: yes
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve
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