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Actor: Marlon Brando, Nesdon Booth, Philip Ahn, Rodopho (Rudy) Acosta, Timothy Carey
Cinematographer: Charles B. Lang
Composer: Hugo W. Friedhofer
DVD: Region Code 1
Format: NTSC
DVD Release Date: 2005-07-18
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Platinum Disc

DVD Reviews of One Eyed Jacks

DVD Review: Enigmatic Brooding Study of Revenge
Summary: 5 Stars

This moody Western is a film about betrayal and revenge directed by Marlon Brando. Brando's focus here is on characters. The way they walk, talk, eat, drink, dress, kill and die is poetic, enigmatic and disturbing under Brando's direction. This film is filled with overly beautiful photography and highly detailed sets. A strange and uneasy film it is remains offbeat yet very captivating.

DVD Review: Director BRANDOs One-Eyed Jacks
Summary: 5 Stars

Marlon Brando delivers as an actor and a brilliant director in this very contemplative film. ONE-EYED JACKS is quite unique and very impressive under Brando's direction. He demonstrates several innovative camera movements that move the story quite fluidly along. I like this film. It is visually very atmospheric and moody. Cinematographer Charles Lang's images are extremely evocative of mankind's inner restlessness against good and evil set against a beautiful but sometimes foreboding environment. Composer Hugo Friedhofer's score is brilliantly moving and contemplative. It does not play out like a traditional Western or tale of revenge. The final confrontation is anti-climatic but what leads up to the film's conclusion is mesmerizing. The images and some of the obscure dialogue are very memorable and haunting. The outstanding cast includes Karl Malden, Ben Johnson, Katy Jurado, Pina Pellicer, Slim Pickens, Elisha Cook Jr. and Rodolfo Acosta. It is definitely a good film and worth repeated viewing. This DVD version is the not one of the best.

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