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How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

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Key Information
Directors: Henry Hathaway
Stars: James Stewart
Actors: Carolyn Jones
Genre: Westerns
Subgenre: Family Interaction
MPAA Rating: G (MPAA)
Available Formats: DVD: 3-Disc Set Ultimate Collector's Edition
UPC: 027616485939
Release Date: 1962
Running Time: 2hr 45min
Languages
Original Language: English
DVD Editions
: Format: DVD, 2hr 30min
Release Company: MGM Home Entertainment (July 28, 1998)
UPC: 027616629227
VHS Editions
: Format: VHS: WB Westerns, 2hr 45min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (May 08, 2001)
UPC: 012569508538
Credits
Screenwriter: James R. Webb
Professional Reviews
: (09/08/2008, Dave Kehr): "[T]he open-air sequences...with their unmoving camera, long-shot compositions and rootedness in the rural landscape, recall the work of the American pioneer D.W. Griffith."
Quotes from the Movie
: "That goddamned Cinerama... do you know a waist shot is as close as you could get with that thing?" -- Henry Hathaway

"The epic journey of four generations of Americans who carved out a country with their bare hands." -- line from the poster for the 1970 reissue
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Details: Hollywood's most celebrated luminaries--behind the camera as well as in front of it--combined talents to present this epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family. The film, divided into three chapters--"The Civil War" (directed by John Ford), "The Railroad" (directed by George Marshall), and "The River, the Plains, the Outlaws" (directed by Henry Hathaway)--tells the story of the Prescotts, a spirited group of easterners who make a declaration to migrate west. When their parents are lost in a tragic river accident, Eve (Carroll Baker) and Lilith (Debbie Reynolds) go their separate ways. Eve remains on the land that took her parents, settling down with the well-intentioned Linus Rawlings (James Stewart), while Lilith becomes a singer who is courted by the conniving Cleve Van Valen (Gregory Peck) when he learns that she has inherited a fortune in California. As time passes and the Civil War ...
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