THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (Paramount, 1962) D: John Ford, w/ James Stewart, John Wayne. Rating: NNNNN DVD package: NNNNN Rating: NNNNN
This isn’t the first release for this title, but as part of Paramount’s Centennial Collection it gets a second disc of brand new anecdotes and analysis of the movie, director John Ford and the stars.
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The classic conflict between gun-toting settler (John Wayne) and citified lawyer (James Stewart) embodied in the titular outlaw (Lee Marvin) and the girl they both love (Vera Miles) allows for assured performances all around, even as the polished script subverts their established personas and raises several ironies.
EXTRAS Disc one: Peter Bogdanovich commentary, selected scene commentary, both with archival recordings from Ford, Wayne, Stewart. Widescreen, b&w. English, Spanish audio. English, French, Spanish subtitles. Disc two: seven retrospective making-of docs. English, French, Spanish subtitles.
