"My Darling Clementine" - 2 Versions of film on DVD

I just received my DVD of "My Darling Clementine" and included on the DVD
is the 96 min. theatrical cut and the 102 min. Pre-release Version of the film
DVD contains:
Commentary by Wyatt Earp III
Alternate Pre-Release Version of film
Behind the Scenes Featurette about Alternate Version
Theatrical Release of Film

and by the way - The Print is BEAUTIFUL!!!!

 

Can't wait. This is one of my favorite Westerns (usually
getting short shrift in various "Best Western films" lists),
and the best film version of the Wyatt Earp story.

-- jayembee

 

I got an advance copy of this before Christmas, and it's always a big deal
to get a John Ford film on DVD, especially one of this stature. It's
interesting how all the changes subtly affect the tone here and there, and
how Ford's sensibilities are more forward-thinking and artistic than
Zanuck's audience-pleasing alterations. But both men were acting in their
own interests, to the best of their abilities, and you've got to admit
that the release version is still a masterpiece when all is said and done.

And Victor Mature gives the performance of his life, which is something of
a miracle in and of itself.

So what other Fords do we have on DVD right now?

The Iron Horse (in England, anyway)
Stagecoach
Rio Grande
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (but no Fort Apache in North America...grr)
The Hurricane
They Were Expendable
Grapes of Wrath
How Green Was My Valley
The Quiet Man
The Searchers
The Long Grey Line
The Horse Soldiers
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Last Hurrah
Donovan's Reef

And, if you feel like it, Birth of a Nation (?) and How the West Was Won.

swac
Waiting for 3 Godfathers and Cheyanne Autumn...

 

I cant wait to get this one....hopefully the ole Best Buy has a copy

 

Well, not until April for GRAPES.

Also if you feel like it, MISTER ROBERTS and DECEMBER 7th.

-- jayembee

 

I'm waiting for

Wagonmaster
Wings of Eagles
The Lost Patrol
The Informer
Tobacco Road
Wee Willie Winkie
Drums Along the Mohawk

 

A critic from The San Francisco wasn't kind in his review of the movie:

MY DARLING CLEMENTINE
This John Ford Western has been loved and esteemed for at least two
generations, and when I figure out why, I'll get back to you. Time has
not been kind to it. Much of it plays as a series of Western cliches,
shined up, invested with truth and filmed beautifully, but all too
languorously. There's an unwelcome dose of good old '40s misogyny,
too -- the good girl/bad girl dichotomy (as represented by saloon singer
Linda Darnell and honest woman Cathy Downs) is straight out of the film
noir playbook. And Darnell's hairstyle -- a '40s bouffant, with a Wild
West inflection -- adds a touch of flat-out (and flat-top) absurdity.
The good news is that its best element is also its most important, and
that's Henry Fonda, who plays Wyatt Earp with an amusing, idiosyncratic
distraction. He's excellent. The DVD is pretty good, too. The image
isn't pristine, just better than adequate, but the special features are
superior. It comes with a commentary by the eminent film scholar and
Ford biographer Scott Eyman, as well as the entire 109-minute "preview
version'' of the film, which contains 13 extra minutes that producer
Darryl Zanuck later edited out. There's also a featurette that describes
and points out the differences between the two versions. Fans of the
film can't go wrong.

-- Mick LaSalle.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/01/04/PKGHB3QKHN1.DTL