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The Return of a Man Called Horse
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List Price: $14.98
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Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Richard Harris, Gale Sondergaard, Geoffrey Lewis, William Lucking, Jorge Luke
Directed By: Irvin Kershner
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792850847
Format: Anamorphic
ISBN: 079285084X
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2001-09-04
Running Time: 129
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1976-08-04
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"A Man Called Horse returns at full gallop" (Los Angeles Times) in this exceptional western that follows the plight of a horribly wronged tribe of Sioux Indiansand the quest of the one man who would lead them to victory. The Return of a Man Called Horse is a "visually stunning" (Variety) and "hauntingly beautiful vision of American history" (Los Angeles Times). Lord John Morgan (Richard Harris), disillusioned with the "civilized" aristocracy of England, returns to the American West in search of the vital and rugged life he once led among the proud Yellow Hand tribe. But what he finds instead is destruction: a brutal and bloody war inflicted on his adopted blood brothers by an unscrupulous trapper and his followers. Decimated, enslaved and swept from their home, their only hope of regrouping, retaining their ancient customs and fighting backfor their sacred homeland now lies with Morgan...a man they call Horse.
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Summary: SHAME ON YOU MGM/UA... GOING DOWN THE DRAIN, EHHH?
Comment: Truly worth sh..
My VHS tape is far superior in "roundness" of image and even the main titles are clearer.
Do you want to know something more? Even the sound is better on tape!!!!
The funny thing though, is that both are sons of the same father...
Yes indeed, the Widescreen Tape and the DVD are both produced by MGM/UA and yet the quality of the DVD is grainy and the image flickers at times. The sound on the DVD comes and goes as it pleases, and this throughout the movie.
The tape is far superior. It has no disturbances whatsoever, even though the picture is a bit unfocused. Yet the sound is perfect and clear.
So, why is this?
Couldn't they find a new roll of film to slam onto a DVD?
Or where they to lazy even to look for a copy and decided that the quality of the tape would suffice to be thrown onto DVD?
Only Heaven knows...
Was it faulty compression?
Your guess as mine...
Hey, the Lion roars... yeah, my foot!
The Lion has lost its teeth and cannot even seem to remember where his denture is...
It has become a very lame old alley cat... that old lion...
Time for retirement? I think so. I know so!
If you have it, stick to your old VHS widescreen tape. If not and you would like to have a copy of the movie, opt for the tape and NOT for the DVD version.
A friendly advice for your pockets.
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Summary: return of a man called horse
Comment: its a good movie. as far as i can tell pretty acruate on the life of the prairie Indian. The rituals are almost unbeleivable but true.
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Summary: Rescuing "Yellow Hands"
Comment: I'm always fascinated with books & movies that deal with the interaction of subjects from different cultures such as "Shogun", "Lawrence of Arabia", "Dances with Wolves" or "Broken Arrow".
The original film "A Man Called Horse" (1970) has had a very special place in my memory and heart. Its sequel "The Return of a Man Called Horse" (1976) wasn't so good, nevertheless is quite enjoyable.
It tells the story of Lord John Morgan's return to the plains around 1840. He was languishing at his states in England when suddenly he feels the urge to return to America.
He discovers that the Yellow Hands has been expelled from their sacred lands, her women enslaved and the rest of the tribe condemned to a miserable life due to the "in force" invasion of some fur traders.
The trader gang has constructed a stronghold including cannons and settling allied native around the fort.
Lord Morgan or Horse as he is known to his Sioux kin starts a new epic experience. Self imposing extreme hardships, first to attain a "vision", then he strengths very young tribesmen thru sacred rites, next he trains women to fight and finally devices a plan to expel the usurpers.
The final combat is film's culmination and a very good action piece.
Harris performs again with deep conviction even if the script is not as good as the original one he extract the maximum from his character.
This time Sioux warriors are fleshed by Mexican actors and actresses instead of the multinational cast of the first film, without lose.
Even with its flaws this film moves the spectator to admire and respect Native American culture.
Give this film a try, you won't be disappointed!
Reviewed by Max Yofre.
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Summary: gritty realism
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Whether fact or fiction, everytime I watch this movie you can taste the era.
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Summary: The Sioux fight for their lands
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This is a sequel to the 1970 A MAN CALLED HORSE. In that movie Richard Harris is John Morgan, an Englsih baron captured by the Yellow Hand Sioux in the early 1800s and raised by them; being a great fighter he was given his freedom and returned to England in 1821.
Now, three years later, Harris is bored in England and decides to return to America. When he does he finds the Yellow Hand have been driven off their lands or enslaved by white traders. He leads them in a fight to regain their lands.
The movie is shot almost totally from the Indians' perspective, and great care has been taken to get it right and to treat the Indians and their ways honestly. There is a lengthy self-mutilation ceremony that is quite gory (but authentic); it was cut from some earlier prints as being too graphic, but it's essential as to why the tribe decides to fight for their land (they must purge themselves of the evil spirit first). The really memorable thing about the movie is the photography: the Dakota landscape is spectacular.
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