Shane | 
 enlarge | Director: George Steven
Actors: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur
Studio: Paramount Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  172 reviews
Sales Rank: 1125
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 117 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 065224
ISBN: 0792163710
UPC: 097360652246
EAN: 9780792163718
ASIN: 0792163710
Theatrical Release Date: 1953
Release Date: August 15, 2000
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Product Description
Acclaimed director George Stevens' legendary rendition of the quintessential Western myth earned six Academy Award nominations and made Shane one of the classics of the American cinema. The story brings Alan Ladd a drifter and retired gunfighter to the assistance of a homestead family terrorized by a wealthy cattleman and his hired gun (Jack Palance). In fighting the last decisive battle Shane sees the end of his own way of life. Mysterious moody and atmospheric the film is enhanced by the intense performances of its splendid cast.System Requirements:Starring: Alan Ladd Jean Arthur Van Heflin Brandon De Wilde Jack Palance Directed By: George Stevens Running Time: 117 Min. Color Copyright Paramount Pictures 2003. Genre: WESTERN/MISC. Rating: PG UPC: 097360652246 Manufacturer No: 065224
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Consciously crafted by director George Stevens as a piece of American mythmaking, Shane is on nearly everyone's shortlist of great movie Westerns. A buckskin knight, Shane (Alan Ladd) rides into the middle of a range war between farmers and cattlemen, quickly siding with the "sod-busters." While helping a kindly farmer (Van Heflin), Shane falls platonically in love with the man's wife (Jean Arthur, in the last screen performance of a marvelous career). Though the showdowns are exciting, and the story simple but involving, what most people will remember about this movie is the friendship between the stoical Shane and the young son of the farmers. The kid is played by Brandon De Wilde, who gives one of the most amazing child performances in the movies; his parting scene with Shane is guaranteed to draw tears from even the most stonyhearted moviegoer. And speaking of stony hearts, Jack Palance made a sensational impression as the evil gunslinger sent to clean house--he has fewer lines of dialogue than he has lines in his magnificently craggy face, but he makes them count. The photography, highlighting the landscape near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, won an Oscar. --Robert Horton
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 VERY PLEASED August 16, 2008
Benjamin F. Poscover
I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE PRODUCT AND THE TIMELY MANNER IN WHICH MY ORDER WAS PROCESSED.
SHANE, a classic western August 8, 2008
Shirley Hercules (Nashville, TN United States)
Shane was indeed a classic western film. The photography was excellent. I especially liked the fact that the women were not dressed up in clean clothes with modern make-up, making them look like an anachronism, as is done in many westerns. THe constuming was more realistic. Alan Ladd did a great job, and the boy was great also.
A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it July 24, 2008
freedomrox (Mansfield, TX United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a believable, exciting story. The scenery is beautiful and the movie is just well-done all the way around. Alan Ladd, Jack Palance, Ben Johnson and the rest are outstanding. A gunslinger who is trying to make a new start in life thinks he's escaping to a peaceful area. Then he discovers that conflict is there too. He does his best to avoid involvement, but realizes that he is the only one who can defend the defenseless. He eventually embraces his role as a sheepdog of sorts and goes to battle the wolves. American Indians are only mentioned in passing when a character brags about a Cheyenne arrowhead that's still stuck in his shoulder from when he was one of the first settlers in the territory. I highly recommend.
Shane July 10, 2008
Johnnie M. Jones (Chicago, IL)
I received the DVD, Shane, in excellent timing and condition. I will most certaintly be ordering from you again. I like your professionalism.
dead man riding June 4, 2008
E. T. Higgins (south of the border)
'shane' is my favorite western. it's just about perfect and ,i think, everything that could be said about this film has been said. i would only like to add why ,imho, shane didn't respond to joey's cries of "come back, shane!" i believe that shane didn't want to die in front of joey.
shane was gut shot by palance, and if you watch closely as shane rides off, just before the film ends, you can see shane's hand stiffen up. he's dead.
that's my observation, although some others believe that shane couldn't return because he had fallen in love with jean arthur.
unlike another western classic 'red river,' this movie had a great ending.
believe what you will, but i really think shane died in the saddle.
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