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Budd Boetticher Box Set (Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Alone, Ride Lonesome, Comanche Station)
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Product Description
Few hauteur directors are more revered and beloved than Oscar "Budd" Boetticher, Jr., who lived a life more amazing than any movie. And few films have been more eagerly-awaited on DVD than the spare, adult westerns he made at Columbia in the late 1950s, all starring Randolph Scott, most written by future director Burt Kennedy, and co-starring such outstanding actors as James Coburn (in his film debut), Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Pernell Roberts, Lee Van Cleef, and Craig Stevens. Now, at last, you hold them in your hand: The Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Alone, Ride Lonesome and Comanche Station. Rounding out the set is Bruce Ricker's acclaimed feature-length documentary, A Man Can do That, executive produced Budd's friend Clint Eastwood. Sony Pictures and The Film Foundation are honored to present one of the absolutely essential collections of this or any year.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1786 in DVD
- Brand: Sony
- Released on: 2008-11-04
- Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Formats: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Original language: English
- Subtitled in: English, French
- Number of discs: 5
- Running time: 380 minutes
Customer Reviews
Wonderful films but a poor transfer
This boxed-set is long overdue, Boetticher/Randolph Scott westerns being one of the most sought after films by movie buffs all over the world. This set is well conceived with lots of interseting bonuses. But the quality of the transfer is not up to the usual level for these kinds of releases. Anyway, nobody could go without!
Just great!
For years I've been waiting for Boetticher's films on DVD. It was worth it. The Budd Boetticher Box Set is just great.
The Ranowns, at last
I will not review these films -- except to indicate that "Ride Lonesome" is a particularly fine one -- but want to warn buyers that the packaging (courtesy the ever adorable Sony Corporation) may arrive in bad shape. My NEW copy was shrink-wrapped, but inside one of the discs was piled on top of another because one of the little tabs had broken off. Clearly, this was noticed by the packager in the factory -- but shipped anyway. My choice to either return and wait for another copy or accept as OK damaged merchandise. Other Sony-related complaints: the unreadably small (and, to add to the problem, blue on black) type on the back cover. And -- hey -- Randolph Scott is in all these films -- perverse, isn't it, considering that most American DVD boxsets are built around stars (when it makes more sense to build them around directors) that this set is named after one of the more obscure Hollywood auteurs. Why isn't it "the Budd Boetticher - Randolph Scott Collection"? Far be it from me, though, to elucidate the workings of the corporate mind.
