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What a difference 40 years makes

2008-10-12
I first saw this movie back in the mid '60s when I was about 14 and thought it was a great movie. I recently purchased it on DVD and looked forward to enjoying it again. Unfortunately, like some wine this movie didn't age well. While there were some amusing spots (Donald Pleasance's performance)I found a great deal of the movie to be rather corny and ham handed. It was amusing to view again after forty years or so but for me it's not a keeper.

Just a clean fun western movie

2008-07-25
I know zero people who have seen this funny western movie. Too bad. It's not all that sophisticated, and it has some non-PC characterizations. But if your object is watching a movie just to have fun, this one has lots of it. The oracle stole the show just as cleanly as the first time I saw this film. The DVD is high-quality.

Good movie

2008-07-16
This was one of my husband's favorite old movies and I didn't remember seeing it. So I ordered it for him and we watched it the other night. It was very good.

enjoyable comic western

2008-06-15
A humorous look at the wild west where the temperance ladies cause more uproar than the liquor seeking Indians or the greedy mining community leaders with Burt Lancaster, the fort commander, trying to keep peace. Good fun.

The first- and still best-Mocumentary?

2008-04-19
This is one of my favorite movies. It is a very warmly told send up of every historical documentary ever made about any conflict. Many fine actors are featured but the two who truly stand out are Burt Lancaster and Lee Remick. Lee Remicks portayal of Cora Templeton Massingale has to be her all time finest performance, played to absolute perfection. Unlike later mocumentaries this film is a light handed comic gem- there is humor at all levels from the most basic slapstick to witty repartee. This film does not just amuse- you will find some outright belly laughs in this picture.

Hallelujah Trail DVD

2008-02-13
Acclaimed director John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven, Bad Day at Black Rock, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral) turns the legends of the West upside down in this rip-roaring western comedy about the year Denver was nearly devastated by a droughtof whiskeyand had to have fortywagonloads imported through very harshand very thirstyterritory! Academy AwardÂ(r) winners* Burt Lancaster and Martin Landau team with OscarÂ(r) nominee** Lee Remick inthis beautifully filmed epic adventure that "wins both laughs and thrills" (The Hollywood Reporter)! Also starring Jim Hutton, Brian Keith and Donald Pleasence, this irreverent and literally dry look at frontier life is "possibly the funniest western ever made" (Los Angeles Times)!

One of my favorite movies

2007-10-22
The Hallelujah Trail is one of my favorite movies. The only negative issue I have with this particular DVD is that it has portions of the original film blacked out. You can hear the sound track but there is NO picture, only a black screen. This black-out occurs during the opening credits, during it's intermission and, at the end, when the final credits should be rolling. I happen to enjoy the artwork for the opening, mid and closing of the "Hallelujah Trail". It is very disappointing not having it included in this DVD. Having to sit through 2 -3 minutes of a black screen before the story begans is a bummer. I still love the movie, though, and I'm glad I bought it.

Good Flick!

2007-05-14
This was an entertaining film, epecially the performances of Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, the "Good Republican"....Brian Keith, and Robert Wilke. Though none of these fine actors are generally known for their comedic talents, they pull off this whiskey tale in style!

The Hallelujah Trail

2007-02-01
We originally owned a VHS copy which no longer works and so we need a replacement and also we enjoy old movies ,

The Hallelujah Trail

2007-01-10
this is a laugh a minute movie, it gets everyone going.
a Western thatmakes joke at everything from drunks to Temperance