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The Furies (1950); Coming from Criterion in June
Topic Started: Mar 19 2008, 08:42 AM (366 Views)
Laughing Gravy
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Anybody have any comments on this film, which I'd never heard of?

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Synopsis
Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston are at their fierce finest in master Hollywood craftsman Anthony Mann’s crackling western melodrama The Furies. In 1870s New Mexico Territory, megalomaniacal widowed ranch owner T. C. Jeffords (Huston, in his final role) butts heads with his daughter, Vance (Stanwyck), a firebrand with serious daddy issues, over her dowry, choice of husband, and, finally, ownership of the land itself. Both sophisticated in its view of frontier settlement and ablaze with searing domestic drama, The Furies is a hidden treasure of American filmmaking, boasting Oscar–nominated cinematography and vivid supporting turns from Judith Anderson, Wendell Corey, and Gilbert Roland.


Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary featuring film historian Jim Kitses (Horizons West)
- A rare, 1931 on-camera interview with Walter Huston, made for the movie theater series Intimate Interviews
- New video interview with Nina Mann, daughter of director Anthony Mann
- Stills gallery of rare behind-the-scenes photos
- Theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Robin Wood ans a 1957 Cahiers du cinéma interview with Mann, as well as a new printing of Niven Busch's original novel
- More!
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Sgt King
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From Michael Pitts "Western Movies" -- Paramount, 1950, B/W. A stubborn self-made cattle rancher clashes with the strong-willed daughter he can't control. None too interesting psychological oater with lots of hidden undertones for those with a symbolic bent.
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I missed this thread when it was first posted. I saw the movie a few months ago: it's an early Anthony Mann oater/noir from a Niven Busch novel and I found it way above average, but then I'm one of those tiresome people with a symbolic bent. Bottom line, you can't go wrong with any Mann picture from this period. Beautifully photographed, edited and directed, with powerful performances from an unusually fine cast. Look for Arthur Hunnicutt in a bit part. Panther recommends. I'll buy this DVD.
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Frank Hale
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Panther?

Can’t add anything except that the Franz Waxman score has a reputation, and a gripe that Paramount doesn’t seem to know what to do with its library other than license it to Criterion and Legend.
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How fortunate are we that Universal owns most of the 1930s Paramounts? Imagine a world where DVD buyers are still waiting for the first five Marx Bros. movies, plus the prime Bing Crosby films...
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