The Misfits | 
| Actors: James Barton, Peggy Barton, Rex Bell, Ryall Bowker, Montgomery Clift
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  72 reviews
Sales Rank: 28267
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dvd, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 124 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: D1002063D
ISBN: 0792850130
UPC: 027616862938
EAN: 9780792850137
ASIN: B00005AUKC
Theatrical Release Date: February 1, 1961
Release Date: June 19, 2001
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It was the last roundup for Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe, who gave their final performances in this melancholy modern Western. Arthur Miller wrote the script (some say overwrote) as a contemplation of his then-wife, Monroe, and set the piece in the half-world of Reno, Nevada. The dangers of this kind of meta-fictional approach are not entirely avoided, but the clean, clear-eyed direction of John Huston keeps the film grounded. And then there are the people: Gable a warrior past his time, Monroe overwhelmed by the world and its attentions, Montgomery Clift visibly broken in pieces, Eli Wallach a postwar neurotic. If the encroaching mortality of Gable, Monroe, and Clift weren't enough, the stark photography and Alex North's score confirm this as a film about loss. It may have its problems, but seen at a distance of many years, The Misfits scatters its tender mercies with an aching beauty. --Robert Horton
Product Description
Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 05/20/2008 Run time: 125 minutes Rating: Nr
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 Great Job!! March 1, 2009
Julian Mossey (Oklahoma)
The Movie that I bought came in very fast & in great condition. Thank You.
 Huston's film established Marilyn Monroe as a dramatic sensuous actress... February 6, 2009
Roberto Frangie (Leon, Gto. Mexico)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"The Misfits" is literally about four people who don't fit into society... A divorcee (Monroe) meets cowboy Langland (Gable), who is getting too old for his job... They decide to live together... A former rodeo star (Clift) and an unemployed mechanic (Wallach) join in the drifting...
Huston's masculine images are stripped of their former glory, existing only one rough exterior which fails to conceal what has been lost... Eventually the men agree to round up wild mustangs for a dog food manufacturer...
Scenes of the trio and Monroe speeding across the prairie in a beaten-up truck, raising a hurricane of dust while attempting to rope the stallions, are the strongest evocations of lost souls wandering in time...
Huston's film established Marilyn Monroe as a dramatic sensuous actress, thus liberating her from a decade of steamy cheesecake roles in sexy comedies...
 "Beats wages, don't it?" October 7, 2008
Kona (Emerald City)
As the story opens, lost-soul Roslyn (Marilyn Monroe) has just arrived in Reno to get a quickie divorce. She meets Guido (Eli Wallach), a sensitive mechanic and his pal Gay (Clark Gable), an aging cowboy. Both men fall in love with her and she ends up living with Gay in Guido's house. The men take Roslyn out the desert to go "mustangin'," but she's horrified when she learns the purpose of their trip.
This story is about four aimless and rather pathetic people who have nothing to do and no place to do it in. They're just drifting through life and for a short time, they drift together. Gable is outstanding as the rugged old cowpoke who still wants a woman's touch. He takes manly command of every scene and is charisma personified. Wallach's role is less flashy but still powerful and touching. Montgomery Clift plays a rodeo cowboy who's been kicked in the head one too many times. He doesn't get to do much but he's still sweet and likeable. Marilyn is, well, Marilyn, still delivering her lines in that breathy, little-girl voice. Only occasionally does she break through and become a real person; mostly she over-emotes and poses prettily.
Filmed in black and white in a mostly barren desert, the movie is grim and depressing and doesn't let up for a minute. (Animal lovers' note: The "mustangin'" scenes of wild horses being roped and hog-tied are brutal.) I'm glad I got to see Gable and Monroe in their last performances; this is a thoughtful character study of four achingly lonely people.
Misfit title June 2, 2008
AvgMom2 (Long Island, NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have never seen Monroe's movie before. After reading "Blonde" by Joyce Carol Oates, I decided to buy this and several other Monroe DVD's. This was the first one I saw. Wow, what a beautiful actress! She makes today's actresses pale in comparison. You can tell Authur Miller wrote this screenplay with a lot of love to his beautiful wife. It was well casted; however, I disagree with the title. I don't think any of them were misfits. They just don't know what they want out of life - confused maybe, but not misfits. The chase scene with the horses was amazing. Director John Houston was a genius! I think Gable played a memorable role here, more so than in "Gone with the Wind", but that's just my opinion. The reason why I gave the movie a 4 star rather than a 5 star is 1) the title (which I didn't think fit the movie) and 2) the ending (which I thought was corny.) Overall, a great classic movie. It's a shame this was the last movie for both Monroe and Gable. (Just this very afternoon, I saw on the news that an extra on this movie had taken a home video on the set. His family is now auctioning off this footage.)
One Of The Great Movies April 6, 2008
Charles W. Gallagher (Hilo, HI USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Marilyn Monroe and Gable at their best in a screenplay by Arthur Miller and direction by John Huston. Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, and Eli Wallach at the height of their craft. Some epic Miller lines like Wallach saying he was blind bombardier in the war, killing people he never saw, and Monroe saying that if she was going to be alone, she would be by herself. A movie worth watching every year or two.
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