The Mountain Men | 
| Director: Richard Lang
Actors: Charlton Heston, Brian Keith, Victoria Racimo, Stephen Macht, Seymour Cassel
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 7187
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Dvd, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: D08999D
ISBN: 0767894006
UPC: 004339608999
EAN: 9780767894005
ASIN: B00006672R
Theatrical Release Date: June 1, 1980
Release Date: June 18, 2002
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Product Description
A PAIR OF GRIZZLED FRONTIERSMEN FIGHT INDIANS, GUZZLE LIQUOR, AND STEAL SQUAWS IN THEIR SEARCH FOR A LEGENDARY VALLEY 'SO FULL OF BEAVER THAT THEY JUMP RIGHT INTO YOUR TRAPS' IN THIS FANCIFUL ADVENTURE.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 48 more reviews...
 WARNING: FULL SCREEN not widescreen. May 1, 2009
Anthony Capialbi (Brooklyn, New York)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The film opens in beautiful widescreen format, then goes to full screen. The folks at Columbia pictures are to be given credit for this STUPITY. Wy would anyone praise this film in the full screen format? Why would anyone buy this dvd in this cropped version? Four Star film but 1 STAR product rating.
Grizzly Adams, This Ain't March 22, 2009
Erik North (San Gabriel, CA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The opening credits sequence makes it seem like you're about to watch a typical Disney-type wilderness adventure, or something straight out of Grizzly Adams. But it only takes about two or three minutes to let you know one important thing about THE MOUNTAIN MEN: Grizzly Adams, this ain't.
Filmed completely on location in the wildlands of Wyoming, and set in the mid-1800s, this rough western adventure stars Charlton Heston and Brian Keith as a pair of fur trappers still looking for beaver for the fur trade before the animal vanishes from the Rockies. They live a rough life, and they often talk rough too (Keith especially; you'd never know that he'd been in TV's "Family Affair" once). Every once in a while, they run into the Crow and Blackfoot Indians that still ride the range. And when they come upon an Indian squaw (Victoria Racimo) escaping from her vicious husband Heavy Eagle (Stephen Macht), and protect her, then they must confront Macht and his Blackfoot warriors.
Aside from some historically inaccurate portraits of the Indians and their life, THE MOUNTAIN MEN, directed by Richard Lang from an original screenplay by Heston's son, Fraser Clarke Heston, is at its true best when it focuses on the often salty banter between Heston and Keith, and the lives they lead. Neither man can believe that their day will eventually end, nor can they imagine the land ever being settled (but we the audience know better). The film is quite bloody in a few places, and one white explorer (Seymour Cassel) literally loses his head rather gruesomely to Macht and his warriors near the climax, hence the 'R' rating, but otherwise it is not so shockingly over-the-top in its violence. Heston, naturally enough, is convincing in his grizzled role, though Keith nearly outdoes him (a tough task even when Heston is not up to par). Macht makes for a fairly menacing heavy; and Racimo is good as the Indian squaw at the center of things.
Though Lang's direction won't make one forget the hard-edged approach that someone like Peckinpah bought to the Western, there's more than enough to recommend THE MOUNTAIN MEN to people. But just don't let anyone under age to watch it by themselves; it is rough, profane, and occasionally gory for a reason.
 Mountain Men February 3, 2009
Cowabunga (Seattle, WA USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
A good story performed by Charleton Heston and Brian Keith. Two mountain man trappers in the waning years of the trapping industry and their dealing with that as well as the local Indian tribes taking a stand against the encroaching trappers/settlers. I enjoyed the acting, scenery, and the action.
great movie January 11, 2009
Kable (here)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
A pair of grizzled frontiersmen fight indians, guzzle liquor, and steal squaws in their search for a legendary valley 'so full of beaver that they jump right into your traps' in this fanciful adventure
Some of Heston's better works.. forget the Apes.. get this instead!
american history December 16, 2008
J. Stienstra (zoetermeer holland)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
i am interested in american history and this dvd is a good item for my collection
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