Broken Trail (Two-disc) | 
| Director: Walter Hill
Actors: Robert Duvall, Thomas Haden Church, Greta Scacchi, Gwendoline Yeo, Chris Mulkey
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  142 reviews
Sales Rank: 2058
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 184 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.4
MPN: 15717
UPC: 043396157170
EAN: 0043396157170
ASIN: B000GFRI4K
Theatrical Release Date: June 25, 2006
Release Date: September 5, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
SET IN 1897, PRINT RITTER & HIS NEPHEW TOM HARTE BECOME THE RELUCTANT GUARDIANS OF 5 ABUSED & ABANDONED CHINESE GIRLS. THEIR ATTEMPT TO CARE FOR THE GIRLS IS COMPLICATED BY THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO DELIVER A HERD OF HORSES WHILE AVOIDING A GROUP OF BITTER RIVALS INTENT ON KIDNAPPING THE GIRLS.
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The lives of two stoic cowboys and five abused Chinese women become intertwined in Walter Hill's sprawling miniseries Broken Trail. Print Ritter (Academy Award winner Robert Duvall) and his nephew Tom Harte (Thomas Haden Church, Sideways) agree to deliver a herd of 500 horses from Oregon to Wyoming. Along the way, they rescue the young women--most of them still just girls--who're being transported to a brothel to have their virginity auctioned off. When the madam sees she is about to lose the girls, she screams at Tom, "What about my property?" He shouts back, "That's the price of being a capitalist, lady." Unable to overcome the language barrier, Print assigns numbers to the girls. Number 3, Sun Foy (Gwendoline Yeo, Desperate Housewives) is the most fearless and perceptive of them. Though the others don't want to be called Number 4--an unlucky numeral in their homeland--Ye Fung (Olivia Cheng), the most tragic of the group, doesn't care. Targeted for her beauty, she finds herself unable to overcome the trauma. The number suits her, in her mind. Along the way, Print and Tom rescue Nola Johns (Greta Scacchi), the proverbial hooker with the heat of gold, who was forced into prostitution after her husband died. The cinematography is gorgeous as the camera sweeps over the lush landscape (the Canadian Rockies subbing in for wild West of the late 1800s) and Hill does a formidable job of pacing this 3-hour drama with just the right balance of dialogue and action. For Duvall, Broken Trail is the last piece to his Western trilogy, which started with the miniseries Lonesome Dove followed by the feature film Open Range. He is instantly likeable as a father figure and the viewer never doubts that his intention for the girls is honorable. As for Haden Church, he has never been as appealing as he is in this role. Gruff and flawed, he softens when he exchanges shy glances with Sun Foy. The trek is long and hard and the unlikely band of travelers will face much hardship. If not as satisfying as the rich, detailed Lonesome Dove, Broken Trail makes up for it with a wonderful storyline and some fine acting by all involved. As for the conclusion, it may surprise some viewers who are expecting a more traditional version of the happy ending. --Jae-Ha Kim
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 ALLWAYS THE BEST July 4, 2009
Clifford N. Crawford (MISSOURI)
ROBERT DUVALL IS GOOD IN ALL THE MOVIES HE HAS MADE. THIS IS ONE OF HIS GREATEST WITH ACTION, LOVE INTEREST AND SUPPORT FROM HIS CO-ACTORS.
THIS IS RIGHT UP WITH ASSINATION TANGO. THANKS MR DUVALL
One of the best westerns June 28, 2009
Harry M. Shin (Livermore, CA USA)
1. I watched half of this via cable while on the road and was so intrigued by it that I got the DVD later on.
2. Others have mentioned the pros / cons of this movie; I just think it's one of the best Westerns out there--> great acting, a definite unique twist to the usual Western storyline, and it's based (I don't know how loosely) on a true story.
3. A definite 5 star.
Broken Trail DVD June 24, 2009
Wanda Lynch (North Pole, AK)
An awesome movie. I had seen it twice and decided I had to own it!
 Broken Trail June 21, 2009
Graeme J. Hewish (Australia)
Broken Trail is a well produced Duvall film, not avaiable in Australia. Was very pleased to obtain it via Amazon, your service is impeccable. Not so pleased to recieve the DVD's still in USA format, but got over this by burning them into a format suitable for Australian equipment. Suggest you may take this into account when processing future orders.
Almost a perfect "10" May 23, 2009
Harry W. Haines III
I have been buying from Amazon now for 2 years and they have never been late on a promised delivery time. Now that I am buying Blu-Ray DVDs, Amazon is the only way to go. If you buy 3, you can save enough on one movie to pay to for shipping, so you get 3 for the price of 2 at Wal-Mart or Best Buy. Also, you can't find this title locally. This is a under-rated gem of a film. Reference quality transfer with just a few specks. 9 out of a 10. Very good picture quality, even in the low light and night shots. Excellent story and character development. Audio doesn't use the rear surround speakers much though, about the only knock against this film. Audio on the front is very good with dialog always easy to hear. This is a definite buy on Blu-Ray if you like westerns.
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