Rio Bravo (Two-Disc Special Edition) | 
| Actors: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  167 reviews
Sales Rank: 2898
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Dvd, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 141 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: WARD114534D
UPC: 085391145349
EAN: 0085391145349
ASIN: B000O599WG
Theatrical Release Date: April 4, 1959
Release Date: May 22, 2007
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When it comes down to naming the best Western of all time, the list usually narrows to three completely different pictures: John Ford's The Searchers, Howard Hawks's Red River, and Hawks's Rio Bravo. About the only thing they all have in common is that they all star John Wayne. But while The Searchers is an epic quest for revenge and Red River is a sweeping cattle-drive drama ("Take 'em to Missouri! Yeeee-hah!"), Rio Bravo is on a much more modest scale. Basically, it comes down to Sheriff John T. Chance (Wayne), his sobering-up alcoholic friend Dude (Dean Martin), the hotshot new kid Colorado (Ricky Nelson), and deputy-sidekick Stumpy (Walter Brennan), sittin' around in the town jail, drinkin' black cofee, shootin' the breeze, and occasionally, singin' a song. Hawks--who, like his pal Ernest Hemingway, lived by the code of "grace under pressure"--said he made Rio Bravo as a rebuke to High Noon, in which sheriff Gary Cooper begged for townspeople to help him. So, Hawks made Wayne's Sheriff Chance a consummate professional--he may be getting old and fat, but he knows how to do his job, and he doesn't want amateurs getting mixed up in his business; they could get hurt. This most entertaining of movies also achieved some notoriety in the '90s when Quentin Tarantino (director of Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and Jackie Brown) revealed that he uses it as a litmus test for prospective girlfriends. Oh, and if the configuration of characters sounds familiar, it should: Hawks remade Rio Bravo two more times--as El Dorado in 1967, with Wayne, Robert Mitchum, and James Caan; and as Rio Lobo in 1970, with Wayne, Jack Elam, and Christopher Mitchum. --Jim Emerson
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 Excellent service June 21, 2009
S. Hallam (Idaho)
Fast delivery, product was in great condition. What a pleasant seller to deal with.
It's John Wayne what else do you need to know June 14, 2009
G Gecko
John Wayne being John Wayne with Dean, Ricky and "Old Stumpy" Walter Brennan. A must for all real western fans.
Howard Hawks and John Wayne--great combination May 17, 2009
J. D. Best, author (Arizona)
I recently picked up The John Wayne Collection edition of Rio Bravo. I loved the film and thought the special features were well worth the extra money.
I hadn't seen the film in years and I was surprised at how good it is. Many critics rank it high on any list of John Wayne films--or even Westerns in general--but I carried a negative image of the movie due to Ricky Nelson. He was a pop star and teen idol in 1959, and I thought he was unsuited for the role of a gunslinger. Especially with his puffed up, slick hairdo. (He should have kept his hat on, like Yul Brenner in the The Magnificent Seven (Special Edition).) With some years to mellow my biases, I realize Nelson didn't do that bad of a job and the rest of the film certainly out weighed his somewhat thin performance and high-pitched voice.
The Special features are the reason to buy this edition. The John Wayne Westerns Trailer Gallery alone are worth the price of admission. (These were trailers for his films before Stagecoach.) John Carpenter and Richard Schickel do an informative and entertaining commentary, and the featurettes are all worth the time. In fact, I spent three enjoyable nights with the two disc set.
 Blu Ray Version Is Good, When It Could Have Been... May 8, 2009
Mark Barry at Revival Records, Berwick Street (London, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
***THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE BLU-RAY VERSION of "RIO BRAVO"***
Apart from the fact that Ricky Nelson couldn't act to save his life (he plays the fast gun Colorado), the big revelation in Howard Hawks' High Noon rerun is Dean Martin who is just superb as the drink-obsessed Dutch - sidekick to sheriff John Wayne and his trusty buddy Walter Brennnan.
The Blu Ray version is disappointing print wise for the opening credits - there's blocking, speckles on the print etc, but thankfully it doesn't stay that way for long. Although there are other weak points in the transfer later on in the movie, for about 90 % of the time I'd say it looks really good - not great - but certainly better than any other version of it that I've ever seen.
There's a nighttime sequence where one of the bad guys hiding out in a barn near the prison tries to shoot John Wayne - it cuts to Dutch outside worried about his friend inside - the clarity of sweat and dirt on Dean Martin is wonderful to see - and startling. When Angie Dickenson is stopped by John Wayne at her bedroom door suspected of card shark tricks in the saloon she's just left below, her face and clothing look sensational too (what a beauiful woman she was). But then in other places there's a disappointing feeling of the focus being slightly off or the print's vibrancy being washed out.
It might just be that in 1959 the colour process was not quite there yet, but you can't help but feel that if this negative had been given real care and effort - the print would have been a genuine joy to look at - rather than being something that just ellicits the word 'good' out of you every now and then.
"Rio Bravo" is a very good transfer to Blu Ray, but like so many oldies that aren't treated to proper restoration, you can't help but feel that an opportunity was missed here - because it's a Western that's stood the test of time.
Rio Bravo May 4, 2009
A. Iossi (Heartland)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Westerns are finally on Blu-Ray and the classics are good to pick up over time. They make to many bad new movies so when you want to buy a new movie add an old western, you can't miss.
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