How the West Was Won (1962)

Directors:

John Ford
Henry Hathaway
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Guionista:

James R. Webb (written by) (suggested by the series "How the West Was Won" in LIFE magazine)
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Release Date:

20 febrero 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Romance | Western

Frase comercial:

A FABULOUS ROMANTIC ADVENTURE

Plot:

A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the nineteenth century--including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.

Plot Keywords:

Fight On Train Roof | Song | Male Female Relationship | Family Relationships | Pioneer

Awards:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

HTWWW at the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles

Cast

Carroll Baker	...	Eve Prescott Rawlings
Lee J. Cobb	...	Marshal Lou Ramsey
Henry Fonda	...	Jethro Stuart
Carolyn Jones	...	Julie Rawlings
Karl Malden	...	Zebulon Prescott
Gregory Peck	...	Cleve Van Valen
George Peppard	...	Zeb Rawlings
Robert Preston	...	Roger Morgan
Debbie Reynolds	...	Lilith 'Lily' Prescott
James Stewart	...	Linus Rawlings
Eli Wallach	...	Charlie Gant
John Wayne	...	Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Richard Widmark	...	Mike King
Brigid Bazlen	...	Dora Hawkins
Walter Brennan	...	Col. Jeb Hawkins
David Brian	...	Lilith's attorney
Andy Devine	...	Cpl. Peterson
Raymond Massey	...	Abraham Lincoln
Agnes Moorehead	...	Rebecca Prescott
Harry Morgan	...	Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (as Henry 'Harry' Morgan)
Thelma Ritter	...	Agatha Clegg
Mickey Shaughnessy	...	Deputy Stover
Russ Tamblyn	...	Confederate deserter
Spencer Tracy	...	Narrator
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Rodolfo Acosta	...	Gant gang member (uncredited)
Mark Allen	...	Colin Harvey (uncredited)
Beulah Archuletta	...	Indian woman (uncredited)
Robert Banas	...	Dance Hall Dancer (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey	...	Surgeon (uncredited)
Charlie Briggs	...	Flying Arrow Barker (uncredited)
Paul Bryar	...	Auctioneer's assistant (uncredited)
Walter Burke	...	Wagon poker player (uncredited)
Polly Burson	...	Stock player (uncredited)
Kim Charney	...	Sam Prescott (uncredited)
Ken Curtis	...	Cpl. Ben (uncredited)
John Damler	...	Lawyer (uncredited)
Christopher Dark	...	Poker player with Cleve (uncredited)
Kem Dibbs	...	Blacksmith (uncredited)
Craig Duncan	...	James Marshall (uncredited)
Ben Black Elk Sr.	...	Arapajo chief (uncredited)
Jay C. Flippen	...	Huggins (uncredited)
Sol Gorss	...	River pirate (uncredited)
Tom Greenway	...	(uncredited)
James Griffith	...	Poker player with Cleve (uncredited)
Barry Harvey	...	Angus Harvey (uncredited)
William Henry	...	Staff officer (uncredited)
Jerry Holmes	...	Railroad clerk (uncredited)
Roy Jenson	...	Henchman (uncredited)
Claude Johnson	...	Jeremiah Rawlings (uncredited)
Jack Lambert	...	Gant henchman (uncredited)
John Larch	...	Grimes (uncredited)
Stanley Livingston	...	Prescott Rawlings (uncredited)
J. Edward McKinley	...	Auctioneer (uncredited)
Harry Monty	...	(uncredited)
Bob Morgan	...	Member of train robbery gang (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	...	(uncredited)
Robert Nash	...	Lawyer (uncredited)
Cliff Osmond	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Tudor Owen	...	Parson Alec Harvey (uncredited)
Harvey Parry	...	Henchman (uncredited)
Jack Pennick	...	Cpl. Murphy (uncredited)
Gil Perkins	...	Henchman (uncredited)
Red Perkins	...	Union soldier (uncredited)
Buddy Red Bow	...	Native Man (uncredited)
Walter Reed	...	(uncredited)
Chuck Roberson	...	Officer (uncredited)
Victor Romito	...	Henchman (uncredited)
Jamie Ross	...	Bruce Harvey (uncredited)
Gene Roth	...	Riverboat poker player (uncredited)
Bryan Russell	...	Zeke Prescott (uncredited)
Danny Sands	...	Trapeze man (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer	...	Riverboat officer (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre	...	Auction spectator (uncredited)
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Gant henchman (uncredited)
Clinton Sundberg	...	Hylan Seabury (uncredited)
Karl Swenson	...	Train conductor (uncredited)
Ken Terrell	...	River pirate (uncredited)
Lee Van Cleef	...	River pirate (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.	...	Officer #2 (uncredited)
Harry Wilson	...	Cattleman at barricade (uncredited)
Carleton Young	...	Poker player with Cleve (uncredited)

Dirigida por
John Ford		(segment "The Civil War")
Henry Hathaway		(segments "The Rivers", "The Plains" and "The Outlaws")
George Marshall		(segment "The Railroad")
Richard Thorpe		(uncredited) (transitional historical sequences)

Créditos del guión
James R. Webb		(written by) (suggested by the series "How the West Was Won" in LIFE magazine)
John Gay		uncredited

Producida por
Bernard Smith	....	producer

Música original por
Alfred Newman

Fotografía por
William H. Daniels		(director of photography)
Milton R. Krasner		(director of photography) (as Milton Krasner)
Charles Lang		(director of photography) (as Charles Lang Jr.)
Joseph LaShelle		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Harold F. Kress

Dirección artística
George W. Davis
William Ferrari
Addison Hehr

Decorados
Henry Grace
Don Greenwood Jr.
Jack Mills

Diseño de vestuario por
Walter Plunkett
Ron Talsky		(uncredited)

Departamento de maquillaje
Sydney Guilaroff	....	hair stylist
William Tuttle	....	makeup designer
Jay Sebring	....	hair designer: Henry Fonda/George Peppard (uncredited)

Dirección de producción
Thomas Conroy	....	production supervisor: Cinerama

Ayudante de dirección
George Marshall Jr.	....	assistant director
William McGarry	....	assistant director
Robert Saunders	....	assistant director
William Shanks	....	assistant director
Wingate Smith	....	assistant director
Richard Talmadge	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Franklin Milton	....	recording supervisor
Van Allen James	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Bob Overbeck	....	special effects crew (uncredited)

Visual Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie	....	special visual effects
Robert R. Hoag	....	special visual effects

Especialistas
May Boss	....	stunts (uncredited)
Polly Burson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Frank Cordell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Everett Creach	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth	....	stunts (uncredited)
Sol Gorss	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Graham	....	stunts (uncredited)
Johnny Hagner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Donna Hall	....	stunt double: Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward	....	stunts (uncredited)
Charles Horvath	....	stunts (uncredited)
Loren Janes	....	stunt double: Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)
Loren Janes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Roy Jenson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Leroy Johnson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Juaregui	....	stunts (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ted Mapes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Troy Melton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Louise Montana	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Morgan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Hal Needham	....	stunts (uncredited)
Harvey Parry	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gil Perkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Carl Pitti	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rusty Richards	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson	....	stunt double: John Wayne (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Victor Romito	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ronnie Rondell Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Danny Sands	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dean Smith	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Talmadge	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Bob Terhune	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ken Terrell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Autry Ward	....	stunts (uncredited)
Troy Ward	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams	....	stunts (uncredited)
Henry Wills	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack N. Young	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Yrigoyen	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Harold E. Wellman	....	photographer: second unit
Bill Johnson	....	camera operator (uncredited)
James V. King	....	camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
Owen Marsh	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Owen Marsh	....	video technician (uncredited)
Pete G. Papanickolas	....	grip (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Robert Fuca	....	assistant set costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Charles K. Hagedon	....	color consultant
Mike Henry	....	negative cutter (uncredited)

Music Department
Ken Darby	....	associate composer
Robert Emmett Dolan	....	music coordinator
Bob Bain	....	musician: guitar (uncredited)
Carl Fortina	....	musician: concertina (uncredited)
Tommy Morgan	....	musician: harmonica (uncredited)
Alfred Newman	....	conductor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents)
• Cinerama (presents)

Distributors

• Cinerama Releasing Corporation (1962) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Cinerama Filmgesellschaft MBH (1963) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1963) (USA) (theatrical) (CinemaScope version)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1971) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM (1962) (France) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS) (widescreen)
• Neue Visionen Filmverleih (????) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Turner Pictures (I)
• Warner Home Video (1992) (Germany) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Officials of the State of South Dakota  deep appreciation
• U.S. Forest Service  deep appreciation (as United States Forest Service)
• The United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation  deep appreciation (as Bureau of Reclamation)

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Duración:

162 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English | Arapaho

Color:

Color (Technicolor) (credited as Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

4-Track Stereo (35 mm prints) | Cinerama 7-Track (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

USA:Approved (certificate #20143) | USA:G (re-rating) (1970) | West Germany:12 (f) | Portugal:M/12 | Canada:G | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:K-16 | Norway:12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) (cut) | UK:PG (video re-rating) (1995) (uncut) | UK:U (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

Due to the detail that would have been shown via the Cinerama process, the costumes had to be sewn by hand, rather than with a sewing machine, as they would have been during the time periods depicted in the movie.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Tire tracks in the scene where the Indians attack the wagon train.

Quotes:

Narrator: [speaking about the Civil War] After Shiloh, the South never smiled.

Movie Connections:

Edited from Raintree County (1957)

Soundtrack:

Raise a Ruckus

HTWWW at the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles

It was a good payoff; the print was as perfect as could be expected and the Pacific Cinerama theater is in top form. Seating was fine (it's reserved, so you know ahead where you'll be. Because you're looking at three separate 35mm projections, the sum total of the three result in a very large, clear and bright picture, just as good as a 70mm film, and perhaps better in some respects. The prints were vivid and sharp.

At the Dome, a theater executive came out to discuss the film and the theater history with the audience just prior to the start of the picture; he spoke for 10-15 minutes discussing the pros and cons of the process, why it wasn't practical to continue making films this way etc. One of the plus aspects is that with the small lenses they used, the focus was fixed and any object from 2 ft to infinity was always in focus (therefore, all the scenery was sharp except for certain single-camera and process shots). One of the downside aspects is that extreme closeups are not possible in Cinerama, and he said that the directors hated that. Then he tells inside trivia about the film, how it includes about a minute of footage from two other films (one was The Alamo) because the scenes fit perfectly in the storyline. He also mentioned that back in the 1960's it took 5 people to run the show: three projectors, the 35mm sound projector and one master projectionist - total of 5. The gentleman said that today, with all the modern technological improvements, they were now able to produce the identical result -- with just 5 projectionists! In other words, nothing had changed. Another reason the process could not survive. Got a big laugh. He then introduced each projectionist to the audience.

Anyway, the whole thing came off without a hitch and I had forgotten much of the film's vivid details and incredible scenery, so it was very much like seeing it for the first time. I had not seen it in Cinerama ever, and when I did see a blended 35mm print in a local Edwards theater back in '64, it was somewhat of a disappointment. The magnetic 6-track sound was on still another 35mm film strip, so 4 separate strips are actually required to comprise the presentation). The sound was fine - clear and sharp - with lots of separation in the six channels, but it was not as boomy as the sound we hear in today's pics. For anyone interested in what it might have been like to see a state-of-the-art presentation in the early 1960's, this presents a magnificent opportunity, and the film is a trip. --- DFR