| |  | Directors: Raoul Walsh, Louis R. Loeffler
Actors: John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall, Tyrone Power Sr.
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Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 162437
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Media: VHS Tape
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 4.7 x 1.2
EAN: 5013037728538
ASIN: B00004CKFK
Theatrical Release Date: November 1, 1930
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The Big Trail : The edited version September 6, 2003
Zack (WV, USA)
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
I don't know why Fox Video cut close to twenty minutes off this film for DVD. Most VCR prints of this movie run a 125min long. Plus it's only shown in full screen format. This was one of the first widescreen movies ever filmed. I'm surprised they didn't release it in it's widescreen format. Although with all this missing from the dvd the Big Trail is still a great movie to watch. This was John Wayne's first starring role as the lead character and he gives it his best. Wayne plays a scout leading settlers to there new homeland. On his Journey Wayne tries to win the heart of a young woman who wants nothing to do with him at first. But that changes when he goes on the search for the men that killed a friend of his. A great movie that deserved a better DVD. In the furture I would like to see The Big Trail in it's original widescreen format with restored footage. I heard that the film was up to 154min long. It would be great to get to see that cut of the movie if it still exsits.
 Wrong Aspect Ratio May 22, 2003
Steve Latshaw (Chatsworth, California USA)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Contrary to other reviews, the widescreen version of this film is the one to have and I am stunned that 20th Century Fox didn't release it on DVD. The original 70mm Fox Grandeur Version of this film was restored by UCLA and aired on AMC, letterboxed, at an aspect ratio of approximately 2:1. This was the original aperture/original image size - the widescreen version of the film was not a matted version of the full screen as stated on this review page. In fact, simultaneous versions of the film were shot in both aspect ratios. While I appreciate the release of this timeless classic, I am very disappointed at the presentation. As the first American sound epic shot widescreen, it deserved better treatment. Very sad.
Please, Fox, give us your best! September 10, 2006
Robert B. Cushman (Cedar Crest, NM United States)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
"The Big Trail" and "The Quiet Man" are clearly the two best of John Wayne's films. Fox has relegated "The Big Trail" to the trash heap . . . considering "old" to be worthless. Should the folks at Fox figure out the "pure gold" that they have, they would put this classic on DVD in its entire original format, with the ENTIRE CLOSING MUSIC, without dropping a single frame of the original. I, for one, would purchase a few of a complete DVD, should Fox "figure it out" and step up to their responsibilities. Fox, that film is not improving with age. It's time you get busy and save this masterpiece before it's too late. If you wish, you could even add a second DVD as a bonus (at extra price) giving a history of the making of the movie . . . whatever. Thousands of us will pay the price. You have a diamond in your hands, and are treating it like a "rhinestone".
What a dissapointment. May 28, 2003
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is one of the very first widescreen films ever made. To be forced to see it in pan and scan is a real drag. I already have it on VHS so this DVD is a major dissapointment. Boycott this disc until Fox gets wise and offers a widescreen version. Give us the historic widescreen version.
 Where's the 'full-length - Widescreen' version May 25, 2005
'Space Captain' (Victoria, B. C. Canada)
11 out of 19 found this review helpful
I bought a VHS copy , a few years ago and I anticipated the DVD enthusiastically. The tape had a featurette that contained some of the'Grandeur' footage so I thought tat the DVD would be in Widescreen Aspect. i was extremely disappointed that the 70mm. print( 2.20:1 ) had not been used for the transfer. For that reason it only ranked 3 stars.I understand that the 70mm. version also runs 158 min. So why the edited 1.33:1 version?
Edd
iegolden@shaw.ca
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