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| Director: John Sturges
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin, Donald Pleasence
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
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Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 13959
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 165 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0792836537
UPC: 027616639233
EAN: 9780792836537
ASIN: 0792836537
Theatrical Release Date: June 23, 1965
Release Date: September 1, 1998
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Condition: BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED!!!
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 A DVD MGM cannot be proud of! March 29, 2001
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
What a bad looking DVD! I completely agree with the two negative reviewers. MGM has used exactly the same transfer as for the TEN year old Laser Disc; not one of the millions of white speckles has been erased! This time they even forgot to put in the still frame during the overture! It's really boring to look at a black screen - in the old days we could watch a nicely lit curtain at least. On the Laser Disc the aspect ratio was not correct, and this DVD is just as misframed. "The Hallelujah Trail" was shot in ULTRA Panavision (anamorphic 70 mm), which means that the aspect ratio should be 2.75:1, just as the newly released DVD's of "Ben-Hur" and "the Greatest Story Ever Told". In other words: lots of picture information is still missing on the sides. Actually the only improvements on the DVD are slightly better sharpness and less chroma noise, which is to be expected from all DVD's. I'm very grateful to MGM for releasing such a lot of old classics these days, but if the results will look like this dud, they better slow down their output and rather concentrate on careful quality control. Please give us a new "Hallelujah Trail"! It's not a masterpiece, but it deserves far better than this!
 Janelso April 21, 2003
Jeffrey A Nelson (Kenmore, WA USA)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
A great movie, and a classic comedy. I saw this in the theaters when it was new, enjoyed it then and now. My only complaint is that the the the picture quality is extremely bad, with obvious pixilation. When the camera pans the picture is nearly unwatchable. Diagonal lines turn into stair stepped pixels that remind me of old DOS computer graphics. This is the worst example of DVD movies that I have ever seen.
WILDEST WESTERN PARODY OF ALLTIME!!!! December 11, 2003
MUSICPOET (SOUTH WINDSOR, CT.)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
THE WILDEST ROLLICKING WESTERN OF ALL TIMES! THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL is a gem! Like MCLINTOCK! it's full of surprizes!!!! Everything from THE CALVARY, DRUNKEN INDIANS, TEMPERANCE MARCHERS, THIRSTY CITIZENS, A WAGONTRAIN OF WHISKEY, and a climax of QUICKSAND!!!! This motion picture has evrything!!!!
THE WEST REALLY BECAME FUN!!!! I enjoy the great cast of BURT LANCHASTER, LEE REMICK, BRIAN KEITH, DONALD PLEASANCE, JIM HUTTON, PAMELA TIFFON, ROBERT J. WILKES, MARTIN LANDAU, JOHN ANDERSON, and DUB TAYLOR add their own special humor to this motion picture classic!!!! The funniest scenes are THE BATTLE OF WHISKEY HILLS (the shootout in the sandstorm), THE WILD CHASE LEADING TO QUICKSAND BOTTOMS (the drunken indian pursuit, leading a switch of the western classics, where the calvary attacks the indians), and finally THE DISASTER AT QUICKSAND BOTTOMS (where the wagons sink in the quicksand!) The action is high octane madcap comedy all the way! JOHN DEHNER delivers the delightful narration, even when the winter turns out to be the warmest and driest on record. This is indeed a JOHN STURGES classic! ELMER BERNSTEIN delivers a top notch music score, that include an memorable music piece during the sinking of wagons in the quicksand! The effects of all the wagons going down together in QUICKSAND BOTTOMS is unmistakably eyecatching!THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL will always be a classic to watch again and again!
 Great satire on negotiating ! July 14, 2005
sedonaman (Sedona, AZ United States)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
The story is great satire on the negotiation process. Burt Lancaster is thrown in the role of trying to bring a concensus between 1) a bunch of boozing miners, including an "oracle", 2) a group of prohibitionist women led by Lee Remick who lost three husbands to alcohol, 3) a businessman trying to ship a wagon train of whiskey, 4) the striking teamster union drivers for the wagons, 5) a tribe of Indians, one of whom is a "symbol of good faith," who want a share of the cargo. The situation becomes the hilarious bane of Lancaster's existence.
BIG, BIG WESTERN, BIG, BIG COMEDY! March 7, 2006
LP45CDwoman (Virginia Beach, VA United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I first saw this great comedy in our local Cinerama theatre in Denver, Colorado in its first release. Our whole family roared and have enjoyed catching HALLELUJAH TRAIL whenever it pops up on TV, which hasn't been too often. It pretty much disappeared over the last 40 years, so it's wonderful that it's been released in all its glorious widescreen panorama on DVD. No extras except the trailer, but this is the only way you'll get to enjoy John Sturges' fine film letterboxed, so pick 'er up! The cinematography (by Bruce Surtees) is gorgeous, making full use of the location filming and expansive skies. The cast throw themselves into their parts with broad gusto, and Burt Lancaster even gets the chance to rib his own image with those fabulous teeth. Brian Keith makes sure we all remember that he is a taxpayer and a good Republican, Lee Remick does a pretty fair drunk act when it comes time, Donald Pleasance as Oracle Jones goes wide-eyed whenever the proper amount of strong whiskey prompts a vision (NOW I SEE IT!), Jim Hutton gets to wrestle with Pamela Tiffin, and Martin Landau gets huge laughs with very few lines as Walks-Stooped-Over (his expressive face gets to do most of the talking). Stalwart character actors like Dub Taylor and John Dehner (the narrator) fill in the rest of the cast, making this a joy from start to finish. Now, be advised: this is not your frenetic slam-bang speed-edited comedy. HALLELUJAH TRAIL plays out its story at a deliberate, almost leisurely pace. It knows that the laughs are there; Sturges (GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, MAROONED, ICE STATION ZEBRA, THE EAGLE HAS LANDED) allows the story to unfold naturally. This was, unfortunately, his only comedy, but he does a fine job. Pop some corn, grab a big soft drink (or maybe something stronger--it's going to be a hard winter in Denver) and laugh along with THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL!
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