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Pale Rider
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: EASTWOOD,CLINT
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
EAN: 9780790733050
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6304698682
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 085391147527
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 19, 1997
Running Time: 116 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 28, 1985
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Editorial Review:
After a nine-year break from the genre that made him an international star (the Western just before this one was The Outlaw Josey Wales, from 1976), Clint Eastwood returned in this gritty Western, crafted in the tradition of Shane and High Noon. Eastwood directed and stars as the nameless stranger known only as "Preacher," because he rides into a beleaguered mining town wearing a clerical collar. He's either an agent of death or an angel of mercy, and the echoes of Shane ring loud and clear when he comes to the aid of independent miners who are being terrorized by a local tycoon (Richard Dysart) and his ruthless band of hired guns. Befriended by a miner (Michael Moriarty) and idolized by the miner's wife and daughter (played by Carrie Snodgress and Sydney Penny, respectively), the "Pale Rider" sparks the defiant spirit of the underdog miners and takes after the bad guys with single-minded purpose. Digital video disc offers standard and widescreen formats and a remastered soundtrack. --Jeff Shannon
One man stands up to the corporate mining boss who is out to kill all of the independent miners in gold rush California.
Genre: Westerns
Rating: R
Release Date: 2-SEP-2003
Media Type: DVD
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Coolest Clint Eastwood Ever.
Not very original (Clint got some ideas from previous westerns) but probably the coolest Clint Eastwood western of all time. Although "Unforgiven" was more realistic and "The Outlaw Josie Wales" had a better story, this one is cooler. The "Preacher" was also a better character than "The Stranger" from "High Plains Drifter." They should definitely put this one on HD DVD or Blu-ray.
Rating: - Good vs. Evil, with a twist!
Let's face it, nearly all Westerns are morality plays about good vs. evil, you know, the "good guys" verses the "bad guys." The challenge for film makers is how to package this morality play in a new, refreshing, and interesting way. Pale Rider succeeds in doing this in several ways. First, the scenery and cinematography are stunning--the American West has spectacular vistas, and this movie takes full advantage (check the credits for site locations, you may want to visit them someday). Secondly, ... Read More
Rating: - A somewhat mystic Western with a refreshingly positive story
Hull Barret (Michael Morairty) is the defacto leader of a group of pan miners dreaming of finding their big nuggets of gold on their tiny stakes. But the powerful Coy LaHood (Richard Dysart) wants to run them off their claims so he can seize them and use his powerful hydraulic mining techniques to get at the gold he is sure is there. His son, Josh (Christopher Penn), runs the day to day operations and uses some of his workers to harass and injure the pan miners so they will give up and move away. ... Read More
Rating: - Pale Rider
This is an excellent movie, one of Clint's best westerns. The packaging was good, and a quality dvd.
Rating: - Adult, Mischevious, Camp, Classic American Western
I'm tempted to give this paralell-universe "Shane" five stars if only for hired-gun Stockburn's infamous deputies. Six silent men in pale dusters, who throughout never utter a peep, never talk among themselves, never smile, never scowl, never even blink -- it is absolutly classic American Western filmmaking. You laughed at WB Cartoons' spoofs of such melodramatic Wild West moments if you're old enough to remember those.
So it's campy, but in a great way. In Westerns, Clint Eastwood is a ... Read More
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