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Big Country (1958)
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0027616091734
Format: NTSC
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language),
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: July 07, 1994
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: October 01, 1958
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Editorial Review:
William Wyler directed this epic Western, about the clash of East and West, intellect and action. Gregory Peck stars as a sea captain who moves way out West to marry Carroll Baker and become part of the ranch owned by her father (Charles Bickford). But he discovers that daddy's top hand (Charlton Heston) carries a torch for Baker and doesn't particularly like Peck stepping into his place. Peck also finds himself caught in the midst of a power struggle between Bickford and his surly neighbor, Burl Ives (and his reprehensibly bullying son, Chuck Connors). This long, sprawling tale works because its characters are played by movie stars who know how to command the big screen in a big story. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - My purchase of Big Country
The Movie, The Big Country, one of my all time favorites, The price was Great and I received it much sooner than I had expected.
Thanks, Carolyn
Rating: - One of the best in the westerm genre.
With as title like this, you would expect a big cast of big actors, and this film delivers. It gets center stage in my DVD cabinet, as one of my favorite westerns, and near the top of my alltime favorite movies.
Rating: - A terrific story and a great family film.
This is a terrific movie and is a fabulous family film. Almost all of the left-wing allegory of the Cold War that William Wyler et al intended in the film is lost to history and will only be noticed by those looking for it. The cast is so fabulous that Charlton Heston is a secondary star in this film. He plays Steve Leech, the foreman of the Terrill Ranch and was raised there since a boy by Major Terrill (played by Charles Bickford).
Gregory Peck plays James McKay, a ship's captain ... Read More
Rating: - All of the Ingredients for Greatness!
Since the film's plot and cast have been wonderfully discussed here through previous evaluations, I will not belabor the process again.
This wonderful film has all of the ingredients for the perfect movie! In terms of "epic," it would have been cinematic sacrilege to have filmed the tale in anything less then Cinemascope. The actors for all roles were perfectly fitted to what they portrayed, and I have rarely seen, for example, a more deserved Oscar for Best Supporting Actor than Burl ... Read More
Rating: - Yes, it is a BIG COUNTRY
I have always loved this movie and the quality of this DVD is great. Very enjoyable.
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