Northwest Passage Digital Life VHS

Northwest Passage
starring: Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Ruth Hussey, Nat Pendleton
directed by: W.S. Van Dyke, King Vidor

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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301973243
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6301973240
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: June 22, 1994
Running Time: 127 minutes
Sales Rank: 1241
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: February 23, 1940

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Amazon.com:
One is compelled to say, in these Politically Correct times, that Northwest Passage takes a distinctly 'unenlightened' view of the 18th-century American colonists' Indian neighbors. Then again, everything about the world portrayed in this early-Technicolor production is harsh: the repressive policies of the Crown-backed Boston magistrates, the expectations Maj. Robert Rogers (Spencer Tracy) has for his guerrilla warrior band, the bloodthirsty war-making by the Abenagi Indians (reciprocated in kind by the colonials), the ferocity of flood-swollen wilderness rivers, and the breathtaking, unforgiving vastness of the virgin forest in which, surrounded by beauty, Rogers's Rangers very nearly starve to death. As an action film, Northwest Passage peaks early with a predawn, retaliatory raid on an Indian village--horrific choreography by the master filmmaker who made The Big Parade. But the grim march back from this mission is too harrowing to call anticlimactic. Robert Young and Walter Brennan costar. --Richard T. Jameson

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- the northwest passage
This film is still not on dvd, and it should be. This movie is really a guilty preasure, in that, it is all the things a movie should not be. Historically inacurrate, and all Hollywood from the get go. But, that was the way it was until audiances became too sufficiated for bad directing. Despite all that, I love this movie, because of those reasons. The truth would only paint Tracys character much differently, and we might end up hating the hero more then the indians. There are many lines in this film that are memorable. My favorite is when Tracy says "If she gives you any trouble, stick her in the rump with a bannoet." My second favorite line was so laughable I still laugh as I'm about to write it. After the indian maccacre is over Tracy is trying on the local foot wear and in an angry fit says, "Dont any of these indians have man size feet"? In case any of you don't get the connection, maybe you noticed ... Read More

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- DVD?
This is a great action movie! Why has it not been issued in DVD format? With as much junk that is being re-issued now, a movie of this caliber should be a no-brainer! Great story and cast.

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- Northwest Passage - The Movie's Version.
I first saw this picture when I was 10 or 11 years old (shortly after it was released). I thought it was great. I had not, at that time, read Kenneth Roberts' book, so I didn't realize how much they had changed it in order to make the movie. After reading the book (shortly after seeing the movie), I enjoyed the book even more. Re-seeing the movie at intervals through the years I have not felt that it was diminished by the changes made for the movie.
My "DVD and Movie Guide" (Martin and Porter) rates it three-and-a-half stars, but I feel it is better than that. The combination of the book and the movie led me, in later years to travel through some of the country covered in movie and the first half of the book. If you've already read the book, don't expect the movie to follow it; accept it as just an adventure. Remember, adventure is usually someone having a very hard time of it, a long way away from home. ... Read More

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- A great gritty movie!
This is a highly realistic, action packed film that delivers. Tracy is great, Walter Brennan is terricif and Robert Young was never better. The action is superb, the cinematography excellent and the story compelling. A must see gem!

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