Everything was great with purchasing & receiving dvd thank you
The DVD was in perfect condition. I was very happy with my purchase and found it playedvery well
Online delivery was excellent, however the movie quality was very low,360p or less.
Great DVD as expected !
Ich bin sehr froh, diesen Filmgefunden zu haben.In Deutschland bekam ich ihn nirgendwo.
Dvd is in excellent condition unfortunately I only received one and I paid for 2 . The package said 2 but only one DVD was included
I am thrilled to have gotten this movie very efficient fast service from this company. This movie is probably one of the closest to my hearts and my three sisters.Thank you so very much!
Received the DVD in good condition, and the quality of the movie was good! Will purchase more rare title movies in the future.
Difficult to find, worked great and priced right.
Great movie, have tried for a while to get a copy at a reasonable price
While war raged in England, expatriates in Kenya pursued a decadent lifestyle based on sex and booze. The ultimate outcome for the most aggressive player in this game was unexpected and completely shocking to the colonial swingers.
I had recorded the movie on to VHS when it was on tv many years ago then later to DVD from my VHS when the technology became available. The VHS recording was not that good so I appreciate the opportunity to purchase an excellent copy on DVD.
I am giving one star because I never received the DVD!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great seller. Stumbled upon them by accident. Will steer away from ebay and more towards Rare and Collectible. Top shelf seller.
As far as the series goes. simply astounding. In the top three "westerns" I have ever seen. It will take you a bit to believe who you are seeing is Jeff Daniels. I can't recommend the series enough.
Bought the item 14 days ago and I’m still waiting for it to arrive. Email the company and still no reply
Not happy at all with the purchase
Fantastic quality and great prices!
So happy we found this website for old movies. Arrived in good shape and good time and we are enjoying them. Will probably order more!
I did not receive conformation of my order, tracking information or even an estimated date of delivery. The only information I received was an e-mail stating the order had been shipped about ten days after I placed the order, and this notification came a couple days after I had gone back to the site to see if I could get any information.. Lastly, I recall this being advertised as as new. It came in a hand made jacket.
I had an old VHS recording of the movie from the 1980s on TV. I was looking for a better quality version. Although this purchased version is better than what I had, it was only a little better. It was not the crisp DVD quality that I was hoping for. It appears to be VHS quality instead. It’s still my favorite Christmas movie.
Great movie
After a brief prologue made up of film clips of Wayne in his career prime, we meet his cinematic alter ego, John Bernard Books, an aging gunfighter who rides into Carson City, Nevada in the early 1900’s looking for Doc Hostetler (James Stewart), the old sawbones who once saved his life and apparently the only man he trusts. It seems the old guy has prostate cancer and only a few weeks to live, and as Hostetler tells him, it will not be a pleasant death. Books, with no where else to go, checks into Bond Rogers’ (Lauren Bacall) boarding house to live out his final days in peace under the alias “William Hickok.” When Bond’s delinquent son Gillom (Ron Howard, in a nice change-of-pace performance and his last major film appearance before becoming a director) informs her of his true identity, she tries to throw him out but relents when she finds out his condition and agrees to help him die in peace.
Unfortunately, things don’t go as planned as everyone from the town mortician (John Carradine) to an old girlfriend (Sheree North) to a newspaper editor (Richard Lenz) try to take advantage of his situation and turn a fast buck. And then there are several lowlifes (Richard Boone, Hugh O’Brien, Bill McKinney, etc.) who want to seal their reputations by taking him out. Since it’s obvious that no one will leave him alone in his final days, and since he grows fond (to put it mildly) of both Bond and Gillom and wishes them no harm, Books decides to go out in style and on his own terms, and to take a few scumbags along with him.
“The Shootist” is one of those rare films that seems to have gotten better with age. It wasn’t particularly successful with critics or audiences at the time, as they were apparently put off by its leisurely pace and relative lack of action. Typical of the reaction was a TV guide critic (who shall remain nameless), who once derided it and its stars as coming across as “relics of the old West.” (Wasn’t that the point?) However, it is now pretty much considered a classic, and rightfully so, especially when viewed next to some of the lesser films of Wayne’s 1970’s period (“Cahill,” “Rooster Cogburn,” “The Cowboys”). In fact, it is now hard to believe that Wayne was not nominated for an Oscar here, as Books is clearly one of the best performances of his career and definitely eclipses his extravagantly praised, Oscar-winning mugging in “True Grit.” Indeed, “The Shootist” deserves to stand alongside Clint Eastwood’s “The Outlaw Josey Wales” and Oscar-winning “Unforgiven” as the last three great Westerns in cinema history. Everything about it is immaculate–the sets, the costumes, the supporting cast (including Harry Morgan in a terrific cameo as an unsympathetic sheriff who tells Books, “What I put on your grave won’t pass for roses.”), the script, and the chemistry between Wayne and Bacall, teaming up for the first time since “Blood Alley.” And everything is held together by old pro director Donald Siegel who, aside from the late Hal Ashby, may very well be the most underappreciated director in cinema history.
But “The Shootist” is John Wayne’s film all the way. He is simply sensational, and BRAVE, since he apparently knew at the time his cancer was back and that this would probably be his last film. It’s not every film legend who gets to end his/her career on a high note, but Wayne did just that. I just hope he knew it before his death barely three years later.