Friendly Persuasion with Gary Cooper: DVD Cover

    Friendly Persuasion Director: William Wyler Cast: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Marjorie Main

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    • DVD Release Date: 12/05/2000
    • Original Release: 1956
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 6,664

    Viewer Rating: (3 ratings)

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    Behind-the-scenes documentary segment from the 1955 NBC-TV series "Wide Wide World"; Interactive menus; Production notes; Theatrical trailer; Scene access; Subtitles: English & Français

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    0. Scene Selections
    1. Embroidered Credits [1:57]
    2. The Goose and I [2:54]
    3. Mattie and Josh [2:34]
    4. Thy Directions [2:25]
    5. The Ride to Meeting [6:37]
    6. Two Houses of God [2:39]
    7. God Is Love [1:59]
    8. Major Harvey's Entreaty [6:08]
    9. Gard Comes Calling [3:33]
    10. Jennings County Fair [3:43]
    11. Forgetting Themselves [5:47]
    12. An Altercation [4:16]
    13. On the Road [2:40]
    14. The Ladies Hudspeth [5:28]
    15. Horse Trading [3:13]
    16. Marry Me, Marry Me [3:42]
    17. Eliza or the Organ [3:38]
    18. Sam's Timely Visit [4:09]
    19. A Night Out [2:39]
    20. Godspeed [4:20]
    21. The Race to Meeting [4:37]
    22. Vocal Prayer [8:43]
    23. Silent Prayer [3:00]
    24. Hard Not to Be Clumsy [4:54]
    25. Farewell to Gard [4:57]
    26. Not His Conscience [3:23]
    27. Prayer and a Choice [5:03]
    28. Readying for Battle [2:53]
    29. A Better Way of Settling Things [3:02]
    30. Enemy in His Sights [4:24]
    31. Rifle in Hand [3:19]
    32. Welcoming the Raiders [1:46]
    33. Defending Samantha [2:20]
    34. A Friend's Death [2:26]
    35. "I'll not harm thee" [2:43]
    36. A Survivor [2:03]
    37. Veterans Off to Meeting [3:25]

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    Adapted from the best-selling novel by Jessamyn West, Friendly Persuasion is set in Southern Indiana in the early days of the Civil War. Gary Cooper plays Jess Birdwell, patriarch of a Quaker family which does not believe in warfare. Birdwell's son Josh (Anthony Perkins) wishes to adhere to his family's pacifism, but is afraid that if he doesn't sign up for military service, he'll prove to be a coward. Josh joins the Home Guard, which disturbs his mother Eliza (Dorothy McGuire). But Jess Birdwell realizes that his son must follow the dictates of his own conscience. Josh proves his courage to himself when he is wounded during a Rebel raid, while the elder Birdwell is able to stay faithful to his religious calling by not killing a Southern soldier when given both a chance and a good reason to do so. Allegedly, writer Jessamyn West nearly scotched her deal with producer/director William Wyler and distributor Allied Artists when Gary Cooper, taking his fans into consideration, insisted upon including a scene in which he forsakes his pacifism and takes arms against the Rebels. If true, then wiser heads prevailed, since no such scene exists in the final release print. Though uncredited due to his status as a blacklistee, Michael Wilson wrote the screenplay for Friendly Persuasion--and even won an Oscar nomination. Also nominated was the film's chart-busting theme song, "Thee I Love" (by Dmitri Tiomkin and Paul Francis Webster). The story was remade as a 2-hour TV pilot film in 1975. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    August 25, 2002: Friendly Persuasion has always been one of my favorites. I have had a VHS version for sometime and play it every other year or so, I don't want to ware it out. The movie is filled with humor, romance, adventure and is a sure hit with any member of the family. The DVD version is, as far as I can tell, an unabridged version of the original and it is in wide screen. The video quality is outstanding, even on my older 27 inch reciever. Unfortunately, the sound tract is botched! The sound wavers like the film can't get up to steady speed. The voice dialog does not seem to be affected, however, Pat Boone's golden redition of Friendly Persuasion is definately a disaster. Other parts of the musical score exhibit the same problem. If the sound track was right, I would give two more stars to this DVD's rating.