The Big Country with Gregory Peck: DVD Cover

    The Big Country Director: William Wyler Cast: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston

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    • DVD Release Date: 03/20/2001
    • Original Release: 1958
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 5,794

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    Original theatrical trailer; English: mono; French: mono; French and Spanish subtitles

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    Scene Index

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    0. Scene Selections
    1. Logo/Main Title [3:06]
    2. New Husband In Town [5:30]
    3. The Hannassey Trash [8:20]
    4. Courtin' Julie [3:14]
    5. Pistols And Coffee [18:33]
    6. Taming Old Thunder [12:26]
    7. Dog-Eat-Dog Society [18:42]
    8. Schoolmarm Property [13:30]
    9. The Rules Of Honor [2:04]
    10. Like Cattle To Water [13:42]
    11. The Truth About Jim [4:41]
    12. It's Over [6:31]
    13. For Love Of The Dowry [8:34]
    14. A War Of Old Men [11:21]
    15. Gentleman's Duel [20:25]
    16. The Mousetrap [6:29]

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    Editorial Reviews

    In The Big Country Gregory Peck plays a seafaring man who heads west to marry Carroll Baker, the daughter of rancher Charles Bickford. Bickford is currently embroiled in a water-rights feud with covetous Burl Ives, so both he and his daughter are hoping that Peck can take care of himself. But Peck, who doesn't belief in fisticuffs, appears to be a coward, especially when challenged by Bickford's cocksure foreman Charlton Heston. The far-from-cowardly Peck decides to distance himself from the machismo overload at the Bickford spread, settling for a romance with headstrong schoolmarm Jean Simmons, whose water-rich lands are being fought over by the two warring ranchers. When Jean is kidnapped by Ives' no-good son Chuck Connors, Peck decides to take action. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    Big Countryby Anonymous

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    February 03, 2006: I first saw this film as an eleven-year-old in a glamorous old-fashioned movie theatre. In the nearly 50 years since then, it has remained with me as an archetype of the classic Hollywood western: broad-shouldered, strutting, macho, violent, sentimental. Gregory Peck is perfect as the Eastern dude who is uncomfortable with the "code of the West", and Burl Ives' performance as a stern patriarch is Oscar-worthy, while Charlton Heston is ... well, Charlton Heston. Female leads Carroll Baker and Jean Simmons are contrasting frontier gals. The cinematography is magnificent, and everything is tied together by one of the greatest musical scores in any Western. From its soul-stirring opening sequence to rugged duels to a climactic shootout, The Big Country delivers a truly memorable motion picture experience.

    Big Countryby Anonymous

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    January 19, 2004: 'The Big Country' may be a B movie overdressed as an A with a Hatfield/McCoy rehash for a plot, but it's directed by spectacle king William Wyler, has solid star power, and is blessed with a truly memorable performance by Burl Ives as ironbound patriarch Rufus Hannassey. Chuck Connors never had a better role than no-good son Buck Hannassey---his leers and sneers are so villainous we wait for the piano music. Look for Alphonse (steenking batches) Bedoya in a nice minor role as a ranch hand to the elitist Terrell family. The scene where Terrell foreman Steve (Heston) yanks on his pants before his fight with McKay (Peck) must have inspired many a leg burn and pratfall by adolescent imitators after the movie came out. Like 'Magnificent Seven', the theme song is classic Big Western (and was adapted perfectly by the band Yes in the 70s).


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