Posts from chester7777 in thread „The Big Trail (1930)“

dc65,

Thanks for the update! I had forgotten about this release, but it sounds VERY enticing!

Have you had a chance to watch any of the extras yet?

Hondo, did you get yourself a birthday present . . . a la The Big Trail?

Chester

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I was completely blown away and it was a treat. The Big Trail has announced the Big Release on May 13, 2008.

And just in time for your birthday, too !

Sounds like one to add to the collection, to be sure.

Chester

THANKS, Lt. B, for sharing all the goodies that will come with the new DVD offering later this year! LOTS of goodies - that'll make the Mrs. happy, she really likes the extras offered on DVD.

Chester

ejgreen,

THANKS for the heads up!

Chester

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Originally posted by dc65@Oct 1 2006, 07:58 PM
Just watched the big trail on dvd and I thought it was fantastic. It's hard to believe that it was such a failure at the time that it set the duke's career back almost ten years.

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dc65,

In one of the posts quoted by Keith above, by Arthur in December of 2005, Arthur explains why the film didn't do well -

The reason the film was not the success it should have been was the format. The super 70 was in place in only a few cinemas throughout the United States and owners were not prepared to accommodate the film by putting the special screens in. Later as Cinemscope the new innovation became popular fifty years after its initial failure. At the same time Able Gance was encountering the same difficulties with His Napolean which was shown on three screens (the forerunner to Cinerama).

We, too, have watched and enjoyed this film. Duke's relative inexperience acting makes it a little special. It is a decent story line, and an interesting little part of cinematic history.

Chester