{"id":13474,"date":"2016-10-10T12:43:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T19:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=13474"},"modified":"2016-11-15T12:58:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T20:58:31","slug":"review-johnnyguitar-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/10\/review-johnnyguitar-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Johnny Guitar BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Nicholas Ray\u2019s Johnny Guitar<\/em><\/strong> is a well written western-thriller film that features a powerhouse and spunky performance from Joan Crawford. The Blu-ray released by Olive Film\u2019s new Signature line offers great video, good audio and a solid selection of bonus material.<\/p>\n

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Johnny Guitar<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Western
\nOlive Films | NR \u2013 110 min. \u2013 $39.95 | September 20, 2016<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 10\/10\/2016 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Nicholas Ray
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Roy Chanslor (novel); Philip Yordan (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Featurettes, Theatrical Trailer
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 1.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.66
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>45.5 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
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PLOT SYNOPSIS
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Vienna (JOAN CRAWFORD) is a saloon owner with a sordid past. Persecuted by the townspeople, Vienna must protect her life and property when a lynch mob led by her sexually repressed rival, Emma Small (MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE), attempts to frame her for a string of robberies she did not commit. Enter Johnny Guitar (STERLING HAYDEN), a guitar-strumming ex-gunfighter, who once was \u2014 and perhaps still is \u2014 in love with Vienna.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This is the latest release of Olive\u2019s Signature collection. The clear Blu-ray case side-slides into a matted slip cover<\/strong> and inside is 6-page a essay and picture booklet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Introduction by Martin Scorsese (3:28; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 In this old intro (probably from the 1990s), the legendary filmmaker offers his views of Johnny Guitar<\/em><\/strong> and its director.<\/p>\n

Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Film Critic Geoff Andrew<\/p>\n

Johnny Guitar<\/u><\/em><\/strong>: A Western Like No Other (17:29; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Critics Miriam Bale, Kent Jones and B. Ruby Rich discuss the various elements of the film.<\/p>\n

Johnny Guitar: <\/u><\/em><\/strong>A Feminist Western? (14:33; HD)<\/u><\/strong> has the same group analyzing the movie and the female roles.<\/p>\n

Tell Us She Was One of You: The Blacklist History of Johnny Guitar<\/em> (10:23; HD)<\/u><\/strong> features interviews with Film Historian Larry Ceplair and Screenwriter Walter Bernstein.<\/p>\n

Free Republic: Herbert J. Yates and the Story of Republic Pictures (6:01; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Archivist Marc Wanamaker discuss the history of the studio.<\/p>\n

My Friend, the American Friend (11:07; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Memories of Nicholas Ray with Tom Farrell Chris Seivernich.<\/p>\n

Johnny Guitar<\/u><\/em><\/strong>: The First Existential Western<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Essay by Critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.<\/p>\n

Theatrical Trailer (2:50; HD)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Olive Films, through their Signature line, releases Johnny Guitar<\/em><\/strong> presented in its original 1.66 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer made from a new 4K restoration. The video quality, as with the other Signature titles that I\u2019ve watched, looks fantastic featuring vibrant colors and detail looks sharp and nicely defined. The transfer itself is clean, free of artifacts, aliasing and other flaws.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 track is a bit on the loud side especially when the score kicks in, but at least dialogue sounded crisp and clean throughout and ambient noises come through the center speaker well enough. It may not be a dynamic track but for its age, not at all bad.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Overall, Nicholas Ray\u2019s Johnny Guitar<\/em><\/strong> is a well written western-thriller film that features a powerhouse and spunky performance from Joan Crawford. The Blu-ray released by Olive Film\u2019s new Signature line offers great video, good audio and a solid selection of bonus material that, unlike some of their standard stuff, might be worth the price.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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