{"id":15529,"date":"2017-06-28T15:49:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T22:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=15529"},"modified":"2017-07-13T23:47:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T06:47:59","slug":"review-balladofcablehogue-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2017\/06\/review-balladofcablehogue-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Ballad of Cable Hogue BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Ballad of Cable Hogue<\/em><\/strong> is a wonderful western-drama that not only features an underrated performances from the great Jason Robards, who he failed to get an Oscar nomination is beyond me, but also a story about the change of times.<\/p>\n

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The Ballad of Cable Hogue<\/span>
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\n(1970)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Western, Drama
\nWarner Archive | R \u2013 121 min. \u2013 $21.99 | June 7, 2017<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 06\/28\/2017 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Sam Peckinpah
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>John Crawford & Edmund Penney (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin, Slim Pickens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Featurette, 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 2.0 Mono)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>39.0 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PLOT SYNOPSIS
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After he is abandoned in the desert without water, Cable Hogue (JASON ROBARDS) wanders for days until he finds a supply of water in a muddy ditch. Determining that the spot is the only spring in the area, Cable decides to start a business offering water to passing stagecoaches. Aided by his new friend, Joshua (DAVID WARNER), and a prostitute named Hildy (STELLA STEVENS), Cable builds a successful business. However, when motorcars start to pass, Cable realizes his trade is down to its last days.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with an Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> with Film Historian Nick Redman and Peckinpah biographers Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons and David Weddle; The Ladiest Damn\u2019d Lady: An Afternoon with Actress Stella Stevens (27:00; SD)<\/u><\/strong> featurette; and the Theatrical Trailer (2:58; HD)<\/u><\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.5\/5, AUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue<\/em><\/strong> walks through the desert and finds itself on Blu-ray presented with a 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio and sporting a 1080p high-definition transfer, remastered for this release. In a word, this looks incredible in HD, colors are generally vibrant even with the natural western\/desert settings, skin tones appear well balanced and there is still some find film grain throughout.<\/p>\n

The disc includes a basic but efficient enough DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono track which actually shows off a bit of depth with Jerry Goldsmith\u2019s amazing score while dialogue levels are crisp, clean and clear.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Overall, The Ballad of Cable Hogue<\/em><\/strong> is a wonderful western-drama that not only features an underrated performances from the great Jason Robards, who he failed to get an Oscar nomination is beyond me, but also a story about the change of times. This Blu-ray released through Warner\u2019s Archive Collection has very good video\/audio transfers and some so-so bonus material highlighted by an academic commentary track.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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