{"id":28965,"date":"2023-08-21T11:58:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T18:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=28965"},"modified":"2023-08-21T11:58:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T18:58:27","slug":"review-ranown-westerns-4kuhd-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2023\/08\/review-ranown-westerns-4kuhd-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ranown Westerns: The Criterion Collection 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Ranown Westerns<\/i><\/b> comes to 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection and features five films directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott.<\/p>\n

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The Ranown Westerns
\n<\/span>\u2014 The Tall T \/ Decision at Sundown \/ Buchanan Rides Alone \/ Ride Lonesome \/ Comanche Station \u2014<\/span>
\n(1957-1960)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Western<\/span>
\nThe Criterion Collection | NR \u2013 380 min. \u2013 $149.99 | July 18, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 08\/21\/2023 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Budd Boetticher
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Elmore Leonard (story), Burt Kennedy (screenplay) (The Tall T<\/em>); Vernon L. Fluharty (story), Charles Lang (Decision at Sundown<\/em>); Jonas Ward (novel \u2018The Name\u2019s Buchanan\u2019), Charles Lang (screenplay) (Buchanan Rides Alone<\/em>); Burt Kennedy (written by) (Ride Lonesome<\/em>) (Comanche Station<\/em>)
\nCast: <\/strong>Randolph Scott, Claude Akins, Richard Boone, John Carroll, Nancy Gates, Barry Kelley, Maureen O\u2019Sullivan, Parnell Roberts, Henry Silva, Karen Steele, Craig Stevens<\/span><\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Audio Commentaries, Featurettes, Trailers
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>No
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>6<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio (4K\/BD): <\/strong>English (PCM 1.0)
\nVideo (4K): <\/strong>2160p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nVideo (BD): <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nDynamic Range: <\/strong>Dolby Vision, HDR10
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French, Spanish
\nCodecs: <\/strong>HEVC \/ H.265 (4K), MPEG-4 AVC (BD)
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/span><\/p>\n
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The Criterion Collection provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe opinions I share are my own.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Note:\u00a0<\/strong>The screen captures were taken from the included Blu-ray disc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Tall T<\/em><\/strong> (1957)<\/strong> \u2014 Easygoing rancher Pat Brennan (RANDOLPH SCOTT) who, along with the newlywed daughter (MAUREEN O\u2019SULLIVAN) of a wealthy mining baron, must use his wits to stay alive when he is taken hostage by a band of ruthless stagecoach robbers, led by Frank Usher (RICHARD BOONE).<\/p>\n

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Decision at Sundown<\/em><\/strong> (1957)<\/strong> \u2014 A mysterious stranger (SCOTT) who, consumed by hatred for the man he blames for his wife\u2019s suicide, rides into a corrupt town of Sundown hell-bent on vengeance. There, both he and the townspeople face a reckoning that forces them to confront disturbing truths about themselves.<\/p>\n

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Buchanan Rides Alone<\/em><\/strong> (1958)<\/strong> \u2014 Welcome to Agry Town, a corrupt border outpost presided over by a pair of rival brothers whose bottomless greed corrupts everything in their orbit. Into this moral cesspool rides drifter Tom Buchanan (SCOTT), who soon finds himself railroaded for murder and, alongside a vengeful young Mexican vaquero, forced to take a stand for justice.<\/p>\n

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Ride Lonesome<\/em><\/strong> (1959)<\/strong> \u2014 Mysterious motivations drive taciturn bounty hunter Ben Brigade (SCOTT) to capture a wanted murderer \u2013 but his quest is complicated when he is accosted by a pair of outlaws who have their own inscrutable reasons for riding along.<\/p>\n

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Comanche Station<\/em> (1960)<\/strong> \u2014 Jefferson Cody (SCOTT) rescues a woman kidnapped by Comanches for reasons that may have nothing to do with the bounty offered for her return. But before he can bring her to safety, he\u2019ll have to contend with the dangers of the Comanche warpath and a trio of bounty hunters who have designs on the reward.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This six-disc release comes housed in a digipak which side-slides into a matted slip case<\/strong>. Also included is a booklet<\/strong> with information on all five movies and an essay.<\/p>\n

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