- Actors: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Nance O'Neil, William Collier Jr.
- Directors: Wesley Ruggles
- Writers: Louis Sarecky, Edna Ferber, Howard Estabrook
- Producers: Wesley Ruggles, Louis Sarecky, William LeBaron
- Format: NTSC
- Language: English, French
- Number of tapes: 1
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- Studio: Warner
- VHS Release Date: Mar 18 2003
- Run Time: 123 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00003OSTF
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #10,591 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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This epic Western won the 1931 Academy Award for Best Picture. Heartthrob Richard Dix plays Yancey Cravat (yes, really, that's his name) a frontiersman, newspaper editor, and former gunslinger who's studly enough to fill in as preacher or lawyer should the situation demand. Yancey brings his young bride Sabra to the wild Oklahoma territory to taste the adventure, crusade for social justice, and leave his family for years at a time. Modern viewers will have trouble making it past one or two horrifying racist caricatures at the start, made doubly odd because of the film's intended message of tolerance. Once it gets underway, though, Cimarron can be quite a bit of fun. Most of its pleasures are of the guilty variety--Dix's performance in particular is endearingly huge--but there are a few genuine highlights. The Oklahoma Land Rush sequence is still exciting and wet blanket Sabra turns out to have far more gumption than anyone imagined. --Ali Davis
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4.0 out of 5 stars
classic,
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This review is from: Cimarron (Special Edition) (DVD)
Cimmarron, academy award winner for best picture. It is best viewed with the mindset of early talkies. The characters and acting are stilted and plastic. The movie is a lot of fun, but, with today's jaded audience, may be seen as corny. I enjoyed it in its historical aspect and as an example of early epic cinema
4.0 out of 5 stars
epic 1930 Western (3.5/5),
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This review is from: Cimarron (Special Edition) (DVD)
Cimarron traces the early history of Oklahoma,starting with the landrush in 1899.from there it spans forty years in the development of that land into an eventual American state and the advances of technology that came with it.the story itself is an epic tale,so its focus is pretty broad.this sort of makes it a bit impersonal at times.it starts off slow,but somewhere along the lines it picks up and becomes somewhat compelling.i also found it interesting how people behaved back in that time,at least according to the movie.it does feel a bit like a silent movie at times.some of the acting feels over exaggerated.that sort of makes sense,since talking pictures had just recently replaced silent films as the movie medium.so,many of the actors would have been used to acing in silent pictures.nevertheless,i still enjoyed it,for the most part.for me,Cimarron is a 3.5/5
5.0 out of 5 stars
A profound old movie,
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This review is from: Cimarron (VHS Tape)
You know, I have to agree with Mr. Erdelac - the movie is progressive for its time. For those of you who judge a movie by the degree to which it beats a political or social drum, there is much here to admire.But there is more. There is something artistic. There is an odd balance between melodrama and something really substantial, something actually edifying to the viewer. I think a large part of why this movie doesn't descend into the sludge of cinematic slop is because the characters are all flawed, and in those flaws the viewer cannot help but recognize a touch of human frailty. Every individual in this movie is at times ridiculous and at other times supremely dignified. This, I believe, gives it a certain depth. The characters in any great movie MUST be larger than life if the piece is to avoid being either a documentary or a soap opera. But here the larger than life characters seem firmly rooted in the earth, which brings them closer to us. I like that. Overall, I think the sensitive viewer will find in this movie much that is both emotionally and philosophically stimulating, if he/she is willing to look past the inevitable veneer of 74 years. I personally consider it a particularly moving and thought-provoking cinematic experience.
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