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The most famous and sublime treatment of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, John Ford's My Darling Clementine is by any measure one of the most classically perfect Westerns ever made. Henry Fonda plays a hard, serious Wyatt Earp leading a cattle drive west with his brothers when a stopover in the wild town of Tombstone ends in the murder of his youngest brother. Wyatt takes up the badge he had turned down earlier and tames the wide-open town with his brothers (Ward Bond and Tim Holt), all the while waiting for the wild Clantons (led by Walter Brennan's ruthless Old Man Clanton) to make a mistake. Victor Mature delivers perhaps his finest performance as the tubercular gambler Doc Holliday, an alcoholic Eastern doctor escaping civilization in the Wild West. Ford takes great liberties with history, bending the story to fit his ideal of the West, a balance of social law and pioneer spirit. Though the film reaches its climax in the legendary gunfight between the Earps (with Doc Holliday) and the Clantons, the most powerful moment is the moving Sunday morning church social played out on the floor of the unfinished church. As Earp dances with Clementine (Cathy Downs)--Fonda's stiff, self-conscious movements showing a man unaccustomed to such social interaction--Ford's camera frames them against the open sky: the town and the wilderness merge into the new Eden of the West for a brief moment. --Sean Axmaker
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Henry Fonda, Victor Mature and Walter Brennan star in John Ford's acclaimed film that climaxes with the famous gunfight at O.K. Corral. As Wyatt Earp (Fonda) and his brothers head for a peaceful life of ranching in 1880's California, tragedy moves Wyatt to pin on a badge once more. But when he becomes the law in Tombstone, home to Doc Holliday (Mature) and the Clanton boys, it's only a matter of time until the Earps and Doc face the Clantons in one of the most remembered battles of the Wild West. Featuring Linda Darnell and Ward Bond, My Darling Clementine is considered to be one of Ford's finest films.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
MY Darling Clementine
Jan 2 2012
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This film is excellent!! Considering that it was restored and half of the footage had to be restored and scenes had to be re edited because footage of the film was either lost or damaged. This is indeed a rare classic. Also the light in this picture is very unique. Any one that loves wester's movies should watch this one. It is action from start to end!!!
Michelina Iuliano
Edmonton, Alberta
Michelina Iuliano
Edmonton, Alberta
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Best western movie ever made? Maybe...
Aug 29 2011
Format:DVD
Great movie, video quality was excellent, a great job on the restoration of the film and the film to DVD transfer. Scenic shots of the desert are spectacular. Fonda was great, as was Walter Brennan, in this film.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
darling clementine
Sep 1 2009
Format:DVD
very good dvd, picture was very good. bought for a gift and the person who received the gift was quite happy. he was looking for this movie for a long time, he just loved it. thank you
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A darling of a movie . . . . Clementine will like it too . .
My Darling Clemintine
"My Darling Clementine" is one of those films about which so much has been written(including a good Rutgers "Films In Print" entry),that... Read more
Published on April 14 2005 by Buzzy Haroldson
A Really Good Movie
MY DARLING CLEMENTINE
There has been a number of movies made about the gunfight at OK Corral, however this one happens to be my favorite. Read more
Published on July 18 2004
Shakespeare in Tombstone
Of the many movies that I love and own, this is one of the DVDs I would grab if the house was on fire. Read more
Published on Jun 8 2004 by M. Dog
Beautifully Paced Western
I have always put"My Darling Clementine" in my top-ten westerns as do some critics,and after viewing it recently on the excellent DVD version I am considering it to be... Read more
Published on April 1 2004 by S. Doyle
Ford Prints the Legend - Sublimely
This is arguably the best Western by the best director of Westerns in the history of the genre. Ostensibly the story of the gunfight at the O.K. Read more
Published on Mar 9 2004 by Jon Oye
A Misstep from a Master
John Ford is one of the finest and most influential directors in Hollywood history. Films such as 'The Searchers', 'Grapes of Wrath', and 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' are... Read more
Published on Feb 17 2004 by coolhandluke1967
EXTREMELY Boring by modern standards
I just cannot believe how many others have rated this DVD so highly.
I don't like westerns; but I am a sucker for really good movies- and if they happen to be westerns I don't... Read more
Published on Jan 30 2004
I liked this even though I don't like Westerns
This is a great classic for its own sake, regardless of the genre. I'm not really a Western fan, but I wanted to watch this because it is the movie that the M*A*S*H folks are... Read more
Published on Jan 29 2004 by Rabbi Yonassan Gershom
A first rate movie!
Historical only in that the Earps and Clantons indeed had a gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone. Everything else is pure fantasy... fantastic fantasy. Read more
Published on Jan 20 2004
Genuine, Pure, and Real
A true film masterpiece in every sense of the word! Henry Fonda, John Ford, this is what movies are all about! They don't make movies this good anymore. They just don't. Read more
Published on Jan 11 2004 by E. Dolnack
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