- Actors: Bob Hoskins, Nicholas Campbell, R.H. Thomson, Michael Eisner, John N Smith
- Format: NTSC
- Language: English
- Region: All Regions
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Knightscove-Ellis International
- Release Date: Mar 11 2008
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0012ECXIU
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #19,595 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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"Based on the critically acclaimed, Governor General Award-winning novel, The Englishman’s Boy features a young screenwriter, Harry Vincent, newly arrived to 1920's Hollywood from the prairies. The famed studio boss, Damon Ira Chance, enlists him to find the elusive old-time western actor, Shorty McAdoo. Chance wants to make the big film about the American West, and McAdoo will provide the authentic content he seeks. In counterpoint is the parallel story of a young drifter, known simply as the “Englishman’s Boy.” In May 1873 the Englishman’s Boy joins a group of wolf hunters on the trail of horse thieves. It is a journey which climaxes in a brutal encounter with the Assiniboine Indians in the Cypress Hills. Harry finally locates McAdoo and uncovers a story which will become the basis for Chance’s film. But the story also leads to disturbing revelations about the darker side of the studio owner’s ambition. "
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4.0 out of 5 stars
The Englishmens Boy . DVD,
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This review is from: The Englishman's Boy (DVD)
I was surprised to come across this DVD many years after reading the paperback. On the whole a pretty good adaptation of the original story.Obviously changes have been made, but would have preferred the young main character to have been more allied to the novel as more rough and ready, only my personal opinion, recommend.
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The Englishman's Boy,
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This review is from: The Englishman's Boy (DVD)
Now before I start I would like to explain , I am not a Canadian nor I live in Canada .If fact I was born and live in the U.K. . I happen to enjoy Canadian t.v programmes , films and westerns. So when I saw this dvd I was intrigued . And I must admit I was awestruck You might say that I am going over the top but is probaly the best film I have deen in a long while . I know that some of the outdoor scenery may look the same but from different angles,but that is not what makes this release stand out. From the opening scenes in Fort Benson to the final scenes at the gallows it is totally beleviable. the violence in the film is graphic but it has to be particulally in the massacre of Assiboine clan . The acitng performances of all the cast is superb . I must mention in particular , Nicholas Campbell as the guilt-ridden Shorty Mcadoo , Michael Eisner as the boy, , Michael Therriault as Vincent , R.H. Thompson as Hardwick and Bob Hooskins as Chance .This is not a plesant movie to watch but stay it with it as you will be rewarded at the end . A lot of western fans , mostly John Wayne fans , won't like this film but it does what says by putting right some the lies that have come down through the years about the old west espesially in the movies . Finally a word about the direction by John N. Smith . One word brilliant . With he's guidance the actors portraying the posse were belivible as westerners . And the scenes portraying 1920's Hollywood ,marvellous . I salute everyone invovled in this production and if "The Englishman's Boy" does not win any awrds , I for one will be very upset.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A Fictionalized Historical Event,
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This review is from: The Englishman's Boy (DVD)
If you can find this movie (a Canadian TV micro-series), it is worth watching because it was as a response to this incident that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was started. Although this story is highly fictionalized, the Cypress Hills Massacre really happened, and the movie is factual enough to mention John 'livereater' Johnston, who ate raw game livers, only one of the wolfers (who poisoned buffalo kills to kill the wolves and other animals that fed off the kill) was killed by the Assiniboine warriors, and the presumed thief was decapitated and his head put on a stick. [In the movie, the chief's head, not the thief's head was severed.]Another theme in this movie is how the movie industry produced 'revisionist' Westerns that, at times, where the exact opposite of what actually happened. I don't think anyone, especially those who like Westerns, will find the near three hours of this movie to be dragging. The Englishman's boy, some fifty years later as he tells his story, uses almost constant profanity, but the rest of the movie is much better. There is one scene where an Indian girl is gang raped, and she is shown lying naked on the floor, face down. Hopefully, if your family sees this movie, your teens will find it interesting enough to study the history of the Cypress Hills Massacre. |
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