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El Dorado
starring: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix
directed by: Howard Hawks

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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792110187
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 0792110188
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: February 19, 1997
Running Time: 126 minutes
Sales Rank: 11328
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 07, 1967

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Amazon.com essential video:
El Dorado doesn't quite have the scope or ambition of Howard Hawks's greatest Westerns, Red River and Rio Bravo. But this relaxed picture, made near the end of Hawks's marvelous career, still shows the steady, sure hand of a master. Hawks reunites with John Wayne, playing a hired gun mixed up in a range war; Robert Mitchum is Wayne's old pal, now a sheriff in the midst of a hopeless drunken bender. James Caan, in one of his first sizable roles, plays a kid who can't shoot straight and wears a funny hat (every character in the movie makes fun of this hat). As the plot moves along, it begins to resemble Rio Bravo rather closely ('I steal from myself all the time,' Hawks was fond of admitting). But in El Dorado the heroes are a bit older, their powers a bit weaker; at the end Wayne must revert to a bit of subterfuge in order to get the drop on the steely gunslinger (ice-cold Christopher George) he needs to put down. As relaxed as the movie is, Hawks and Wayne and company are in good spirits, with plenty of broad humor and easy camaraderie on display. Hawks and Wayne would make just one more film, the disappointing Rio Lobo, before ending their fruitful partnership. --Robert Horton

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- "You tryin' to tell me I'm in the same boat as you were!?" --Wayne to Mitchum
"They laughed at him, Mississippi. That'll make the difference." -- Wayne to Caan regarding Mitchum

Director Howard Hawks once again hooked up with John Wayne to revisit the moral codes and deep loyalty of good men to others who live by this code. As in nearly all films made by this great director, the theme of women being the downfall of good men who still cannot live without them remains prominent. This remake of Rio Bravo is fabulously entertaining and as such stands as one of the truly great films in the genre.

Wayne may indeed be marvelous here in one of his best performances, but he has stiff competition from Robert Mitchum and a very young James Caan. The mere fact that Hawks could assemble such a cast is in itself astounding. To have Robert Mitchum and John Wayne together is tantamount to having Gable and Tyrone Power share the screen at their zenith, or Garbo and Sherarer ... Read More

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- The Over the Hill Gang. , widescreen
Mitchum(Baby,I don't care) seems to be having the most fun in playing the part of the drunken sheriff; his performance seemed most convincing.( Overall Dvd quality is good and with fine opening credits.)If they played this for farce,they may have gotten away with it. 2 Spitoons...just for Bob. (This was a big hit when it opened way back when so I guess they DID get away with it)Your move.

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- Fan Of john Wayne
I wanted this movie for my John Wayne collection. I saw it when it can out in the movies and needed to add it to my DVD collection. This is one of the best of Waynes's Movies.

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- El Dorado
A comical and serious movie. Robert Mitchum and John Wayne together were really good.

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