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Rio Lobo [DVD] [1970]

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  • Actors: John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill, Jack Elam, Christopher Mitchum
  • Directors: Howard Hawks
  • Writers: Burton Wohl, Leigh Brackett
  • Producers: Howard Hawks, Paul Helmick
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 6 Jun 2005
  • Run Time: 108 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005RFH1
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 21,417 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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  • Running Time: 108 minutes
  • Region Code: 2


Synopsis
Howard Hawks's final film once again teams him with John Wayne, with a script by Leigh Brackett (who also wrote his EL DORADO and RIO BRAVO). The time is just after the end of the Civil War. Wayne is Union Colonel Cord McNally, who is teamed with two Confederate soldiers he captured during the war in order to take down a thieving bootlegger. Their travels take them to a small town being held in terror by an evil Sheriff. McNally and his crew decide to help the townspeople with their own brand of justice. With a considerable amount of humor and Hawks's reliable formula in which a motley band of men unite for a common cause, RIO LOBO is a fitting conclusion to both his western trilogy and a distinguished career.

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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Howard Hawks last film, 11 Jul 2004
By websurfer (Portugal) - See all my reviews
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This 1970 western marked the end of director Howard Hawks carrer. Although this film is not as good as the previous classic Hawks westerns(Red River, Rio Bravo or El Dorado) and this one as a story line similar to Rio Bravo and El Dorado, it is a nice western one of the last made in a classic Hollywood style.
Beguining at the end of the civil war with a fantastic train robbing sequence, Rio Lobo gives Wayne one more chance to display his carisma and blow off the screen the young actors that appear in this picture.
Also with veteran Jack Elam in an amusing role that reprises the Walter Brennan caracther in Rio Bravo.
The dvd presents a nice copy of the film with mono sound and lots of subtitles but being one of Hawks and Waynes westerns and the last film of the director it should have had a documentary. Essential for Wayne/Western/Hawks fans.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Pretty dreadful after the first bit, 7 Jan 2009
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I've been watching a few John wayne westerns and saw this cheap in the Zavvi clear-out sale. After the initial Civil war set train robbery, the thing degenerates into a nineteen seventies Western TV show in terms of acting and production values. Any time Jennifer O'Neal is on screen is a bad time.

John Wayne and Jack Elam do their best, but this is a real stinker. Compare and contrast with 'Fort Apache', 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon' and 'The Searchers' or - if John Ford's not your taste - 'Rio Bravo' and 'True Grit.'

Painful, but two stars as the train robbery opening is pretty good.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars EVERY INCH THE CLASSIC WESTERN..............., 30 Jul 2008
By L. Hay "Saturnicus" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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How can I say anything bad about the Duke? This movie from the Howard Hawks stable is the classic John Wayne effort. Ex-army Wayne goes to the rescue of a small town run by crooked lawmen.
Perhaps not as good as some of his other movies, it is nevertheless not a disappointment. The Duke is as hard-drinking and hard-hitting as always and is ably assisted by a first class Jack Elam and Jorge Rivero.
I withheld the fifth star, because I could not tell the girls apart and thought one would have been adequate. They were so perfectly groomed with modern eye makeup, they were totally out of place in a one-horse-town.
The opening scene of a train robbery, I thought was particularly clever.
Whilst the Cavalry was absolutely immaculate, the Rebels were a disreputable mess but bubbling over with enthusiasm. As always, I was rooting for the South.
Was the director by any chance a Yankie?
Fans of the great man will not want to miss this one.
A very good film.
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