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The Scalphunters [DVD] [1968]

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  • Actors: Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, Ossie Davis, Dabney Coleman
  • Directors: Sydney Pollack
  • Writers: William W. Norton
  • Producers: Burt Lancaster, Arnold Laven, Arthur Gardner, Jules V. Levy, Roland Kibbee
  • 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: MGM Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 5 Jul 2004
  • Run Time: 99 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00028HCG0
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,880 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Sydney Pollack directs this amiable comic Western in which fur trapper Joe Bass (Burt Lancaster) is returning from a successful expedition only to find himself ambushed by a small group of Indians. The Indians force Joe to trade his pelts for Joseph, an educated runaway slave, played brilliantly by Ossie Davis. The two then set off in an uneasy alliance in pursuit of Bass's pelts. The ironic narrative gets turned around again when the Indians are themselves ambushed by a gang of scalphunters. This band of outlaws, led by Jim Howie (Telly Savalas), once again takes Bass's pelts, after murdering the entire tribe. Joe and Joseph then embark on a mission to retrieve Bass's furs from Howie and his vicious sidekicks. Any potential racial antagonism and interdependence issues are handled deftly by William Norton's screenplay. The solid comedic ensemble includes a raucous turn by Shelley Winters as Kate.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Scalphunters, 12 Jul 2004
A funny, clever film with Burt Lancaster at his very best in this western comedy. Joe Bass (Lancaster) is a trapper/frontiersman who after a winter of gathering furs is forced to "trade" them for a black slave (Ossie Davis).
The film is then centred on Bass' funny and ingenious efforts to reclaim his beaver pelts.
The exchanges between Davis' cultured slave character, Joseph Lee, and the illiterate Bass are witty and sharp
with the final fight sequence being the funniest I have seen.

A fantastic movie.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars "Scalp hunters. The wickedest, crookedest trade to ever turn a dollar.", 8 Jun 2007
By Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
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Once quietly groundbreaking for its racial politics - OssieDavies' escaped slave is by far smarter than any of the film's white characters, quite a bold move for a mainstream movie even in 1967 - seen today The Scalphunters is one of those films that's enjoyable but never quite as good as it could be. Former IRA gunrunner turned screenwriter William Norton's almost Dickensian dialogue in the first third of the movie is so good that it's a shame that the plot separates Burt Lancaster and Ossie Davies for so long and while it makes some smart points about racism along the way there's a feeling of the film almost running down rather than building up to a climax. Still, Elmer Bernstein's score is one of the best ever written for a Western, alternatively rousingly vivid, jauntily amusing and lyrically likeable, and the film has its charms.

While MGM/UA's US DVD includes the theatrical trailer, as usual for their back-catalogue titles, MGM/UA's Region 2 PAL DVD comes devoid of any extras but does have a decent 2.35:1 widescreen transfer.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Strange but Enjoyable Ride., 27 April 2009
By Bob Salter "Sandman" (Wiltshire, England) - See all my reviews
It is truly amazing how many different styles and variations there are within what you might consider to be the restricted confines of the Western. But I am constantly finding new films that challenge the traditional concepts of filming in this genre. This film has as simple and loose a script as you are ever likely to come across, but it is a refreshing change for all that.

The date the film is set in is never given, but the mix of mountain man and scalphunters suggests around the 1840s although gun experts might place it later. But really all that is irrelavant anyway. Burt Lancaster at his ebullient best plays the larger than life trapper Sam Bass who is ambushed with his furs by Kiowa Indians. He is reluctantly forced to exchange them for a runaway slave played by Ossie Davis, who they had in turn captured from the Comanche. The two pair up in an uneasy alliance to try and retrieve the furs. They later watch the Indians slaughtered by Scalphunters but Bass undeterred continues to pursue his new adversaries led by the irascible Telly Savalas. We head to an all guns blazing finale.

The film was directed by Sidney Pollack in a rare foray into the Western. The film has been highlighted for being quite groundbreaking in its attitude towards issues of race which was not common at the time. This is true but the film "The Defiant Ones" starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier who were chained together for much of the film, had tackled those same issues ten years before. So lets look at other reasons that this film should be remembered for.

Using scalphunters, who were considered the lowest form of life in the Old West in a comedy Western does not sound like a recipe for success. But work it somehow does. The exchanges between the bigoted Lancaster and the erudite slave are lively and enjoyable. Lancaster seldom gave a bad performance and was still an athletic figure well into his fifties. Telly Savalas also adds to the comedic moments especially in his lively exchanges with the buxom Shelley Winters playing the role of a lady of easy virtue once again. All the action is filmed outdoors and sometimes it all feels pretty aimless which adds to its charm.

I enjoyed this film much more than I should have done. It is not a film you have to engage brain on, you simply sit back and enjoy the rather aimless ride. It happens to be a lot better then many pretentious films. It makes no attempt to be anything more than good genial knockabout fun, and to that end it succeeds very well. Recommended viewing.
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