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Joe Kidd
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780783228006
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783228007
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 MonoFrench (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 MonoSpanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglish (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: D20288D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 18, 1998
Running Time: 88 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: July 14, 1972
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Editorial Review:
Clint Eastwood's stardom was supernova, thanks to Dirty Harry; John Sturges, the man behind The Magnificent Seven and a dozen other memorably leathery Westerns, was directing; and Elmore Leonard was the screenwriter. It just goes to show. Joe Kidd is a muddle and a drag, the shoddiest Eastwood vehicle since Rowdy Yates trod in his last cow flop. Kidd, first seen as a duded-up drunk sleeping one off in jail, is supposed to be a horse rancher and an expert tracker--just the fellow a rapacious land-grabber (Robert Duvall committing lazy villainy) needs to chase down the uppity Latino (John Saxon) who's trying to reclaim the grabbed land for its rightful owners. Neither the characters nor the overland pursuit makes any sense, thanks to chasms in the continuity and no direction to speak of. An absurdly arbitrary assault-by-locomotive provides the climax; as Eastwood observed, "Jesus, anything at this point--let's end it." --Richard T. Jameson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Joe Kidd
A great Eastwood western. Humorous and the long range rifle shots are great! Great cast!
Rating: - The Screenplay to "Joe Kidd"is similar to Leonard's Novel " The Moonshine War"
Was Elmore Leonard's screenplay for "Joe Kidd" an adaptation of his
1969 novel,"The Moonshine War"? I had believed this to be the case because the plots in both of Leonard's works are very similar,the only
difference being in both cases the historical periods & land reform vs.
pure Kentucky moonshine.
Rating:  - Can't recommend this version
The other reviews that mention the missing scenes in the movie are right on the money. Key scenes are missing, and until they release a version that has the whole movie, I recommend staying away from this on DVD.
Rating:  - Missing too much
I, too, am disappointed they excluded the most important parts to this movie/storyline, Joe Kidd's growing suspicion he's signed on with the devil, as in the missing supper shots in the mountain cabin, and again with his romantic interest with Helen Sanchez, and her growing resentment with Luis Chama, as expressed in the copse of trees AFTER he disappoints her on the mountain. This causes major discontinuities. With plenty of room left on this DVD, it should have been easily retained. This print ... Read More
Rating: - The Essential Clint Eastwood...
1972's "Joe Kidd" pairs Clint Eastwood, then a young acting phenomenon, with veteran director of Western movies John Sturgis. The result is a serviceable action movie that never quite lives up to its potential.
Former bounty hunter-turned-rancher Joe Kidd (played by Eastwood) winds up in the middle of a turn-of-the century New Mexico range war when dispossesed Mexican peasants rebel against a judicial system that favors the Anglo land owners. Frank Harlan (played by Robert Duval) tries ... Read More
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