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Broken Arrow
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543436799
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 MonoSpanish (Original Language), UnknownFrench (Original Language), UnknownEnglish (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
MPN: 2243679
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 22, 2007
Running Time: 93 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1950-08
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Editorial Review:
By 1870 there has been 10 years of cruel war between settlers and Cochise's Apaches. Ex-soldier Tom Jeffords saves the life of an Apache boy and starts to wonder if Indians are human after all; soon he determines to use this chance to make himself an ambassador. Against all odds his solitary mission into Cochise's stronghold opens a dialogue. Opportunely the president sends General Howard with orders to conclude peace. But even with Jeffords' luck the deep grievance and hatred on both sides make tragic failure all too likely...Run Time: 93 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 024543436799 Manufacturer No: 2243679
Delmer Daves's movie about ex-army scout Tom Jeffords's one-man peace mission to the Apaches, and the diplomatic partnership he formed with Cochise, has a child's-storybook clarity to it. That applies to not only its lovely Technicolor compositions but also its scenario, characterizations, and still-arresting mix of violence and delicacy. Broken Arrow wasn't the first Western to express sympathy for the Indian side in the frontier wars (Devil's Doorway came out earlier in 1950 and filed a more scathing brief on the Indians' behalf), but it was Daves's picture that had a decisive impact on popular consciousness and effectively amended the ground rules of the genre. James Stewart's Jeffords may be less compelling than the troubled Westerners the star would soon be playing for Anthony Mann, but there's real tenderness and vulnerability in the performance. Jeff Chandler scored a supporting-actor Oscar® nomination for leavening the dignity of Cochise with sly humor. --Richard T. Jameson
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - An "Academic" Review Of A Must Watch Classic Film/Western That Stands For So Much, Yet Belies More
"Broken Arrow" is considered by most film historian and professors to represent Hollywood's first "big budget" effort to portray Native Americans in a more positive fashion. Yes, I am aware that other movies were also made that sought to more positively portray Native Americans, but "Broken Arrow" stands out for several reasons. First, it is perceived to be "favorably" portraying Cochise and, to a lesser degree the Apaches. [Please note that I will use the better known and more commonly used word, ... Read More
Rating: - broken arrow
The acting in this movie is great. It tells a story of whites and idians and how they could get along. It is also a love story. James Stewat and Jeff Chandler are what really makes this movie. If you like classic westerns this is one that I think you will enjoy.
Rating:  - Stewart makes peace with the Indians
In a way, this film is a forerunner for Kevin Costner's "Dances with Wolves" in the fact that it was one of the first films to show Indians in a more positive light. James Stewart as a real life character, Tom Jeffords, learns to understand the Indians thru his friendship with Cochise (brilliantly played by Jeff Chandler in an Oscar nominated performance)and subsequently marrying an Indian maiden (Debra Paget at her loveliest). Delmar Davies, a very under-rated director, could always put out a decent ... Read More
Rating: - Broken Arrow--A Golden Oldie
I just want to say that I am very pleased with this DVD. The picture and sound quality was excellent, and for anyone seeking wholesome family entertainment with a Western accent these days,this is an excellent choice. James Stewart's portrayal of Tom Jeffords is outstanding, as is Jeff Chandler's as Cochise. I doubt, though, that the real Cochise had blue eyes! Considering that this movie was made in 1950, it was definitely ahead of its time in its very fair treatment of Native Americans as human beings ... Read More
Rating: - As close as we may come to the story of Jeffords and Cochise on film
The film dramatizes episodes from the life of Cochise, the great chief of the Chiricahua Apache,and his relationship to Tom Jeffords, a scout for the American cavalry in the Arizona territory. This is not a film that renders either a reliable historical portrait of either hero, or the circumstances which led to the eventual decline and dissolution of Cochise.
Instead the film stands as one of the first films Hollywood dared produce which exposed our nation's disenfranchisement and senseless slaughter ... Read More
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