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Shalako (Ws Sub)
Shalako
Ws Sub
Actors: Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Peter van Eyck
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Genres: Westerns, Indie & Art House
PG     2004     1hr 53min

Saddle up for a raucous and "robust western adventure" (Variety) that packs "strong action" (Film & TV Daily) and the crackling chemistry of screen icons Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot! Based on the novel by Louis L'Amou...  more »

     

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Actors: Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Peter van Eyck
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Creators: Artur Brauner, Dimitri De Grunwald, Clarke Reynolds, Hal Hopper, James Griffith, Louis L'Amour, Scott Finch
Genres: Westerns, Indie & Art House
Sub-Genres: Westerns, Indie & Art House
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Format: DVD - Color,Full Screen,Widescreen,Letterboxed - Subtitled
DVD Release Date: 05/25/2004
Original Release Date: 11/06/1968
Theatrical Release Date: 11/06/1968
Release Year: 2004
Run Time: 1hr 53min
Screens: Color,Full Screen,Widescreen,Letterboxed
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 1
MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Languages: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
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Member Movie Reviews

LAURIE P. from SANTA FE, NM
Reviewed on 2/7/2012...
Western classic
1 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Naomi B. (Tripleguess)
Reviewed on 12/28/2010...
Not a family film.

I cannot say I enjoyed this movie. It was nerve wracking watching this campful of morons refusing to leave Apache land when someone in the know told them quite plainly what would happen if they didn't. But I could see it happening, sure. There are certainly people that stupid.

Like a lot of films older films, the pace drags. Scenes that today would be trimmed down to five or ten minutes take fifteen or twenty. Thus we have about fifteen minutes of Shalako riding his horse across various desert scenes while the credits roll.

That's not the worst of it though. There is a red light scene between the Baroness and Shalako (which I don't recall being in the book); not one for the kiddies. Okay, that didn't have to be there. But what pushed it over the edge for me was the scene where the fleeing coach is caught and finally only one woman is left alive. The scene ends with the Indians tossing back and forth while ripping her clothes off. It's very upsetting because they obviously rape her to death though thankfully that part was not shown.

If you are looking for a Western film and don't mind the violence, you may enjoy this. It has a halfway happy ending after all. But if you lean towards Jane Austen type movies, you might want to pick another flick.
0 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Movie Reviews

Interesting but offbeat Western 3.5 Stars
A.M.Boughey | Rochester, MN | 06/03/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Based quite rigidly on the best selling novel by Louis L'Amour, we find Sean Connery in the lead role here complete with Scottich brogue, that sits OK despite being a dusty, rough around the edges hero. Not often seen on reruns, and I don't know why this film didn't get much exposure, as many people I know haven't seen it, or even heard of it. I'm tempted to say at this point, that this is not a movie that will live long in the memory, but don't be put off - it has a strangely compelling quality and realistic feel, and a better than average script. There a number of violent scenes, most notably the grissly demise of one of the lead characters (I won't say who) at the hands of a vicious band of Indians, and you could draw some comparisons with the content of movies like "Soldier Blue" although that came along several years after this. On the whole this is a good solid western, with great acting pretty much all round, the 60's film style is evident in Ms Bardot's stunning appearance throughout, despite her supposedly being in the dusty back of beyondville, but this is nothing to get too upset about. I was pleased to see this come to the DVD market, and hope it will reach the wider audience it deserves. Enjoy"
007 & BB go way out West!
Bill W. Dalton | Santa Ana, CA USA | 06/10/2001
(2 out of 5 stars)

"With the cast this movie has--Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Honor Blackman, Peter van Eyck, Valerie French, and Woody Strode--and based on a novel by Louis L'Amour (and with a foreword by him) this should have been a much better Western than it is! It's a slow moving tale of a hunting party that becomes the hunted party. Shalako (the name means "rain bringer" in Zuni Indian), played by Connery, rescues a group of European noblefolk on a hunting expedition in New Mexico in the 1880s after they run afoul of hostile Apaches, who like to hunt, too; they like to hunt the "white-eyes," whether European or home-grown, who invade their territory!This DVD has no bonus features at all, not even the theatrical trailer! Just a scene selector menu. But the image quality is quite good and you have a choice of widescreen or full frame. Sean Connery looks good in his buckskins and six-shooter, in his prime before the gray beard and bald pate. Brigitte Bardot is simply gorgeous, as is Honor Blackman (GOLDFINGER, THE AVENGERS TV series.) I recommend this DVD as a novelty item mostly, for Connery fans (it's his only Western--if you don't count OUTLAND!) and Bardot fans (it's her only Western, too--if you don't count LES PETROLEUSES, a French-Italian oater!) I first saw this movie at my favorite drive-in theater in `68, and the only thing I remembered about it was Bardot's modestly demure bare back scene, until I saw it again on this DVD edition. This movie is just rather forgettable! It was filmed on location in Spain, and Spain doesn't look anything at all like the American Southwest, a fact European "Western" makers should realize, and that any John Ford fan can attest to!"
Good Flick.
Steven Callaghan | Garden Grove, CA USA | 01/04/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a good western. Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot in a western directed by Edward Dmytryk. How could it be bad. In fact, Sean Connery is so good in this that I figure they must have banned him from doing more westerns. Now really, is this a great film? No. Not many westerns stand up to the quality of today's films. But I liked it and I plan to watch it again."