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Rating:  - Magnificent western saga!
I am very pleased that this wonderful mini-series is finally available on DVD. I live in Colorado, and I was fascinated with Michner's story. The actors are mostly well chosen, and you can't beat the real scenery of the area around Boulder, CO. You might quibble with some 1970's production values, but there's no CG here! Some of the extra's on the DVD version include interviews with surviving actors about the filming experience. This is a very long mini-series, and I recommend viewing it one disk per night. There is just so much to experience. The earlier episodes are the best, and the message of land conservation and wilderness preservation are as topical today as they were 25 years ago. My only criticism is that the packaging is rather flimsy. Two of the disks had fallen off the plastic holders, and were somewhat scratched in the process. This did not interfere with playing. I must say that this series looks absolutely wonderful played on my blu-ray(upgrading to 1080p)onto my hi-def flat screen TV, than it did when it was first broadcast! Great story for families with older students interested in western history!
Rating: - BluRay really Rocks
well everybody here has already said it, the movie is great and the bluray transfer is fantastic, great movie all round, this was my first bluray purchase, well worth it.
Rating: - WOW!!!!!
WOW!!!! In Blu Ray this special addition is fantastic!
Can't wait to have our Grand Children over to learn and see," How the West Was Won!!!!!!!
GJH
Rating: - Magnificent restoration
How the West was Won finally gets the treatment it deserves. For years we have had to watch a third of the picture on our 25" television sets with the old pan and scan trick. Later released on dvd it still was a far cry from the original aspect ratio of 2.89 to 1. Now we can watch it in the "smilebox" version which closely replicates the curve of the Cinerama screen giving us a pretty good idea of how the movie was meant to be seen. The only drawback is that the smilebox version is available only on the blu ray version as an alternative to the letterbox version which looks long and skinny when shown as a "flat" picture at the 2.89 to 1 aspect ratio. The color and the sharpness are amazing and they were able to remove most of the join lines between the panels. As an added bonus the Cinerama Adventure is in itself a wonderful documentary which will enhance your appreciation of the work that went in to developing this motion picture process.
Rating: - How the West Was Won
Beautiful restoration. The first time i bought this on DVD, they didn't even bother syncing the 3 cameras together. I couldn't believe they were actually charging money for it. But the blu-ray version is amazing.
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