Pale Rider [Blu-ray]

Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Richard Dysart, Carrie Snodgress, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 73 reviews
Sales Rank: 5893

Format: Color, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: WARBR38916
UPC: 883929020843
EAN: 0883929020843
ASIN: B0018TNMC0

Theatrical Release Date: 1985
Release Date: August 26, 2008
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5 out of 5 stars Death has a new name, its Mr. Eastwood    December 14, 2008
Michael N. Lam
Old Clint really delivers in this movie. Justice is served to a company of blast miners who try to drive out a town of prospectors. Clint truly is the Pale Rider....his name was Death and Hell followed with him.


4 out of 5 stars good western!    November 12, 2008
Greg Childress (tennessee)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

this is one of my fav. clint eastwood westerns! i received this movie like brand new!


3 out of 5 stars The least of Clint's Westerns....    August 29, 2008
Grigory's Girl (NYC)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is the least of Clint Eastwood's Western films. That is not to say that it's bad. It has a lot of good in it. It has great scenery (it was shot on location in Idaho by the great Bruce Surtees), and it has a genuine rustic feel to it. It feels very real. It has excellent performances, with kudos going to Michael Moriarty, who gives the best performance here as a "leader" of the miners, and Richard Dysart as a mining boss who wants to wipe out the settlers who are trying to find their own gold. It's beautifully shot (the interior scenes and night scenes are expertly done), but thematically, there's something missing here. Clint's character is just called Preacher, and it feels like a tamer version of Clint's Western masterpiece, High Plains Drifter. It feels like there are supernatural elements here, but you're not sure whether it's intentional, ambiguous, or just plain sloppiness. Even the final confrontation seems contrived. The film feels unfinished, like it's really not sure of itself, and the effect is disconcerting. It's one of the few Clint Eastwood films that has a very noticeable uneveness to it.

This is not a disaster, but it's not one of Clint's better pictures. It's worth viewing once or twice, mainly for the beautiful location photography and some good performances.






5 out of 5 stars Better than Shane    August 7, 2008
B. Bates (Santa Fe, NM USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful

One of the best Clint Eastwood westerns of all time. A retelling of the Shane story, but done so much better. I don't even own Shane since this beats it in every way.


5 out of 5 stars Coolest Clint Eastwood Ever.    April 10, 2008
Jossher700 (Clark, NV)
Not very original (Clint got some ideas from previous westerns) but probably the coolest Clint Eastwood western of all time. Although "Unforgiven" was more realistic and "The Outlaw Josie Wales" had a better story, this one is cooler. The "Preacher" was also a better character than "The Stranger" from "High Plains Drifter." They should definitely put this one on HD DVD or Blu-ray.