Jeanine Basinger in Western Mode [Randolph Scott / Budd Boetticher westerns finally on DVD?]

Press Releases ^ | 5/30/2008 | Tapeworks Press Release

[NewJerseyJoe]

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PRESS RELEASE

Jeanine Basinger, noted film expert and professor at Wesleyan University of Middletown, CT recently recorded DVD commentary on Budd Boetticher westerns.

Hartford, CT, May 30, 2008 --(PR.com)-- It was a B Movie bonanza in Tapeworks today, as noted film authority Jeanine Basinger narrated a companion DVD track to the Budd Boetticher Western, “The Tall ‘T’” starring Randolph Scott and Maureen O’Sullivan.

This is the first in a series of Boetticher releases that will comprise a box set of the director's distinctive works.

A regular presence in the Hartford recording studio, Prof. Basinger has provided commentary on numerous titles while viewing the films with Chief Engineer Bill Ahearn at Tapeworks, and with a Hollywood production company simultaneously on a digital patch.

Jeanine Basinger is Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, and the Founder/Curator of the Cinema Archives at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut.

She is also a Trustee of the American Film Institute, a member of the Steering Committee of the National Center for Film and Video Preservation, and one of the Board of Advisors for the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers.

Tapeworks is uniquely qualified for this type of work with its close ties to Hollywood production studios and specialized film and ADR equipment.

[NewJerseyJoe]

The Scott-Boetticher collaborations -- commonly known as the Ranown films (from Randolph Scott and producer Harry Joe Brown) -- include Seven Men from Now, The Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Alone, Ride Lonesome, and Comanche Station.

This is great news, if these terrific but underrated films are finally being restored. Til now, only Seven Men From Now has been released on DVD. Some of the others are shown occasionally on TMC or, more frequently, on Encore Westerns channel (but only in pan-and-scan format on Encore).

[silentreignofheroes]

Nothing like a good Western.Last night the wife and myself were watching an old “58 version of the Titanic,she mentioned we need to start getting these on DVD or tape.I think she might be right.

[D_Idaho]

I watched a documentary on Boetticher a while back on TCM. They interviewed Clint Eastwood and Quentin Tarantino who both confessed that they were strongly influenced by Boetticher’s work. A couple of weekends back, I got a chance to watch “Seven Men from Now” and it was not what I expected. There was a lot of understated emotion in that movie that was surprising given its theme. Oh and not to spoil it for anyone but the final showdown with Lee Marvin(one of my favorites) totally blew me away! Western movie fans should plan on seeing “Seven Men from Now” the next time it airs.