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List Price: $9.99 | | Label: VCI Entertainment
Salesrank: 69850
Released: February 26, 2002 |
| Our Price: $9.99 |
| Used Price: $6.84 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
This "Sincere western..." (according to Leonard Maltin), set in 1848 California, stars Patrick Wayne as a lawman with high morals and co-stars Dennis Hopper as a rebellious gunslinger. Hopper goes on trial for killing a young Mexican, which tests the American system of justice in the newly formed state. Produced by John Ford's son, who brought together an excellent supporting cast of Hollywood extras. Features a great western score, with composer Dimitri Tiomkin and songwriter Ned Washington garnering a Best Song Nomination at the 1959 Academy Awards. Bonus Features: Movie Trailers| Scene Selection. Specs: DVD5; Dolby Digital Mono; 89 minutes; Color; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR: Year - 1959; SRP - $9.99.
The Young Land Reviews:
Barely watchable 
2007-05-17 - Let me start by saying that the film is decent. Dennis Hopper is in good form and the rest of the leads (with the exception of Patrick Wayne and a few of the supporting actors who are wooden and bland) do a decent job.
That said the DVD itself is a disaster. The picture is out of frame and slightly blurry, the color is washed out and the soundtrack is full of clicks, pops and other noises. What always makes these rip-off releases even more of a joke is they sport the phrases "Digitally Re-mastered" and "5.1 Digital Dolby Surround Sound" on the back. Try to imagine 5 speakers all blasting clicks, pops and other annoying noises. If the manufacturers would just be honest (and some are) and say that the disc contains anomalies, people might be more forgiving.
What a waste of money.
UNCONVENTIONAL WESTERN LOOKS THEMATICALLY FORWARD. 
2005-02-25 - This is a restored version of this interesting feature, actually completed in 1957 by Buena Vista (Disney) but canned for two years until Columbia rescued and released it, supposedly based upon an historic incident, and there is a good deal to appreciate here, in particular excellent camerawork under the aegis of director Ted Tetzlaff, known essentially as a cinematographer. The scenario places the action in the newborn state of California in 1848, relating of a homicide trial with the defendant, played by Dennis Hopper, accused of murdering a local Mexican/Californian during an observed gun duel, after which he is arrested by the local unofficially appointed and unarmed sheriff, portrayed by 18 year Patrick Wayne. One of the better of a blessedly rare genre, The Didactic Western, YOUNG LAND's primary motif becomes a question as to whether the United States system of justice will serve up fair verdicts for non-English speaking citizens, with the efforts of an imported State judge (Dan O'Herlihy) to organize a proper trial inside a sheep barn being particularly engrossing as the judge is not accustomed to such rude courtroom surroundings. Thanks to a rather large budget, art director Jack Okey creates a Mexican village including a plaza, cantina, jail, and other buildings, and Tetzlaff, favouring long shots shows the players in full along with the location settings, all used to good advantage in glorious Technicolor through strong performances by Hopper, O'Herlihy, Ben Stroud, and Ken Curtis as a fugitive converted into a deputy.
