Product Details

• Actors: David McCharen, Stewart Duvall, Shelley Duvall, Michael McKean, Lewis Arquette
• Writers: Gary Jacobs
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Live, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Lyons / Hit Ent.
• VHS Release Date: June 16, 1998
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6304970560
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #342,129 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Round up the family for an hour of rootin'-tootin' fun, Shelly Duvall style. Executive producer of the American Tall Tales and Legends Series, Duvall expertly combines talented actors with witty retellings of famous stories, and as Duvall herself says at this tale's outset, "Some of them are true and some of them are truer." Here, Jamie Lee Curtis dons petticoats and a curly wig to portray the legendary (and truly true) American sharpshooter, Annie Oakley. This thoughtful retelling follows Annie from cradle (where she foreshadows her talents by squirting big sis in the eye with her baby bottle) to porch (where, as an old woman, Annie and husband Frank Butler reminisce over the amazing life they've lived). Sure as shootin', plenty of realistic, exciting stunts happen in between. Curtis displays just the right amount of tomboy, looking every bit as comfy on a horse, slinging her rifle in "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West Show, as she does sporting fancy Victorian garb. The story was filmed like a stage play, with detailed indoor and outdoor sets providing authentic flavor without going overboard. Hats off to Brian Dennehy in the gruff sweetie-pie role of "Buffalo Bill" Cody. --Liane Thomas

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Shelley Duvall scores!, January 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: American Tall Tales and Legends - Annie Oakley [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This first episode of Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends is a basically straightforward biography of the famed markswoman. However, it also manages to be very colorful and entertaining. Jamie Lee Curtis was born to play Annie, and Brian Dennehy as Buffalo Bill Cody is picture perfect casting. The Wild West show is impressively recreated, and Annie's stunts seem 100% authentic. Only complaint is that it lags in places, but this emerges as one of the best in the series.