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El Dorado / Hatari! (Double Feature)

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PARAMOUNT's currently out-of-print JOHN WAYNE DOUBLE FEATURE consists of widescreen transfers on individual discs from well-preserved film stock; extras are minimal.


SYNOPSES--

In Howard Hawks' EL DORADO, Duke is a hired gun who joins forces with an old friend who's now a sheriff, plus two others in a fight between rival cattle ranchers, one of whom is stealing the other man's water.

HATARI! features Hank Mancini's famous "Baby Elephant Walk." It's the story of a group of African hunters that collect animals for zoos and the lady photographer who disrupts their little circle, especially with her penchant for adopting infant pachyderms.


Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll ratings.

(7.6) El Dorado (1966) - John Wayne/Robert Mitchum/James Caan/Paul Fix/R.G. Armstrong/Ed Asner/Christopher George/Johnny Crawford

(7.2) Hatari! (1962) - John Wayne/Hardy Krüger/Elsa Martinelli/Red Buttons/Bruce Cabot

great movies. received before stated delivery date. will do business again. product received was as advertised. plus you just cannot beat a john wayne flick.

This is a very very good double-pack. Both movie's are great to watch. My husband likes El Dorado and I like Hatari. I recommend this product for all John Wayne fans.

We bought this movie duo because my 4 year old son LOVED Hatari. El Dorado is a little on the slow side, but it's a bonus movie for my husband to enjoy. We can't get enough of the baby elephants in Hatari...so cute and entertaining!

I really like both these movies by the Duke. "El Dorado" is another of his westerns where he is a gunfighter that works for the good guys. "El Dorado" has a lot of time spans between several of the scenes which lets the viewer know 6 months or so has passed since last scene. There are actors who are a lot of the old guys that have the usual small parts, like Johnny Crawford of "Rifleman" fame who Wayne "accidentally" shoots, Bruce Cabot, a long time co-star, Paul Fix also of "Rifleman" fame, Charlene Holt - Wayne's hottie girlfriend, Arthur Hunnicut, James Caan (co-star) - we know where he has been since 1966, and Michelle Carey - one of Elvis's love interests at one time, and Ed Asner (co-star) is the bad guy, along with Christopher George - of "The Rat Patrol" fame.
In this movie Robert Mitchum is the Sheriff that John Wayne describes as "a star with at drunk pinned to it" for a very good reason. You know the plot, the sheriff gets the hots for some wandering petticoat and she drops him like the proverbial hot potatoe and he crawls inside the bottle for consolation.
Needless to say, Duke succeeds in helping Mitchum "dry out" and get his head back together while fighting the hired guns who give the town a lot of trouble, not to say the McDonald family.
I always enjoy the westerns of John Wayne and this one is no exception. I really like the musical score, scored and conducted by Nelson Riddle, with its recurring theme and the "oh crap" music when something unexpected happens, like when Michelle Carey's character ambushes the Duke after shooting her little brother, Johnny Crawford. I think all who like the Duke's movies really like this one.

These are the two best films John Wayne has ever been in (even though they are all great). I would recommend this to anyone whether you're a John Wayne/Western fan or not. El Dorado is my favorite western movie, but if you're not into westerns Hatari is a great film.

These are 2 great movies. I knew I liked Hitari but had not seen El Dorado before. I really enjoyed it and this "double feature" is a great addition to my movie library.

These movies are great classics and hard to find. I bought these as christmas gifts for my father. I highly recomend them to everyone to watch.

Received both used movies and have watched both without any problems. They arer both great movies to watch if you are a John Wayne fan.

Both movies are very good and I would highly recommend this double feature of John Wayne to anyone wanting to pickup a good western and adventure film.