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John Wayne : Behind the Scenes With the Duke [VHS]

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Extremely rare production shorts originally used to promote Wayne's films on their initial release. Included: fascinating, behind the scenes featurettes on "McLintock", "In Harm's Way", "War Wagon", "El Dorado", many others. Also enjoyable: rare commercials and charity appeals featuring the Duke. Best of all, an independent label video recorded in SP mode for best quality.

I am a John Wayne fan. I loved seeing his films as a kid when they first came out, and I consider them now to be a valuable legacy from a great actor and a wonderful man. This superbly researched and balanced portrait shows the Duke in all his humanity and complexity, as well as providing an overview of a one-of-a-kind career. I'm sorry that moviegoers today can't enjoy the experience of going into a theatre and seeing a John Wayne film on the big screen for the first time. It was nothing short of the greatest, and so was he, as a man, as an actor, and as an American who was never ashamed to speak his mind. An underrated actor whose longevity with fans is finally getting journalists to see how great a talent he was (and is), Wayne may be more popular today than ever before, thanks to video, DVD, and biographies like these. Simple justice, pilgrim!