Product Details

• Actors: John Candy, Joe Bays, Abraham Benrubi, Jill Boyd, Douglas Carlson
• Directors: Peter Markle
• Writers: Jerry Abrahamson, Matthew Carlson
• Producers: Barry Rosen, Gary M. Goodman, Jeffrey Silver, Jim Davidson, Lynwood Spinks
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Dubbed: French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: June 18, 2002
• Run Time: 107 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000065U1D
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,607 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Wagons East!" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

They came for gold. But now they'll settle for indoor plumbing. John Candy and Richard Lewis star in this hilariously unconventional look at the legendary West. When Phil Taylor (Lewis) and his family decide that the Old West is not what it's cracked up to be, they take the entire town of Prosperity with them. Led by wagon master Harlow (Candy), they begin the heroic, backbreaking, danger-filled journey back...East! Along the way, they must survive Indians, hired guns, each other and Harlow's terrible secret. Because when the going gets tough, the tough go back home!

Product Description

John Candy, Richard Lewis. Candy's final performance, as a broken-down wagonmaster who takes a group of frontierspeople back East. 1994/color/107 min/PG-13/fullscreen.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars "Do you have a really big book?" April 7, 2007

By bernie HALL OF FAMETOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:VHS Tape

A hand full of citizens of various occupations and orientations realize the west is not all it is cracked up to be. They decide to go back east, but to do this they will need a skilled and knowledgeable wagon master. Who should stumble in but the best wagon master in the west, James H. Harlow (John Candy). Naturally there is a money grubbing cabal apposed to this move and they will stop at nothing to throat the "Wagons East" plan.

Well designed with a select group of actors that never overplayed their parts. The consumes and scenes here exceptionally good for the comedy. The Indians look like Indians and the floozies look floozy. The film is jam packed with one liners.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars ...Hysterical June 12, 2002

By Ray

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

...This is one funny movie. This is not a movie where a sterling acting performance convinces you that an actor is a different person, or where some fundamental truth aboot human nature is revealed. This is a movie where you laugh your [head] off because of dialog about moccasins, quitters, and big. . . fat. . . books. And if the scene with the insanely effiminate bookstore owner is revealed to be a hardcore bad [dude] doesn't just slay you then you have deep issues. This is one of the great sleeper movies of the 90s'.

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo, Derek! January 16, 2001

A Kid's Review

Format:VHS Tape

Now, I'm aware of the fact that there are a multitude of reviewers who called this movie "contrived" and "tiresome," even "lame" in some instances. True it is that the sad event of the death of John Candy during filming does not justify the film as worth your hard-earned American or Canadian dollars.

However, there is a light in the movie shining through the dust left by the weak jokes and overdone western hijinx: young Vancouver native Derek Senft in the role of Jeremiah Taylor. Senft delivers a performance on par with those of Anna Paquin in The Piano and Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense. Any child who has lived in the west and is forced to move back east could find inspiration in the young boy's perseverance, wonderful attitude, and love for his family, especially those moving in a horse-drawn wagon or its modern counterpart, the station wagon.

In conclusion, I advise you to rent or buy this movie. Put it in your VCR, press play, and then immediately press fast forward. As soon as you see the shining smile and auburn hair of the young actor Senft, however, release the button, and revel in one of the finest acting performances by a Canadian boy from the 20th century.