Product Details

• Actors: The History Channel
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• DVD Release Date: June 27, 2006
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FBFYZA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,615 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 06/27/2006

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great history of the western movie!, September 16, 2006

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T. Armstrong "tarmst6780" (Fayetteville, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When Cowboys Were King (History Channel) (DVD)

If you are a big fan or even a casual fan of westerns this DVD is for you. It traces the evolution of the western from one-reel silent movies to the modern era and documents how they have changed over the years in both presentaion and theme. The old footage alone of John Wayne as a singing cowboy and the story of how many of the early stars often had to do dangerous stunts in their films alone is worth seeing. So if you are a western movie person don't miss this wonderful documentary!

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating documentary, April 9, 2011

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Roger Long "longrush" (Port Clinton, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When Cowboys Were King (History Channel) (DVD)

I really didn't expect much from this, given the fact that it was from the History Channel. Too often their DVDs are superficial and contain a plethora of rhetorical questions rather than facts. However, this turned out to be a very fine overview of the western movie, and TV program from the first oater by Edison, to the glut of the genre on TV in the 1950s, to the present day.

Anyone who has ever enjoyed these American morality dramas (that's what westerns really are) should enjoy this. Gene Autry and Roy Rogers ride again, along with a good many other hombres and sidewinders who are almost forgotten now.

5.0 out of 5 stars A+ Video for B Westerns, December 1, 2010

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JAG (WA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: When Cowboys Were King (History Channel) (DVD)

For all of us who LOVE Westerns, particularly the "B" Westerns, this is a great peak at the history and names that made the West come alive on our local movie screens or TV screens. The only problem is that there is so much to cover and so little time. Based on the limits the producers had to have, they did a great job and would recommend this DVD. Nice to pop it in and remember what it was like back when we all wanted to be straight shooters like our heroes on the screen.