The picture quality on the blue ray is actually worse than my old mgm version on dvd. The hallelujah trail wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The hallelujah trail 1965 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. At the same time, the marketplace of movie lovers needs to support companies like olive when they do get it right. The hallelujah trail photos view all photos 2 movie info. The hallelujah trail dvd, 2001, western legends for sale. By year filmed in new mexico libguides at the public. The hallelujah trail 1965 burt lancaster john wayne message. The movie was shot in the garland and texarkana area. Written by john gay, based on the novel by william gulick.
Over this period over 100 westerns were filmed around gallup, nm. Although a largescale picture, it was organized and filmed without undue waste or delays. From there he moved on to mgm where he filmed more b pictures, albeit on a. Released by varese sarabande club in 2005 srs 2018 containing music from the hallelujah trail 1965. The hallelujah trail soundtrack from 2005, composed by elmer bernstein. Staring lee remick, burt lancaster, donald pleasence and pamela tiffin. The film was one of several largescale widescreen, longform epic comedies produced in the 1960s, much like the. Lee remick in the hallelujah trail 1965 lee remick and john sturges in. The hallelujah trail filmed in hollywood the plot of this 1965 burt lancaster film. Leonard maltins movie guide 20 edition gives the hallelujah trail 2. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. The hallelujah trail movie tv listings and schedule tv guide.
Ten movies and tv shows set in colorado but filmed somewhere else. Perhaps audiences saw what was coming with the hallelujah trail, a comedy that lost all its charm potential. Film music site the hallelujah trail soundtrack elmer. With burt lancaster, lee remick, jim hutton, pamela tiffin. The only angle not a perfect fit was that trail was to be a broad, knockabout comedy.
Chaos ensues as the temperance league, the us cavalry, the miners and the local indians all try to take control of the. Valdez the half breed is a 1973 italian western film starring charles bronson, jill ireland, marcel bozzuffi, and vincent van patten. Filming locations 8 filming dates 1 filming locations. Academy award winners burt lancaster and martin landau team with oscar nominee lee remick in this beautifully filmed epic adventure which wins both. Chaos ensues as the temperance league, the us cavalry, the miners and the local. The year is 1867, and the mining town of denver is facing a crisis. The hallelujah trail 1965 movies, tv, celebs, and more. Hoping to resupply before the winter snows make it impossible, the town saloon owners pool their resources to bring in. Niche labels and big studios alike deserve to be raked over the coals when they botch a release as bad as the hallelujah trail, or simply dont listen to the common sense marketing on a title like money from home. The hallelujah trail 1965 john wayne message board jwmb. On october 19, 1968, three years and four months after its release, the film had its. Starring burt lancaster, lee remick, jim hutton, brian keith, martin landau, donald pleasence, pamela tiffin, and noam pitlik. Dimples 1936 shirley jane temple born april later known as shirley temple black, is an american film and television actress. The hallelujah trail 1965 comedy western about many factions responding to an approaching wagon train full of whiskey.
It would be wrong to think of this as a musical, in the current sense of the term, rather, it is a movie which emphasizes music as well as family and faith as important cultural facets of africanamerican life. Based on the book of the same title originally released as the hallelujah train by bill guilick in 1963. The wagon train immediately draws the attention of every. You can watch this full movie free with english subtitles on movie television channels, renting the dvd or with vod services video on demand player, hulu and ppv pay per view, netflix. Much of hallelujah was shot on location in arkansas and memphis giving parts of the movie an almost documentary flavor. Here are 15 movies filmed in arkansas youre sure to enjoy.
The theme for john sturges the hallelujah trail 1965. With burt lancaster, shelley winters, telly savalas, ossie davis. Since then, nearly 400 movies have been filmed or partially filmed in and around the town, particularly westerns created during the. The video quality was horrible with most of the scenes having a flickering appearance. During location shooting in new mexico the crew was confronted with the heaviest rainfalls in that region in 50 years. Everything from the calvary, drunken indians, temperance marchers, thirsty citizens, a wagontrain of whiskey, and a climax of quicksand. Original motion picture soundtrack for the movie the hallelujah trail composed by elmer bernstein, released by varese sarabande club in 2005. Director john sturges is free with the wagontrail cliches, not always to great effect, but the films still worth a look, if only for martin landau as the deadpan chief walksstoopedover and. Starring burt lancaster, lee remick, jim hutton, brian keith, donald pleasence, martin landau, john anderson. Without commercial breaks, the full movie hallelujah has a duration of 100 minutes. Sep 27, 2017 ever since the hallelujah trail first came out in cinerama yes, i am old enough to have seen the original showing, it has been a favorite of mine. The hallelujah trail 1965, burt lancaster, lee remick.
Hallelujah trail, the on dvd 027616859020 from mgm ua. The 2001 tv movie, crossfire trail was filmed on the cl ranch, which is located in calgary, alberta, canada. The hallelujah trail 1965 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. A wagon train heads for denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners.
But the producers the mirisch brothers insisted on keeping it in the movie, as. The hallelujah trail john sturges, 1965, 165 produced by john sturges. The hallelujah trail theme elmer bernstein, tv themes. Its basically a cavalry picture, and sturges had already made two of them. Ten movies and tv shows set in colorado but filmed. The hallelujah trail 2001, dvd academy award winners burt lancaster and martin landau team with oscar nominee lee remick along with jim hutton brian keith and donld pleasence, along with others. Sep 15, 2011 movie set magic with hollywood only 170 miles away, moviemakers have embraced lone pine as a rugged backdrop since actordirector fatty arbuckle showed up with a crew to film the 1920 silent movie the round up.
The movie is technically outstanding, having been filmed in ultra panavision 70 and presented in 70 mm cinerama in premiere engagements, projected onto the. Movie and television productions in new mexico filmed in new mexico, by year of production. The hallelujah trail 1965 after the box office successes of the magnificent seven 1960 and the great escape 1963, sturges had the opportunity to work on big budget productions with top name stars like steve mcqueen and spencer tracy. Cavalry, the local indians and the miners themselves. Forced to trade his valuable furs for a welleducated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the indians and later the renegades that killed them. In this beautifully filmed epic adventure which wins both laughs and thrills the hollywood reporter this is a very funny movie. The hallelujah trail is a 1965 american western mockumentary spoof directed by john sturges, with topbilled stars burt lancaster, lee remick, jim hutton and pamela tiffin. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of the hallelujah trail with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in the hallelujah trail 1965. The essential elmer bernstein film music collection. The hallelujah trail 1965 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Pierce and set in the late 40s, the semidocumentary is loosely based on a string of murders in 1946 that happened in and around the texarkana, texasarkansas area.
Lancaster and a fine cast are wasted in this comedy about a man assigned to protect a liquor shipment crossing the great plains. The original english language title shown at the beginning of the film was the valdez horses, the same title that the novel on which the movie is based. H filmed in new mexico libguides at the public library. Overview of the hallelujah trail, 1965, directed by john sturges, with burt lancaster, lee remick, jim hutton, at turner classic movies. Hoping to resupply before the winter snows make it impossible, the town saloon owners pool their resources to bring in one last wagon train loaded with booze. The film concerns itself with neither history nor geography, even inventing a nonexistent mountain range between kansas city and denver. The hallelujah trail is a 1965 american western mockumentary spoof directed by john sturges, with topbilled stars. See the full list of the hallelujah trail cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. On its way to denver, a cargo of whiskey destined for the miners, is sought after by the temperance league, the u.