Product Description

Story of World War I hero who captured German position single-handedly. Film also portrays York's earlier life in the mountains of Tennessee.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2803 in DVD
• Color: Black & White
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2006-11-07
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French
• Dubbed in: French
• Dimensions: .26 pounds
• Running time: 134 minutes

Features

• DVD
• 2-Disc Special Edition
• 4 X 3 FULL FRAME
• Double Amaray Case
• Multi Disc
• Mono - English Mono 1.0 - French
• 2-Disc Special Edition

Amazon.com
Gary Cooper plays Alvin York, the real-life country lad and sharpshooter drafted to fight during World War I but blocked from killing by his pacifist sentiments. Howard Hawks makes a rousing, heroic film out of the tale, and Cooper gives one of his best performances (for which he won an Oscar). The 1941 feature seems as much a valentine to wartime America (and a not-so-subtle piece of propaganda) as anything, with Hawks capturing splendidly shot scenes of life in York's home state of Tennessee, which in turn provide a striking contrast to the battlefield. A key scene in the film, in which York is presented with an argument in favor of killing in war, is still thought provoking. --Tom Keogh