Spencer's Mountain / Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Delmer Daves production ; written for the screen and directed by Delmer Daves.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 27526 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2003]Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 0790779366
- 9780790779362
- Spencer's Mountain (Motion picture)
- Director of photography, Charles Lawton ; film editor, David Wages ; music, Max Steiner.
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Adult DVD
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Main Library | DVD | DRAMA Spencers | Available | 33111009051075 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
For a family picture, not to mention a story that later became the old-fashioned-values-affirming series The Waltons, Spencer's Mountain sure has a lot in it about sex. Henry Fonda gives an interesting portrayal in one of his more unusual roles, as Clay Spencer, the hard-drinkin', hard-livin', hard lovin', hard-cussin' patriarch of a fiercely independent Wyoming family living in the Grand Tetons. When he's not resisting the encroachment of organized religion on his daily life (he believes in God, but doesn't want others to tell him how to do that, or how to show respect to the Lord), he's busy trying to finish the house he promised his wife (Maureen O'Hara) to house their constantly growing brood, and trying to help his eldest son, Clayboy (James MacArthur) -- who's going to be the first Spencer to get past high school -- prepare for college and manhood, while temptation in the form of Claris Coleman (Mimsy Farmer) and Minnie-Cora Cook Kathy Bennett comes his way. There's also a good bit of human drama here, and some especially finely nuanced performances by Donald Crisp and Lillian Bronson, as Fonda's aging parents. Between their work, the CinemaScope photography, the gorgeous Wyoming locations, and a good basic story, this is a surprisingly engrossing comedy-drama of a kind that probably could not be made today, even with a top-name cast. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi
DVD.
Soundtracks: English; optional subtitles: English, French, Spanish.
Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara.
Director of photography, Charles Lawton ; film editor, David Wages ; music, Max Steiner.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
Based on Earl Hamner's novel of the same title.
Not rated.
Story of a large family who live in the shadow of the Grand Teton mountain that bears their name.