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| How Green Was My Valley | 
 enlarge | Director: John Ford
Actors: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, Roddy Mcdowall
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 7697
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 118
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2006073D
UPC: 024543060734
EAN: 0024543060734
ASIN: B00006RCO3
Theatrical Release Date: 1941
Release Date: January 14, 2003
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A sixty-year-old man who looks back on his life in a welsh mining town. Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 03/02/2004 Starring: Roddy Mcdowall Donald Crisp Run time: 118 minutes Rating: Nr Director: John Ford
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John Ford's beautiful, heartfelt drama about a close-knit family of Welsh coal miners is one of the greatest films of Hollywood's golden age--a gentle masterpiece that beat Citizen Kane in the Best Picture race for the 1941 Academy Awards. The picture also won Oscars for Best Director (Ford), Best Supporting Actor (Donald Crisp), Best Art Direction, and Best Cinematography; all of those awards were richly deserved, even if they came at the expense of Kane and Orson Welles. Based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn, the film focuses its eventful story on 10-year-old Huw (Roddy McDowall), youngest of seven children to Mr. and Mrs. Morgan (Donald Crisp, Sarah Allgood), a hardy couple who've seen the best and worst of times in their South Wales mining town. They're facing one of the worst times as Mr. Morgan refuses to join a miners union whose members have begun a long-term strike. Family tensions grow and Huw must learn many of life's harsher lessons under the tutelage of the local preacher (Walter Pidgeon), who has fallen in love with Huw's sister (Maureen O'Hara). As various crises are confronted and devastating losses endured, How Green Was My Valley unfolds as a rich, moving portrait of family strength and integrity. It's also a nod to a simpler, more innocent time--and to the preciousness of memory and the inevitable passage from youth to adulthood. An all-time classic, not to be missed. --Jeff Shannon
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 How Green was my Valley October 30, 2008
Best picture Oscar Winner for that year, family oriented, very much enjoy waching this movie.
 How Green Was My Valley September 5, 2008
Excellent Movie; fabulous acting; Walter Pigeon is from my home town of Saint John New Brunswick; enjoy being able to still get movies enjoyed by my parents and grandcparents.
How Green Was My Valley July 4, 2008
You need a rainy day a warm fire and this movie to have a perfectly wonderful trip back in time. The actors and the mining towns put you right inside of the homes and you feel like one of the family the way this story is told. I am sure you will enjoy this one, It's worth a couple hours of your time.
What Makes a Classic Classic June 18, 2008
The starkness of the black and white film photography adds to the mood and captures the essence of life in the mining towns of Wales and the social conditions that continue to impact the lives of countless of millions on our planet even today. The strength and integrity of the characters add a realism we no longer find in contemporary film with all of its superficialities which unfortunately reflect much of what passes for relationships in the current milieu. The character actors take over this film because it is a film and not just a "movie". The moral tone and message is not overbearing and the deeply spiritual character of the Welsh people is exempliefied in their "chapel" and their local choir which was the contribution Methodism made to the life of the people of Wales.
 A good film about Welsh culture. May 6, 2008
This movie has worth in that it provides insight into the traditional Welsh culture. It shows many of the difficulties of life working in the mines. Which is really and truly a prime example of the fall-out from the Industrial Revolution. It is very popular in Celtic circles for the fact that it features some of the traditional Male Voice Singers, a Welsh tradition. As far as the plot is concerned, I didn't really find the love story all that compelling. Maureen O'Hara does well in this movie, but the movie itself just isn't the most inspiring the way it is written. It has more promise than it fulfills in the end.
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