How the West Was Won
1962 • 164 min • Western
Our family guide
Best from age 9- 100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
- 70 Audience · 502 · 47%
Kisa hiki kikuu cha kihistoria kinafuata familia ya waanzilishi kwa vizazi kadhaa wanaposafiri kuelekea magharibi, wakikutana na changamoto na mafanikio ya kukaa mpakani mwa Marekani. Kinaonyesha matukio muhimu ya kihistoria kuanzia miaka ya 1830 kupitia Vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe na hata zaidi, kikichunguza mabadiliko makubwa yaliyoiunda Marekani.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 2/10
Heads up
- Taswira za kihistoria za Wenyeji wa Amerika zinaweza kuakisi fikra potofu za zamani.
- Baadhi ya nyakati kali wakati wa vita na mapigano.
- Hatari ndogo za mara kwa mara, kama vile mafuriko ya mto na kukutana na wanyama.
What it models well
- Kuvumilia na ustahimilivu
- Vifungo vya familia na urithi
- Ujasiri mbele ya matatizo
- Ufahamu wa kihistoria
Talk about it after
- Utata wa upanuzi wa magharibi na athari zake kwa wakazi asili.
- Jinsi wahusika tofauti wanavyobadilika kukabiliana na mabadiliko makubwa ya kihistoria.
- Umuhimu wa ujasiri na ubunifu wakati wa nyakati zenye changamoto.
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Top billed cast
Director: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall • Crew: John Gay, James R. Webb
Trailers & clips
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Reviewer notes
RecommendedIt's almost impossible to imagine how anyone could have amassed such a complete complement of Hollywood A-listers (both in front of, and behind, the camera) to make this epic tale of the pioneering American spirit in the 19th century. From the opening bars of Alfred Newman's score, you can rest assured that we are in for something grand - and, cinematographically speaking, we certainly are. The story is essentiall...
Recommended_**Unique, entertaining all-star Western epic comprised of vignettes is a mixed bag**_ Released in 1962-63 and written by James Webb, "How the West was Won" is an epic Hollywood Western covering fifty years between 1839-1889 focusing on the Prescott family's move West and narrated by Spencer Tracy. This is a history lesson amped up with melodrama, romance, adventure, violence and song & dance. The film was d...
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersBound for the promised land, indeed. One of the last great epic movies to come out of MGM that was a roaring success, How the West Was Won still has enough quality about it to warrant high praise. The story that drives the film on was suggested by the series of the same name that featured in "Life" magazine 1959. Narrative is formed around one family, the Prescott's, who set out on a journey West in 1839. They ...
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.0/10 (502)
- Age rating
- G
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Box office
- $76,729
- IMDb
- tt0056085
- Official site
- www.warnerbros.com
