La Conquête de l'Ouest

Titre original : How the West Was Won

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Une saga familiale qui, s'étalant sur plusieurs décennies, narre la Conquête de l'Ouest au XIXᵉ siècle. De la ruée vers l'or à la guerre de Sécession, jusqu'à la construction du chemin de fe... Tout lireUne saga familiale qui, s'étalant sur plusieurs décennies, narre la Conquête de l'Ouest au XIXᵉ siècle. De la ruée vers l'or à la guerre de Sécession, jusqu'à la construction du chemin de fer.Une saga familiale qui, s'étalant sur plusieurs décennies, narre la Conquête de l'Ouest au XIXᵉ siècle. De la ruée vers l'or à la guerre de Sécession, jusqu'à la construction du chemin de fer.

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Récompensé par 3 Oscars
- 10 victoires et 5 nominations au total

Anecdotes
During filming in June 1961, Karl Malden had to be rushed to hospital to have an emergency appendectomy.

Gaffes
There is no explanation of why Sheriff Ramsey is fine in one scene and wearing a bandage on his forehead in the next, immediately following. (There was a deleted or unfilmed scene where Zeb knocked Ramsey out when the Sheriff tried to stop him from going after the train robbers.)

Citations
Narrator: The west was won by its pioneers, settlers, adventurers is long gone now. Yet it is theirs forever, for they left tracks in history that will never be eroded by wind or rain - never plowed under by tractors, never buried in compost of events. Out of the hard simplicity of their lives, out of their vitality, of their hopes and sorrows grew legends of courage and pride to inspire their children and their children's children. From soil enriched by their blood, out of their fever to explore and be, came lakes where once there were burning deserts - came the goods of the earth; mine and wheat fields, orchards and great lumber mills. All the sinews of a growing country. Out of their rude settlements, their trading posts came cities to rank among the great ones of the world. All the heritage of a people free to dream, free to act, free to mold their own destiny.
[final narrative from the film "How The West Was Won"1962 - narrated by Spencer Tracy]

Crédits fous
Opening credits: Except for historical events and characters, the events and characters depicted in this photoplay are fictitious and any similarity to actual persons or events is purely coincidental.

Versions alternatives
Some prints (like the Swedish pan&scan video release) leave out the final modern travelogue scenes.

Connexions
Edited from This Is Cinerama (1952)

Bandes originales
How the West Was Won
(1962)
Music by Alfred Newman
Lyrics by Ken Darby
Performed by Ken Darby (uncredited)

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A Grand Epic

I'm not a fan of westerns in particular, but this magnificent epic is an exception for me because it has all the wonderful elements of a sprawling historical epic that only Hollywood could do so wonderfully in the 50s and 60s. And yes, I embrace it for holding to a perspective that today's PC revisionists who see evil in everything associated with the rise of America as a great nation are always so quick to condemn. While this is by no means a flawless look at history, it is only those who dare to liken the American pioneers with "Nazis" as one reviewer did who end up "creating history" more than a film like this does.