| | | "Winner of 3 Academy Awards, Including Best Picture."
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), English, Spanish, French, Subtitled, Slip Sleeve
Spaces were neither wide nor open in most early Sound Westerns. Not so in Cimarron. It starts with one of the most renowned giddy-ups in cinema history: a thundering recreation of the 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush.From there Cimarron, based on the bestselling epic by Giant and Show Boat novelist Edna Ferber, traces the generations-spanning saga of that land. There rugged Yancey Cravat (Richard Dix) and his resourceful pioneer wife Sabra (Irene Dunne) sink roots, persevere, give shape to their dreams. It's a saga of change, told with an authenticity that moviegoers who had lived through that era recognized - and told with a skill that earned it three Academy Awards including Best Picture!
"A graphic and engrossing screen conception." Mordaunt Hall, The New York Times
"...highlighted by an endearing debut performance by Irene Dunne." Wesley Lovell, Oscar Guy
Editor's Note
The Oscar winner for Best Picture of 1931 chronicles one family's experiences in the restless days of settling the American West. Adapted from Edna Ferber's sweeping novel, the story tracks the growth of an Oklahoma town and the homesteaders who came there from the 1890s through the 1920s. CIMARRON was remade in 1960.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Mono | | Exclusive O-Sleeve Packaging! | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 1/8/2008 |
| Original Release Date: 1931 | | Catalog ID: 1000035644 | | UPC: 00883929002436 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Winner (1931) | | | Oscar, Max Ree, Best Art Direction | | | Oscar, Cimarron, Best Picture | | | Oscar, Howard Eastbrook, Best Writing, Adaptation | |
Nominee (1931) | | | Oscar, Richard Dix, Best Actor in a Leading Role | | | Oscar, Irene Dunne, Best Actress in a Leading Role | | | Oscar, Edward Croniager, Best Cinematography | | | Oscar, Wesley Ruggles, Best Director |
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| | Professional Reviews | FilmCritic.com 6 of 10
In 1931 you didn't just go out to the desert, line up 500 horses and covered wagons, and recreate the Oklahoma land rush. This is early sound filmmaking. How would you record such a thing with the primitive microphones of the day?...Well, in 1931, that's exactly what Wesley Ruggles did, creating the most impressive opening scene in the history of film up to that point. (It's probably why his film won Best Picture that year, though it's frequently regarded as one of the least merited winners of that award)...Too bad the rest of the film doesn't measure up to the opening, turning into a meandering biography of a fictional newspaperman (Richard Dix) who repeatedly wanders off from his family, turns in stints as a lawyer and a preacher, and generally muckrakes his way through 40 years of the westward expansion. Badly dated now and more than a little racist. - Christopher Null
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