The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) - Shout! Factory - July 14, 2015

[Akijama]

https://sneakpeek.shoutfactory.com/f...he-lone-ranger

DEFENDER.
HERO.
LEGEND.

The untold story of the man behind the mask comes to life in The Legend Of The Lone Ranger. When the ruthless bandit Butch Cavendish (Christopher Lloyd) ambushes a team of Texas Rangers and leaves them for dead, only John Reid (Klinton Spilsbury) survives. Enlisting the help of his childhood friend Tonto (Michael Horse) and donning a mask, Reid saddles up a fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a mighty Hi-Yo, Silver—and one of America's most beloved and enduring symbols of justice is born.

Also starring Academy Award winning actor Jason Robards as Ulysses S. Grant, The Legend Of The Lone Ranger is a sincere and dramatic retelling of the journey of two heroes who have captured the imagination of fans for over eighty years.

Return with us to those thrilling days of yesteryear…The Lone Ranger rides again!

Bonus Features

Theatrical Trailer

[rubystone356]

Originally Posted by Akijama

https://sneakpeek.shoutfactory.com/f...he-lone-ranger

thanks.

Jacob

[The Great Owl]

Whoah. I'm all in for this one.

I used to see The Legend of the Lone Ranger all of the time on HBO during my childhood, but it dropped off the face of the Earth after the early 1980s. I want to see how well the film holds up now in 2015, because I remember being pretty freaked out by some of the violence when I was a kid.

[obscurelabel]

Is it too much to hope for a Klinton Spilsbury commentary track? Ideally the whole thing should be dubbed by James Keach.

[Ernest Rister]

Christopher Lloyd was great...and because of constant HBO airings, I still remember the "Man in the Mask" song.

[Buscemi]

In one day, both of William A. Fraker's directorial efforts (he was better known as a cinematographer) get announced. It's not often when a director's whole filmography is announced on a single day.

[zoomddy]

Originally Posted by obscurelabel

Is it too much to hope for a Klinton Spilsbury commentary track? Ideally the whole thing should be dubbed by James Keach.

I don't know if they can find Spilsbury. i think he was last seen driving an ice cream truck in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

[Dmacsg1]

WOW!!! Thank you shout factory! Never in a million years did I expect this on Blu Ray.
Another childhood favorite comes home. Now...this gives me great hope for Mega Force on blu ray!!

[Blades1370]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Whoah. I'm all in for this one.

I used to see The Legend of the Lone Ranger all of the time on HBO during my childhood, but it dropped off the face of the Earth after the early 1980s. I want to see how well the film holds up now in 2015, because I remember being pretty freaked out by some of the violence when I was a kid.

It played a couple years ago on cable, I used to have it on my DVR until I moved and changed equipment. It looked pretty good in HD from what I remember and the movie itself aside from knowing now Klinton Spilsbury's voice was dubbed by another actor held up well in my humble opinion.

That being said I will picking this one up myself, I remember begging my parents to take me to see this at the time. I can remember the movie vividly and am fairly sure we saw this at the drive inn. It's one of my guilty pleasure movies as a kid, and repeated viewings on HBO in the early 80's only strengthened my affections for this movie.

[rickah88]

I saw this in the theatre when it released! Definitely a day 1 buy for me!
Well done Shout! Factory.

[jpark09]

Wow! This was a nice surprise to see! Definitely going to be a day one for me as well.

Going to date myself a little bit here, but this movie was the first VHS I bought with my own money from a Curtis Mathis!

[Mrlovkim]

I was going to buy the UK version but time went fast and then this was announced so decided to get this one, hard to make a decision when nobody reviewed the other versions.

Mine comes tomorrow UPS.

[The Great Owl]

I just finished watching the Shout Factory Blu-ray of The Legend of the Lone Ranger.

This movie rocked my world when I saw it during my childhood, and I'm happy to say that it still rocks my world after seeing it for the first time in over 30 years. This is a good-natured western that plays out like the adventure stories that we all read in our younger years. It was quite violent for my 10 year-old eyes back in the day, and the violence is still more visceral than average even for PG films today, but that's part of the odd charm, because the brutality of the Cavendish gang drives our sympathy for the protagonists. Christopher Lloyd, as Butch Cavendish, is an awesome villain, and he is one of the true highlights of the film. I love the scenes of Lloyd and Jason Robards, as President Grant, matching wits.

Klinton Spilsbury is quite good in the title role, even if his voice is dubbed by James Keach. Michael Horse is excellent in his role as Tonto.

The movie itself has a gauzy look that tends not to draw raves in high definition, but I do not have anything negative to say about the picture quality of the Blu-ray transfer. Everything comes across quite well on the audio front, and John Barry's score sounds great.

The one element of The Legend of the Lone Ranger that will draw snickers from modern audiences is Merle Haggard's sing-song narration, where he often bends over backwards to make the words rhyme with the lyrics penned by Dean Pitchford. Once again, though, it's all part of the charm.

This is a fun flick that always deserved a bigger audience.

[Professor Echo]

Just watched this for the first time the other night and didn't care for it, though I can definitely see a nostalgia factor for kids who grew up with it.

I have the German Region B version which is a nice transfer and am selling it very cheaply or trading it if anyone is interested.

[Rich65]

I haven't watched my Blu-ray yet but I am looking forward to it, I saw this in the theatre with Outland in 1981 and I enjoyed it then and have ever since. It is not a perfect movie but it has a lot of great moments and I thought Michael Horse was an excellent Tonto.

[ol_Dut]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

The one element of The Legend of the Lone Ranger that will draw snickers from modern audiences is Merle Haggard's sing-song narration, where he often bends over backwards to make the words rhyme with the lyrics penned by Dean Pitchford. Once again, though, it's all part of the charm.

This is a fun flick that always deserved a bigger audience.

I just watched this last night after having picked it up on the cheap at HPB. While I had fond memories of seeing this in theaters as a kid, I had forgotten all about this element of the film and a great many other things as well. Never cringe-worthy but sometimes very forced, it's definitely something pretty unique to this film. The overall look of the film was fine by me - I know the reviewer here was not very kind to the picture quality - but like Haggard's contribution, it works for this film. I'm glad I picked this up so I could watch it again for the first time.

[mcelebs]

when will the originial lone ranger all the seasons come out to blu ray?