IMHO,One of THE BEST Westerns ever made! Any chance of this hitting HD???

IMHO,One of THE BEST Westerns ever made! Any chance of this hitting HD???

Man your not kidding. What is there like 5 out of the best 10 actors in the last 20 years in that movie.

I saw it many times. 6 hours long I think. Or is it 8 hours. Would be a defenite buy for me.

FYI, "Comanche Moon" is going to be aired on CBS at the beginning of January, which is a prequel to the Lonesome Dove series from what I have gathered. Might be good for an HD Tivo record

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IMHO,One of THE BEST Westerns ever made! Any chance of this hitting HD???

I agree. The first few hours of that mini-series were incredible.

Worth buying! Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall were born to play those roles. All the actors were great in Lonsome Dove but those two stood out. One of the all time best western.

There was on sequel that wasn't too good but then there was a prequel where Gus and Woodrow were young that was very good. I don't know the name of that prequel but David Arquette was in it. I liked that one very much. Which one was "The Streets of Laredo?"

I actually read the 1200 page book in high school. great book and the movie actually does the book justice(which we all know is rare, perhaps LOTR only other close one) i would buy for sure.

Having watched it on TV and DVD, as best I recall, it didn't look particularly well shot. I'm thinkin' it would be visually underwhelming on HDM.

I actually read the 1200 page book in high school. great book and the movie actually does the book justice(which we all know is rare, perhaps LOTR only other close one) i would buy for sure.

My wife read the book as well...well,almost.....she put it down and never finished it after Gus' sad end...But we did watch the mini-series together..andwould love to re-visit this in HD...but as another poster pointed out,I don't think the transfer would be great..but would'nt this be a refer ence HD if it could be effectively re-mastered?

I'd love to see this on HD-DVD! It doesn't even have a worthy standard DVD treatment as far as I'm concerned.

Read the book twice and the movie maybe six times (its long to watch it more) but I now and again will watch parts 2 and 3. This is my #1 most wanted hidef disc.

I can't find any details about the filming of this production--dunno even if it was "filmed" or videotaped. If it was indeed shot on film, then there is hope I suppose that someday it would be resurrected and re-done for HDTV vs. the original 4:3 AR.

I'd pay almost any amount of money to see LD "fixed". IMO it is the greatest Western of all time, though perhaps because of its length vs. other worthy candidates (Searchers, Unforgiven, Outlaw Josey Wales come to mind).

From what I know, this has never been released in wide screen.

From what I know, this has never been released in wide screen.That's right, it was MADE FOR TV which is why I wonder if it ever COULD be re-made to HD format.

BTW for anyone in South Central Texas there is an *outstanding* exhibition of photographs from the Lonesome Dove production in San Marcos (http://www.library.txstate.edu/swwc/wg/exhibits/default.html). Top floor of the college library, thru March.

If you can't get there in person, the book is incredible--if you're a fan of LD you will want it. These are not "production photos" i.e. behind-the-scenes pics per se, but rather an artist's view of the passing of the American West. Bill Wittliff (the photographer/artist) was also the screenwriter for LD, and a producer as well.

http://www.library.txstate.edu/spec-coll/images/LD%20book%20cover.jpg