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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Its the legendary James Stewart at his leading-man finest in this timeless western that set the standard for all that followed. Frontiersman Lin McAdam (Stewart) is attempting to track down both his fathers murderer and his one-of-a-kind rifle, the Winchester 73, as it passes among a diverse group of desperate characters, including a crazed highwayman (Dan Duryea) , an immoral gunrunner (John McIntire) , a savage young Indian chief (Rock Hudson) and McAdams own murderous brother (Stephen McNally) . Featuring Shelley Winters as the rifles only rival for McAdams interest and Tony Curtis in one of his first screen performances, the gripping tale of the men (and gun) who won the West is one of Stewarts most memorable films and one of the genres most enduring classics. Bonus Content: * Interview with James Stewart * Theatrical Trailer ]]> SET CONTAINS: You cant always judge a DVD extra by its description. On the DVD debut of Anthony Manns touchstone Western, the only extras listed are "Theatrical Trailer" and "Jimmy Stewart Interview." The latter would lead one to believe there is a short interview with the star. However, when you select the bonus feature, the movie starts again, this time with a full-length commentary by Stewart interviewed by Paul Lindenschmidt as they watched the film at Universal Studios. Recorded in 1989 for the laserdisc release of the movie, the Q&A session covers the movie, Stewarts career in general, and his place in the Western genre in particular. Its a lovely 90 minutes with Stewart; one just wonders why the commentary isnt properly advertised as such. The print is the same as the laserdisc--very good, but not spectacular. --Doug Thomas

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James Stewart

James Stewart received the M.S. degree from Stanford University and the Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. After two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of London, he became Professor of Mathematics at McMaster University. His research has been in harmonic analysis and functional analysis. Stewart's books include a series of high school textbooks as well as a best-selling series of calculus textbooks. He is also co-author, with Lothar Redlin and Saleem Watson, of a series of college algebra and precalculus textbooks. Translations of his books include those in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Korean, Chinese, Greek, and Indonesian.A talented violinst, Stewart was concertmaster of the McMaster Symphony Orchestra for many years and played professionally in the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. Having explored connections between music and mathematics, Stewart has given more than 20 talks worldwide on Mathematics and Music and is planning to write a book that attempts to explain why mathematicians tend to be musical.Stewart was named a Fellow of the Fields Institute in 2002 and was awarded an honorary D.Sc. in 2003 by McMaster University. The library of the Fields Institute is named after him. The James Stewart Mathematics Centre was opened in October, 2003, at McMaster University.



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