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The Lone Ranger
- DVD Release Date: December 17, 2013
- Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Run Time: 149 minutes
- Number of discs: 2
- Language: English (DTS-HD High Res Audio), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- ASIN: B00DJYJWVW
Small screen b&w television and I grew up together. Early TV was creation and innovation. Its shows like The Lone Ranger changed entertainment. Ironic that todays’ movies return to its many classics for inspiration.
Recently I was flying to Orlando. Curious as to how the Disney movie The Lone Ranger on screen varied against the original, I put my earphones on and tuned in. The roles, the setting, and the drama’s plot were the same as the late 40’s-early 50’s television broadcasts BUT their treatment was totally different. John Reid was vulnerable. His motivation was to bring justice to the Old West. Tonto was his partner and equal. The two rode together to bring justice to the Old West not in the spirit of revenge, brutality, or the supernatural.
Disney’s The Lone Ranger seems to be a spoof on role models, rules, and moral codes. It begins in a 1933 San Francisco Sideshow. Loud, comical, wild Tonto narrates the events of 1869, Bryant’s Gap, the railroad, greed, evil, and betrayal. The young boy who hears the tale questions the story’s truth. Could this have changed John Reid (Arnie Hammer) from a man to a legend? Is Tonto (Johnny Depp) in his black and white face paint and dead crow headgear crazy, foolish, silly?
Jerry Bruckheimer and Gore Verbinski surely put a new slant on American folklore. The treatment of movie is reminiscent of the potboilers and the old turn of the (19th) century silent short. Showing villain Butch Cavendish as a dastardly cannibal windingo is horrific. Lightening dark moments with humor especially poignant shows a PG slice of life not all audiences will appreciate. Watch those end credits carefully for Ke-mo sah-bee’s Tonto in a suit with a suitcase walking through a canyon.
Gorgeous natural vistas, an abundance of stuntmen performing endless chases and escapes, a spectacular train wreck, and makeup make Disney’s The Lone Ranger an interesting feature.
Here is a trailer.
The Disney The Lone Ranger feature has a 149 minute running time and includes extra content including Bloopers; Deleted Scenes; Riding the Rails of The Lone Ranger; Arnie’s western Road Trip; Becoming a Cowboy. It has a $39.99 SMRP, and its release date is December 17, 2013.
I think my son would love this movie, I will look into getting him for the holidays! Thank you for sharing!
we have this but haven’t watched it yet. but really- it’s got johnny depp.. it’ll rock!
I love Johnny Depp! I have not seen this movie yet! I can’t wait to get it. Great review!
I’m hoping to check out The Lone Ranger on Blu-ray for Christmas.
This was a movie I wanted to watch while it was at the theatre. That said I never got around to actually watching it. But I will definitely be watching it soon!!
I like this movie and would love to own it on DVD
I wonder why this movie did so poorly at the box office, though.
I saw one of the original Lone Ranger movies in the theater when I was a kid. (They had free movies for kids to go and see on Saturdays during the Christmas season) It was a good time….