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Zorro's Fighting Legion:Golden God | Year: 1939 Classification: Drama Directed: - John English - William Witney One of the greatest movie serials of all time This is also the ONLY Zorro serial dealing with the original Zorro character, set in the original time period (early 1800's). The serial is very well made. Reed Hadley is an excellent Don Diego/Zorro. The sword fighting scenes are very impressive. The cliffhangers at the end of each chapter are excellently done. Don Del Oro is one of the greatest movie serial villians of all time. If you are a fan of the Zorro legend or of movie serials in general, this is one of the best. A must have! THE GREATEST ZORRO FEATURE OF ALL TIME This serial is one of the ten best serials of all time, and the best Zorro in any form. The serial has everything. Stunts by Yakima Canutt,the dean of stuntmen. Great music by Cy Feuer. Great story about an armored villian "Don Del Oro" (God of the gold) and his attempt to take over california. The man to stop him is Zorro (excellent portrayal by Reed Hadley) and his Fighting Legion. The serial was made in 1939, the year when hollywood did their greatest work, from Gone With The Wind to The Wizard Of Oz. This serial stands alone as the best western serial of them all. ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE VERSION!! Read the horrid reviews (as usual) for the Madacy product, then grab this Hal Roach Studios/Image version of this classic Republic Serial, perhaps second in fame only to THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL. This version is meticulously mastered from the original camera negative with fine grain shots substituted wherever necessary. Where Madacy "simply" eliminates(!) the beginnings and ends of each of their twelve 16mm chapters, making it more into a herky-jerky feature film that runs 3-1/2 hours (then making you buy TWO separate discs in order to obtain the whole story), this Hal Roach Studios version is absolutely complete--four hours on one disc (double-coated, no turning over!) and boasts trailers for six other top serials to boot. All from 35mm, with the visual power and dynamic soundtrack range the use of those elements brings to the table. This is the one you've been waiting for, so get the best possible version. (Same for ROBINSON CRUSOE OF CLIPPER ISLAND, ZORRO RIDES AGAIN and ZORRO'S BLACK WHIP, also mastered from the original 35mm nitrate camera negatives and fine grains. They're all being released by Image in the coming months.) As the reviewer from the Knight-Ridder Newspaper chain recently published "Do yourself a favor--wait for the Hal Roach Studios version from Image--it's the real deal". I concur. It's worth the little bit extra you have to pay to be able to see the picture and hear the sound the way it was all meant to be presented. ZORRO'S FIGHTING LEGION is worth the money for the twelfth chapter alone, with it's great unmasking scene (but, no peeking till you've built up to it by watching the first eleven!). You'll love it. Buy Zorro's Fighting Legion Golden God at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Zorro's Fighting Legion Golden God Search with the Priority Search Engine on Zorro's Fighting Legion Golden God This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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