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Article: The Duke rides again -- in DVD sets
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- May 25, 2007
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The Duke would be 100 on Saturday.
John Wayne died in 1979 at the age of 72, but he remains one of
the most beloved iconic movie figures ever.
Wayne made more than 150 movies, and in a testament to his
popularity, most of them are on DVD -- this at a time when thousands
of vintage films remain locked in studio vaults, and most will
probably never see the light of home video.
Not that that stops the ever-recycling home-video industry from
feeding on itself.
Some Wayne movies have been released this week for the first time
-- but the big-ticket items are three reissued titles packed with
new bonus features: "Rio Bravo," "The Cowboys" and the film that
finally won Wayne his Oscar, "True Grit."
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