High Road To China

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Danno · #1 Post by **Danno** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:35 am

Oh dear. Saw this the other day.
Barely could watch it to the end...

Has anyone seen this film?

#2 Post by **Styles Bitchley** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:46 am

I remember seeing it in the theatre...I think I liked it. But I was pretty young.

PhatCat · #3 Post by **PhatCat** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:46 pm

I remember it being on a saturday or sunday afternoon movie on tv when I was young. I seem to remember I kinda liked it. Or at least didn't hate it.

I should really netflix it to see if it holds up. I'm guessing no?

DarCA · #4 Post by **DarCA** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:22 pm

I loved this movie.

MACattack · #5 Post by **MACattack** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 3:58 am

Its a good adventure movie! I'm still having trouble finding it on DVD though

PhatCat · #6 Post by **PhatCat** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:21 pm

I can't even find it in the Netflix library. Grrr.

Little Garwood · #7 Post by **Little Garwood** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 11:06 pm

I saw it first run in the theaters and recall being bored stiff, which was unusual because since Raiders of the Lost Ark, I'd been crazy about 1930s-'40s adventure stories--still am--but High Road (or "Low Road to Entertainment" as Leonard Maltin's movie fuide calls it) was a disappointment.

It just occurred to me that I haven't seen it since its initial release! What was that, 1983? Time for a re-evaluation of Early Selleckian Cinema.

#8 Post by **ConchRepublican** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:00 pm

I saw it when it first came out. I was real excited to see Selleck on the big screen and went with my dad.

Wow . . . I was REAL disappointed. I haven't gone near or seen a frame of it since. I've been tempted at times to see if it was as bad as I remembered, but always decided there's no need to relive it.

I like remembering Tom as TM (and in Runaway, Three Men . . ., his westerns, etc.).

Agatha · #9 Post by **Agatha** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:42 am

My two cents...

I LOVED this movie! Oh, Tom gets a bit hysterical about his planes but it's beautiful and romantic and funny...and I LOVED it!

I found the video on Amazon for an astronomical price and never regretted a single penny of it. Of course, now I have a TV that won't play videos so I'm extremely lonesome for them...especially this one!

It's not out in DVD, MACattack. although if you look up the video on Amazon, they ask if you'd be interested in purchasing it if it were. So I voted YES!!

Keeping my fingers crossed!

Sam · #10 Post by **Sam** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:19 pm

Check ebay

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid ... Categories

Agatha · #11 Post by **Agatha** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:56 pm

Oh! My! God! It IS in DVD, Sam!! Sooooo. Even if I don't understand about ebay, I SHOULD be able to find it somewhere else!!

Looking...looking...looking...

Thanks, Sam!

Sam · #12 Post by **Sam** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:12 pm

Hi Agatha and Mac,
The DVD's are out there.You can get it here for 13 plus shipping.
I don't know anything about this company,so I can't vouch for them.

http://www.sell.com/23SDVJ

Danno · #13 Post by **Danno** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:51 pm

It was for hire on DVD at our local Blockbuster! Easy to find...

John Barry's score was a standout though. Very reminiscent of his beautiful work to come on Out of Africa.

wind4fuel · #14 Post by **wind4fuel** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:17 am

I seen it when it came out I liked it. Lassiter was another one that I thought was good.

wind4fuel · #15 Post by **wind4fuel** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:24 am

The OX is slow ,But the earth is patient.