The Last of the Mohicans (Enhanced Widescreen) (1992)

I have yet to find a replacement DVD for my first copy, purchased years ago. DVD video is the only way I have ever seen this film, so I know with absolute certainty that the original theatrical release exists on disc..... (112 minute original theatrical release vs. longer “director-cuts” versions) The “Expanded Editions” clearly reveal re-editing points (most distracting, especially unwelcome within the finale sequence!) Mr. Mann had it right the first time, why tinker with perfection?

If you've been looking for a copy of the original version shown in theaters, the Ultimate Edition is it. It actually has 2 versions, the original, and the newest director's cut. For years, I've been looking for a replacement for my original VHS, and finally I have it. Now the Clannad song is finally back in the movie!

I bought this version because it was marketed as the original theatrical release. Unfortunately it is not and has many scenes edited or deleted and is missing some of the soundtrack. Love the movie just not this version. Also unfortunately you have to open and play the movie to know about the modifications. So three stars - 5 for the movie and 1 for the version - 3.

This was the poorest quality reproduction I have ever experienced with a video. I watched the directors cut on Blue-Ray. The picture was so dark and grainy that it was difficult to follow the film. It almost looked to me as if someone were filming the picture while watching the video on TV. The scenes filmed at night were barely visible, and the scenes filmed during the day were very dark. The aspect ratio was not even wide screen. The sound quality was very poor as well, often muffled. I have an old video tape of this film that is a better reproduction, and a blue-ray copy from 8 years ago that is crisp, bright, and sharp, so I know what it should look like. This purchase was a real disappointment.

Favorite movie ever! Watch the credits to see who the military advisor was!So much emotion in this movie, so easily missed by those who are dead from the neck down from watching all the fast and furious garbage.This film is a classic. Don't mess with Chingatchgook!I don't think you're getting anything extra in the Final Director's Cut, but I bet you would if this is out on 4K.......

plays well, great movie. but was looking for the 3 hours version. this is not the one I hoped it would be. no shade to vendor. they delivered promptly and it played just fine. What happened to the 3 hour version of this movie?

There was something so incredibly powerful about this movie I ended up watching it twice. From Nathaniel and Cora's intense relationship to the subtle, silent connection between Uncas and Alice all happening around the conflict of the French and Indian War in the 18th century, there was so much in this movie to move and inspire the watcher. As a lover of historical fiction and romance, this movie captivated me from the first moment and held on until the phenomenal ending. If you haven't seen this yet, then you should!

A good period piece, about a war that few Americans even now know was happening at that time. The British attitude: “Those considerations are subordinate to the interests of the crown.” And selling pelts to the Dutch for silver, or the English or French for wampum or alcohol. Magua, who was a Huron but the British thought Mohican, certainly worked out to his benefit. After the fort was taken, that was typical of the time. The British soldiers were to return to England, never to fight against the French again. That was really crippling, as England did not have a huge reserve of soldiers. They used most of their soldiers in England to guard against an invasion by the French. In the decisive Battle of Saratoga, won in part by the brilliant General Benedict Arnold, England never could make up for all the soldiers they ‘lost’ under those conditions. War was done differently those days. The Huron ambush showed the tactics of both sides, and I felt well done. I feel the movie was very well done with a very sweeping story arc. And it is a romance.

No, no, no. Please DO NOT listen to the reviewers saying the Bluray version is the theatrical release/Warner Bros distributed version. It's not. It's the awful Mann reworking that removes some of the best dialogue and removes all traces of Nathaniels wit and humour in the face of adversity.I'd like to tell you where to find the best version, but unfortunately, having bought every version Amazon has to offer, I'm yet to find it!If I successfully source that version I'll try and update this review with a link (if Amazon will allow that!).

This is a review of the 2019 Region B2 Blu-ray from Arrow Films, in Dolby Digital 5.1. Although this is a fairly inexpensive product without extras, the picture and sound quality are, as you’d expect from Arrow, really first rate.As a child, I loved the (old!) 1936 version of ‘The Last of the Mohicans’, which starred Randolph Scott as Hawkeye. It was exciting, romantic, and ahead of its time, suggesting a romance between a Native American man and a white woman. This film, made in 1992, drew in part on the 1936 screenplay, as well as James Fenimore Cooper’s original novel from 1826 ~ although there are substantial differences between the various plots.Director Michael Mann co-wrote the 1992 screenplay. At that point he had worked on a small number of reasonably successful feature films, as writer and director. He had also done TV work. Later, he was responsible for the hugely successful Pacino-de Niro vehicle, ‘Heat’(1995). He makes tough, energetic films, with his protagonists required to make difficult choices. That is certainly true here.The story is set in 1757, during the ‘French and Indian War’ as the Anglo-French ‘Seven Years’ War’ was known in the American Colonies. Although slightly amended for artistic effect, the central event of the film, the siege and capitulation of the British-held Fort William Henry (on Lake George in colonial New York), is an actual event, as is the aftermath. The film follows the fortunes of the daughters of the Fort’s commander, and the assistance they are given by a Mohican father and son, and their white adopted son and brother, Hawkeye.The great unsettled expanse of colonial era New York is actually the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, in particular scenic DuPont Forest. The Italian cinematographer, Dante Spinotti, a regular Mann collaborator, gives us one of the most exquisitely filmed movies ever. Every scene, perfectly framed, portrays majestic waterfalls, misty vistas of forested peaks, dappled glades of silvery birch. We get an overwhelming feeling of vast space, of dizzying height, of unseen presence. The rich night scenes are atmospheric, the fights and full battles are epic, capturing both a terrifying overview and desperate personal struggles.Mann’s central characters are wonderful. Daniel Day Lewis is athletic, authoritative, brave, as Hawkeye, respected by his Mohawk ‘family’ and the settlers. Madeleine Stowe portrays Cora coping impressively but authentically, despite being well beyond her comfort zone. Wes Studi, always an impressive figure, is majestically ruthless as Magua; and Russell Means and Eric Schweig, also major Native American actors, are both first rate.Although this is very much an action film, taken at full gallop, this is also a hugely moving, emotional experience, with one of the great film romances, as well as tremendous bonds of love between parents and children, and friendships across racial boundaries. The wonderful music enhances this effect. This is a spectacular and passionate treat of a film, that I would unhesitatingly award 6 Stars, if I could!

This film, based on a nineteenth century American novel, has good music, striking scenery of Appalachian green mountains, rivers and waterfalls and an exciting climax. In style it would be called a Western were it not set in the East.It is set in a time less often portrayed in films in the mid-Eighteenth Century, when the red and white coated soldiers of the Kings of Britain and France, rather than blue coated United States forces, guarded the frontier between white settlement and the native tribes of the Eastern forests, like Hurons, Mohawks and Mohicans, rather than the now better known Sioux, Apaches and Comanches of the Western plains.Why then have I only given it 3 stars? Somehow, despite its above merits, something about this film leaves me cold. I find most of the characters insufficiently uninteresting.I am not too bothered that the title 'The Last of the Mohicans', suggesting that the tribe died out, is inaccurate. According to Wikipedia there are about 6,000 Mohicans alive today, mostly living in Wisconsin, in a settlement shared with another tribe, to which they were removed in the 1830s from their historic lands in New York state and New England.

This is one of my favourite films, and I bought this Blu-ray to replace an older DVD that I gave away to a friend.I wish I'd kept the DVD! Both the picture and the soundtrack are far inferior on this Blu-ray. In the darker scenes, this disk practically shows a black screen at times.The sound is so low that I had to crank up my sound system's volume to near-max, but even then the sound was so poor that I started watching it with the subtitles turned on.And even with that, I could only stick it for about 10 minutes before turning the thing off.This Blu-ray is not an upgrade on the DVD. It's an inferior piece of trash that isn't worth your money, however low-priced it may be. Frankly, if someone offers you this for FREE, do yourself a favour and politely decline.If anyone can recommend a Blu-ray version that does this movie justice, I'd be grateful if you'd add a comment and tell me about it.

There are three versions of The Last of The Mohicans: The 1992 Theatrical cut, the 1999 US-only Director's Expanded Edition, and the 2010 Director's Definitive Cut.I was excited to learn that the Blu-ray was being re-released with a different distributor and reverting back to the original artwork - with no mention of this being the 2010 cut.Sadly upon receipt, this disc is still using the 2010 Director's Definitive Cut, albeit with no mention anywhere on the packaging.So - if you're looking for the original Theatrical Cut on Blu-ray, you still can't get it anywhere in th UK yet. Don't throw away your DVD!