Product Description

At the turn of the twentieth century, circus owner Matt Maters (John Wayne) takes his circus on a tour to Europe in search of his long-lost love, Lili Alfredo (Rita Hayworth). With him are Lili's daughter, Toni (Claudia Cardinale) whom she abandoned years earlier and whom he has raised as his own, and his faithful friend, Cap Carson (Lloyd Nolan). The circus is lost in a sinking ship, but Masters manages to salvage part of it, and with the help of some European acts, puts together a new show. *** LICENSED AND MANUFACTURED DVD IMPORTED FROM SOUTH KOREA **** ENGLISH AUDIO WITH OPTIONAL JAPANESE AND KOREAN SUBTITLES *** NTSC ALL REGIONS - PLAYS ON ANY DVD MACHINES MADE FOR U.S. AND CANADA ***

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38668 in DVD
• Formats: NTSC, Subtitled, Import
• Subtitled in: Japanese, Korean
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 143 minutes

Features

• Imported from South Korea
• Language: English
• Sutitles: Japanese, Korean
• NTSC All Regions
• 16:9 Wide Screen

Customer Reviews

Ringmaster Duke!
Circus World (1964) This was the last of the epic sized movies produced by Samuel Bronston (The Fall of the Roman Empire) at his Madrid Studios before he declared bankruptcy. It was also a tough year for star John Wayne as he was diagnosed with lung cancer and had the lung removed! Still in all, none of this is visible onscreen in this big budget story: at the turn of the twentieth century, circus owner Matt Masters (John Wayne) takes his circus on a tour to Europe in search of his long-lost love, Lili Alfredo (Rita Hayworth). With him are Lili's daughter, Toni (Claudia Cardinale) whom she abandoned years earlier and whom Matt has raised as his own, and his faithful friend, Cap Carson (Lloyd Nolan). Things don't go well, starting with the sinking of the ship that brings them to Europe, costing them much of their personnel and equipment, but nothing can keep Matt from finding Lili and reuniting her with Toni. This is a solid, old fashioned drama that they just don't make any more, with the big budget used well. Wayne is his usual stalwart self, which is amazing considering his health issues that year, and he gets terrific support from the entire cast, but especially from Cardinale, vivacious as the lively Toni. The other standout is Hayworth, who also had real life health issues that help bring gravitas to her sad character. If you like the good old movies they used to show on Saturdays and Sundays on your local channels, here's one I recommend. Also with Richard Conte (Ocean's 11).

John Wayne classic!
There are at least 2 releases of Circus World imported from Korea, and THIS is the good one. That is, unless it is ever remastered and issued in the US, with lots of bonus features and hearing-impaired English sub-titles.

But this is a reasonably good transfer, full cinemascope widescreen format, and a very good lip-synchronized sound track. It is easy to turn off Korean and Japanese subtitles if not needed. It puzzels me why one of icon/legend John Wayne's more interesting films must be imported??? Claudia Cardinale is a treat to see again as his adopted daughter.

(Big)Top Entertainment!
This DVD was everything it was described as. I normally don't write any reviews, but felt compelled to do so here. This is a real good John Wayne vehicle and is unreleased in America. This is a mint print of a seldom seen movie in his catalog, and I highly recommend buying this particular copy if you're interested.