EXCLUSIVE! Thousands from all over the world gathered the weekend of screen legend John Wayne’s 100th birthday here in Winterset, Iowa. Here’s your chance to relive—or experience for the first time—the joy, the excitement, the laughs and the thrills of this spectacular once-in-a-lifetime event! Collect them all!

CENTENNIAL DVD: See the parade. Ethan unveiling the statue of his father, and using a backhoe to make way for the New John Wayne museum. At the VIP event, see Wayne’s granddaughter Jennifer sing “God Bless John Wayne.” Wayne co-stars and friends share some of their stories of the Duke at the Cowboy Symposiums. And you’ve got the best seat in the house for the Wild West Revue, featuring daredevil professional stunt riders, trick ropers, a WWI-style cannon firing, an equestrian drill team with a bevy of beautiful gals, the thrilling attack on the Deadwood stagecoach and much more! 1 hour 43 minutes.

Proceeds from the sale of this DVD benefit the new John Wayne Museum and Learning Center.

COWBOY SYMPOSIUM DVDS: Those attending the 100th Birthday Celebration of John Wayne in his birthplace of Winterset, Iowa on May 26 and 27, 2007 had the opportunity to learn more about the Duke from those who knew and worked with him. Here’s the complete Cowboy Symposium for each day, packed with plenty of great first-person stories and fascinating tales!

BOYD MAGERS (moderator) is a noted western film author and publisher of WESTERN CLIPPINGS. Boyd has moderated over 150 western celebrity guest star discussion panels. He regularly consults with many western celebrities, helping then acquire material on their careers or films.

LUSTER BAYLESS worked for many years at Western Costume Co., the premier Hollywood costume company. He became John Wayne’s personal costumer, working with him on 13 films in all, including True Grit, Chisum, Rio Lobo, The Train Robbers, Cahill U.S. Marshal, and The Shootist.

ED FAULKNER began his TV and film career after service as a jet fighter pilot in the Air Force. Appearing in well over 250 TV shows and nearly 30 films, he co-starred with John Wayne in Chisum, The Green Berets, Hellfighters, McLintock!, Rio Lobo and The Undefeated.

A.C. LYLES has worked for Paramount since he was 10, starting at his local theater. He moved to Hollywood after graduating from high school and worked his way up at the studio, became a producer in 1954 and formed his own production unit in 1956, producing the Rawhide TV series and numerous western films, and becoming good friends with John Wayne.

GREGG PALMER has been a familiar face in TV and the movies for more than a half century. He’s appeared in over fifty motions pictures and over 700 TV episodes. Gregg has been in six of John Wayne’s films: The Commancheros, The Undefeated, Chisum, Rio Lobo, The Shootist and Big Jake.

DEAN SMITH appeared with John Wayne in many of his films, including Rio Bravo, The Alamo, The Commancheros, How The West Was Won, McLintock!, El Dorado, True Grit, Rio Lobo, and Big Jake. Inducted into the Stuntman’s Hall of Fame, Dean was given “The Duke Award” by the John Wayne Cancer Institute in 2006.

SPECIAL APPEARANCE by ETHAN WAYNE, John Wayne’s youngest son, who starred with his father in Rio Lobo and Big Jake. Ethan is now the head of Wayne Enterprises, which preserves and protects the name, image and likeness of his father. (Saturday only)

#7190