In The sons of Katie Elder, John Wayne stars as a gunfighter trying to regain the family ranch, and in The shootist, he's an old gunfighter dying of cancer but ready to fight one last valiant battle.
2 videodiscs (219 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in polychrome digital optical surround Dolby digital 5.1 video file DVD video
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: PG (The sons of Katie Elder); 14A (The shootist)
Other Title:
Sons of Katie Elder [DVD] Shootist [DVD] The sons of Katie Elder (Motion picture) Shootist (Motion picture)
Notes:
Originally released as motion pictures in 1965 and 1976 The shootist is based on the novel by Glendon Swarthout Sons of Katie Elder: Producer, Hal B. Wallis ; director, Henry Hathaway ; screenplay, William E. Wright, Allen Weiss, Harry Essex ; director of photography, Lucien Ballard; production design, Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler; editor, Warren Low; music, Elmer Bernstein The shootist: Producers, M.J. Frankovich, William Self ; director, Don Siegel ; screenplay, Miles Hood Swarthout, Scott Hale ; director of photography, Bruce Surtees ; production design, Robert Boyle ; editor, Douglas Stewart ; music, Elmer Bernstein John Wayne ; The sons of Katie Elder: Dean Martin, Martha Hyer ; The shootist: Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard DVDs, Dolby digital 5.1 surround In English or French with optional English or French subtitles
Contents:
The sons of Katie Elder (1965) / directed by Henry Hathaway The shootist (1976) / directed by Don Siegel
