"An embittered, tyrannical Texas rancher['s] tensions with his independent-minded adopted son ... reach epic proportions during a cattle drive to Missouri"--Container.
Dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition, (Blu-ray only)
Description:
2 videodiscs (127 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) monochrome digital optical mono video file Blu-ray Region A
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: Not rated
Other Title:
Title on container: Howard Hawks' Red River [Blu-ray]
Notes:
Set of two Blu-ray discs containing the theatrical version of the feature film, the prerelease version of the feature film, and special features "From the Saturday Evening Post story by Borden Chase." Originally produced as a motion picture in 1948 Accompanying booklet contains an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien and a 1991 interview with film editor Christian Nyby Accompanying book is a new paperback edition of Borden Chase's original novel: Blazing guns on the Chisholm Trail Special features on both the set of Blu-ray discs and the set of DVD videodiscs include an interview with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, an interview with critic Molly Haskell, an interview with film scholar Lee Clark Mitchell, audio excerpts from a 1972 conversation between Hawks and Bogdanovich, audio excerpts from a 1970 interview with novelist and screenwriter Borden Chase, and the Lux Radio Theatre 1949 adaptation of Red River, featuring John Wayne, Joanne Dru, and Walter Brennan Director of photography, Russell Harlan ; editor, Christian Nyby ; music composed and directed by Dimitri Tiomkin John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan, Colleen Gray, Harry Carey, Sr., John Ireland, Noah Beery, Jr., Harry Carey, Jr., Chief Yowlachie, Paul Fix, Hank Worden, Mickey Kuhn, Ray Hyke, Hal Taliaferro Blu-ray, region A; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; monaural In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired (SDH)
