Red river / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; United Artists ; Howard Hawks presents ; Monterey Productions ; screenplay by Borden Chase and Charles Schnee ; executive producer, Charles K. Feldman ; directed and produced by Howard Hawks.
With no market for his herd, the master of a vast cattle ranch and his son decide to head the first cattle drive over the Chisholm Trail, past the Red River and into Missouri. As hardships mount, tensions between father and son reach epic proportions.
| Uniform Title: | Red River (Motion picture)
Criterion collection ; 709. |
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| Language: | English |
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Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2014]
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| Edition: | Special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
709. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 Blu-ray discs (127 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Summary: |
With no market for his herd, the master of a vast cattle ranch and his son decide to head the first cattle drive over the Chisholm Trail, past the Red River and into Missouri. As hardships mount, tensions between father and son reach epic proportions. |
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| Note: | Region A; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; monaural. Contains both the original theatrical release (disc 1) and the prerelease version (disc 2). Blu-ray release of the 1948 motion picture. Special features: Disc 1: Bogdanovich on Red River (new interview with filmmaker and critic Peter Bogdanovich); Hawks and Bogdanovich (interview with director Howard Hawks and filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich); Trailer. Disc 2: Molly Haskell (interview with critic Molly Haskell discussing the film); Lee Clark Mitchell (interview with scholar Lee Clark Mitchell about the western genre); Borden Chase (1969 interview where the novelist and screenwriter discusses the film adaptation of his work, conducted by western scholar Jim Kitses); Lux Radio Theatre (adaptation of Red River originally broadcast on March 7, 1949, features John Wayne, Joanne Dru, and Walter Brennan) Accompanied by a booklet containing an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien and a 1991 interview with film editor Christian Nyby. Some copies originally packaged as part of a dual-format edition with a DVD version of the film and a copy of the book: Blazing guns on the Chisholm Trail, by Borden Chase, on which the film is based. |
| Call Number: | PN1995.9.W4 R43 2014 Blu-ray Video |
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Rating: Not rated. |
| ISBN: | 9781604658668 1604658665 9781604658415 (set) 160465841X (set) |
| Credits: | Photographed by Russell Harlan ; film editor, Christian Nyby ; art director, John Datu Arensma ; music composed and directed by Dimitri Tiomkin. |
| System Details: | Blu-ray disc: Not compatible with standard DVD players; requires Blu-ray disc player. |
| Cast: |
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. |