Red river [DVD video]

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 now famous Chisholm Trail, past the Red River, into Missouri. The path is filled with hardship and the drive looks hopeless as the men struggle to prevail.

General Note:

"From the Saturday Evening Post story by Borden Chase."

New 2K digital restoration of both film versions.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.

Includes both theatrical and pre-release versions of the film.

Full screen (1.37:1).

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). Insert includes an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien.

Performers:

John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan, Coleen Gray, Harry Carey Sr., John Ireland, Noah Beery Jr., Harry Carey Jr., Chief Yowlachie, Paul Fix, Hank Worden, Mickey Kuhn, Ray Hyke, Hal Taliaferro.

Contents:

Disc 1. The theatrical version (127 min.) -- Disc 2. The prerelease version (133 min.).

Technical Details:

DVD, region 1, NTSC, full screen (1.37:1) presentation; monaural.

Subject Term:

Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Drama.

Geographic Term:

Chisholm Trail -- Drama.

Genre:

Western films.

Film adaptations.

Feature films.