| | | Two-Disc Special Edition.
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
Nine disparate travelers are thrust together on a Stagecoach destined for Apache territory...and movie immortality. As the Ringo Kid, director John Ford casr a lanky veteran of 70 B-movies, serials and shorts named John Wayne. Each rifle shot and closeup rang out the news: a new star is born. Claire Trevor, Thomas Mitchell (his Academy Award-winning* performance) and others made memorable imptressions. Stunt legend Yakima Canutt provided hair-raising thrilles. And 17 American folk songs formed the basis of an Oscar-winning* score. This adventure ushered in a 30-year era of great Westerns, many featuring its top practitioners Ford and Wayne.Running Time: 96 min.Format: DVD MOVIE
"A magnificient film...Many standout performances." Guide For The Film Fanatic
"One of the great American films..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"...changed the course of the modern Western." Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever
Editor's Note
Regarded by many as the best Western ever made, STAGECOACH shot John Wayne to stardom and elevated the prestige of a genre that had hitherto been considered a B-movie province. With rumors in the air of a possible Apache attack, a motley group of travelers in a small New Mexico town board the Overland Stage bound for Lordsburg. Among them are the pregnant Lucy Mallory (Louise Platt); timid liquor salesman Peacock (Donald Meek); Hatfield, an aloof gambler (John Carradine); Gatewood (Berton Churchill), a pompous, embezzling banker; and two who have been exiled from town, alcoholic Doc Boone (Thomas Mitchell) and Dallas (Clair Trevor), a lady of the evening. Along the trail, they pick up the Ringo Kid (John Wayne), an outlaw who's escaped from prison to take revenge on the Plummer brothers for destroying his family and framing him for murder. As their journey progresses, the hypocrisy of the supposedly respectable passengers becomes clear, and it's the tainted outsiders who display courage and humanity. Described by Orson Welles, who watched the film innumerable times before making CITIZEN KANE, as his cinematic textbook, STAGECOACH is superbly made in every respect, layering humor and sharp characterization into an exciting plot that includes a spectacularly photographed chase in Monument Valley.
Plot Summary
Under the stress of an Indian attack, the passengers of a stagecoach reveal their genuine personalities.
| Features | Audio Commentary By Scott Eyman | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono | | Documentary: "American Masters: John Ford & John Wayne - The Filmmaker & The Legend" | | Featurette: "Stagecoach: A Story Of Redemption" | | Interactive Menus | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | TV Spot: May 4, 1946 Academy Award Theater Broadcast |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 5/22/2007 |
| Running Time: 96 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1939 | | Catalog ID: 75899 | | UPC: 00012569758995 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | Pan and Scan (TV Format) 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1940) | | | Alexander Toluboff, Nominee, Best Art Direction | | | Bert Glennon, Nominee, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White | | | John Ford, Nominee, Best Director | | | Otho Lovering, Dorothy Spencer, Nominee, Best Film Editing |  | Richard Hageman, et al., Winner, Best Music, Scoring | | Thomas Mitchell, Winner, Best Supporting Actor | | | Walter Wanger, Nominee, Best Picture |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...[The story] feels nourishingly archetypal, especially John Wayne's turn as the outlaw Ringo Kid..." 01/11/2002 p.25Premiere
"...This is myth-making writ large, full of Ford's enduring themes, daring stunt work, and peerless eye for composition..." 12/01/2003 p.5 USA Today
"[T]he DVD breathes life into Ford's character study of sundry stagecoach passenger types..." 01/06/2004 p.6D Uncut
"[Wayne] sauntered into stardom after a decade in movies as the Ringo Kid, a charming outlaw bend on revenge." 12/01/2004 p.184 |
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