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In the mid-sixties, the maverick American director Monte Hellman (Two-Lane Blacktop) conceived of two westerns at the same time. Dreamlike and gritty by turns, the two films would prove their maker’s adeptness at brilliantly deconstructing genre. As shot back-to-back for famed producer Roger Corman (The Wild Angels), they feature overlapping casts and crews, including Jack Nicholson (Five Easy Pieces) in two of his meatiest early roles. The films—The Shooting, about a motley assortment of loners following a mysterious wanted man through a desolate frontier, and Ride in the Whirlwind, about a group of cowhands pursued by vigilantes for crimes they did not commit—are rigorous, artful, and wholly unconventional journeys into the American West.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
Product Details
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Millie Perkins, Cameron Mitchell, Harry Dean Stanton
Directors: Monte Hellman
Format: Blu-ray, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: G (General Audience)
Studio: Criterion Collection (Direct)
DVD Release Date: November 11, 2014
Run Time: 82 minutes
Special Features
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY/DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
New 4K digital restorations of both films, supervised by director Monte Hellman, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
Audio commentaries on both films, featuring Hellman and film historians Bill Krohn and Blake Lucas
New interviews with actors John Hackett, B. J. Merholz, Millie Perkins, and Harry Dean Stanton, assistant director Gary Kurtz, and chief wrangler Calvin Johnson, all in conversation with Hellman
New conversation between actor Will Hutchins and film programmer Jake Perlin
New video essay on actor Warren Oates by critic Kim Morgan
PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Atkinson
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