Edition |
Director-approved special ed. |
Description |
1 DVD (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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surround |
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Dolby digital 5.1 |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
Series |
The Criterion collection ; 514
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Criterion collection ; 514.
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System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. |
Cast |
Skeet Ulrich, Tobey Maguire, Jewel, Jeffrey Wright, Simon Baker, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, James Caviezel, Thomas Guiry, Tom Wilkinson, Jonathan Brandis, Matthew Faber, Stephen Mailer, John Ales, Zach Grenier, Margo Martindale, Mark Ruffalo, Celia Weston. |
Credits |
Costume designer, Marit Allen ; music, Mychael Danna ; music supervisor, Alex Steyermark ; editor, Tim Squyres ; production designer, Mark Friedberg. |
Note |
Based on the novel Woe to live on by Daniel Woodrell. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999. This is a new director's cut of the film. |
Summary |
In 1862, during the Kansas-Missouri border war, Jake and Jack Bull join the Confederate-sympathizing Bushwhackers after Jack's father is killed by marauding members of the abolitionist Jayhawkers. They are aided by unusual ally, Holt, who's fighting for the South despite being a former slave. |
Note |
Special features: Audio commentary with Ang Lee and James Schamus; Audio commentary with Frederick Elmes, Drew Kunin and Mark Friedberg; Video interview with Jeffrey Wright. Booklet. "Apocalypse then" by Godfrey Cheshire; "Bleeding Kansas, marauding Missouri" by Godfrey Cheshire; "Quantrill and his raiders" by Edward E. Leslie. |
Language |
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama.
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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United States. |
Chronological Term |
1861-1865 |
Genre/Form |
War films.
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War films.
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Historical films.
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Historical films.
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Film adaptations.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Drama.
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History.
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Film.
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DVD-Video.
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War films.
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Historical films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Lee, Ang, 1954- director.
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Elmes, Frederick, cinematographer.
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Linde, David, 1960- producer.
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Hope, Ted, producer.
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Colesberry, Robert F., producer.
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Schamus, James, 1959- producer, screenwriter.
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Ulrich, Skeet, actor.
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Maguire, Tobey, 1975- actor.
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Jewel, 1974- actor.
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Wright, Jeffrey (Jeffrey Charles), 1965- actor.
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Baker, Simon, 1969- actor.
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Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan, 1977- actor.
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Caviezel, Jim, 1968- actor.
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Guiry, Thomas, 1981- actor.
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Wilkinson, Tom, 1948- actor.
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Brandis, Jonathan, 1976-2003, actor.
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Faber, Matthew, actor.
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Mailer, Stephen, 1966- actor.
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Ales, John, actor.
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Grenier, Zach, 1954- actor.
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Martindale, Margo, 1951- actor.
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Ruffalo, Mark, actor.
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Weston, Celia, 1951- actor.
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Allen, Marit, costume designer.
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Danna, Mychael, composer.
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Squyres, Tim, film editor.
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Friedberg, Mark, designer.
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Woodrell, Daniel.
Woe to live on.
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Universal Pictures (Firm)
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Good Machine (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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ISBN |
9781604652499 |
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1604652497 |
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9786313490349 |
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6313490347 |
Standard No. |
715515055116 |
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g2013:476667 |
Music No. |
CC1879D Criterion Collection |
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