| Notes | This is where it all started. John Ford’s smash hit and enduring masterpiece Stagecoach revolutionized the western, elevating it from B movie to the A-list and establishing the genre as we know it today. The quintessential tale of a group of strangers thrown together into extraordinary circumstances, Stagecoach features outstanding performances from Hollywood stalwarts Claire Trevor, John Carradine, and Thomas Mitchell, and, of course, John Wayne, in his first starring role for Ford, as the daredevil outlaw the Ringo Kid. Superbly shot and tightly edited, Stagecoach (Ford’s first trip to Monument Valley) is Hollywood storytelling at its finest.
SPECIAL FEATURES
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Audio commentary by western authority Jim Kitses (Horizons West)
Bucking Broadway, a 1917 silent feature by John Ford, with new music composed and performed by Donald Sosin
Journalist and television presenter Philip Jenkinson's extensive 1968 video interview with Ford
New video appreciation of Stagecoach, with director and Ford biographer Peter Bogdanovich
New video interview with Ford's grandson, Dan Ford about the director and his home movies
New video piece, featuring journalist Buzz Bissinger, about trader Harry Goulding's key role in bringing Monument Valley to Hollywood
New video homage to legendary stuntman Yakima Canutt, with celebrated stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong
Video essay by writer Tag Gallagher analyzing Ford's visual style in Stagecoach
Screen Director's Playhouse 1949 radio dramatization of Stagecoach, with John Wayne, Claire Trevor, and Ford, downloadable as an MP3 file
Theatrical trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by David Cairns and Ernest Haycox's "Stage to Lordsburg," the short story that inspired the film
New cover by Eric Skillman |
