Rio Lobo (Limited Edition, Region B) w/SLIP
Rio LoboĀ is the last film byĀ Howard Hawks, a titan of American cinema and the director of a litany of undisputed classics, includingĀ Scarface,Ā Only Angels Have Wings,Ā The Big SleepĀ andĀ Monkey Business. Like his previous filmsĀ Red River,Ā The Big SkyĀ andĀ Rio Bravo, it is an ode to the Old West ā a staunchly traditionalist tale of the frontier led by the genreās biggest star,Ā John Wayne.
Wayne stars as Colonel Cord McNally of the Union army, who loses a close friend during a raid on a Union payroll train carried out by a group of Confederates under the leadership of Captain Pierre Cordana (Jorge Rivero) and Sergeant Tuscarora Phillips (Christopher Mitchum). McNally suspects that he and his men were betrayed by traitors within the Union, setting in motion a quest for revenge that will continue even after the Civil War is over ā and which will bring McNally into a bitter conflict with ruthless landowner Ketcham (Victor French) and āBlue Tomā Hendricks (Mike Henry), the corrupt sheriff of Rio Lobo, Texas.
By 1970, the Western genre was rapidly changing. In America, Revisionist Westerns ā typified by the likes ofĀ The Wild Bunch,Ā Little Big ManĀ andĀ Soldier BlueĀ ā were questioning the established mythology of the West, while Italyās morally grey Spaghetti Westerns were at the height of their international popularity. Meanwhile,Ā Rio LoboĀ stood firm in tradition as Hawksā final Western ā and now joins theĀ Masters of CinemaĀ series.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Limited Edition [2000 copies]
- Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork Colin Murdoch
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing on Rio Lobo by Richard Combs
- 1080p HD presentation from a restoration by Paramount Pictures
- Original English mono audio
- Optional DTS HD-MA 5.1 audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Back to the Old West ā new interview on Rio Lobo with Western scholar Austin Fisher, author of Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western
- New interview with film historian Sheldon Hall on the career of director Howard Hawks
- Original theatrical trailer
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Rio LoboĀ is the last film byĀ Howard Hawks, a titan of American cinema and the director of a litany of undisputed classics, includingĀ Scarface,Ā Only Angels Have Wings,Ā The Big SleepĀ andĀ Monkey Business. Like his previous filmsĀ Red River,Ā The Big SkyĀ andĀ Rio Bravo, it is an ode to the Old West ā a staunchly traditionalist tale of the frontier led by the genreās biggest star,Ā John Wayne.
Wayne stars as Colonel Cord McNally of the Union army, who loses a close friend during a raid on a Union payroll train carried out by a group of Confederates under the leadership of Captain Pierre Cordana (Jorge Rivero) and Sergeant Tuscarora Phillips (Christopher Mitchum). McNally suspects that he and his men were betrayed by traitors within the Union, setting in motion a quest for revenge that will continue even after the Civil War is over ā and which will bring McNally into a bitter conflict with ruthless landowner Ketcham (Victor French) and āBlue Tomā Hendricks (Mike Henry), the corrupt sheriff of Rio Lobo, Texas.
By 1970, the Western genre was rapidly changing. In America, Revisionist Westerns ā typified by the likes ofĀ The Wild Bunch,Ā Little Big ManĀ andĀ Soldier BlueĀ ā were questioning the established mythology of the West, while Italyās morally grey Spaghetti Westerns were at the height of their international popularity. Meanwhile,Ā Rio LoboĀ stood firm in tradition as Hawksā final Western ā and now joins theĀ Masters of CinemaĀ series.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Limited Edition [2000 copies]
- Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork Colin Murdoch
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing on Rio Lobo by Richard Combs
- 1080p HD presentation from a restoration by Paramount Pictures
- Original English mono audio
- Optional DTS HD-MA 5.1 audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Back to the Old West ā new interview on Rio Lobo with Western scholar Austin Fisher, author of Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western
- New interview with film historian Sheldon Hall on the career of director Howard Hawks
- Original theatrical trailer
