| Uniform Title |
The searchers (Motion picture : 1956) |
| Title |
The searchers. |
| Edition |
50th anniversary two-disc special edition. |
| Published |
Neutral Bay, NSW : Distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment, [2006] |
| ©1956, 1984 |
| Description |
2 DVD-videos (113 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Warner Bros. Entertainment : 28918. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1956. |
| Based on the novel of the same name by Alan Le May. |
| Special features: New digital transfer from restored VistaVision picture and audio elements ; New featurette 'The searchers: an appreciation' ; 'A turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne and The Searchers', 1998 documentary narrated by John Milius ; Introduction by John Wayne's son and The Searchers co-star Patrick Wayne ; Commentary by director John Ford and biographer Peter Bogdanovich ; Vintage behind the cameras segments from the Warner Bros. Presents TV series. |
| Credits |
Directed by John Ford ; screenplay by Frank S. Nugent ; produced by C.V. Whitney. |
| Performers |
John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood. |
| Summary |
Wayne plays ex-Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards, an Indian-hater who believes more in bullets than words. He's out to find his young niece, who's been taken captive by the renegade Comanches who massacred her family. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : G. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital ; Region 4 ; Widescreen 1.77:1, 16:9 transfer. |
| Language note |
In English, French and Italian. Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, Icelandic. English & Italian for the hearing impaired. |
| Subjects |
Le May, Alan, -- 1899-1964 -- Film adaptations |
| Indian captivities -- Drama |
| Frontier and pioneer life -- Drama |
| Veterans -- Drama |
| Racism -- Drama |
| White people -- Relations with Indians -- Drama |
| Comanche Indians -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| West (U.S.) -- Drama |
| Genre |
Western films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Wayne, John, 1907-1979 actor. |
| Hunter, Jeffrey, 1926-1969 actor. |
| Miles, Vera actor. |
| Wood, Natalie actor. |
| Ford, John, 1894-1973 director. |
| Le May, Alan, 1899-1964. The searchers Motion picture adaptation of (work) |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Ford, John, 1894-1973 .
- Hunter, Jeffrey, 1926-1969 .
- Le May, Alan, 1899-1964. The searchers .
- Miles, Vera .
- Wayne, John, 1907-1979 .
- Wood, Natalie .
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