| Uniform Title |
Broken trail (Television mini-series) |
| Title |
Broken trail. The complete mini series. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by ViaVision Entertainment, [2021] |
| ©2006 |
| Description |
2 DVD-videos (184 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| ViaVision Entertainment : VVE2705. |
| Originally broadcast on the AMC network in 2006. |
| A novel of the same name was also published by screenwriter Alan Geoffrion in 2006. Geoffrion's work on the novel inspired and informed the production of the series. |
| Special features: "Broken trail": the making of a legendary western. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: Part one -- Disc 2: Part two. |
| Credits |
Written by Alan Geoffrion ; directed by Walter Hill. |
| Performers |
Robert Duvall, Thomas Haden Church. |
| Summary |
Set in 1898, during a horse drive to Wyoming, a man and his estranged nephew meet a man transporting five Chinese girls to a brothel; the next morning he is gone with the drovers' money, leaving the girls behind. The intended buyer sends a hired gun out to retrieve her property, as the cowboys try to keep the girls safe, and deliver the herd of horses. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; NTSC ; Region 4 ; Full frame 1.78:1. |
| Language note |
English. Subtitles in English. |
| Subjects |
Drovers -- West (U.S.) Drama |
| Horses -- West (U.S.) Drama |
| Young women -- West (U.S.) Drama |
| Slavery -- West (U.S.) Drama |
| Television series -- United States |
| Television programs, American |
| West (U.S.) -- History -- 1890-1945 -- Drama |
| Genre |
Western television programs |
| Television mini-series |
| Fiction television programs |
| Other Names |
Hill, Walter, 1942- director. |
| Geoffrion, Alan screenwriter. |
| Duvall, Robert actor. |
| Church, Thomas Haden actor. |
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