One of the Greatest Director-Star Combinations in Hollywood History ``The John Wayne-John Ford Collection'' on DVD June 6 from Warner Home Video
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2006--One of the greatest director-star combinations in the history of Hollywood gets the Warner Home Video deluxe DVD treatment with the June 6 release of "The John Wayne-John Ford Collection," a ten-disc set featuring eight of the team's finest collaborations. Anchoring the Collection, and arriving just in time for Father's Day, is "The Searchers: Ultimate Collector's Edition" which includes a Two-Disc Special Edition DVD with extensive all-new bonus features, plus a full-color 36-page press book, a 36-page reproduction of the original Dell comic book, filmmaker memos and correspondence, several behind-the-scenes photos and a mail-in theatrical poster.
The collection also features "Stagecoach: Two-Disc Special Edition," newly remastered and restored from original VistaVision film elements and loaded with new bonus content and three titles making their DVD debuts: the classic western "Fort Apache," and the stirring war films "The Long Voyage Home" and "Wings of Eagles." Rounding out the set are the timeless classics "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" and "They Were Expendable" (in new Amaray packaging) plus "3 Godfathers," which is available for the first time in wide release with this Collection.
"The Searchers" will be available individually in both the 50th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition for $26.99 SRP and the Ultimate Collector's Edition priced at $34.92 SRP. The "Stagecoach: Two-Disc Special Edition" will be available for $26.99 SRP and the single disc titles will sell individually for various prices from $12.97-$19.97 SRP. The price for the entire ten-disc Collection is $79.92 SRP.
In the now well-established WHV DVD Classics tradition, "The Searchers" has been painstakingly remastered and restored from original VistaVision film elements. Also restored from original and best available elements are "Fort Apache" and "Stagecoach" and "Wings of Eagles" is newly remastered in 16x9 format, enhanced for widescreen televisions (1.85:1 aspect ratio). The Collection bonus materials include an introduction by Patrick Wayne (John's son), an all-new feature-length documentary American Masters: John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker & the Legend produced by WNET/American Masters, commentaries by noted film director Peter Bogdanovich and Ford biographer Scott Eyman, several new featurettes, audio-only segments plus John Wayne home movies.
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