DVD
Hidalgo
Call Number
- DVD ACTION (EAS)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Performers
Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Louise Lombard, Said Taghmaoui.
Publication Information
[United States] : Touchstone Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2004]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
In the 1890's Frank T. Hopkins, a former U.S. Cavalry dispatch rider who is haunted by memories of what he saw at the battle of Wounded Knee, and his mustang Hidalgo, are performing in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, billed as the greatest horse and rider the West has ever known. This leads them to be invited to run in the 3,000 mile endurance race across the Middle Eastern desert, the Ocean of Fire, by one of the leading Arabian Sheiks. The race soon becomes not only a matter of pride and honor for Frank, but a race for his very survival as he and his horse attempt the impossible.
Notes
DVD format, Region 1 ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound, DTS 5.1 digital surround sound, THX-certified.
Videodisc release of the 2004 motion picture.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Rated PG-13 for adventure violence and some mild innuendo.
In English with optional French or Spanish language soundtrack ; optional subtitles in French and Spanish.
Special features include: "Sand & celluloid" making of featurette - a behind-the-scenes look at the special effects and the adventure of making Hidalgo ; "America's first horse" enhanced computer feature - venture beyond the movie to the incredible story of Hidalgo's ancestors, the Spanish mustangs
Presented in a widescreen format which preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio (2.35:1) ; enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions.