Stagecoach

Author

John Ford

Call Number

• DVD ACTION (CEN)

Edition

Special ed.; Full screen version

Languages

In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Claire Trevor, John Carradine, John Wayne, Andy Devine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt, George Bancroft, Donald Meek, Berton Churchill, Tim Holt.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2010]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (ca. 96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (31 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

A group of passengers with nothing in common is stuck inside a coach that is being attacked by bandits and Indians.

Notes

Based on the original story "Stage to Lordsburg" by Ernest Haycox.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.

Special features: Disc 1. Commentary with film historian, Jim Kitses; Original theatrical trailer. Disc 2. "Bucking Broadway" John Ford silent film (1917); John Ford interview; "Peter Bogdanovich" offers his thoughts on Stagecoach; "Dreaming of Jeanie" video essay by Tag Gallagher; "John Ford home movies" interview with grandson Dan Ford; "True West" video interview with Buzz Bissinger; "Yakima Canutt" stuntsman Vic Armstrong discusses Camutt's contributions to filmmaking; "Screen director's playhouse" radio adaptation of Stagecoach broadcast Jan. 9, 1949 with John Wayne and Claire Trevor. Booklet: "Taking the stage" by David Cairns; "Stage to Lordsburg" by Ernest Haycox.

Contents

• Disc 1: Film
• Disc 2. Supplements.