The shooting ; Ride in the whirlwind.

Author

Monte Hellman

Call Number

• DVD ACTION (CEN, EAS, OSH)

Edition

Director-approved two-DVD special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Ride in the whirlwind: Cameron Mitchell, Jack Nicholson, Tom Filer, Millie Perkins, Katherine Squire, George Mitchell, Dean Stanton.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2014]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (81, 82 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (colored illustrations ; 19 cm.)

Audience

MPAA rating: G.

Summary

In the mid-sixties, the maverick American director Monte Hellman conceived of two westerns at the same time. Shot back-to-back for famed producer Roger Corman, they feature overlapping casts and crews, including Jack Nicholson in two of his meatiest early roles. The Shooting, about a motley assortment of loners following a mysterious wanted man through a desolate frontier, and Ride in the Whirlwind, about a group of cowhands pursued by vigilantes for crimes they did not commit, are rigorous, artful, and wholly unconventional journeys to the Old West.

Notes

"Two films by Monte Hellman"--Container.

Originally released as individual motion pictures in 1966.

Special features: New 4K digital restorations of both films, supervised by director Monte Hellman ; audio commentaries on both films, featuring Hellman and film historians Bill Brohn and Blake Lucas ; new interviews with actors John Hackett, B.J. Merholz, Millie Perkins, and Harry Dean Stanton, assistant director Gary Kurtz, and chief wrangler Calvin Johnson, all in conversation with Hellman ; new conversation between actor Will Hutchins and film programmer Jake Perlin ; new video appreciation of actor Warren Oates by critic Kim Morgan.

Contents

• Shooting / Ride in the whirlwind