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The Long Riders (1980)
DVD (1 discs
)
Blu-ray (2 discs
+ 1 features
)
Digital ✓
Genre: Western
Aspect Ratio: Wide
Sound: DD 5.1
Synopsis
This terrific Walter Hill Western follows the careers of the James and Younger brothers--and uses the nifty idea of casting actual clans of acting siblings in the roles. Thus, the James brothers are played by James and Stacy Keach; the Youngers by David, Keith, and Robert Carradine; the Millers by Randy and Dennis Quaid; and the Fords by Christopher and Nicholas Guest. Hill, working with an evocative Ry Cooder score, creates a film that is at once breathtakingly exciting and elegiac in its treatment of these post-Civil War outlaws. The Keaches in particular bring a surprising dignity to the roles of Frank and Jesse James, while David Carradine is a hoot as Cole Younger--and the Quaids mimic real life (as it was for them then) in their battles as the Miller brothers. Bloody, to be sure, but also bloody good.
Cast
David Carradine
Christopher Guest
Dennis Quaid
Randy Quaid
Keith Carradine
Robert Carradine
James Keach
Stacy Keach
Kevin Brophy
Harry Carey Jr.
Nicholas Guest
Director
Walter Hill
Awards & Nominations
- None
Keywords
Epics
Western
Technical Specifications
Audio Languages
English, French
Subtitle Languages
English, French, Spanish
Special Features
- Audio commentary
- Featurettes/Behind-The-Scenes/Documentaries
- Interviews
- Trailers/TV spots
- Interviews with Stars Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, Stacy Keach, Randy Quaid & Nicholas Guest
- Interview with Director Walter Hill
- Interview with Composer Ry Cooder
- Interview with Producer Tim Zinnemann
- Outlaw Brother: The Making of The Long Riders (61 min.)
- The Northfield Minnesota Raid: Anatomy of a Scene (15 Min.)
- Slow Motion: Walter Hill on Sam Peckinpah (6 min.)
- Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell & Nathaniel Thompson