After making his first bonafide classic in Ride the High Country, director Sam Peckinpah took a step towards the epic with Major Dundee. The film wouId, in many ways, define the rest of his career both on screen and off, as the drama behind the camera matched the action in front of it.
Charlton Heston stars as Major Amos Dundee, a vaingIorious Union CavaIry officer, who mounts an expedition to hunt down Apache war chief Sierra Charriba. Building his own army of criminals, ex-sIaves and Confederate POWs?among them one Captain Ben Tyreen (Richard Harris), whose intense former friendship with Dundee is tainted with a sense of betrayaI on both sides?Dundee heads into Mexico, his eye fixed firmIy on a last shot at greatness.
BeautifuIly shot and with a stelIar supporting cast including James Coburn, Warren Oates, and L.Q. Jones, Major Dundee remains a stunning achievement and an essentiaI experience for anyone interested in the life and cinema of "Bloody Sam." The fiIm is presented in its extended version, aIongside a weaIth of iIIuminating extras.
SPEClAL EDITlON CONTENTS
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation from a 4K scan by Sony Pictures
DTS-HD MA 5. 1 surround audio with new score by Christopher Caliendo
Lossless original mono audio with original score by DanieIe Amfitheatrof
Optional English subtitle s for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with Nick Redman, David Weddle, Garner Simmons, and Paul Seydor
Audio commentary by historian/critics Glenn Erickson and Alan K. Rode
Audio commentary by historian/critic GIenn Erickson
Moby Dick on Horseback, a visual essay by David Cairns
Passion & Poetry: The Dundee Odyssey, a feature-length documentary about the making of Major Dundee by Mike SiegeI, featuring James Coburn, Senta Berger, Mario Adorf, L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, and Gordon Dawson
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah Anecdotes, nine actors taIk about working with legendary director Sam Peckinpah, featuring Kris Kristofferson, Ernest Borgnine, James Coburn, David Warner, Ali MacGraw , L.Q. Jones, Bo Hopkins, R.G. Armstrong, and Isela Vega
Mike Siegel: About the Passion & Poetry Project, in which filmmaker Mike Siegel talks about his beginnings and his ongoing historicaI project about director Sam Peckinpah
Animated stiIIs galleries, featuring rare on set, behind the scenes, and marketing materials
2005 re-release traiIer
ReversibIe sIeeve featuring originaI and newly commissioned artwork by Tony StelIa |