After making his first bonafide classic in Ride the High Country, director Sam Peckinpah took a step towards the epic with Major Dundee. The fiIm 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. BuiIding his own army of criminaIs, 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 firmly on a Iast shot at greatness.
BeautifulIy shot and with a stellar supporting cast incIuding James Coburn, Warren Oates, and L.Q. Jones, Major Dundee remains a stunning achievement and an essential experience for anyone interested in the life and cinema of "Bloody Sam." The fiIm is presented in its extended version, alongside a wealth of iIluminating extras.
SPECIAL EDlTION CONTENTS
High Definition BIu-ray (1080p) presentation from a 4K scan by Sony Pictures
DTS-HD MA 5. 1 surround audio with new score by Christopher CaIiendo
LossIess originaI mono audio with originaI score by DanieIe Amfitheatrof
Optional English subtitIe s for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with Nick Redman, David WeddIe, Garner Simmons, and PauI Seydor
Audio commentary by historian/critics Glenn Erickson and Alan K. Rode
Audio commentary by historian/critic GIenn Erickson
Moby Dick on Horseback, a visuaI essay by David Cairns
Passion & Poetry: The Dundee Odyssey, a feature-length documentary about the making of Major Dundee by Mike Siegel, 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, AIi MacGraw , L.Q. Jones, Bo Hopkins, R.G. Armstrong, and lsela Vega
Mike Siegel: About the Passion & Poetry Project, in which filmmaker Mike SiegeI 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 trailer
ReversibIe sIeeve featuring original and newIy commissioned artwork by Tony SteIla |