Production Year: 1971 - Westerns - Director: Peter Fonda - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom, Robert Pratt, Severn Darden, Ted Markland more
Peter Fonda's superb yet little-seen directorial debut subverts the machismo of the Western genre with a quiet, understated tale of relationships and loyalty in the Wild West.... more
The Hired Hand
After the success of 'Easy Rider', its star and co-creator Peter Fonda was given the green ... more
light to shoot the movie of his choice. The result was THE HIRED HAND, an elegiac western that stands firmly as a classic of modern American cinema.Chasing their dream of a better life, Harry (Fonda) and his good friends Arch (Warren Oates) have drifted across the plains of America together. However, Harry has grown tired of his transient existence and decided to return to the wife and the child that he left years before.At first, refusing to accept him back, his wife orders him to sleep in the barn and work the farm, strictly as a hired hand. Soon their romance rekindles, and they rediscover the happiness they had lost. But as bad news of Archie reaches Harry, he is forced to make the most costly choice of his life.Presented here in its restored version, and supplemented with a host of essential additional material, this is the definitive edition of the most extraordinary western ever made.
Production Year: 1971 - Westerns - Director: George Sherman - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bobby Vinton
Production Year: 1959 - Westerns - Director: Howard Hawks - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Ward Bond, Claude Akins, Walter Brennan, John Russell
Plot: The story follows the wanderings of three men whose journey to California for gold is violently halted when the youngest of the trio is murdered. The other two go on the run, but violence follows them...
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): PALISADES TARTAN; LACE GROUP; SONY DADC
Release date: 28/06/2004
No of Discs: 2
Catalogue No: TVD 3475
Barcode: 5023965347527
Screenwriter: Alan Sharp
Composer: Bruce Langhorne
Director of Photography: Vilmos Zsigmond
Languages
Main Language: English
DVD Description
Peter Fonda's superb yet little-seen directorial debut subverts the machismo of the Western genre with a quiet, understated tale of relationships and loyalty in the Wild West. Fonda stars as Harry Collings, a drifter who has been roaming from town to town with his close friend and fellow wanderer Arch Harris (Warren Oates). Collings is haunted by memories of the wife (Verna Bloom) and daughter he abandoned and decides to make amends and return to them, offering penance by working on the family farmstead as a hired hand. But his newfound domesticity is threatened when Arch is taken hostage by an enemy they encountered in their travels, and Collings must choose between family responsibility or loyalty to his friend. Beautifully shot by Oscar-winning cinematographer Vilmos Szigmond (DELIVERANCE, MCCABE & MRS. MILLER) and hauntingly scored by acclaimed composer Bruce Langhorne, THE HIRED HAND is a sensitive drama that prompted Jane Fonda to declare that her brother had made the first feminist Western.
Technical information
Special Features: Peter Fonda Audio Commentary, Deleted Footage, Original Trailers And TV Spots, Original Radio Spots, Interview With Martin Scorsese, The Return Of The Hired Hand Documentary
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound: DTS 5.0 Surround, Dolby Digital 5.0 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Dubbing Sound: DTS 5.0 Surround English Dolby Digital 5.0 Surround English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo English
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