Major Dundee

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
• Mono - English

• Subtitles - English - Closed Captioning
• Subtitles - English, Japanese, Korean - Optional

Additional Release Material:

• Audio Commentary - Select Sam Peckinpah Historians
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Trailers - Original Theatrical Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Stills/Photos - 1. Production
                       2. Posters

Product Description:

A U.S. Cavalry officer leads a makeshift army against bloodthirsty Apaches. Filmed entirely on location in Mexico.

Plot Synopsis:

Sam Peckinpah's dramatic tale of the west, and of revenge. A group of men follow Major Dundee, a officer in the Union Cavalry, down to Mexico to recapture some children kidnapped by Apaches. Their mission proves violent from start to finish, and filled with unexpected danger and adventure.

Plot Keywords:

Big Battles | Indians | Theatrical Release | Western

Exerpts:

"On 'Dundee' they cut 80% of the violence out and made it [the violence] very attractive and exciting; but the really bloody, awful things that happen to men in war were cut out, which I thought was unforgivable... -- SAM PECKINPAH

Production Notes:

• Charlton Heston gave up his salary in order to "ransom" this picture from the producer and give director Peckinpah control over the final product. In spite of this, the producer chose to cut over an hour from the original film. Shot in Eastmancolor by Pathe and Panavision, on location in Mexico. Additional cast: Begonia Palacios (Linda); Albert Carrier (Captain Jacques Tremaine); Aurora Clavell; and Jose Carlos Ruiz (Riago). Additional credits: August Lohman (special effects); Larry Butterworth (makeup artist); Tom Dawnson (costumes). "Major Dundee March" sung by Mitch Miller's Sing Along Gang. "Laura Lee" composed by Liam Sullivan and Forrest Wood.

Cast and Crew: