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The Cowboys (Widescreen)

Starring: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne & Bruce Dern Director: Mark Rydell Rated:

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Rated: PG
Closed captioning available
Run Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Video: Color
Released: October 6, 1998
Originally Released: 1972
Label: Warner Home Video
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Packaging: Snap Case
Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Aspect Ratio: Letterbox - 1.85
Audio:

Dolby Digital Surround - English
Dolby Mono - French

Additional Release Material:

"Making Of" Documentary: THE BREAKING OF BOYS AND THE MAKING OF MEN
13 Theatrical Trailers of John Wayne Movies From the 30s Through the 70s

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Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne & Bruce Dern
Performer:		Slim Pickens, A. Martinez, Charles Tyner, Lonny Chapman & Colleen Dewhurst
Directed by		Mark Rydell
Edited by		Neil Travis & Robert W. Swink
Screenwriting by		Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch & William Dale Jennings
Composition by		John Williams
Produced by		Mark Rydell
Director of Photography:		Robert Surtees

Entertainment Reviews:

Sight and Sound - 12/01/2004
"[T]he real subject here often seems to be Wayne's persona....Rydell is able to hint at a vulnerability not found in many of the star's other performances."

Product Description:

After his cowhands desert him for a nearby gold rush, aging, leather-tough rancher Will Anderson (John Wayne) resorts to hiring 11 schoolboys to help him on a 400-mile cattle run. Setting off with the boys and an eloquent but equally tough black cook (Roscoe Lee Browne), Anderson must get his cattle to their destination while contending with the wilderness and a psychotic, vengeful ex-con (Bruce Dern) who is out to get him. With an amazingly natural performance by Wayne, this stylized, action-packed Western is exquisitely filmed, emotionally sensitive, and highly entertaining. Director Mark Rydell gets solid performances out of not just Wayne (in one of his later screen roles) and Browne, but the group of youngsters accompanying them on the journey, as well as actors like Slim Pickens and Colleen Dewhurst who play smaller supporting roles. Close attention is also paid to the natural beauty of the mountains, wild mustangs, and other often overlooked standard Western fare.

Plot Synopsis:

In director Mark Rydell's THE COWBOYS, a veteran rancher hires a group of young boys to drive his cattle to market after his regular hands desert him. The length of the trip and the unwieldly herd of cattle make for an impromptu classroom on the range, complete with attacking outlaws.

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Production Notes:

Filmed in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Colorado.
Director Mark Rydell discovered the novel when it was still unpublished, and sold the idea for the film to Warner Brothers.
John William's overture, entr'acte, and exit music was never used in the film's general release prints, but you can hear them on video and DVD versions of the film.
For the cattle-drive scenes, there were 1,500 cattle and over 100 horses used.
Rydell said making THE COWBOYS was one of the greatest experiences of his life.

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Sales Rank: 6,881
UPC: 085391518327
Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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