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The Big Trail
Uniform Title
Big Trail (Motion picture)
Title
The Big Trail / Fox Film Corporation ; directed by Raoul Walsh.
Edition
Blu-ray + DVD.
Published
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2012]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (122 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Blu-ray includes both the Fox grandeur version (70 mm) and the Academy aspect ratio version (35 mm).
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1930.
Special features for DVD: commentary soundtrack with film historian/author Richard Schickel; featurettes: The big vision: the Grandeur process; The creation of John Wayne; Raoul Walsh: a man in his time; The making of The big trail; galleries. Special features for Blu-ray: commentary soundtrack with film historian/author Richard Schickel; featurettes: The big vision: the Grandeur process; The creation of John Wayne; Raoul Walsh: a man in his time; The making of The big trail.
Photography, Arthur Edeson (70 mm), Lucien Androit (35 mm) ; film editor, Jack Dennis ; story by Hal G. Evarts.
In English with optional English SDH (subtitles for the hearing-impaired), French, Spanish subtitles.
National Film Registry selection, 2006.
Summary
A band of hardy pioneers, led by guide Breck Coleman, makes its perilous way along the Oregon Trail, braving bison, treacherous river crossings, blizzards and Indian attacks. Filmed in two versions simultaneously, each scene had to be shot twice, once for the widescreen process Grandeur in 70mm, and again for the standard 35mm version.
Variant and related titles
Raoul Walsh's Big trail
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 14, 2018
Credits
Photography, Arthur Edeson (70 mm), Lucien Androit (35 mm) ; film editor, Jack Dennis ; story by Hal G. Evarts.
Cast
John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall, Tyrone Power, David Rollins.
System details note
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (2.10:1); Dolby digital stereo. or mono.
Blu-ray; region A; widescreen (2.10:1) or (1.33:1); DTS-HD mono.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
2281182 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Subjects
Genre/Form
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Western films.
Western films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Western films.
Feature films.
Also listed under
Fox Film Corporation.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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