Rio Bravo (Limited/1959)

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

No-nonsense Texas border sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) fights off ruthless mercenary gunmen in order to keep a murderer in custody. A ragtag band of volunteers, consisting of a singing kid, a toothless old man, a recovering alcoholic, and a spunky woman, assist. Contains an interesting sing-along interlude among the group, and yes, the Duke participates.

DVD FEATURES:

• Widescreen - 16.9
  
• Audio:
  Dolby Digital 1.0 - English, French
  Subtitles - English, French, Spanish
  
• Additional Release Material:
  Audio Commentary - John Carpenter - Director; Richard Schickel - Critic
  Featurettes - 1. Commemoration: "Howard Hawk's Rio Bravo"
  2. "Old Tuscon: Where The Legends Walk"
  3. "Career Profile: The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks"
  Trailers
  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Director:

   

  Howard Hawks

• Star:

   

  John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, John Russell, Claude Atkins

• Producer:

   

  Howard Hawks

• Composer:

   

  Dimitri Tiomkin

• Director of Photography:

   

  Russell Harlan

• Editor:

   

  Folmar Blangsted

• Writer:

   

  Jules Furthman

• Art Director:

   

  Leo K. Kuter

REVIEW:

• 5 stars out of 5 -- "Warm, witty and endlessly welcoming....It's arguably the quintessential Hawks flick." — Total Film