MISFITS (DVD/WS/1.66/UA/AFI O-RING/SENSORMATIC) DVD

The Misfits
The final film of stars Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe is an elegy for the death of the Old West from writer Arthur Miller and director John Huston. Gable stars as Gay Langland, an aging hand traveling the byways and working at rodeos with his two comrades, Guido (Eli Wallach) and young Perce Howland (Montgomery Clift). The three men come up with a plan to corral some misfit mustangs and sell them for dog food, but Gay's new girlfriend Roslyn Taber (Marilyn Monroe), a high-minded ex-stripper who has just divorced her husband Ray (Kevin McCarthy) in Reno, is appalled by the plan. Although both Guido and Perce are also in love with Roslyn, she stands by Gay, sure that in the end he will do the right thing, even as he and his pals begin their planned roundup. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Cast Clark Gable as Gay Langland Marilyn Monroe as Roslyn Taber Montgomery Clift as Perce Howland Thelma Ritter as Isabelle Steers Eli Wallach as Guido Dellini James Barton as Old Man in the Bar Estelle Winwood as Church Lady Kevin McCarthy as Mr. Taber Dennis Shaw as Young Boy in Bar J. Lewis Smith as Fresh Cowboy in Bar Marieta Tree as Susan Ralph Roberts as Ambulance Driver at rodeo Philip Mitchell as Charles Steers

Crew Stephen B. Grimes - Art Director William Newberry - Art Director John Huston - Director George Tomasini - Editor Alex North - Composer (Music Score) Alex North - Musical Direction/Supervision Frank LaRue - Makeup Frank Prehoda - Makeup Allan Snyder - Makeup Frank R. McKelvey - Production Designer Russell Metty - Cinematographer Frank R. McKelvey - Set Designer Chuck Roberson - Stunts Richard Pasco - Stunts John Day - Stunts Arthur Miller - Screenwriter

The Misfits
Seldom, if ever, has a movie been in as much synchronicity with the lives of its stars as The Misfits. In fact, director John Huston's gift for casting took a spooky turn in this case. The film, ostensibly about disappearing independence, has mortality seeping from its every pore. It's a haunting and ghostly film about the end of an era that turned out to be the end of an era itself. Most famously, The Misfits was the last movie that two of the biggest screen legends, Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe, would complete. By the early 60s, Monroe was going in and out of hospitals trying to deal with her drug problem and her overwhelming depression. She died of a drug overdose a year and a half after the movie was completed. Gable, reportedly bored with waiting for Monroe on the set, refused to have a stuntman do his stunts (at the age of 59!) and died less than a week after the end of filming for The Misfits. The final tragic story is the one of Montgomery Clift. One of the most supremely talented actors of his generation (in the same style but better than James Dean), Clift goes largely underappreciated today. His withered and languorous performance in The Misfits must have struck very close to home. It's a movie filled with loss, too much of it from outside the film itself. ~ Brendon Hanley, All Movie Guide
 

John Huston: Directors Guild of America, Best Director (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French, Spanish Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: 5.1: 5 full-range channels. Includes 3 for the front speakers, 2 surround channels for rear speakers, & 1 low-frequency effects (LFE) channel to carry deep bass effects 1: PCM mono Additional Features: Original theatrical trailer English: mono French: mono Spanish: mono French & Spanish subtitles DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1: Vistavision MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 125 min Part of Series: Vintage Classics   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 0. Scene Selection 1. Credits/Separations [10:51] 2. The Misfits Meet [5:46] 3. "No Better Place To Be" [7:44] 4. "Dancing In The Desert" [5:39] 5. "Let's Just Live!" [9:50] 6. "The Gift Of Life" [6:35] 7. "Natural Born Fool" [4:56] 8. Bar Bet's On Her [6:06] 9. Busted Bronco Rider [:13] 10. Blind Drunk [13:05] 11. A Dog-Eat Dog World [11:21] 12. Invading God's Country [7:59] 13. Man vs. Mustang [9:46] 14. "Three Dead Men" [6:35] 15. A Battle Of Willis [6:16] 16. Finding Their Way Home [2:46]