HONDO (DVD) (SPECIAL COLLECTORS EDITION/FF) DVD

Hondo
Hondo is so "perfect" a John Ford western that many people assume it was directed by John Ford--or at the very least, Andrew McLaglen. Actually the director was suspense expert John Farrow, who worked with the "Duke" only twice in his career (the second film was an oddball war drama, The Sea Chase [55]). In Hondo, John Wayne plays a hard-bitten cavalry scout who is humanized by frontierswoman Geraldine Page and her young son (Lee Aaker, star of TV's Rin Tin Tin). Try as he might, Wayne can't convince Page to move off her land in anticipation of an Apache attack. He leaves her ranch, only to be ambushed by desperado Leo Gordon--who happens to be Page's long-absent husband. Having killed Gordon, Hondo returns to the ranch to protect Page from the Indians, and to rekindle the woman's hesitant love for him. The climactic attack sequence is enhanced by Hondo's 3-D photography, one of the few truly effective utilizations of this much-maligned process. Long unavailable thanks to the labyrinthine legal tangles of the John Wayne estate, Hondo was finally released to videotape in the early 1990s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast John Wayne as Hondo Lane Geraldine Page as Angie Lowe Ward Bond as Buffalo Michael Pate as Vittorio James Arness as Lennie Rodopho (Rudy) Acosta as Silva Leo Gordon as Ed Lowe Tom Irish as Lieutenant McKay Lee Aaker as Johnny Lowe Paul Fix as Major Sherry Rayford Barnes as Pete

Crew Alfred Ybarra - Art Director John Farrow - Director Ralph Dawson - Editor Hugo W. Friedhofer - Composer (Music Score) Emil Newman - Composer (Music Score) Louis Clyde Stoumen - Cinematographer Archie J. Stout - Cinematographer Robert Burks - Cinematographer John Wayne - Producer Robert M. Fellows - Producer James Edward Grant - Screenwriter Louis L'Amour - Short Story Author

Hondo
Hondo is one of John Wayne's best films. Unfortunately, for many years it was not easily available, so that, while Wayne's John Ford epics became canonized, Hondo was largely forgotten. Wayne's performance is outstanding, matched in intensity by love interest Geraldine Page, in her screen debut. Page would receive an Oscar nomination for her work, and then make no major film appearances for another eight years. Her Oscar, for The Trip to Bountiful, would come 32 years after her first nomination. Hondo is rarely seen today in its original, partial 3-D format, but that change has little effect on its central qualities: a classic Louis L'Amour story, fine supporting performances, and Wayne. ~ Richard Gilliam, All Movie Guide
 

Geraldine Page: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Supporting Actress (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: DD1: Dolby Digital Mono DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: cc Commentary by Leonard Maltin, western historian Frank Thompson, and actor Lee Aaker A special introduction by Leonard Maltin The making of Hondo Profile: James Edward Grant The John Wayne Stock Company: Ward Bond From the Batjac Vaults The Apache Photo gallery Original theatrical trailer Batjac teaser Full screen format Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and Mono English subtitles DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 83 min Part of Series: The John Wayne Collection   DVD Chapters: Disc #1 -- Hondo 1. A Stranger Without a Horse 2. Smelling Lies 3. Civilized? 4. Memories and Good-Byes 5. Blood Brothers 6. Bad Temper 7. A Boy Needs a Father 8. Ambush! 9. Cougar or Coyote? 10. A White Lie 11. The Cavalry Arrives 12. Nothing to Be Ashamed Of 13. Circle of the Wagons!