Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), French (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Disc Release Date: June 7, 2016
Description
A masterpiece of mood and heroics, this second film in director John Ford's renowned cavalry trilogy (Fort Apache and Rio Grande are the others) features one of John Wayne's most moving performances, as a cavalry officer in his final week of service on the frontier. Under makeup aging him some 20 years, he inhabits the role of a wily veteran who knows the sting of war and vows to make his last mission one of peace. The ritual of outpost life, the sweep of battle, the advance of the patrol beneath ominous skies: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, an Academy Award"' winner* for its color cinematography, paints a memorable portrait of the honor, duty and courage in the finest tradition of the cavalry. And of Ford filmmaking.
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In John Ford’s SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON a cavalry captain (John Wayne) on the eve of his retirement must take out one last patrol to stop a massive Indian attack. Shot in Technicolor in Monument Valley Ford and his cinematographer Wilton Hoch based their imagery on the paintings and sculptures of Frederic Remington. While there is obtrusive heavy handed humor (mostly by Victor McLaglen) and an annoying secondary romance, the more lyrical passages are some of the best by this director. The the...
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