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The five briskly entertaining, vividly performed westerns made by director Budd Boetticher and strapping star Randolph Scott in the second half of the 1950s transcend their B-movie origins to become rich, unexpectedly profound explorations of loyalty, greed, honor, and revenge. Often grouped under the name Ranown (after producer Harry Joe Brown and Scott’s production company) and colorfully scripted by Burt Kennedy and Charles Lang, these films seem to unfold in a world unto themselves, staking a claim between traditional westerns and the subversive genre revisionism of the 1960s—and representing the crowning achievement of the underappreciated auteur Boetticher. SIX-DISC 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restorations by Sony Pictures Entertainment, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks Three 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and three Blu-rays with the films and special features Introductions to the films by filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Taylor Hackford New introduction by film critic Farran Smith Nehme on actor Randolph Scott Three audio commentaries, featuring film scholar Jeanine Basinger on The Tall T, film historian Jeremy Arnold on Ride Lonesome, and Hackford on Comanche Station Archival programs featuring interviews with director Budd Boetticher Audio conversation with Boetticher and film scholar Jim Kitses Super 8 home-movie version of Comanche Station Trailers English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by film scholar Tom Gunning

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America—and the world—fell in love with Marty, the first film to win both the Best Picture Oscar® and the Cannes Film Festival’s Golden Palm. “I’ve been looking for a girl every Saturday night of my life,” says Marty Piletti (Ernest Borgnine, The Vikings). Yet, despite all his efforts, this 34-year-old Bronx butcher remains as shy and uncomfortable around women today as on the day he was born. So when he meets Clara (Betsy Blair, A Delicate Balance), a lonely schoolteacher who’s just as smitten with him as he is with her, Marty’s on

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The five briskly entertaining, vividly performed westerns made by director Budd Boetticher and strapping star Randolph Scott in the second half of the 1950s transcend their B-movie origins to become rich, unexpectedly profound explorations of loyalty, greed, honor, and revenge. Often grouped under the name Ranown (after producer Harry Joe Brown and Scott’s production company) and colorfully scripted by Burt Kennedy and Charles Lang, these films seem to unfold in a world unto themselves, staking a claim between traditional westerns and the subversive genre revisionism of the 1960s—and representing the crowning achievement of the underappreciated auteur Boetticher. SIX-DISC 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restorations by Sony Pictures Entertainment, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks Three 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and three Blu-rays with the films and special features Introductions to the films by filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Taylor Hackford New introduction by film critic Farran Smith Nehme on actor Randolph Scott Three audio commentaries, featuring film scholar Jeanine Basinger on The Tall T, film historian Jeremy Arnold on Ride Lonesome, and Hackford on Comanche Station Archival programs featuring interviews with director Budd Boetticher Audio conversation with Boetticher and film scholar Jim Kitses Super 8 home-movie version of Comanche Station Trailers English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by film scholar Tom Gunning

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The five briskly entertaining, vividly performed westerns made by director Budd Boetticher and strapping star Randolph Scott in the second half of the 1950s transcend their B-movie origins to become rich, unexpectedly profound explorations of loyalty, greed, honor, and revenge. Often grouped under the name Ranown (after producer Harry Joe Brown and Scott’s production company) and colorfully scripted by Burt Kennedy and Charles Lang, these films seem to unfold in a world unto themselves, staking a claim between traditional westerns and the subversive genre revisionism of the 1960s—and representing the crowning achievement of the underappreciated auteur Boetticher. SIX-DISC 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restorations by Sony Pictures Entertainment, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks Three 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and three Blu-rays with the films and special features Introductions to the films by filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Taylor Hackford New introduction by film critic Farran Smith Nehme on actor Randolph Scott Three audio commentaries, featuring film scholar Jeanine Basinger on The Tall T, film historian Jeremy Arnold on Ride Lonesome, and Hackford on Comanche Station Archival programs featuring interviews with director Budd Boetticher Audio conversation with Boetticher and film scholar Jim Kitses Super 8 home-movie version of Comanche Station Trailers English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by film scholar Tom Gunning

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The five briskly entertaining, vividly performed westerns made by director Budd Boetticher and strapping star Randolph Scott in the second half of the 1950s transcend their B-movie origins to become rich, unexpectedly profound explorations of loyalty, greed, honor, and revenge. Often grouped under the name Ranown (after producer Harry Joe Brown and Scott’s production company) and colorfully scripted by Burt Kennedy and Charles Lang, these films seem to unfold in a world unto themselves, staking a claim between traditional westerns and the subversive genre revisionism of the 1960s—and representing the crowning achievement of the underappreciated auteur Boetticher. SIX-DISC 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restorations by Sony Pictures Entertainment, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks Three 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and three Blu-rays with the films and special features Introductions to the films by filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Taylor Hackford New introduction by film critic Farran Smith Nehme on actor Randolph Scott Three audio commentaries, featuring film scholar Jeanine Basinger on The Tall T, film historian Jeremy Arnold on Ride Lonesome, and Hackford on Comanche Station Archival programs featuring interviews with director Budd Boetticher Audio conversation with Boetticher and film scholar Jim Kitses Super 8 home-movie version of Comanche Station Trailers English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by film scholar Tom Gunning

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The five briskly entertaining, vividly performed westerns made by director Budd Boetticher and strapping star Randolph Scott in the second half of the 1950s transcend their B-movie origins to become rich, unexpectedly profound explorations of loyalty, greed, honor, and revenge. Often grouped under the name Ranown (after producer Harry Joe Brown and Scott’s production company) and colorfully scripted by Burt Kennedy and Charles Lang, these films seem to unfold in a world unto themselves, staking a claim between traditional westerns and the subversive genre revisionism of the 1960s—and representing the crowning achievement of the underappreciated auteur Boetticher. SIX-DISC 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restorations by Sony Pictures Entertainment, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks Three 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and three Blu-rays with the films and special features Introductions to the films by filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Taylor Hackford New introduction by film critic Farran Smith Nehme on actor Randolph Scott Three audio commentaries, featuring film scholar Jeanine Basinger on The Tall T, film historian Jeremy Arnold on Ride Lonesome, and Hackford on Comanche Station Archival programs featuring interviews with director Budd Boetticher Audio conversation with Boetticher and film scholar Jim Kitses Super 8 home-movie version of Comanche Station Trailers English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by film scholar Tom Gunning

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The five briskly entertaining, vividly performed westerns made by director Budd Boetticher and strapping star Randolph Scott in the second half of the 1950s transcend their B-movie origins to become rich, unexpectedly profound explorations of loyalty, greed, honor, and revenge. Often grouped under the name Ranown (after producer Harry Joe Brown and Scott’s production company) and colorfully scripted by Burt Kennedy and Charles Lang, these films seem to unfold in a world unto themselves, staking a claim between traditional westerns and the subversive genre revisionism of the 1960s—and representing the crowning achievement of the underappreciated auteur Boetticher. SIX-DISC 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restorations by Sony Pictures Entertainment, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks Three 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and three Blu-rays with the films and special features Introductions to the films by filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Taylor Hackford New introduction by film critic Farran Smith Nehme on actor Randolph Scott Three audio commentaries, featuring film scholar Jeanine Basinger on The Tall T, film historian Jeremy Arnold on Ride Lonesome, and Hackford on Comanche Station Archival programs featuring interviews with director Budd Boetticher Audio conversation with Boetticher and film scholar Jim Kitses Super 8 home-movie version of Comanche Station Trailers English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by film scholar Tom Gunning