Destry Rides Again (1939) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

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„DESTROY RIDES AGAIN“ in großer Schrift unten. Zwei Personen: Eine Frau mit Zigarette, ein Mann in Anzug und Hut.

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Country of origin:: USA, 1939
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Item number:: 9772642
UPC/EAN:: 5050629864038
Release date:: 18.5.2020
Series:: Criterion Collection - No. 1024
Genre:: Musical, Western
Playing time ca.:: 94 Min.
Director:: George Marshall
Actor:: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Brian Donlevy
Film music:: Friedrich Hollaender
German Title:: Der große Bluff (1939)
Language:: Englisch
Subtitles:: Englisch

Overall sales rank: 6818
Sales rank in Blu-ray Discs: 528

Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart ride high in this superb comedic western, both a boisterous spoof and a shining example of its genre. As the brawling, rough-and-tumble saloon singer Frenchy, Dietrich shed her exotic love-goddess image and launched a triumphant career comeback, while Stewart cemented his amiable everyman persona, in his first of many westerns, with a charming turn as a gun-abhorring deputy sheriff who uses his wits to bring law and order to the frontier town of Bottleneck. A sparkling script, a supporting cast of virtuoso character actors, and rollicking musical numbers—delivered with unmatched bravado by the magnetic Dietrich—come together to create an irresistible, oft-imitated marvel of studio-era craftsmanship.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

New 4K digital restoration by Universal Pictures in collaboration with The Film Foundation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
New interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith
New interview with Donald Dewey, author of James Stewart: A Biography
Illustrated audio excerpts from a 1973 oral-history interview with director George Marshall conducted by the American Film Institute
Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1945, featuring actors James Stewart and Joan Blondell
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme
New cover illustration by Marc Aspinall