The Ox-Bow Incident

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The Ox-Bow Incident

#1 Post by Ribs » Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:05 am

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One of Hollywood’s most prolific directors, William A. Wellman was responsible for more than 80 features and a string of masterpieces including Wings, the first film to win the Best Picture Oscar, The Public Enemy, which made a star of James Cagney, screwball classic Nothing Sacred, the original A Star is Born and this marvellous noir-inflected Western, The Ox-Bow Incident.
Set in a small Nevada town where tensions are running high thanks to a spate of cattle rustling, things reach boiling point when cowboy Larry Kinkaid is murdered. With the sheriff out of town, the residents form a posse and head to Ox-Bow Canyon to find the three men they believe to be guilty – including Dana Andrews and Anthony Quinn in early major roles – and enact their own form of justice.
A favourite of both Clint Eastwood and star Henry Fonda, who serves as the film’s moral centre, The Ox-Bow Incident is a tough, complex picture whose uncompromising starkness continues to astound to this day.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
  • New 4K digital restoration by Twentieth Century Fox
  • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
  • Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM Audio
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Audio commentary by American West historian Dick Etulain and William Wellman Jr
  • Introduction by Peter Stanfield, author of Hollywood, Westerns and the 1930s: The Lost Trail andHorse Opera: The Strange History of the Singing Cowboy
  • Scene-select commentaries by Stanfield
  • Henry Fonda: Hollywood’s Quiet Hero, a 45-minute documentary on the actor from the Biography series
  • Stills gallery
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Vladimir Zimakov
  • Fully illustrated collector’s booklet containing new writing by Nick Pinkerton

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Drucker
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Re: The Ox-Bow Incident

#2 Post by Drucker » Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:09 am

Surprised this isn't coming from Eureka, but great news it's getting a definitive release!

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The Ox-Bow Incident

#3 Post by FrauBlucher » Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:20 am

I just preordered MisterLime's version. I guess I have to cancel that.


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Re: The Ox-Bow Incident

#4 Post by Finch » Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:41 pm

Glad they announced it well before the Kino was out. The inclusion of subs alone makes this a first-day order.

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Re: The Ox-Bow Incident

#5 Post by FrauBlucher » Mon Jul 11, 2016 6:18 pm


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Re: The Ox-Bow Incident

#6 Post by domino harvey » Mon Jul 11, 2016 6:39 pm

Man, both Blu-rays look really dark. Fox house style looks nothing like that, the original R1 DVD reflects the usual brightness on other Fox titles

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