The hired hand [videorecording] / a Pando Production in association with Universal Pictures ; Brown, Lifton and Weiss ; producer, William Hayward ; writer, Alan Sharp ; director, Peter Fonda.
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FilmPublisher number: SHO9025 | Showtime EntertainmentPublication details: [United States] : Showtime Entertainment : Sundance Channel Home Entertainment, c2003, c1971.Edition: Collector's edDescription: 2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1932228691
- 9781932228694
- Director of photography, Vilmos Zsigmond ; editor, Frank Mazzola ; music composer, Bruce Langhorne ; wardrobe, Richard Bruno ; production designer, Lawrence G. Paull.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Meeting largely mixed reviews during its first run in 1971, counterculture icon Peter Fonda's directorial debut was restored and remastered for its 30-year anniversary. The film opens with three drifters greeting the morning by cavorting in a sun-dabbled mountain river. Harry Collings (Fonda) catches a fish and gives it to Arch Harris (Warren Oates) who grills it over a low fire, while Dan (Robert Pratt) -- the youngest of the three -- bathes in the swift moving current. Later, as they head into Del Norte, a small town in the middle of nowhere, Dan talks breathlessly about going to California while Collings suddenly decides to return home after a seven-year absence. After Dan runs afoul of a group of unsavory characters lead by McVey (Severn Darden), Collings vows vengeance for the lad's death and blows off McVey's feet. Collings and Harris bury Dan and flee from the town riding hundreds of miles to Collings' homestead. His wife Hannah (Verna Bloom) -- now called "Widow Collings" by the local townsfolk -- is none too pleased to see her wayward husband at her doorstep. Taking his wife's anger in stride, he asks only to be allowed to work as a hired hand. Just as Hannah and Collings start to move beyond the years of anger and estrangement, disaster strikes. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
Special features: director's commentary with Peter Fonda; "behind the scenes" long-form featurette including interviews with Peter Fonda, Verna Bloom and the production team; never-before-seen footage and deleted scenes; original trailers, TV spots, radio spots and print ads form the 1971 theatrical release; photo gallery including original posters and print ads, production photos and behind-the-scenes candid photography; biography of Peter Fonda and the entire cast.
Director of photography, Vilmos Zsigmond ; editor, Frank Mazzola ; music composer, Bruce Langhorne ; wardrobe, Richard Bruno ; production designer, Lawrence G. Paull.
Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom, Robert Pratt, Severn Darden, Rita Rogers, Ann Doran, Ted Markland, Owen Orr.
Harry, Arch, and Dan head into Del Norte, a small town in the middle of nowhere. Harry decides to return home after a seven-year absence, but not before Dan runs afoul of a group of unsavory characters and Harry vows vengeance for the lad's death. Harry and Arch flee from the town. Harry's wife, Hannah, is none too pleased to see her wayward husband at her doorstep. Taking his wife's anger in stride, he asks only to be allowed to work as a hired hand. Just as Hannah and Harry start to move beyond the years of anger and estrangement, disaster strikes.
Rated R; for western violence and some sexual content.
DVD; NTSC (Region 1); Dolby surround.
Closed-captioned.