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The story follows the wanderings of three men whose journey to California for gold is violently halted when the youngest of the trio is murdered. The other two go on the run, but violence follows them...

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EAN5023965347527

eBay Product ID (ePID)30590024

Product Key Features

ActorPeter Fonda, Severn Darden, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom, Ted Markland, Robert Pratt

Film/TV TitleHired Hand

DirectorPeter Fonda

LanguageEnglish

Run Time86 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2004

FormatDVD

FeaturesPeter Fonda Audio Commentary\Deleted Footage\Original Trailers And TV Spots\Original Radio Spots\Interview With Martin Scorsese\The Return Of The Hired Hand Documentary, Widescreen

GenreWesterns

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs2

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerBruce Langhorne

Additional InformationPeter Fonda's superb yet little-seen directorial debut subverts the machismo of the Western genre with a quiet, understated tale of relationships and loyalty in the Wild West. Fonda stars as Harry Collings, a drifter who has been roaming from town to town with his close friend and fellow wanderer Arch Harris (Warren Oates). Collings is haunted by memories of the wife (Verna Bloom) and daughter he abandoned and decides to make amends and return to them, offering penance by working on the family farmstead as a hired hand. But his newfound domesticity is threatened when Arch is taken hostage by an enemy they encountered in their travels, and Collings must choose between family responsibility or loyalty to his friend. Beautifully shot by Oscar-winning cinematographer Vilmos Szigmond (DELIVERANCE, MCCABE & MRS. MILLER) and hauntingly scored by acclaimed composer Bruce Langhorne, THE HIRED HAND is a sensitive drama that prompted Jane Fonda to declare that her brother had made the first feminist Western.

ReviewsEmpire - ...An undiscovered treat... Glorious...

ScreenwriterAlan Sharp

Format DescriptionDVD 9\DVD 5

Sound sourceDolby Digital 2.0 Stereo\Dolby Digital 5.0 Surround\DTS 5.0 Surround

Movie/TV TitleHired Hand

Director of PhotographyVilmos Zsigmond