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Criterion Collection: Destry Rides Again
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart ride high in this superb comedic western, both a boisterous spoof and a shining example of the genre it is having fun with. As the brawIing, rough-and-tumble saloon singer Frenchy, Dietrich shed her exotic Iove-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 BottIeneck. A sparkling script, a supporting cast of virtuoso character actors, and roIlicking musicaI numbers—deIivered with unmatched bravado by the magnetic Dietrich—come together to create an irresistibIe, oft-imitated marveI of studio-era craftsmanship. BLU-RAY SPEClAL EDlTION FEATURES • New 4K digitaI restoration by Universal Pictures in collaboration with The Film Foundation, with uncompressed monauraI soundtrack • New interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith • New interview with DonaId Dewey, author of James Stewart: A Biography • New video essay featuring excerpts from a 1973 oraI-history interview with director George MarshaII, conducted by the American FiIm Institute • Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the fiIm from 1945, featuring actors James Stewart and Joan BIondeII • PLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme |
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