Hondo [Special Collector's Edition]

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Hondo is so "perfect" a John Ford western that many people assume it was directed by John Ford--or at the very least, Andrew McLaglen. Actually the director was suspense expert John Farrow, who worked with the "Duke" only twice in his career the second film was an oddball war drama, The Sea Chase [55]. In Hondo, John Wayne plays a hard-bitten cavalry scout who is humanized by frontierswoman Geraldine Page and her young son Lee Aaker, star of TV's Rin Tin Tin. Try as he might, Wayne can't convince Page to move off her land in anticipation of an Apache attack. He leaves her ranch, only to be ambushed by desperado Leo Gordon--who happens to be Page's long-absent husband. Having killed Gordon, Hondo returns to the ranch to protect Page from the Indians, and to rekindle the woman's hesitant love for him. The climactic attack sequence is enhanced by Hondo's 3-D photography, one of the few truly effective utilizations of this much-maligned process. Long unavailable thanks to the labyrinthine legal tangles of the John Wayne estate, Hondo was finally released to videotape in the early 1990s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

ccCommentary by Leonard Maltin, western historian Frank Thompson, and actor Lee AakerA special introduction by Leonard MaltinThe making of HondoProfile: James Edward GrantThe John Wayne Stock Company: Ward BondFrom the Batjac VaultsThe ApachePhoto galleryOriginal theatrical trailerBatjac teaserFull screen formatDolby Digital 5.1 Surround and MonoEnglish subtitles.

ccCommentary by Leonard Maltin, western historian Frank Thompson, and actor Lee AakerA special introduction by Leonard MaltinThe making of HondoProfile: James Edward GrantThe John Wayne Stock Company: Ward BondFrom the Batjac VaultsThe ApachePhoto galleryOriginal theatrical trailerBatjac teaserFull screen formatDolby Digital 5.1 Surround and MonoEnglish subtitles.