Searchers (1956) Gift Set DVD

Disc 1:

• New Digital transfer from restored VistaVision picture and audio elements
• Introduction by John Wayne's Son and the Searchers co-star Patrick Wayne
• Commentary by director/Jon Ford biographer Peter Bogdanovich
• Theatrical trailer
• Languages: English & Français

Disc 2:

• New featurette the Searchers: An Appreciation
• A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne and the Searchers, 1998 documentary narrated by John Milius
• Vintage behind the cameras segments from the Warner Bros. presents TV series

Director: John Ford
John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood

Working together for the 12th time, John Wayne and director John Ford forged The Searchers into a landmark Western offering an indelible image of the frontier and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne plays an ex-Confederate soldier seeking his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements or loneliness. And in his five-year search, he encounters something unexpected: his own humanity. Beautifully shot by Winton C. Hoch, thrillingly scored by Max Steiner and memorably acted by a wonderful ensemble including Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Natalie Wood and Ward Bond, The Searchers endures as "a great film of enormous scope and breathtaking physical beauty" (Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic).