HD DVD - The Look and Sound of Perfect

• Introduction by Patrick Wayne

• Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich

• The Searchers: An Appreciation

  Directors Martin Scorsese, Curtis Hanson and John Milius discuss the film’s importance and influence.

• A Turning of the Earth

  Featuring John Ford and John Wayne: A behind-the-scenes, making-of The Searchers.

• Behind the Cameras

  Four episodes from the 1956 TV series (meeting the co-stars and going behind the scenes): Meet Jeffrey Hunter, Monument Valley, Meet Natalie Wood, Setting Up Production.

• Theatrical Trailer

“A ripsnorting Western, as brashly entertaining as they come. John Wayne is uncommonly commanding.” -Bosley Crowther, The New York Times
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 the 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)