DAY OF THE OUTLAW (1959) [MASTERS OF CINEMA] DUAL FORMAT IN SOUTH AFRICA

Product Description SYNOPSIS: As in George Stevens' Shane, the place of action in AndreDe Toth 's demented Western Day of the Outlaw is onceagain the state of Wyoming and the contested land of the homesteaders. Dayof the Outlaw was one of the Westerns at the twilight of the studioera in which anything might go, and director De Toth, the creator oftwo infamous idiosyncratic films - the groundbreaking 3D House ofWax and the naturalistic Sterling Hayden-starring noir CrimeWave - here firmly established his pedigree as one of the maverickdirectors, such as Nicholas Ray, for whom boundaries proved onlyelastic consequence. The magnificent Robert Ryan portrays Blaise Starrett(surname itself an evocation of the family in the earlier Stevens film Shane)who comes between a landowner (Alan Marshal) and his wife (TinaLouise). But after a band of outlaws ride into town headed by JackBruhn (Burl Ives), Starrett must rise to the occasion and defendthe hostage townsfolk while redeeming his own advances towards thelandowner's wife. Filmed on a shoestring budget, Day of the Outlaw proved tobe an enduring touchstone for the directors of the French New Wave; itcame to exemplify De Toth's resourcefulness around budgetarylimitations and the (here often snow-strewn) difficulties of the shoot.The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Andre DeToth's Day of the Outlaw in a Dual Format edition for the firsttime in the UK. Watch what happens to the woman... Watch The West explode! SPECIAL FEATURES: Glorious 1080p presentation of the film on the Blu-ray A video appreciation by filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing 24-PAGE BOOKLET containing a new essay, vintage writing on thefilm, the words of De Toth, rare archival imagery, and more!