The Searchers [Blu-ray] | ![The Searchers [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513V0499M9L._SL500_.jpg) | Actors: John Wayne, Ward Bond, Jeffrey Hunter, Henry Brandon, Harry Carey Jr.
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $16.99
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Rating:  312 reviews
Sales Rank: 671
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 119 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: BR111532
UPC: 085391115328
EAN: 0085391115328
ASIN: B000JLSM00
Theatrical Release Date: 1956
Release Date: October 31, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Working together for the 12th time, John Wayne and director John Ford forged The Searchers into an indelible image of the frontier and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne plays ex-Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards, a believer more in bullets than in words. He's seeking his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements or loneliness |
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Amazon.com essential video
A favorite film of some of the world's greatest filmmakers, including Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, John Ford's The Searchers has earned its place in the legacy of great American films for a variety of reasons. Perhaps most notably, it's the definitive role for John Wayne as an icon of the classic Western--the hero (or antihero) who must stand alone according to the unwritten code of the West. The story takes place in Texas in 1868; Wayne plays Ethan Edwards, a Confederate veteran who visits his brother and sister-in-law at their ranch and is horrified when they are killed by marauding Comanches. Ethan's search for a surviving niece (played by young Natalie Wood) becomes an all-consuming obsession. With the help of a family friend (Jeffrey Hunter) who is himself part Cherokee, Ethan hits the trail on a five-year quest for revenge. At the peak of his masterful talent, director Ford crafts this classic tale as an embittered examination of racism and blind hatred, provoking Wayne to give one of the best performances of his career. As with many of Ford's classic Westerns, The Searchers must contend with revisionism in its stereotypical treatment of "savage" Native Americans, and the film's visual beauty (the final shot is one of the great images in all of Western culture) is compromised by some uneven performances and stilted dialogue. Still, this is undeniably one of the greatest Westerns ever made. --Jeff Shannon
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A favorite film of some of the world's greatest filmmakers, including Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, John Ford's The Searchers has earned its place in the legacy of great American films for a variety of reasons. Perhaps most notably, it's the definitive role for John Wayne as an icon of the classic Western--the hero (or antihero) who must stand alone according to the unwritten code of the West. The story takes place in Texas in 1868; Wayne plays Ethan Edwards, a Confederate veteran who visits his brother and sister-in-law at their ranch and is horrified when they are killed by marauding Comanches. Ethan's search for a surviving niece (played by young Natalie Wood) becomes an all-consuming obsession. With the help of a family friend (Jeffrey Hunter) who is himself part Cherokee, Ethan hits the trail on a five-year quest for revenge. At the peak of his masterful talent, director Ford crafts this classic tale as an embittered examination of racism and blind hatred, provoking Wayne to give one of the best performances of his career. As with many of Ford's classic Westerns, The Searchers must contend with revisionism in its stereotypical treatment of "savage" Native Americans, and the film's visual beauty (the final shot is one of the great images in all of Western culture) is compromised by some uneven performances and stilted dialogue. Still, this is undeniably one of the greatest Westerns ever made. --Jeff Shannon
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 Western Classic February 5, 2010
Michael Berg
Before directors had special effects to wow their audiences, they used scenery.
It's hard to beat Monument Valley for great eye candy, probably why John Ford used it in so many of his westerns.
Blu Ray brings back the detail of the big screen, amplifying the directors original intent.
Good script, good movie.
 Great movie at a great price. February 1, 2010
D. Nooe
I had never seen this movie until recently and have been sucked in to watching it whenever it is on tv now. Great John Ford classic! I couldn't pass up this great deal.
Discover this film's true significance January 31, 2010
Jackson K. Eskew (USA)
For a truly profound review of this film - one that goes beyond the tired clichés of identity politics, for example - see John Carroll's excellent The Wreck of Western Culture: Humanism Revisited. In a chapter devoted to John Ford, Carroll writes at length on this film, going far beyond the superficial analyses offered here in the "Amazon.com essential video" review or any of the other reviews here, beyond those by Scorcese and Spielberg in the AFI appreciation video posted on youtube, and beyond those of any professional film critics I've read. Go to the book's page at isi dot org to read an interview with the author, at the bottom of the page.
The Greatest Western Ever Made January 31, 2010
William M. Stevens (Dade City, FL United States)
Short and to the point. John Wayne was one the greatest stars of western movies, without a doubt. The Searchers is one of the greatest westerns ever made. In my opinion it exceeds High Noon and Shane, two of the other outstanding and memorable westerns of all time.
Why not get the Blu ray? January 8, 2010
H. Robertson
Now that it is priced on Amazon at the same cost as the DVD, it makes no sense to buy the DVD version. The picture is the most beautiful you will ever get it, and this movie is known for it's scenery. The extras were just icing on the cake. I now consider DVD a waste of money and will never go back now that Blu rays are at affordable prices. I got my copy of this movie for $9.99 here on Amazon.
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