Joan Crawford's ego and vanity combined with director Nicholas Ray's stubbornness created one of the most singular, explosively-overheated westerns of all time in JOHNNY GUITAR in which Sterling Hayden's titular hero plays second fiddle to the battle between two women (Crawford and THE EXORCIST's Mercedes McCambridge).
REVIEW LINK: Eureka Video (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)
JOHNNY GUITAR Blu-ray specs:
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
- English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Optional English HoH Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by film scholar Adrian Martin
- Introduction by critic Geoff Andrew, author of "The Films of Nicholas Ray: The Poet of Nightfall"
- Video Essay by critic Tony Rayns
- "Never is a Long Time" video essay by film historian David Cairns
- "Stranger" interview with director's wife interview Susan Ray
- 1995 archival introduction by filmmaker Martin Scorsese
- Alternate Opening Credits
- Theatrical Trailer
- The first 3,000 copies come in a limited edition hardbound slipcase with a 60-page illustrated collector's book featuring two new essays by western expert Howard Hughes, and an archival interview with director Nicholas Ray.
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