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Ryan's Daughter Director: David Lean Cast: Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Sarah Miles, Christopher Jones

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  • DVD Release Date: 02/07/2006
  • Original Release: 1970
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 14,192

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Closed Caption; The Making of Ryan's Daughter; A 3- part 35th-Anniversary Documentary; Ryan's Daughter: Storm Rising; Ryan's Daughter: Storm Chaser; Ryan's Daughter: The Eye of the Storm; ; 2 Vintage Documentarire; We're the last of the traveling circuses; Ryan's Daughter: A story of love; ; Commentary by:; Lady Sandra Lean, Sarah Miles,; Petrine Day Mitchum (Robert Mitchum's Daughter), Assistant; director Michael Stevenson, Second ; unit director Roy Stevens, Art director ; Roy Walker, Assistant ; editor Tony Lawson,; Location manager Eddie Fowlie, ; Stuntman Vic Armstrong,; Biographer Stephen M. Silverman and directors John Boorman, Hugh Hudson and Richard Schickel; ; New digital transfer from restored 65mm picture and Audio elements; ; Soundtrack Remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1; ; 1 Theatrical trailers; ; Languages: English & Français; Subtitles: English, Français & Español

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Disc #1 -- Ryan's Daughter
1. Overture [4:00]
2. Sunrise Credits [2:41]
3. Parasol Lost and Found [3:19]
4. Bit o' Fun [3:34]
5. Fit for Rosy [2:37]
6. Beach Companions [5:28]
7. Report on the Troubles [3:01]
8. Wanted [6:54]
9. Killing the Constable [4:13]
10. Expecting Wings [3:45]
11. Great Talkers [2:24]
12. The Nuptials [5:34]
13. Newlyweds Alone [6:50]
14. Stuck in a Groove [5:24]
15. What More? [4:19]
16. Major Doryan Arrives [4:22]
17. No One Knows [6:04]
18. Shell-Shocked Encounter [2:09]
19. Instant Attraction [4:57]
20. In Each Other's Thoughts [2:50]
21. Meeting at the Tower [4:53]
22. Love in the Forest [3:48]
23. Never Unfaithful? [8:20]
24. Intermission [4:01]
Disc #2 -- Ryan's Daughter
25. Entr'Acte [2:33]
26. Suspicion on the Beach [6:06]
27. Michael's Pantomime [6:17]
28. No Confessions or Confidences [3:07]
29. Evidence [3:25]
30. Approaching Storm [2:34]
31. Tim O'Leary's Gang [4:46]
32. Why Have You Done This? [2:36]
33. Rallying to the Beach [3:27]
34. Retrieving the Arms [7:32]
35. Doryan's Target [3:03]
36. Get Out of My Country [2:36]
37. Overnight Reunion [1:08]
38. Walkouts [3:17]
39. Finding Charles [3:55]
40. Separate Ways [4:52]
41. The Informer [3:31]
42. The Mob's Wrath [2:42]
43. They Wanted It So [5:46]
44. Ammunition Stash [3:15]
45. The Explosion [3:35]
46. Not Sure They Come Better [2:34]
47. Leaving Kirrary [5:41]
48. Parting Gift [1:32]
49. Cast List [3:54]
50. Exit Music [3:20]

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Editorial Reviews

David Lean's melancholy 1970 romance never achieved the reputation enjoyed by the director's epic dramas, Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago among them. And as critic Richard Schickel points out in one of this disc's featurettes, the attacks by reviewers were "immediate and ferocious." Therefore, Ryan's Daughter, featuring Robert Mitchum and Sarah Miles in a tale of adultery set against the backdrop of the 1916 Irish Rebellion, seems an unlikely candidate for the deluxe treatment it has been accorded in this remarkably comprehensive special edition. An oddly cast but surprisingly effective Mitchum plays a stolid schoolmaster whose younger, beautiful wife (Miles) carries on a passionate but illicit relationship with a British officer (Christopher Jones) in command of the troops occupying her small village. When word of the affair leaks out, the wife is branded an adulterer and accused of being an informer as well. What really makes this special edition worth having are the various supplemental features. Digitally remastered from original 65mm film elements and audio-enhanced to 5.1 specifications, the film is accompanied by nearly 90 minutes of new documentary material in the form of three featurettes written, produced, and directed by Laurent Bouzereau. Miles makes significant on-camera contributions to these, as does Lean's biographer Stephen M. Silverman and a host of others, including Mitchum's daughter Petrine and the director's widow, Sandra. Lean and screenwriter Robert Bolt are represented in footage originally shot for a Barry Brown-produced BBC documentary on the film, "The Last of the Traveling Circuses," which is itself included on the bonus disc along with a six-minute "production trailer" narrated by Gregory Peck. The commentary track boasts 13 participants, each of them introduced prior to making his or her contribution; distinguished directors John Boorman and Hugh Hudson are among those heard. It's taken 35 years, but Ryan's Daughter has finally gotten the respect some thought it deserved all along. Ed Hulse, Barnes & Noble

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Ryan's Daughterby Anonymous

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November 19, 2005: Yes, it's David Lean at his most self-indulgent, but RYAN'S DAUGHTER contains so much that is superb that the movie's flaws (and there are many) fall, if not by the wayside, then temporarily into cinematographer Freddie young's gorgeous seascapes. It is only after viewing the film that plot inconsistencies and character motivations become somewhat suspect. The movie was savaged by many critics upon its initial release (probably the worst reviewed film of Lean's distinguished career) mostly because all the time and expense in making it produced what seemed to appear as an inconsequential tale buried under the trappings of a costly production with a running time of 192 minutes. The story of a lustful irish lass who idolizes her former school teacher, a middle-aged widower (superbly played by Robert Mitchum), marries him and then goes on to have an affair with the newly appointed commander of the local British garrison would make for an interesting two hour movie at the most. RYAN'S DAUGHTER lasts nearly as long as DOCTOR ZHIVAGO and the film's dramatic impact is compromised by it's killer length. Nevertheless, if this movie is a failure, it is a grand one. Steeped in romanticism, well acted, brilliantly photographed and scored and last but not least directed by David Lean with his own signature view of the world, RYAN'S DAUGHTER is some kind of ersatz classic: not the 24 carat success Lean hoped it would be but still a testament to his incredible directorial skills.

Ryan's Daughterby Anonymous

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May 01, 2004: Should be on DVD!!!!! Why isn't it????

This review was written about the VHS edition.


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