Ride with the Devil [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Ride with the Devil [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Ang Lee Cast: Tobey Maguire
Tobey Maguire
, Skeet Ulrich
Skeet Ulrich
, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
, James Caviezel
James Caviezel
Ang Lee
Ride with the Devil [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Ride with the Devil [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Ang Lee Cast: Tobey Maguire
Tobey Maguire
, Skeet Ulrich
Skeet Ulrich
, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
, James Caviezel
James Caviezel
Ang Lee

Blu-ray (Wide Screen)

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Overview

A complex tale of uneasy alliances and hostilities along the Kansas/Missouri border during the Civil War, Ride with the Devil opens in 1862. The story concerns Jack Bull Chiles (Skeet Ulrich), a proud son of the South ready to fight for the Confederate cause after his father is killed by Yankee troops. Chiles's friend, Jake Roedel (Tobey Maguire), joins the Bushwhackers, a group of renegade Southerners aligned with the Confederate Army, even though his family supports the Union cause - which sets him head-to-head with his father. The two young men, used to the slow pace and gracious lifestyle of the South's privileged class, become guerilla fighters and wander through the countryside together, encountering sudden, shocking and extreme acts of violence. Their comrades include valiant leader Black John (James Caviezel), paranoid madman Pitt (Jonathan Rhys Myers), gentleman George (Simon Baker), and Daniel (Jeffrey Wright), a laconic former slave who unexpectedly fighs for the south despite his race out of sheer loyalty to George - though the others regard him with suspicion. The Bushwhackers hide out in a shed near the home of Sue Lee Shelley (singer/songwriter/poet Jewel), a pregnant widow whose husband was killed three weeks after their marriage. Later, following a shocking and unexpected act of violence, a number of the men team up with the crazed Quantrill (John Ales) to stage an attack on an abolitionist stronghold, but Jake finds his moral conscience growing more acute, and takes the first steps toward romancing and starting a family with Sue Lee in what looks to be a very different post-Civil War future. Adapted from the novel Woe to Live On by Daniel Woodrell, Ride with the Devil was directed by Ang Lee, whose previous project was a very different look at America's past, the 1970s domestic drama The Ice Storm (1997).

Product Details

Release Date: 04/27/2010
UPC: 0715515055017
Original Release: 1999
Rating: R
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Surround]
Language: English
Time: 2:28:00
Sales rank: 10,937

Special Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer of Ang Lee's director's cut, supervised and approved by Lee and director of photography Frederick Elmes; Two audio commentaries, one featuring Lee and producer-screenwriter James Schamus, and one featuring Elmes, sound designer Drew Kunin, and production designer Mark Friedberg; New video interview with star Jeffrey Wright; Plus: a booklet featuring essays by the critic Godfrey Cheshire and Edward E Leslie, author of the devil knows how to ride: the true story of William Clarke Quantrill and his confederate raiders

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Tobey Maguire Jake Roedel
Skeet Ulrich Jack Bull Chiles
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Pitt Mackeson
James Caviezel Black John
Jewel Kilcher Sue Lee Shelley
Jeffrey Wright Daniel Holt
Tom Wilkinson Orton Brown
Simon Baker George Clyde,Federal at Farm
Tom Guiry Riley Crawford
Jonathan Brandis Cave Wyatt
Michael W. Nash Horton Lee Sr.
John Judd Otto Roedel
Don Shanks George
Jay Thorson Ted
John Ales Quantrill
John Durbin Skaggs
Mark Ruffalo Alf Bowden
Stephen Mailer Babe Hudspeth
Celia Weston Mrs. Clark
Amber Griffith Clark Girl
Margo Martindale Wilma Brown
Kathleen Warfel Mrs. Chiles
David Darlow Asa Chiles
Jennifer Ackland Grace Shelley Chiles
T. Max Graham Reverend Wright
Dean Vivian Storekeeper
Cheryl Weaver Storekeeper's Wife
Zach Gernier Mr. Evans
Donna Thomason Mrs. Evans
Cassie Mae Sears Mary Evans
Glenn Q. Pierce Minster
David Wilson Quantrill's Lieutenant
Larry Greer Federal Captain
Kevin Fewell Federal Lieutenant
Michael Owen Federal Recruits Captain
Jim Shelby Southern Gentleman
Addison Myers Southern Gentleman
Michael Linsley Rapport Drunk Raider
Joseph Moynihan Mr. Riggs
Jennie Nauman Mrs. Riggs
Christine Brandt Pleading Woman
Bill Grivna Dulinski
Nora Denney Elderly Woman
Harry Gibbs Old Man
Clayton Vest Young Boy
Roger Denesha Lawrence Raider
Jacob Kozlowski Lawrence Raider
David Lee Burnos Jr. Lawrence Raider
Martin E. Liebschner Jr. Encampment Singer
Marvin Frank Schroeder Encampment Musician
Steven Price Encampment Musician
David L. Asher Encampment Musician
James Urbaniak Poker Player
David Rees Snell Poker Player
Ric Averill Federal at Farm
Jeremy W. Auman Guard
Scott C. Sener Guard
Zan McLeod Guitar Player
John Whelan Accordian Player
Roger Landes Mandolin Player
Jeffery Dover Drummer
Tyler Johnson Drummer
Kelly Werts Fiddler
Jewel Sue Lee Shelley
Matthew Faber Turner Rawls
Zach Grenier Mr. Evans
Mychael Danna Composer

Technical Credits
Ang Lee Director
James Schamus Screenwriter,Producer
David Linde Executive Producer
Robert F. Colesberry Producer
Ted Hope Producer
Douglas Coleman Stunts
Allen Halle Special Effects
Avy Kaufman Casting
Philip Stockton Sound Editor
Drew Kunin Sound/Sound Designer
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