The Entertainment Factor: New on Blu-ray & 4K: THE SEARCHERS (1956) Starring John Wayne

Product Description: Working together for the 12th time, John Wayne and director John Ford forged The Searchers into a landmark Western offering an indelible image of the frontier and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne plays an ex-Confederate soldier seeking his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements or loneliness. And in his five-year search, he encounters something unexpected: his own humanity. Beautifully photographed by Winston C. Hoch, thrillingly scored by Max Steiner, and memorably acted by a superb ensemble including Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Natalie Wood and Ward Bond, The Searchers endures as a great film of enormous scope and breathtaking physical beauty (Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic). Named the greatest American Western by the American Film Institute in 2008, The Searchers was among the first 25 films deemed culturally or aesthetically significant by the U.S. Library of Congress in 1989, when it was inducted in its National Film Registry. Now meticulously restored from its original negative, this new presentation of The Searchers presents this masterpiece with unparalleled image quality, accompanied by an impressive array of special features.

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Director: John Ford

Starring: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Natalie Wood, Ward Bond

Genre: Western

Runtime: 119 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Warner Archive

Home Video Release Date: December 20, 2024

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Blu-ray

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Region: Region A/1

4K Ultra HD

Codec: HEVC / H.265
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Region: Region A/1

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Dubbed:

Blu-ray: None
4K Ultra HD: None

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Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
4K Ultra HD: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono

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Blu-ray: English SDH

4K Ultra HD: English SDH

SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

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Archival Commentary by Director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, What's Up, Doc?) on both the 4K and Blu-ray discs.
Original Theatrical trailer (HD)
The Searchers: An Appreciation (HD)
A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne and The Searchers (HD)
Newsreel coverage of the film's world premiere (HD)
Outtakes
Behind the Cameras (segments from the 1956 Warner Bros. Presents TV series)