1 videodisc (ca. 122 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.
Based on the novel by Glendon Swarthout.
Special features: featurettes: "Origins," "Shooting the film," "Beyond the western".
Directory of photography, Rodrigo Prieto ; editor, Roberto Silvi ; music by Marco Beltrami.
Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Meryl Streep, William Fichtner, John Lithgow, James Spader, Miranda Otto.
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs low-life drifter George Briggs to join her.
Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
For private home use only.
English or French dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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