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Ride with the Devil
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783241906
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783241909
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: D20774D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 18, 2000
Running Time: 139 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
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Editorial Review:
Great period pictures make you feel as if you've stepped into another era, heard its language, breathed its spirit, and come away with a fresh perspective on that time as well as your own. Ride with the Devil is one of those special films--why wasn't it more widely embraced by reviewers and filmgoers? Did it rely too much on our patience for slow accumulation of unforced rhythms and meanings (as opposed to The Patriot, which "moved" audiences with cattle-prod simplicity and manipulation)? Ride with the Devil--smart, handsome, tenderly awed by how individual lives get ambushed by history--is ripe for rediscovery.
The Civil War of battlefields and plantation houses is nowhere to be seen here. Instead we see the war as an improvised and largely blundering but very bloody feud among neighbors in the border state of Missouri. In this bucolic war zone--more than a little reminiscent of the Balkans in the late 1990s--the Taiwanese-born director Ang Lee (Sense and Sensibility) traces the destinies of several young Southern bushwhackers (guerrilla fighters) as they experience violence, the seasons, and different kinds of love. Skeet Ulrich draws the aristocratic glamour role (and top billing), but he's overshadowed by Tobey Maguire as a first-generation American, the magnificent Jeffrey Wright (a shameful oversight at Oscar time) as a freed slave fighting beside his former master, and singer Jewel in a very natural acting debut as the young widow who graces all their lives. The title The Birth of a Nation was already taken, but by the end of this movie you feel it would have applied here. -- Richard T. Jameson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Ang Lee's foray into the West
I was unsure about purchasing RIDE WITH THE DEVIL since I'm not a huge fan of the western genre, but was ultimately won over by the positive feedback it received by fellow Amazonian reviewers.
RWTD isn't a western per se, more of a Civil War docudrama. Being a history buff, I'm always interested in the various interpretations others place on our country's darkest hour (especially those not born in the States). The Border Wars between the Jayhawkers and Bushwhackers were not granted major ... Read More
Rating:  - Near Masterpiece
This movie directed by Ang Lee is powerful and historic. I like almost everything about it except the guerilla who so irrationally hates the lead character apparently for no better reason than xenophobia. Our lead character is "Dutch" i.e. German, and this " bad guy" hates him for it. It's overdone and not even well-acted.
Otherwise the film is terrific drama and carefully researched history. These are no hardbitten, tough Confederate Bushwhackers. They're just a bunch of boys with ... Read More
Rating: - Ride With the Devil Won Me Over
This movie of one of the darkest periods in our history is very moving and shows the personal tribulation that the average person endured. I have watched over and again. I highly recommend!
Rating: - A Future Classic
This is an extraordinarily good historical film, one in which the characters truly speak as did the people living during the era depicted, one in which the scenery and setting, clothing, weapons, hairstyles, equipment and minutia of everyday life were close to perfect. At times violent, though I'm certain less violent than were the actual sights of the war itself, Ride with the Devil surprised me with its depth and its understanding of the subject matter. There isn't a single scene in this long production ... Read More
Rating: - All I have to say
Really surprised to see Toby Mequire (Spider Man) in this: But I'm sure he's more than all tired of that scene by now. Good to see him in a total breakawy role and mode!
I saw a portion of this movie on the Bravo Channel and I was quite impressed at the battle and fighting scenes. Good performances by all except I still even to this day could never figure out why we would be fighting ourselves over our own lands and towns and I still don't understand Civil War/s - if you're fighting in ... Read More
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