Burbank, Calif., February 14, 2011 – The Outlaw Josey Wales, one of Clint Eastwood’s most iconic roles and one of the most popular and best-selling Eastwood titles in Warner Home Video’s (WHV) library, debuts on Blu-ray June 7. Entertainment Weekly magazine recently reported that True Grit directors, the Coen brothers, picked the film as one of their top five favorite westerns. Now, just in time for Father’s Day, The Outlaw Josey Wales will be packaged in a premium 32-page Blu-ray book filled with new bonus features, photos and production notes, available for $34.99 SRP. Orders are due May 3, 2011.
New bonus content features Clint Eastwood’s West, an extensive new documentary filled with reflections about Josey Wales’ characters, favorite scenes, discussion of the western genre and Eastwood’s legacy. Eastwood and other notables who worked with or influenced the actor/director are included: Morgan Freeman, James Mangold, Kevin Costner, Frank Darabont, John Lee Hancock, Joel Cox and more. Also new is film commentary from Richard Schickel – the film critic, documentary filmmaker and movie historian who last year produced The Eastwood Factor, the feature length documentary about Eastwood’s life and career.
Additional Eastwood titles, new to Blu-ray and available on the same day, are Any Which Way But Loose/Any Which Way You Can and Firefox/Heartbreak Ridge Blu-ray Double Features. Each will sell for $19.98 SRP.
The Outlaw Josey Wales will be available digitally for the first time On Demand and for download through online retailers including iTunes and Amazon On Demand. Any Which Way But Loose, Any Which Way You Can, Firefox and Heartbreak Ridge are also available On Demand and for digital download.
ABOUT THE FILM
As The Outlaw Josey Wales, four-time Academy Award®-winner Clint Eastwood is ideally cast as a hard-hitting, fast-drawing loner, recalling his “Man with No Name” from his European Westerns. But unlike that other mythic outlaw, Josey Wales has a name – and a heart.
After avenging his family’s brutal murder, Wales is on the lam, pursued by a pack of killers. He travels alone, but a ragtag group of outcasts (including Sondra Locke and Chief Dan George) is drawn to him – and Wales can’t leave his motley surrogate family unprotected. Eastwood’s skills behind and in front of the camera connected with audiences for its humor and tenderness as well as its hair-trigger action.
Special Features:
– Introduction from Clint Eastwood
– Commentary by Richard Schickel (New)
– Clint Eastwood‘s West Documentary (New)
– Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
– Eastwood in Action
– Trailer
