The Hired Hand (1971)
Genre: Westerns
Starring: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom, Robert Pratt, Severn Darden
DVD Info
Release:
Feb 26, 2008
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Widescreen
Audio:
- Dolby Surround - English
Interactive Features:
- Scene Access
- Interactive Menus
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Reviews
Bloom is excellent as the abandoned wife who aserts her independence even when she's so vulnerable.
...perhaps the best of that cycle of realistic, existential Westerners produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s
Now that it has been restored, people are beginning to realize it got a bum rap back in the day.
This groundbreaking 1971 western nimbly upsets most of our expectations about cowboy movies.
A work dear to Fonda's heart, he has often spoken of his wish for this film to be his epitaph. It's one that would do any director proud.


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