The Searchers (1956) x264 mkv with subtitles, extras and commentary

Rating 8.0/10
Runtime: 119 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: John Ford
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049730/

Cast

John Wayne ... Ethan Edwards
Jeffrey Hunter ... Martin Pawley
Vera Miles ... Laurie Jorgensen
Ward Bond ... Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton
Natalie Wood ... Debbie Edwards - Age 15
John Qualen ... Lars Jorgensen
Olive Carey ... Mrs. Jorgensen
Henry Brandon ... Chief Cicatriz - Scar
Ken Curtis ... Charlie McCorry

Description: Ethan Edwards, returned from the Civil War to the Texas ranch of his brother, hopes to find a home with his family and to be near the woman he obviously but secretly loves. But a Comanche raid destroys these plans, and Ethan sets out, along with his 1/8 Indian nephew Martin, on a years-long journey to find the niece kidnapped by the Indians under Chief Scar. But as the quest goes on, Martin begins to realize that his uncle's hatred for the Indians is beginning to spill over onto his now-assimilated niece. Martin becomes uncertain whether Ethan plans to rescue Debbie...or kill her.

Also included a set of extra material:

* "The Searchers: An Appreciation" featurette - Three directors (Curtis Hanson, Martin Scorsese and John Milius) discuss both their own initial reactions to seeing this film when they were young as well as their impressions about what in this film made John Ford a great director.

* "A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne and The Searchers" featurette - documentary on the making of movie, with outtakes, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with many of the surviving cast and crew.

* "Behind the Cameras: Meet Jeffrey Hunter, Monument Valley, Meet Natalie Wood, Setting Up Production" - four episodes from the 1956 TV series (meeting the co-stars and going behind the scenes)


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.96 GB, 3572 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 854x480 (16:9), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 125
Audio : 163/51 MB (main/ommentary), 192/60 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/1 channel, 0x55 = AC3/VORBIS, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Portuguese-Brazilian, Polish, Greek, Czech, Romanian, Serbian, Hungarian, Swedish, Turkish, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian), posters and screenshots included


Dual audio track information


This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is additional audio commentary by film historian Peter Bogdanovich. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track) or you can use VirtualDub to get rid of any of audio tracks by following these steps:


1. Download Virtualdub from that WWW address:

http://www.virtualdub.org/download.html

2. Download your version, unzip the files, start the program by running VirtualDub.exe

3. From “File” tab choose “Open video file” and find your dual audio file on your HDD (or you can simply drag and drop movie file into program window)

4. If any warning window pops up, just click on “OK”

5. From “Video” tab choose “Direct stream copy” option (very important, do not miss that step)

6. From “Audio” tab choose which audio stream you want to use, usually English is Stream 1, and commentary is on Stream 2, but to be 100 % sure use preview option that VD provides by clicking on “Play” button on the bottom of program window when video file is loaded. Of course you can get rid of original audio and save the file with commentary that way too, just by choosing other stream.

7. From “File” tab choose “Save AVI file”, put movie name and choose destination folder and then click on OK. Program will start its job after no more than 2 minutes your only one audio track movie should be ready.