John Wayne’s Rio Lobo is getting a new UK Blu-ray release on November 17th as part of Eureka Entertainment’s Masters of Cinema Series.
The final film from director Howard Hawks, this classic tale of courage, betrayal and redemption stars Wayne as Union army Colonel Cord McNally who loses a close friend during a Confederate raid on a payroll train.
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McNally suspects that he and his men were betrayed by traitors within the Union, setting in motion a quest for revenge that will continue even after the Civil War is over.
This new release is strictly limited to 2,000 copies and comes housed in an O-card slipcase with a collector’s booklet.
Special Features:
- Limited edition of 2,000 copies
- Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork Colin Murdoch
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing on Rio Lobo by Richard Combs
- 1080p HD presentation from a restoration by Paramount Pictures
- Original English mono audio
- Optional DTS HD-MA 5.1 audio
- Back to the Old West – new interview on Rio Lobo with Western scholar Austin Fisher, author of Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western
- New interview with film historian Sheldon Hall on the career of director Howard Hawks
- Original theatrical trailer