Summary
A meticulously crafted portrait of the American nuclear family in crisis charts the rift that forms within a 1960s Montana household when the father and breadwinner abruptly departs to fight the forest fires raging nearby, leaving his restless wife and teenage son to pick up the pieces. A deeply human look at a woman's wayward journey toward self-fulfillment in the pre-women's liberation era and a sensitively observed, child's eye coming-of-age tale.
Additional Information
| Series | Criterion collection ; 1031. |
| Subjects |
Abandoned wives
-- Montana
-- Drama.
Families -- Montana -- Drama. Teenage boys -- Drama. Forest fires -- Prevention and control -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | [New York] :The Criterion Collection,2020 |
| Edition | Director-approved DVD, special edition, Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Wildlife. Wild life |
| Contributors |
Dano, Paul,
1984- film director, screenwriter, film producer. Kazan, Zoe, 1983- screenwriter. Duncan, Andrew (Producer), film producer. Saks, Alex, 1987- film producer. Moverman, Oren, film producer. Ruark, Ann, film producer. Gyllenhaal, Jake, 1980- actor, film producer. Marker, Riva, 1978- film producer. Mulligan, Carey, 1985- actor. Camp, Bill, actor. Oxenbould, Ed, 2001- actor. Lang, David (David A.), composer. Ford, Richard, 1944- Wildlife. June Pictures, presenter. Magic Child, production company. Sight Unseen, production company. Nine Stories (Firm), production company. Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Carey Mulligan, Bill Camp, Ed Oxenbould, Jake Gyllenhaal. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Diego Garcia ; edited by Matthew Hannam, Louise Ford ; composer, David Lang. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13. |
| Language |
English In English; with English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2018. Based on the book by Richard Ford. Bonus features: New interviews with cast and crew ; new conversation on the film's postproduction with director, editor, and composer ; Film at Lincoln Center conversation from 2018 between director and novelist Richard Ford about source material ; an essay by critic Mark Harris. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Audio 5.1 surround. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 9781681437262 1681437260 |
| Other | Classic View |