Director Ron Howard, who impressed audiences with BACKDRAFT (1991) and A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001), has outdone himself with THE MISSING, a wrenching family drama that unfolds in the midst of a classic 1880s Western. This extraordinarily beautiful film offers astounding panoramic photography and inspired performances that enrich a truly hair-raising journey.

As ever, Cate Blanchett brings intense realism to the role of Maggie Gilkeson, a New Mexico cattle rancher who dabbles in the healing arts. Her long-estranged father Samuel Jones (Tommy Lee Jones) is mistaken for an Indian when he inexplicably shows up on her property hoping for reconciliation; he abandoned his family years earlier to adopt a Native American identity. An embittered Maggie sends him away, but capitulates when her eldest daughter Lilly (Evan Rachel Wood) is kidnapped by a band of psychotic Apache killers. When the local sheriff and the U.S. Army balk at chasing the perpetrators, a desperate Maggie turns to her father, praying he is sufficiently savvy in tribal ways to save her daughter.

Blanchett and Jones clearly own this movie, and are both superb. Wunderkind child actor Jenna Boyd is spectacular as Maggie's youngest daughter, Dot. Also noteworthy are a brief but poignant cameo by Val Kilmer as an apathetic Army general and a skin-crawling appearance by Eric Schweig as Chidin, the outlaw leader!!

• Attractive Retail Box
• Genre: Dramas, Death, Suspense, Western, Rescue
• Rated: 14A (Canadian Home Video Rating)
• Rating Reason: For Violence.
• Starring: Cate Blanchett, Jenna Boyd, Aaron Eckhart, Tommy Lee Jones, Tom Lee Jones, Eric Schweig, Evan Rachel Wood
• Directed By: Ron Howard
• Release Information:
• Studio: Columbia Tristar Home Video
• Theatrical Release Date: November 26, 2003
• DVD Release Date: February 24, 2004
• Run Time: 137 minutes
• Production Company: Columbia
• Package Type: Keep Case
• Mastered in High Definition
• Number of Discs: 2-Disc Set
• DVD Features:
• Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only). This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries.
• Aspect Ratio(s):
• Widescreen anamorphic - 2.40:1
• Available Audio Tracks:
• English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
• French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Languages: English and French
• Available Subtitles: English and French
• Closed Captioned: Yes
• Bonus Features:
• Theatrical Trailer
• Eleven (11) Deleted Scenes
• Three (3) Alternate Endings
• Outtakes
• Eleven (11) Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes
• Featurettes: The Last Ride: The Story of The Missing, New Frontiers: Making The Missing, The Modern Western Score, Casting The Missing, Apache Language School
• Ron Howard on: Home Movies, John Wayne, Editing, The Filmmaking Process, His Love for Westerns, Conventions of Westerns
• Ron Howard's Home Movies: The Deed of Daring Do, Cards Cads Guns Gore and Death, Old Paint
• Photo Galleries
• And Much More!
• Interactive Features:
• Scene Access
• Interactive Menus

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• Trailer: Windows Media, 28-300k (videodetective.com)
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