Ride with the Devil (1999)
- Directed by
- Ang Lee
- Genre
- drama film, Western film, war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 210 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
During the American Civil War, a young man joins a pro-Confederacy guerrilla unit in Missouri. He and his comrades fight against Union-aligned Jayhawkers in brutal skirmishes. The film follows their struggle for survival and the toll that violence takes on them.
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What happens
Ride with the Devil is a 1999 American revisionist Western film directed by Ang Lee and starring Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, Jeffrey Wright, Jewel in her feature film debut, Simon Baker, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, James Caviezel, Thomas Guiry and Jonathan Brandis. Based on the novel Woe to Live On, by Daniel Woodrell, the film, set during the American Civil War, follows a group of men who join the First Missouri Irregulars, also known as the Bushwhackers—guerrilla units loyal to pro-Confederacy units of the state—and their war against Northern Jayhawkers allied with the Union army. The film was a co-production between Universal Studios (the successor to Polygram Filmed Entertainment) and Good Machine. Principal photography began on March 25, 1998. Theatrically, it was commercially distributed by the USA Films division of USA Networks and premiered in only six theaters nationwide in the United States on November 26, 1999, and for only three days, grossing a total of $635,096 (~$1.12 million in 2024). Ride with the Devil has been noted for its thematic exploration of politics, violence and war. In 2010, The Criterion Collection released a restored high-definition digital transfer for the home media market, featuring an extended 148-minute director's cut of the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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