Big Country Blu-ray Shakespeare Two early features from the

Two early features from the master of the Western

Hyperkinetic and violent

with a mix of the melancholic and comic

A young boy wanders alone through a battle scarred countryside encountering others damaged by the conflict

'Dancing at Lughnasa' by Joan Fitzpatrick Dean IFI/Cork University Press 'Ireland Into Film' 104 pages

Big Country Blu-ray Shakespeare Two early features from the'The Big Country' Director: William Wyler (1958) includes commentary, documentary on Wyler, outtakes, multiple interviews Sweeping epic. In the1880's a New England ship's captain heads west to join his fiancee on her family's ranch where he finds himself embroiled in a feud over land and disliked by the locals. He must fight for his future and that of the woman he loves. Starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives