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The Red Man’s
View
(1909)
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This short western drama, directed by D.W. Griffith, features Owen Moore, James Kirkwood, W. Chrystie Miller, Dorothy West, Kate Price, Arthur Johnson, Lottie Pickford, Alfred Paget, Mack Sennett and Henry Lehrman.
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 Film Preservation Associates
2002 DVD edition
D.W. Griffith: Years of Discovery 1908-1914 (1908-1914), black & white, 334 minutes total, not rated, including The Red Man’s View (1909), black & white, 15 minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID1270DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-12702-7.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (two DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 4.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; four-page insert booklet; double-wide two-disc DVD keepcase; $39.99.
Release date: 10 September 2002.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition, originally prepared for laserdisc release in 1996 by producer David Shepard, has been mastered from a source print that runs from very-good to excellent.
The film is accompanied by a number of different music scores, including performances on piano and violin as arranged, composed and conducted by Robert Israel, and a theatre pipe organ score performed by Gaylord Carter.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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 Alpha Video
2016 DVD edition
Before the White Man Came (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with The Red Man’s View (1909), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7798D, UPC 0-89218-77989-2.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised on $8.98).
Release date: 17 May 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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Other silent era D.W. GRIFFITH films available on home video.
Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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