Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of director Andrew V. McLaglen's
McLintock!, starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Chill Wills, Jack Kruschen and Edgar Buchanan. The 1963 western made its
barebones Blu-ray debut last year, courtesy of Olive Films. The Paramount edition includes numerous special features and streets on May 13th.
Official Synopsis: Wayne shows off his funny side in
McLintock!, a comedy inspired by Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." Starring as wealthy cattle baron G.W. McLintock, Wayne shows a real sense of comic timing in several scenes filled with slapstick humor. After his wife (Maureen O'Hara) and daughter leave him for the East, McLintock attempts to win them back. The dynamics between O'Hara and Wayne are the strong suit of this film, the actors having worked together previously on
The Quiet Man. As this is by no means a revisionist western, McLintock's chauvinistic attempts to "tame" his wife fit within the problematic ideology of the larger western genre.
Paramount has yet to detail technical specifications. Special features include:
- Introduction by Leonard Maltin
- Audio Commentary with Maltin, director Andrew McLaglen, producer Michael Wayne and actors Maureen O'Hara, Stefanie Powers and Michael Pate
- The Making of McLintock!
- The Corset: Don't Leave Home Without One!
- 2-Minute Fight School
- Photo Gallery
- Theatrical Trailer in HD