PRE-ORDER – Apache (Limited Edition, Region B)

STREET DATE 12/8

Perhaps best known for his iconic film noir effortKiss Me Deadly, his unsettling psychological horror filmWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?and his action-packed war movieThe Dirty Dozen, the celebrated American auteurRobert Aldrichwas also an accomplished director of Westerns. Amongst his best areVera Cruz,The Last Sunsetand his very first foray into the genre: theBurt LancastervehicleApache.

Following the surrender of Geronimo (Monte Blue) to the United States Cavalry, Massai (Lancaster) becomes the last remaining Apache warrior. After he is captured by the American military and put on a prison train to be forcibly resettled on a reservation in Florida, all seems lost. But Massai manages to escape his captors and sets out to return home, where he hopes to settle down with Nalinle (Jean Peters) and farm the land. But as the frontier shrinks rapidly by the day, returning to his homeland will not be so easy.

One of the earliest Westerns to feature a sympathetic Native American protagonist fighting back against the white settlers who swept across the United States throughout the nineteenth century, Aldrichs first Westernis a landmark film in the history of the genre. TheMasters of Cinemaseries is proud to presentApachefor the first time on Blu-ray in the UK.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring original poster artwork [2000 copies]
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing on Apache by Western scholar Jenny Barrett and film writer Richard Combs [2000 copies]
• 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray
• Uncompressed original mono audio
• Optional English subtitles (SDH)
• The Story of Massai new interview with Austin Fisher, author of Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western
• The Last Sunset in Vera Cruz new interview with film historian Sheldon Hall on Robert Aldrich and the Western
• Original theatrical trailer