With this new director's cut, Ang Lee reconstructs his original vision for his Civil War epic, Ride With The Devil, an intimate, harrowing look at a country torn in half, told from a daringly unorthodox perspective. Set in 1862, during the Kansas-Missouri border war, the film stars Tobey Maguire as Jake and Skeet Ulrich as his friend Jack Bull; they join the Confederate-sympathizing Bushwhackers after Jack's father is killed by marauding members of the abolitionist Jayhawkers. But Ride With The Devil is also the story of their unusual ally Holt (an astonishing Jeffrey Wright), who's fighting for the South despite being a former slave. A rumination on identity and loyalty, both political and personal, Ride With The Devil is a provocative challenge to preconceptions about America's bloodiest conflict.

Pendant la guerre de sécession, Jack Roedel et son ami d'enfance Jack Chiles rejoignent une milice pro-sudiste appelée les "Buschwhackers". S'engageant dans une guérilla sans merci le long des chemins de traverse, les deux hommes deviennent rapidement des combattants aguerris. Mais l'hiver arrivant les Buschwhackers doivent se disperser pour affronter le froid...

Show description in a different language

Product details

Director	Ang Lee
Actor	Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich
Label	CRITERION

Genre	Drama History Romanticism Western
Content	DVD
FSK / age rating	from age 16
Publication date	27.04.2001
Edition	Criterion Collection
Audio	English
Length	138 Minutes
Year of production	1999
Original title	Ride with the Devil
Version	US Version
Region code	1

Cast & Crew

Actor

Production & Studios

Genre

Customer reviews

Gelungen

Written on 08. November 2007 by Tobivan.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Der Film zeigt eine Paramiliz des Südens welche gegen ihr Gegenstück, ebenfalls eine Paramiliz des Nordens kämpft, weitab den Schlachfeldern der "regulären" Armeen im Grenzgebiet von Kansas und Missouri. Tobey Maguire bringt eine herrvoragende Darstellung. Ein wircklich sehenswerter Film.
1.A Western

Written on 13. May 2004 by Daniel.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Manchmal vestehe ich es nicht mehr,dieser Film des Amerikanichen Bürgerkriegs ,wo Zivilisten des Südens eine Art Privat-Krieg gegen den Norden (Union),führen ist ziemlich brutal,und zeigt wie Mesnschen ohne Gnade,die Zivilisten die mit dem Krieg nichts zu tun haben wollen,einfach niederschiessen,ab 12 Jahren freigegeben worden ist.
Dieser Film zeigt wie Menschen sein können zum teil herzlos und brutal.
Genial gemachter Film