Five Tall Tales: Budd Boetticher & Randolph Scott At Columbia, 1957-1960

Five classic, iconic and slyly subversive westerns, which have influenced generations of filmmakers including Sergio Leone, Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, are collected on Blu-ray for the very first time. Containing a selection of new and archival extras - including interviews with director Budd Boetticher and an appreciation by film critic Kim Newman - this collectable five-disc box set also contains an 80-page book with newly commissioned essays, archival interviews and full credits, and is strictly limited to 6,000 units.

Features:

• 2K restoration of Ride Lonesome
• HD restorations of The Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Aloneand Comanche Station
• Original mono audio
• The John Player Lecture with Budd Boetticher(1969): archival audio interview conducted by Horizons West author Jim Kitses at the National Film Theatre, London
• The Guardian Interview with Budd Boetticher(1994): an extensive filmed interview conducted by film historian David Meeker at the National Film Theatre, London
• Budd Boetticher on the Ranown Cycle(1999): excerpts from Eckhart Schmidt's unpublished documentary Visiting... Budd Boetticher
• Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle(2018): an appreciation and analysis by the critic and author of Wild West Movies
• The Guardian Interview with Elmore Leonard(1997): the celebrated author, and writer of the short story upon which The Tall T is based, in conversation at London's National Film Theatre
• Original theatrical trailers
• Ride Lonesometrailer commentary (2013): a short critical appreciation by filmmaker John Sayles
• Comanche Stationtrailer commentary (2014): a short critical appreciation by screenwriter Sam Hamm
• Image galleries: extensive promotional and on-set photography, poster art and marketing materials
• Limited Edition exclusive 80-page book containing newly commissioned essays by Pamela Hutchinson, Glenn Kenny, James Oliver, Neil Sinyard and Farran Smith Nehme, archival interviews with director Budd Boetticher and screenwriter Burt Kennedy, a critical anthology, and full film credits
• World Blu-ray premieres of The Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Aloneand Ride Lonesome
• UK Blu-ray premiere of Comanche Station