Ride with the Devil
Director: Ang Lee
Genre: Western, War film, Period piece, Romantic drama, Romance Film, Film adaptation, Action/Adventure, Drama
Year: 1999
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, Simon Baker, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, James Caviezel, Jewel, David Darlow, Jeremy W. Auman, Glenn Q. Pierce, Kathleen Warfel, Scott Sener, Jonathan Brandis, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Wilkinson, Tom Guiry
Ride with the Devil is a 1999 Revisionist Western film directed by Ang Lee. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by James Schamus, based on a book entitled Woe to Live On, by author Daniel Woodrell. The events portrayed in the novel and movie take place in Missouri, amidst escalating guerrilla warfare at the onset of the American Civil War. Within the film, a loose dramatization of the Lawrence Massacre is depicted. Incorporated in the plot is the character of Jake Roedel, played by actor Tobey Maguire. Roedel, a Southern militiaman, joins a group of marauders known as the Bushwhackers. The gang attempt to disrupt and marginalize the political activities of Northern Jayhawkers allied with Union soldiers. The ensemble cast also features Skeet Ulrich, Jeffrey Wright, Jonathan Brandis, James Caviezel and musician Jewel.
The film was a co-production between the motion picture studios of Universal Pictures and Good Machine. Theatrically, it was commercially distributed by the USA Films division of Universal Pictures. In 2010, The Criterion Collection released a restored high-definition digital transfer of the film for the home media market. Ride with the Devil explores
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