Broken Trail, the epic western miniseries that debuted on AMC television on Sunday will hit DVD shelves on September 5th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment with a suggested retail price of $28.95.
From Walter Hill (48 Hrs., Geronimo: An American Legend), the Emmy-nominated director of “Deadwood,” and starring Academy Award winner Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies, Thank You For Smoking) and Academy Award nominee Thomas Haden Church (Sideways, Spider-Man 3, TV’s “Ned & Stacy”), the miniseries will be available in a two-disc set complete with bonus features including a “making of” featurette.
Based on the novel by Alan Geoffrion, who spent five years researching the history behind the story, Broken Trail is set in the waning days of the Old West. Veteran rancher Print Ritter (Duvall) and his nephew Tom Harte (Church) set out on an arduous horse drive from Oregon to Wyoming. On the trail, they risk their lives to save five innocent Chinese girls who have been sold into prostitution. With this decision, the horse drive turns into a journey that leaves both the men and girls changed forever.
Broken Trail, which made its two-part broadcast debut on Sunday and will finish tonight, is the first original miniseries produced for the cable network AMC. For Duvall, who also executive produces, the series completes a personal trilogy that began with Lonesome Dove and Open Range. In addition to Duvall and Church, Broken Trail stars Greta Scacchi (The Player, Flightplan), Todd Allen (Wyatt Earp, Collateral Damage), Rusty Schwimmer (North Country), and Scott Copper (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me), as well as introducing five new faces: Carol Chan, Olivia Cheng, Jadyn Wong, Valerie Tian, and Gwendoline Yeo as the quintet of mail order brides kidnapped for prostitution.
The two-disc DVD will feature digitally mastered audio and video, widescreen presentation, 5.1 Dolby Digital sound, Making of Broken Trail Featurette, and bonus previews.
Broken Trail is available for pre-order at Amazon . As of yet, there is not a release date for the UK. Visit the DVD database for more information. Cover art has not been released yet. Check back for more details as the street date approaches.
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