Young Mr. Lincoln (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

Few American historical figures are as revered as Abraham Lincoln, and few director-star collaborations embody classic Hollywood cinema as beautifully as the one between John Ford and Henry Fonda. This film, their first together, was Ford s equally poetic and significant follow-up to the groundbreaking western STAGECOACH, and in it Fonda gives one of the finest performances of his career, as the young president-to-be, a novice lawyer struggling with an incendiary murder case. Photographed in gorgeous black and white by Ford s frequent collaborator Bert Glennon, YOUNG MR. LINCOLN is a compassionate and assured work and an indelible piece of Americana. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES – New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack – New audio commentary featuring film scholar Joseph McBride (SEARCHING FOR JOHN FORD: A LIFE) – OMNIBUS: “JOHN FORD’, part one: filmmaker Lindsay Anderson s profile of the life and work of director John Ford before World War II – Talk show appearance by actor Henry Fonda from 1975 – Audio interviews from the seventies with Ford and Fonda, conducted by the director s grandson Dan Ford – Academy Award radio dramatization of the film – PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O Brien and an homage to Ford by filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein