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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Adult Situations, War Violence Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 07/18/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 19 mins Studio: Universal Studios Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Drama, War, Period Film, War Drama, War Romance

A complex tale of uneasy alliances along the Kansas/Missouri border during the Civil War, Ride with the Devil concerns Jack Bull Chiles (Skeet Ulrich), a proud son of the South ready to fight for the Confederate cause after his father is killed by Union troops. Chiles's best friend, Jake Roedel (Tobey Maguire), joins the Bushwhackers, a group of renegade Southerners aligned with the Confederate Army, even though his family supports the Union cause. The two young men, used to the slow pace and gracious lifestyle of the South's privileged class, are soon confronted with the chaos of battle. Their comrades include valiant leader Black John (James Caviezel), paranoid madman Pitt (Jonathan Rhys Myers), Southern gentleman George (Simon Baker), and Daniel (Jeffrey Wright), a slave from George's plantation. The Bushwhackers hide out in a barn near the home of Sue Lee (singer/songwriter/poet Jewel, in her film debut), a pregnant widow whose husband died in battle three weeks after their marriage. Roedel and Sue Lee begin a chaste romance, but it remains to be seen if the war will permit them to stay together. Adapted from the novel -Woe to Live On by Daniel Woodrell, Ride with the Devil was directed by Ang Lee, whose previous project was a very different look at America's past, the 1970s domestic drama The Ice Storm (1997). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Skeet Ulrich - Jack Bull Chiles
Tobey Maguire - Jake Roedel
Jewel - Sue Lee Shelley
Jeffrey Wright - Daniel Holt
Simon Baker - George Clyde
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - Pitt Mackeson
James Caviezel - Black John

Ang Lee's Civil War epic is given a wonderful widescreen anamorphic transfer with an aspect ratio of 2.35:1. As shown in his films Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the director has a keen eye for period detail, natural lighting, and glorious landscapes. The transfer captures all of these elements perfectly. The English-only track is Dolby Digital 5.1, with English captioning for the hearing impaired as well as French subtitles. The music video "What's Simple Is True" by actress/singer Jewel is included. There is also a theatrical trailer, production notes, brief cast and crew bios/filmographies, and a Universal web link. Additional trailers are included for All Quiet on the Western Front, Far and Away, and Reap the Wild Wind. ~ A.R. Ferguson, All Movie Guide