Becoming John Ford
By: a Nick Redman/Jamie Willett production ; directed by Nick Redman ; written by Julie Kirgo ; produced by Nick Redman and Jamie Willett ; Boston Road Productions ; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Contributors: Boston Road Productions; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc; United States. Navy; United States. War Department; United States. Office of Strategic Services
Series: Ford at Fox collection
Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Beverly Hills, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 93
Subjects: Motion picture producers and directors; Biography; World War, 1939-1945; Campaigns; Fox Film Corporation; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Other titles: Battle of Midway.; December 7th.; Torpedo squadron 8.; Torpedo squadron.
Description: Becoming John Ford takes a look at the enduring impression Ford made on film and filmmaking. Focuses primarily on his years at Fox, his relationship with Darryl F. Zanuck, and the effect the second World War had on both men & their filmmaking.
Notes: Issued as part of 5-disc boxed set entitled: Ford at Fox collection : the essential John Ford.

"Tracing the career of the director who defined American cinema"--Container.

Special features: WWII documentary short subjects (The battle of Midway, December 7th, Torpedo squadron 8) directed by John Ford; interactive pressbooks; vintage programs; Ford on Fox archives.

Director of photography, Bengt Jan Jonsson; editor, Vince Stancarone.

Voices: Walter Hill (Ford) and Ron Shelton (Zanuck).

With Joseph McBride, Rudy Behlmer, Janet Bergstrom, Jean-Christophe Jeauffre, Lem Dobbs, Peter Fonda, Tom Mankiewicz.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, region 1, full screen (1:33.1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., dual-layer, NTSC.

In English with optional subtitles in English SDH, Spanish, and French; closed-captioned.
Table of contents: title: Becoming John Ford (93 min. ; 2007); title: The battle of Midway / United States Navy (ca. 18 min. ; sd., col. ; 1942); title: The battle of Midway additional footage (ca. 7 min.); title: December 7th / United States War Dept.; United States Navy (ca. 34 min. ; sd., b&w ; 1943); title: Torpedo squadron 8 / United States Office of Strategic Services (ca. 7 min. ; sd., col. ; 1942)