Wilde, Cornel (Actor/Director) & Johnston, Clint & Peters, Don (Screenplay)

The Naked Prey (1966)

The Criterion Collection, 2007.
First Printing. DVD in case.

Set in the early 19^th century, a group of African colonists are on safari when they are captured by a native tribe. One man, Cornel Wilde, is set free without clothing or weapons to be hunted like a wild animal. The film is a rumination on the nature of man and civilization. Special edition features include:

• Restored high-definition digital transfer
• Audio commentary by film scholar Stephen Prince
• “John Colter’s Escape,” a 1913 record of the trapper’s flight from Blackfoot Indians – which was the inspiration for The Naked Prey – read by Paul Giamatti
• Original soundtrack cues created by director Cornel Wilde and ethnomusicologist Andrew Tracey, along with a written statement by Tracey
• Theatrical trailer

Item #900867
ISBN: 9781604650099

Single DVD disc, 96 minutes, color, monaural, 2.35:1 aspect ratio. In case, with booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson and an interview between Gordon Gow and Cornel Wilde about man and the limits of endurance.

Previously owned and opened and in excellent condition.

Price: $20.00