Ride with the Devil (1999/I)

Director:

Ang Lee

Writers (WGA):

Daniel Woodrell (novel)
James Schamus (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 November 1999 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War | Western

Plot:

Jake Roedel and Jack Bull Chiles are friends in Missouri when the Civil War starts. Women and Blacks have few rights...

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Bushwhacker | Farm | Union | Civil War

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Tobey Maguire	...	Jake Roedel
Jeremy W. Auman	...	Guard
Scott Sener	...	Guard (as Scott C. Sener)
Skeet Ulrich	...	Jack Bull Chiles
Glenn Q. Pierce	...	Minister
Kathleen Warfel	...	Mrs. Chiles
David Darlow	...	Asa Chiles
Zan McLeod	...	Wedding Musician - Guitar
John Whelan	...	Wedding Musician - Accordion
Roger Landes	...	Wedding Musician - Mandolin
Jeffrey Dover	...	Wedding Musician - Drums
Tyler Johnson	...	Wedding Musician - Drums
Kelly Werts	...	Wedding Musician - Fiddle
Michael W. Nash	...	Horton Lee, Sr.
John Judd	...	Otto Roedel
Don Shanks	...	George
Jay Thorson	...	Ted
Dean Vivian	...	Storekeeper
Cheryl Weaver	...	Storekeeper's Wife
Jim Caviezel	...	Black John
Jonathan Rhys Meyers	...	Pitt Mackeson
Simon Baker	...	George Clyde
Matthew Faber	...	Turner Rawls
Tom Guiry	...	Riley Crawford (as Thomas Guiry)
Jonathan Brandis	...	Cave Wyatt
Jeffrey Wright	...	Daniel Holt
Celia Weston	...	Mrs. Clark
Amber Griffith	...	Clark Girl
Ric Averill	...	Federal at Farm
Buck Baker	...	Federal at Farm
Mark Ruffalo	...	Alf Bowden
Stephen Mailer	...	Babe Hudspeth
Zach Grenier	...	Mr. Evans
Donna Thomason	...	Mrs. Evans
Cassie Mae Sears	...	Mary Evans
Jewel Kilcher	...	Sue Lee Shelley (as Jewel)
Margo Martindale	...	Wilma Brown
Tom Wilkinson	...	Orton Brown
Martin Liebschner Jr.	...	Encampment Singer
Marvin Schroeder	...	Encampment Musician (as Marvin Frank Schroeder)
Steven Price	...	Encampment Musician
David L. Asher	...	Encampment Musician
James Urbaniak	...	Poker Player
David Rees Snell	...	Poker Player
John Ales	...	William Quantrill
Dave Wilson	...	Quantrill's Lieutenant
Larry Greer	...	Federal Captain
Kevin Fewell	...	Federal Lieutenant
Michael Owen	...	Federal Recruits Captain
John Durbin	...	Skaggs
Jim Shelby	...	Southern Gentleman
Addison Myers	...	Southern Gentleman
Michael Linsley Rapport	...	Drunk Raider
Joseph Patrick Moynihan	...	Mr. Riggs
Jennie Nauman	...	Mrs. Riggs
Christine Brandt	...	Pleading Woman
Bill Grivna	...	Dulinski
Nora Denney	...	Elderly Woman
Harry Gibbs	...	Old Man
Clayton Vest	...	Young Boy
Roger Denesha	...	Lawrence Raider
Jacob Kozlowski	...	Lawrence Raider
David Lee Burnos Jr.	...	Lawrence Raider
Jennifer Ackland	...	Grace Shelley Chiles
T. Max Graham	...	Reverend Wright
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jill Barber	...	Girlfriend (uncredited)
Jim Bentley	...	Rebel (uncredited)
Michael Bush	...	Quantrells raiders (uncredited)
Marc Davies	...	Bushwacker (uncredited)
Michael Shane Davis	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Cameron DeVictor	...	Shooting Witness (uncredited)
Nancy Frye	...	Wagon-Driving Refugee (uncredited)
Mat Hostetler	...	Rider (uncredited)
Patric Johnstone	...	Federal Cavalry / Bushwacker Cavalry (uncredited)
Charlotte Kyle	...	Villager (uncredited)
Allen Lowman	...	Bushwacker (uncredited)
Paul Meier	...	George Bowden (uncredited)
Michael Owen	...	Federal Recruits Captain (uncredited)
Race Owen	...	Bushwacker (uncredited)
Dusty Shaffer	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Directed by
Ang Lee

Writing credits (WGA)
Daniel Woodrell		(novel "Woe to Live On")
James Schamus		(screenplay)

Produced by
Anne Carey	....	associate producer
Robert F. Colesberry	....	producer
Ted Hope	....	producer
David Linde	....	executive producer
James Schamus	....	producer

Original Music by
Mychael Danna

Cinematography by
Frederick Elmes

Film Editing by
Tim Squyres

Casting by
Avy Kaufman

Production Design by
Mark Friedberg

Art Direction by
Steve Arnold

Set Decoration by
Stephanie Carroll
Bryan E. Jordan

Costume Design by
Marit Allen

Makeup Department
Leslie Devlin	....	makeup artist
Shana Fruman	....	hair stylist
Jeff Goodwin	....	special makeup effects supervisor
Gail Gulino	....	makeup artist
JoJo Guthrie	....	assistant hair stylist
Darwin Hensley	....	assistant makeup artist
Thomas Holland	....	assistant special makeup
Herita Jones	....	makeup production assistant
Rick Pour	....	key makeup artist
Keith Sayer	....	makeup artist
Jo Jo Stephens	....	key hair stylist: extensions
Rita Troy	....	wig maker
Joani Yarbrough	....	key hair stylist
Nanci Cascio	....	hair stylist day player (uncredited)

Production Management
Declan Baldwin	....	assistant production manager
Glen Basner	....	post-production supervisor
Chris Bromley	....	unit production manager (as Christopher Bromley)
Kelly Miller	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alexandra K. Browne	....	trainee assistant director
David R. Ellis	....	second unit director
T. Sean Ferguson	....	second assistant director: second unit
Gary Romolo Fiorelli	....	second second assistant director
John E. Gallagher	....	first assistant director: second unit (as John Gallagher)
Robert Huberman	....	first assistant director
Korey Scott Pollard	....	assistant director
Scott Andrew Robertson	....	assistant director

Art Department
Jon Aley	....	construction assistant
Dean Allison	....	construction foreman
Janet Ball	....	paint assistant
Robert Barnett	....	on-set scenic artist (as Bob Barnett)
Mark Baucom	....	plasterer
Brandy Bauman	....	painter
Sean Bernard	....	painter
John Blanchard	....	propmaker
Kyle Bockover	....	paint assistant
William Booker	....	propmaker
E.W. Bradford	....	construction coordinator (as Bill Bradford)
Noah Bradley	....	propmaker
Mark Bradshaw	....	propmaker
John Bromell	....	set dresser foreperson
Dennis Buffum	....	propmaker
John C. Cameron	....	assistant property master
Timothy Cargill	....	painter
Derek Clayton	....	construction assistant
Annette Cornett	....	painter
Sandra Crabtree	....	paint assistant
Sara Crabtree	....	painter
Emily Crupper	....	art department assistant
Keith P. Cunningham	....	assistant art director (as Keith Cunningham)
Michael T. Daigle	....	propmaker (as Mike Daigle)
Keith Darwin	....	lead scenic artist
Nancy A. Darwin	....	painter (as Nancy Darwin)
Jason Davis	....	second assistant property master
Siem Dejong	....	propmaker
Joe Dickerson	....	propmaker
Edward L. Downes	....	art department
Mark Fabert	....	construction foreman
Luke Findley	....	propmaker
Kirk Fowlkes	....	paint assistant
Robert Fredricks	....	construction assistant
Bradley Gardner	....	construction assistant
Hal Gardner	....	on-set dresser
Susanna Glattly	....	painter
Barbara Goll	....	painter
Jerry G. Henery	....	key construction foreman (as Jerry Henery)
Katherine Hill	....	scenic painter
Dusty Hoffman	....	painter
Mike Hoig	....	construction assistant
Lyle Hoover	....	construction assistant
Kimberly Ide	....	construction assistant
Heather S. Jenkins	....	assistant decorator (as Heather Jenkins)
Joseph Jensen	....	propmaker
Alan Kehde	....	painter
Gerald Kern	....	propmaker (as Gerry Kern)
Stephanie Kern	....	painter
Richard King Jr.	....	construction assistant
Karl Knief	....	construction assistant
Brian Kontz	....	head plasterer
David Landes	....	propmaker
Steve Lauberth	....	set designer
Leo Lauricella	....	propmaker
Otto Lindsey	....	set dresser
Robert Louden	....	on-set greensman
Donnie MacDonald	....	construction assistant
Donnie MacDonald	....	construction utility
Jason Mahakian	....	model maker
Terry Marsh	....	propmaker
Patrick J. Martin	....	propmaker
Grant Mason	....	construction assistant
Paul Mason	....	set dresser
Alton McClellan	....	plasterer
Tom McDaniel	....	construction foreman (as Tom McDaniels)
Bryan Meador	....	construction assistant
Walt Mikolwski	....	propmaker (as Walter Mikowlski)
Thomas Minton	....	lead set designer
Bradley Morgan	....	propmaker
William H. Neff	....	signwriter (as Bill Neff)
Rick Newsome	....	storyboard artist
Debbie Nolan	....	gang boss
Rod Osborne	....	paint assistant
James F. Oñate	....	scenic foreman (as James Onate)
Frank Pearson	....	propmaker
Stanley Pearson	....	propmaker
Steve Peltzman	....	set dresser
James Perrin	....	paint assistant
Marvin Perry	....	propmaker
Richard Piscukas	....	sculptor
Elliot Pittman	....	propmaker
Billy W. Ray	....	property master: second unit (as Billy Ray)
Jeffrey Reed	....	propmaker
Adam Ricafort	....	construction assistant
Chad Richardson	....	greens production assistant
Janey 'Robyn' Rivers	....	painter (as Robyn Rivers)
Michael Samarzich	....	greens production assistant
Robert Butch Samarzich	....	greensman (as Butch Samarzich)
Michael Schembs	....	painter
Steve Schwarz	....	propmaker
Jonathan Scott	....	set designer
Michael Shapiro	....	set dresser
'Polar Bear' Shaw	....	lead man (as Polar Bear Shaw)
Jonathan Short	....	set designer
Danny Stitt	....	painter
Adam Stockton	....	construction assistant
Lester Stone	....	propmaker
Art Vinning	....	construction assistant
Sheri von Seeburg	....	art department coordinator
Keith Walters	....	property master
Ernie Watson	....	propmaker
Sean Whalen	....	painter
Steven Wolf	....	set dresser
Jay Womer	....	propmaker
Randy Worthey	....	propmaker
Kathy Brunswick	....	construction buyer (uncredited)
Leo Lauricella	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Stephanie Macomber	....	second unit stand-by painter (uncredited)
Debbie Nolan	....	propmaker (uncredited)

Sound Department
Mark Bovos	....	sound mixer: second unit
Kam Chan	....	foley editor
Benjamin Cheah	....	supervising foley editor
Eric A. Christoffersen	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Chris Fielder	....	assistant sound editor
Eugene Gearty	....	sound effects designer
Jeanne Gilliland	....	sound utility
Mark Goodermote	....	boom operator
Matthew Haasch	....	foley mixer
Matthew Halbert	....	sound utility
Kenton Jakub	....	supervising adr editor
Frank Kern	....	foley editor
Drew Kunin	....	production sound mixer
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Hal Levinsohn	....	adr editor
Skip Lievsay	....	foley re-recording mixer
Debora Lilavois	....	apprentice sound editor (as Deborah Li Lavois)
Adam Lipsius	....	assistant sound editor
Max Maxfield	....	sound mixer: second unit
Robert Maxfield	....	sound mixer (1998)
Nikki Moss	....	adr supervisor (as Nicky Moss)
Glenfield Payne	....	sound effects editor
Jay Peck	....	foley artist
Mike Poppleton	....	assistant sound editor (as Michael Poppleton)
Jennifer Ralston	....	foley editor
Fred Rosenberg	....	dialogue editor
Reilly Steele	....	sound re-recording mixer
Philip Stockton	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Eric Beauchamp	....	special effects assistant
Edwin J. Escobar	....	special effects assistant
Robert Espinoza	....	special effects assistant
Robert Garrigus	....	special effects technician
Edward Gettis	....	special effects assistant
Gene Grijalva	....	special effects assistant
Allen Hall	....	special effects coordinator
Matthew Hall	....	special effects assistant
Gary L. Karas	....	special effects assistant (as Gary Karas)
Joe Montenegro	....	special effects foreman
Wade Nachtigall	....	special effects assistant
Brady Novak	....	special effects assistant
Kevin Stewart	....	special effects assistant
Frank Toro	....	special effects foreman
Kenneth Wheatley	....	special effects production assistant

Visual Effects by
Kelly G. Crawford	....	visual effects editor
Syd Dutton	....	special visual effects
Adam Kowalski	....	visual effects camera operator
Lynn Ledgerwood	....	visual effects rigger
Fumi Mashimo	....	visual effects animator (as Fumi Mashimo)
Kelvin McIlwain	....	matte artist and animator
Roberto Moreno	....	digital effects assistant
Kenneth Nakada	....	matte artist and animator: Illusion Arts
Richard Patterson	....	digital effects supervisor
Catherine Sudolcan	....	visual effects producer
Bill Taylor	....	special visual effects
Mike Wassel	....	senior matte artist
David S. Williams Jr.	....	digital effects compositor

Stunts
Perry Barndt	....	stunts
Daniel W. Barringer	....	stunts (as Dan Barringer)
Jim Bentley	....	stunts
Richard L. Blackwell	....	stunts (as Richard Blackwell)
Robin Lynn Bonaccorsi	....	stunts (as Robin Bonaccorsi)
Shane Alan Bowers	....	expert rider
Steve A. Bowers	....	stunt horse
Joey Box	....	stunts
Dan Bradley	....	stunts (as Daniel Bradley)
Brian Brown	....	stunts
Richard Bucher	....	stunts
Hal Burton	....	stunts
Mark Chadwick	....	stunts
Doug Coleman	....	stunt coordinator
Eliza Coleman	....	stunts
Whitney Coleman	....	stunts (as Whitney Samantha Coleman)
Christy Cotton	....	stunts
Phil Culotta	....	stunts
Darrell Davis	....	stunts (as Darrell Craig Davis)
Danny Downey	....	stunts
Todd Forsberg	....	stunts
Dale Frye	....	stunts
Jared Fulks	....	stunts
Mickey Giacomazzi	....	stunts
Tad Griffith	....	stunts (as Garry Tad Griffith)
Clifford Happy	....	stunts
Jery Hewitt	....	stunts
Chris Howell	....	stunts
Shawn Howell	....	stunts
William S. Judkins	....	stunts (as William Judkins)
Jennifer Lamb	....	stunts
Kurt D. Lott	....	stunts (as Kurt Lott)
Bob Marrocco	....	stunts
Eddie Matthews	....	stunts
Cliff McLaughlin	....	stunts
Tom Morga	....	stunts
Casey O'Neill	....	stunts
Vladimir Orlov	....	stunts
Michael Owen	....	stunts
Richard Jay Reed	....	stunts (as Richard J. Reed)
Jason Rodriguez	....	stunts
Kerry Rossall	....	stunts
Mike Stephens	....	stunts (as Michael Stephens)
Joe Stone	....	stunts
Monty Stuart	....	stunts
Matthew Taylor	....	stunts
James Turner	....	stunts
Mark Warrick	....	stunts (as Mark Warrack)
George Watson	....	stunts
Mike Watson	....	stunts (as Michael Watson)
Brian J. Williams	....	stunts
Keith Woulard	....	stunts
Richard Bucher	....	stunt double: Skeet Ulrich (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric D. Andersen	....	camera operator
Robert M. Andres	....	key grip
Joseph Antczak	....	first assistant camera: third camera
Chad C. Barrow	....	grip: second unit (as Chad Barrow)
Garrett Benson	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Mike Benson	....	director of photography: second unit (as Michael Benson)
Michael Bonahan	....	first company grip
Mark Bracewell	....	electrician
Roger Branit	....	second assistant camera
Ian Cameron	....	grip
Paul Candrilli	....	grip
Scotty Childers	....	rigging electrician (as Scott Childers)
John Clifford	....	still photographer
Jack Coffen	....	gaffer: rigging
Ralph G. Crowley	....	best boy electric (as Ralph Crowley)
Matthew A. Del Ruth	....	camera loader: second unit (as Matt Del Ruth)
Dan Diefenderfer	....	electrician
Paul A. Edwards	....	camera operator: second unit (as Paul Edwards)
Marc Farley	....	electrician
Peter Fernberger	....	additional photographer
Karen Foglesong	....	rigging electrician
Mark Gilmer	....	camera loader
Keith Gorman	....	best boy electric: second unit
Christopher Goss	....	first assistant camera
Ted Gregg	....	electrician
Jeff Hand	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Russell Hardee	....	rigging grip
Troy Hauschild	....	grip
Gordon Haymon	....	grip
Allan B. Holt	....	grip (as Alan Holt)
Richard C. Kerekes	....	dolly grip: second camera (as Richard Kerekes)
Ben Krout	....	grip
Charles Laughon	....	video assist operator
Otto Lindsey	....	video assistant: second unit
Tommy Lohmann	....	camera operator
Jonathan Lumley	....	gaffer
Joe Mandacino	....	camera production assistant: second unit
Rick Marroquin	....	grip
Lori McCann	....	additional second assistant camera
David L. Merrill	....	key grip: second unit
Matt Miller	....	key rigging grip
Vito Mirabella	....	grip
James R. Moss	....	rigger
Collin Murphy	....	grip
John Nagle	....	camera production assistant
Anthony G. Nakonechnyj	....	gaffer: second unit (as Tony Nakonechnyj)
Debbie Nolan	....	gang boss
Michael Proscia	....	best boy rigging electric
Eric Ritter	....	electrician
Thomas J. Ruffner	....	grip: second unit (as Tom Ruffner)
Roycee Schlotzhauer	....	electrician
Mark Schmidt	....	assistant camera: "b" camera
Mark Schmidt	....	first assistant camera: second camera
Ed Seaman	....	electrician
Darrell B. Sheldon	....	dolly grip
Tom Shinn	....	electrician
Chris Skutch	....	best boy grip
Richard Sobin	....	second assistant camera: third camera
Richard Speed	....	rigging electrician
Greg Spencer	....	gang boss
Edward Stencel	....	grip
John R. Sutton	....	best boy rigger
Megan Thomas	....	camera production assistant
Stephen Thorp	....	electrician: second unit (as Steve Thorpe)
Dan Turek	....	second assistant camera: second camera
Tony Villalobos	....	assistant camera
Michael Werner	....	electrician
Jerry Wheat	....	electrician
William D. Wynn	....	dolly grip: second unit

Casting Department
Christian Heaton	....	extras casting coordinator
Sondra James	....	voice casting
Erin Kessler	....	casting assistant
Heather Laird	....	extras casting
Julie Lichter	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Javier Arrieta	....	key costumer
Darryl M. Athons	....	wardrobe: second unit
Marsha Barton	....	tailor (as Marsha Horluchi Barton)
Gayle Bradford	....	key costumer
Laurie Buehler	....	costume shop supervisor
Mark Burchard	....	wardrobe
Thomas S. Dawson	....	costume coordinator (as Tom Dawson)
Linda Carol Flake	....	wardrobe production assistant (as Linda Flake)
Laurie Hudson	....	key set costumer
Janet Lucas Lawler	....	costume supervisor
Gregory B. Peña	....	set costumer
Nancy J. Robinson	....	wardrobe production assistant
Paul Soule	....	key costumer
Abram Waterhouse	....	assistant costume designer
Catherine Peña	....	wardrobe production assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Guy Barresi	....	assistant editor
Tom Cross	....	assistant editor
Philip Harrison	....	assistant editor
Phil Hetos	....	color timer
Amanda Pollack	....	first assistant editor
Tim Streeto	....	apprentice editor
Tim Streeto	....	editing room assistant
Patricia Sztaba	....	negative matcher
Stan Sztaba	....	negative matcher

Music Department
Nicholas Dodd	....	orchestrator
Geoff Foster	....	score recordist
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestral contractor
Paul Intson	....	musician
Ron Korb	....	musician: flute
Alison LaCourse	....	music assistant
Andrew Lockington	....	assistant to composer
Patrick Mullins	....	music editor
Ron Searles	....	music mixer: "What's Simple Is True"
Alex Steyermark	....	music supervisor
Thanh Tran	....	music preparation
Maisie Weissman	....	music assistant

Transportation Department
Stan Brunt	....	transportation co-captain
Christie Chaplin	....	driver
Alan Collis	....	transportation coordinator
Donald Collis	....	transportation captain
Jenny Elsinger	....	driver
Jeffrey Gowing	....	driver: honeywagon
Gracie Klein	....	driver
John McLaughlin	....	driver
Edward V. Pannozzo	....	transportation estimator
Bubba Thrift	....	transportation

Other crew
Bobby Ahern	....	location production assistant
Sheila Allen	....	production accountant
Chad Arganbright	....	production assistant
Jill Barber	....	production assistant
Jim Barmann	....	office production assistant
Tim Baum	....	location intern
Steven F. Beaupre	....	set production assistant (as Steven Beaupre)
Barbara Brackman	....	production research
Katrina Brede	....	set production assistant
Frank Brennan	....	location production assistant
Alan C. Brooks	....	assistant re-enactor coordinator
Allegra Brosco	....	assistant: Mr. Hope
Angela Capra	....	craft service production assistant
David Carrico	....	re-enactor
Kenny Chaplin	....	set production assistant
Greg Connolly	....	looping group
David Curtis	....	set production assistant
Aimee Davis	....	craft service assistant
Kevin Dobson	....	location assistant
Ben Edmonds	....	location production assistant
Kelly Elam	....	location production assistant
Peter Lane Evans	....	production secretary
Mark B. Farris	....	assistant re-enactor coordinator (as Mark Farris)
Dale Fetzer	....	historical advisor
Riley Flynn	....	re-enactor coordinator
Jennifer Zolten Freed	....	post-production accountant
Donna Gale Fulson	....	office production assistant
Audra Gorman	....	location assistant
Heather Harris	....	script supervisor: second unit
Marc W. Havener	....	set production assistant
William C. Hendley	....	unit publicist
Rusty Hendrickson	....	lead wrangler
Regina Heyman	....	assistant location manager
Lisa Katcher	....	script supervisor
Dennis Kelly	....	projectionist
David L.S. Lee	....	assistant: Mr. Lee
Sig Libowitz	....	assistant: Mr. Schamus
Benny Manning	....	wrangler foreman (as Ben Manning)
Lisa Mantoux	....	key set production assistant
Melissa Maready	....	set teacher
Paul Meier	....	dialect coach
Shelby Miller	....	set production assistant: second unit
James Mount	....	adr loop group
Kevin O'Leary	....	set medic
Hetakaisa Paarte	....	assistant: Mr. Hope
Chris Palmer	....	production assistant
Noel Phillips	....	wrangler foreman
Jamie Richardson	....	assistant office coordinator
Jeremy Roberts	....	payroll accountant
Scott A. Russell	....	assistant: Mr. Lee
Mike S. Ryan	....	location manager
Girard Sagmiller	....	pa.
Scott Schudy	....	video production assistant
Jill Schultz	....	office production assistant
Matthew Spiegel	....	assistant to producer
Scott Stephens	....	armorer
Monty Stewart	....	wrangler foreman
Wayne Taylor	....	office production assistant
Karen L. Thorson	....	script supervisor: second unit
Jenelle Troxell	....	production research
Charlie Ward	....	horse rider
Mark Warrick	....	wrangler (as Mark Warrack)
Geoffrey Westra	....	assistant to producer
Katie White	....	set production assistant: second unit
Dale Williams	....	production office coordinator
Rayshelle Willis	....	assistant accountant (as Shelle Willis)
Alyssa L. Wittenberg	....	production coordinator
Caleb Womble	....	assistant coordinator
Mary Anna 'M.A.' Woodbury	....	first assistant accountant
Brian Yake	....	location coordinator
Karl Luthin	....	wrangler (uncredited)
Mike Neu	....	location scout (uncredited)
Peter Pamela Rose	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
Bill Timoney	....	adr voice group (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Good Machine
• Hollywood International Multimedia Group Inc.
• Maplewood Productions Inc.
• Universal Pictures

Distributors

• Roadshow Pictures (2000) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Asmik Ace Entertainment
• BMG Video (2001) (Germany) (VHS)
• Criterion Collection, The (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Distribution Company (Argentina)
• Entertainment Film Distributors
• Good Machine International (International Rights)
• MCA/Universal Pictures (North America)
• Nordisk Film (2001) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film (2010) (Sweden) (DVD)
• RCV Film Distribution (Belgium)
• RCV Film Distribution (Luxembourg)
• RCV Film Distribution (Netherlands)
• Sagittaire Films (France)
• Tobis StudioCanal (Germany)
• USA Films (USA)
• Universal Pictures

Special Effects

• Illusion Arts

Other Companies

• Air Studios  score recorded at
• Atlantic Records  soundtrack
• Bureau  titles
• C-5  post-production sound facilities
• Cood Edit Inc.  post-production picture services
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Du Art Film and Video  dailies
• Effects House, The  opticals
• Joe Dunton & Company  camera equipment provided by
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• Sound One  re-recording facilities
• Trevanna Post  post-production accounting

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for graphic war violence

Runtime:

138 min | 148 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Hong Kong:IIB | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R | Australia:MA | Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Germany:12 (f) | USA:TV-MA (cable rating)

Filming Locations:

Doniphan, Kansas, USA

Company:

Good Machine

Trivia:

The looting and burning of Lawrence, Kansas actually occurred on 21 August 1863.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Jake complains of losing the upper-half of his pinky finger, the brace holding down the top joints of the actor's finger is briefly shown as the camera pulls in on his hand.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Title Card:On the western frontier of Missouri, the American Civil War was fought not by armies, but by neighbors. Informal gangs of local southern Bushwhackers fought a bloody and desperate guerrilla war against the occupying Union Army and pro-Union Jayhawkers.
Title Card:Allegiance to either side was dangerous. But it was more dangerous still to find oneself caught in the middle.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)

What the Movie Meant to Me

My great-grandfather J.W. Daugherty was a very young teenager during the civil war in Missouri. While still twelve he was put to work as a mule-skinner by one of the "black-flag" bands of bushwackers around Cedar County, in southern Missouri. He later mastered the use of the six-shooter, and rode with Quantrill. He claimed to have ridden with Jesse and Frank James during and after the war, but every man of his generation made the same claim. Were all the claims true, it would probably be about fifty thousand in all who rode with the James boys.

J.W. claimed not to have been present during the burning of Lawrence, but so did everybody else. With so many thousand occupied in riding with the brothers James, it is passing strange that so few managed to be present during the actual burning of Lawrence, the single most important action of the Quantrill band.

I am, incidentally, named after Lawrence, that appellation being my first name.

J.W. claimed it was the James brothers who invented the idea of gripping the reins in their teeth while firing both revolvers, thereby availing oneself of a full twelve rounds in flight. J.W. ended up being the champion fiddler of Missouri, losing that title only when jealous rivals shut him out of the fiddling contests because he could read music.

Another great-grandfather of mine was James Quinn, a young captain of the Union calvery. This was a Missouri militia unit, but militias on the border often saw more action that regular units back east. His job was to guard the railroads from the "highway agents" who even then were perfecting the feat of robbing the trains of yankee gold sent south for payroll.

James and J.W. were supposed to have been on opposite sides during the Battle of Wilson's Creek, but it is impossible to know for sure. I have copies of Union orders for Captain James Quinn, having to do with the bandits operating in southern Missouri.

This film, RIDE WITH THE DEVIL, is one of the truly great American films, and the only one that even begins to get close to the feeling of the border wars, the bushwacking, the betrayals, and the split families. In Missouri, the Civil War was hell on earth, breaking every family apart at least once.

Toby McGuire is overwhelming in his grasp of the teenage border warrior who has known nothing else but killing, and who finally decides to make a new life in California. Jewel is astonishing as the young survivor widowed twice, but full of life and a desire to live it to the fullest.

The historical details are almost always spot on, and the faces of the men and women are disturbingly like what they must have been in those terrible days.

But finally, it is the script that is almost unbelievable in its power. Even when one or two words are wrong, the scriptwriter manages to somehow capture the mood and the rhythms of 19th-century speech in that part of the country, in all its humor and deep fatalism and courtesy--and yes, its cruelty too.

This is the first work of art that made me feel something close to what my great-grandfathers must have gone through. They left many stories and written records behind, but such autobiographies conceal as much as they reveal, especially about the violence and its traumatizing effects of the young males who experienced it.

I am grateful to the makers of this film, the script-writer, the author of the original book WOE TO LIVE ON, the actors and others who created RIDE WITH THE DEVIL and somehow managed to make it such a stunning work of art. To them I am thankful for bringing me closer to ancestors who made me what I am; and who--for better or worse--made this country what it is.

Lawrence Swaim