With this new director's cut, Ang Lee reconstructs his original vision for his Civil War epic, Ride with the Devil, an intimate, harrowing look at a country torn in half, told from a daringly unorthodox perspective.

Set in 1862, during the Kansas-Missouri border war, the film stars Tobey Maguire as Jake and Skeet Ulrich as his friend Jack Bull; they join the Confederate-sympathizing Bushwhackers after Jack's father is killed by marauding members of the abolitionist Jayhawkers. But Ride with the Devil is also the story of their unusual ally Holt (an astonishing Jeffrey Wright), who's fighting for the South despite being a former slave.

A rumination on identity and loyalty, both political and personal, Ride with the Devil is a provocative challenge to preconceptions about America's bloodiest conflict.

Ride With the Devil will be released on US DVD and Blu-ray by Criterion on 27th April 2010 at the SRP of $39.95 each. Featuring a new, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Ang Lee and director of photography Frederick Elmes, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition, both discs will have the following extras:

• New director's cut of Ride with the Devil, featuring thirteen minutes of added footage;
• Two audio commentaries, one featuring Lee and producer-screenwriter James Schamus and one featuring Frederick Elmes, sound designer Drew Kunin, and production designer Mark Friedberg;
• New video interview with star Jeffrey Wright;
• A booklet featuring an essay by critic Godfrey Cheshire.