John served Quantrill as a hostler and spy. The character Daniel Holt was based upon the real-life John Noland, the best known of the freed black men who served under Quantrill. This image of John Noland was featured in the director’s-cut of Ride with the Devil, during the interview with J effery Wright. In Ride With the Devil, Wright starred as Daniel Holt, a black confederate guerrilla fighting against the Jayhawkers, Redlegs, and Bluebellies. Under Lee’s direction, these young actors blossomed into some of Hollywood most valuable, sought-after actors: Tobey Maguire later became the face of the Spider-man franchise Jim Caviezel tackled The Passion of the Christ Simon Baker assumed roles in The Mentalist and Land of the Dead and Jeffrey Wright moved on to star in Syriana and Angels in America. Apparently so did Ang Lee.īut the film was easy to enjoy because Lee took young, fresh actors and transformed them into characters who looked like the weathered guerrillas who fought the Missouri border war. But when I first saw it, I had the nagging feeling that somehow something was missing. All rights belong to UNIVERSAL PICTURES NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED.Īlthough director Ang Lee’s original movie, Ride With the Devil, based upon Daniel Woodrell's novel, Woe to Live On, was far from perfect, I enjoyed it nonetheless. RIDE WITH THE DEVIL Trailer (1999) - © The Criterion Collection.
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