David Lean's melancholy 1970 romance never achieved the reputation enjoyed by the director's epic dramas, Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago among them. In fact, as critic Richard Schickel (who himself admits to calling the movie a euphemism for "crap") points out in one of this disc's featurettes that reviewers' attacks were "immediate and ferocious." Therefore, Ryan's Daughter, featuring Robert Mitchum and Sarah Miles in a tale of adultery set against the backdrop of the 1916 Irish Rebellion, seems an unlikely candidate for the deluxe treatment it has been accorded in this remarkably comprehensive special edition. Digitally remastered from original 65mm film elements and audio-enhanced to 5.1 specifications, the film is accompanied by nearly 90 minutes of new documentary material in the form of three featurettes written, produced and directed by Laurent Bouzereau. Miles makes significant on-camera contributions to these, as does Lean's biographer, Stephen M. Silverman, and a host of others, including Mitchum's daughter, Petrine, and the director's widow, Sandra. Lean and screenwriter Robert Bolt are represented in footage originally shot for a Barry Brown-produced BBC documentary on the film, "The Last of the Traveling Circuses," which is included on the bonus disc along with a six-minute "production trailer" narrated by Gregory Peck. The non-scene-specific commentary track boasts 13 participants, each of them introduced prior to making his or her contribution; directors John Boorman and Hugh Hudson are among those heard. It has taken 35 years, but Ryan's Daughter has finally received the respect some thought it deserved all along.