This movie is quite often overlooked, but a great film. Ford stars as an inventor who wants to move to the jungle where it is "pure" and he can build inventions that will make him a god like figure, mainly giving ice to the non-civilized. He does a good job as getting more obsessed throughout the picture, fighting his family's desires to return home "America has been destroyed." It's fun how he downplays everything, like when the town he built from scratch and his ice machine are burned to bits, he shrugs,"I'm glad" while looking at the ashes. All in all, it's refreshing to see Ford as someone other than the hero or the romantic. I definitley recommend this movie. By the way, the DVD doesn't really add any special features, it contains both regular and widescreen versions of the film.