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DVD Lonesome Dove
Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones star as Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call, aging cowboys and former Texas rangers and who organize a 2,500 mile cattle drive for one last great adventure in this excellent 1989 miniseries adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel. The best friends, who steal the herd from a gang of Mexican cattle rustlers, drive their herd from Texas to Montana, battling horse thieves, angry Indian tribes, and a renegade half-breed killer named Blue Duck (Frederic Forrest) on a mission of revenge. The excellent cast also includes Robert Urich as cardsharp and former Ranger Jake Spoon, Anjelica Huston as McCrae's old flame Clara Allen, Danny Glover, Ricky Schroder, Diane Lane, Chris Cooper, D.B. Sweeney, Steve Buscemi, and even a small role for author Larry McMurtry. Australian director Simon Wincer shows a tremendous capacity for balancing sweeping drama and intimacy against the gorgeous landscape of the American Southwest, giving a grandly epic feel to the film despite its small-screen target and limited budget, and for forging memorable characters of even the smallest supporting parts. The heart of the drama belongs to McCrae and Call, memorably etched by Duvall and Jones as the last of the range romantics. In the age of revisionist Westerns, this excellent cattle-drive drama nicely maintains an old-fashioned feeling while still showing the dark side of the American West. Winner of seven Emmy Awards and responsible for two miniseries sequels (Return to Lonesome Dove and Dead Man's Walk) and a TV series. --Sean Axmaker
this DVD stinks....extremely poor resolution ...remaster soon?
Hi folks,
Don't get your pants in a bunch at the low review...its NOT for the movie..its for the appallingly bad DVD. Grainy and soft...I can't believe they couldn't produce a finer representation of a multi award winning and in general beloved piece of work by all concerned. This isn't even VHS quality...but then ARTISAN isn't known for quality...
its cheap enough to get anyway and throw away when a REAL quality version is released..
"What kind of an education is that?"
Best series, movie, western of all time, period. The story is impeccable the acting is perfectly done, still the best roles that Tommy Lee and Duvall have ever done. Impossible to watch it without crying, even if its your 10th time watching it. I totally agree with other comments that the dvd needs to be remastered as the picture is not great and it is not in 5.1 sound. since it was shot for tv, I think it was only filmed in standard, non widescreen format which is tragic. But the story still is told wonderfully. Totally agree that having the actors comment on the making (though 6 hours would require a big commitment from the actors) would be awesome as well as a general cleanup of the dvd.
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I don't expect anything more of a movie than to enjoy it and be entertained. I don't seek to psychoanalyze or offer up in-depth critique, it's only a movie. I either enjoy it or I don't. I enjoyed this immensely. I just can't find a single thing wrong with it and never tire of it. It's fantastic. It's an extraordinary story with an extraordinary cast.
I really really tried to enjoy this. I was all ready to get my heart hooked like in the original and hold on for an "e ticket " ride like at Disneyworld. Instead, all I got was a merry-go-round with the same plot as many westerns before it, played over and over again. I don't understand it because all of the right elements were in place. Granted John Voight is no Captain Call I still thought he did a good job with what little he had to work with. He was the only good thing about it as he captured the essence of the character Tommy Lee Jones laid out for him. Rick Schroeder, who did a great job in Lonesome Dove, seemed more lost than his character Newt usually is. The same for goes for Chris Cooper's character July. Barbara Hershey didn't come close to Angelica Huston's gumption and... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Mike Robe DVD Release Date: Released the 20 May 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The critical and popular success of the Lonesome Dove miniseries just about ensured a sequel or three. The first spinoff, Return to Lonesome Dove, was rushed out without author Larry McMurtry's input, but Streets of Laredo, which McMurtry scripted from his own novel, returns us firmly to his brutal West. Legendary Texas Ranger Captain Woodrow Call (James Garner, who steps into the boots left by Tommy Lee Jones with comfortable assurance and understated courage) has turned bounty hunter, and he heads off on the bloody trail of vicious Mexican gunman Joey Garza (Alexis Cruz), a sadistic, angry south-of-the-border rebel without a cause. Lonesome Dove echoes through the story: Call's former trail hand Pea Eye Parker (Sam Shepard) is enlisted in his posse and... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): James Garner - Sissy Spacek Director(s): Joseph Sargent DVD Release Date: Released the 24 April 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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After they first worked together on the 1966 film This Property Is Condemned, director Sydney Pollack and Robert Redford continued their long-lasting collaboration with this 1972 drama set during the mid-1800s, about one man's rugged effort to shed the burden of civilization and learn to survive in the wilderness of the Rocky Mountains. Will Geer is perfectly cast as the seasoned trapper who teaches Jeremiah Johnson (Redford) how to survive against harsh winters, close encounters with grizzly bears, and hostile Crow Indians. In the course of his adventure, Johnson marries the daughter of a Flathead Indian chief, forms a makeshift family, and ultimately assumes a mythic place in Rocky Mountain folklore. Shot entirely on location in Utah, the film boasts an abundance of... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Sydney Pollack DVD Release Date: Released the 29 October 1997 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Released almost exactly 11 years after Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, Kevin Costner's Open Range proved yet again that the Western is the classic American genre. While it lacks the thematic impact of Eastwood's masterpiece, Costner's first film since 1997's ill-fated The Postman returns the actor/director of Dances With Wolves to the open prairies of America--in this case the free-range frontier of 1882--where legal "free-grazing" cattle drives were falling prey to empire-building land-owners. In the wake of territorial murder, free-grazing cowboys Boss (Robert Duvall) and Charley (Costner) seek vengeful justice against the ruthless rancher (Michael Gambon) who threatens their law-abiding survival. A feisty ally (the late Michael Jeter, in his... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Kevin Costner - Robert Duvall - Diego Luna - Abraham Benrubi Director(s): Kevin Costner DVD Release Date: Released the 20 January 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Dead Man's Walk is yet another great Lonesome Dove DVD. It's too bad they didn't make a regular series about the adventures of young Gus and Woodrow. It's not too late. Give us a TV series somebody! More Info about this DVD Actor(s): F. Murray Abraham - Keith Carradine - Patricia Childress Director(s): Yves Simoneau DVD Release Date: Released the 23 October 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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