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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 next-to-final film role) and a doctor's sister (Annette Bening) offer support during climactic shootouts, masterfully staged with the shock and suddenness of real-life gunfire. Rich in character development and thick-hided humor, this handsome production redeemed Costner's directorial career with a well-told story (by Craig Storper, based on Lauran Paine's novel The Open Range Men), flawless performances, and stunning Canadian locations. --Jeff Shannon
OPEN RANGE is a shamefully overlooked Western epic that ranks right up there with UNFORGIVEN and for my money is more entertaining than Costner's DANCES WITH WOLVES. Whereas WOLVES seemed to be more of a vanity project, OPEN RANGE is a beatifully developed tale in which Costner the director doesn't focus all his time on Costner the actor, but lets the brilliance of Robert Duvall and Annette Bening shine too. Costner, though, gives one of his most impressive performances as Duvall's partner whose violent past catches up with him in a confrontation with a hostile landowner, played sharply by British actor Michael Gambon. Ms. Bening is moving, too, as the sister of the town doctor, who finds herself enamored with Costner---she's a remarkably underappreciated actress (see AMERICAN PRESIDENT for example). But it's Duvall, whose performance as the world-weary cattle driver, who seems to bring the most heart to the picture. Filmed in Calgary, the film's majestic panorama doesn't overshadow the people and it is the avoidance of the Western cliches that makes OPEN RANGE such a refreshingly entertaining film. There's lots of action, but there's some fine dialogue and scenes with much heart and wisdom that frame this eloquent ode to the American West. I wasn't expecting a lot from this film, but it surprised me with its excellence and eloquence.
Wasted my money....
A plot as old as the movie industry itself. I've seen a lot of 'B movie' westerns that were better than this. The two 'good guys' cursing God was the last straw for a movie that I was already regreting having bought.
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I found the movie to be one of the most realistic cowboy era films that I've ever seen. It gave an accurate portrail of that time, and yet the movie also added some humour. Kevin Costner always seems to research his movies far past most others and it shows.
If you can get past its thick layer of syrup and molasses, Secondhand Lions reveals itself as a thoroughly decent family film that anyone can enjoy. It gets a little sappy sometimes, but there's something to be said for a movie in which Michael Caine and Robert Duvall play eccentric old brothers who take the easy approach to fishing: instead of a peaceful rod and reel, they use 12-gauge shotguns. When 14-year-old Walter (Haley Joel Osment, teetering on puberty) spends an eventful summer with his great-uncles on their vast Texas farmland (he's been dumped there by his delinquent mom, played by Kyra Sedgwick), he soon discovers they've lived lives full of adventure, excitement, passion, and mystery. Either that or they're old-time bank robbers with a long criminal record, and... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Tim McCanlies DVD Release Date: Released the 03 February 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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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... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Simon Wincer DVD Release Date: Released the 30 April 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This Western has become a modest cult favorite since its release in 1993, when the film was met with mixed reviews but the performances of Kurt Russell (as Wyatt Earp) and especially Val Kilmer, for his memorably eccentric performance as the dying gunslinger Doc Holliday, garnered high praise. The movie opens with Wyatt Earp trying to put his violent past behind him, living happily in Tombstone with his brothers and the woman (Dana Delany) who puts his soul at ease. But a murderous gang called the Cowboys has burst on the scene, and Earp can't keep his gun belt off any longer. The plot sounds routine, and in many ways it is, but Western buffs won't mind a bit thanks to a fine cast and some well-handled action on the part of Rambo director George P. Cosmatos, who has yet to make a... More Info about this DVD Director(s): George P. Cosmatos DVD Release Date: Released the 02 December 1997 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Winner of four Academy Awards, including best picture, director, supporting actor, and best editing, Clint Eastwood's 1992 masterpiece stands as one of the greatest and most thematically compelling Westerns ever made. "The movie summarized everything I feel about the Western," said Eastwood at the time of the film's release. "The moral is the concern with gunplay." To illustrate that theme, Eastwood stars as a retired, once-ruthless killer-turned-gentle-widower and hog farmer. He accepts one last bounty-hunter mission--to find the men who brutalized a prostitute--to help support his two motherless children. Joined by his former partner (Morgan Freeman) and a cocky greenhorn (Jaimz Woolvett), he takes on a corrupt sheriff (Oscar winner Gene Hackman) in a showdown that makes the viewer... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 26 March 1997 Usually ships in 6 to 11 days
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Freely adapted from Charles Frazier's beloved bestseller, Cold Mountain boasts an impeccable pedigree as a respectable Civil War love story, offering everything you'd want from a romantic epic except a resonant emotional core. Everything in this sweeping, Odyssean journey depends on believing in the instant love that ignites during a very brief encounter between genteel, city-bred preacher's daughter Ada (Nicole Kidman) and Confederate soldier Inman (Jude Law), who deserts the battlefield to return, weary and wounded, to Ada's inherited farm in the rural town of Cold Mountain, North Carolina. In an epic (but dramatically tenuous) case of absence making hearts grow fonder, Inman endures a treacherous hike fraught with danger (and populated by supporting players including... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Jude Law - Nicole Kidman - Renée Zellweger Director(s): Anthony Minghella DVD Release Date: Released the 29 June 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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