Buffalo Girls (1995) (TV)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Rod Hardy

Writers (WGA):

Larry McMurtry (novel)
Cynthia Whitcomb (teleplay)

Release Date:

30 April 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Wild. Untamed. Legendary. Buffalo Girls celebrates the bold escapades of tough-talking Calamity Jane Canary and her illustrious cohorts...

Plot Keywords:

Calamity Jane | Wild Bill Hickok | Sharpshooter | Annie Oakley | Based On Novel

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 13 nominations

Cast

Anjelica Huston	...	Calamity Jane
Melanie Griffith	...	Dora DuFran
Gabriel Byrne	...	Teddy Blue
Peter Coyote	...	Buffalo Bill Cody
Tracey Walter	...	Jim Ragg
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman	...	No Ears
Jack Palance	...	Bartle Bone
Charlayne Woodard	...	Doosie
John Diehl	...	General Custer
Liev Schreiber	...	Ogden
Andrew Bicknell	...	Captain James O'Neill
Paul Lazar	...	Doc Rames
Russell Means	...	Sitting Bull
Reba McEntire	...	Annie Oakley
Sam Elliott	...	Wild Bill Hickok

Runtime:

180 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Bonanza Creek Ranch - 15 Bonanza Creek Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Company:

CBS Entertainment Production

Quotes:

No Ears: All massacres are alike - the smell of death, the big birds to pick the bones clean.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Cybill: Buffalo Gals (#3.10)" (1996)

Just watched Buffalo Girls

Here goes my passion for westerns :) I just watched "Buffalo Girls". To be honest, at the beginning I was reserved - western with women, huh... It's like prejudice. The one and only western with a woman main character I really love is "Cat Ballou" with Jane Fonda. Well, there are two such westerns now. You know, Buffalo Girls is one of those movies that come as a pleasant surprise. Anjelica Huston is Calamity Jane, Melanie Griffith is Dora DuFran. They both are doing very good job with their characters. And the support actors are just great. Jack Palance and Tracey Walter as two good old friends, simple people with simple naive dreams. Both actors I know since I was a kid and my dad took me to watch Tim Burton's "Batman". Jack Palance is one great actor, I enjoy his mere presence in movies. Tracey Walter's character is probably my favorite character in the movie. Peter Coyote, Keys from E.T. is also here. Charlayne Woodard makes a very good appearance. And of course Red Crow - this man just inspires. I've seen him in "Dances with Wolves", "Dreamkeeper" and "Hidalgo" (three great movies in my opinion), but I was really surprised to find out that he has done some voice acting for "Captain Planet and the Planeteers". "Buffalo Girls" is really good movie. After the end I felt that feeling that usually comes with western movies - pride, loneliness, nostalgia... Like I belong there in the praerie. Watching the sunset, listening to Willie Nelson and thinking "Those were the days..."