Buffalo Girls (1995) (TV)

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 | Will Bill Hickok | Annie Oakley | Sharpshooter | 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:

Calamity Jane: There comes a time in the life of every gold town when it either gets civilized or goes bust. Before it makes up its mind which, men go crazy drinking, gambling, whoring... cutting into each other's claims and shooting each other over trifles. Deadwood just happened to be in its hellfire days.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Beverly Hills, 90210: Buffalo Gals (#6.2)" (1995)

Enthralling

If you don't adore Anjelica Huston and her acting abilities after this is over, then you must be crazy! Wow! Words can't describe what an incredible job she does in this TV miniseries. If nothing else had any potential whatsoever, there would still be Anjelica Huston, and she is just perfect in this movie!

I saw this film for the first time when it came on TV. I was young and I adored Reba McEntire, so I was watching it to see her. I thought she was fantastic in it, but when I watched it again today, I laughed at her acting. I didn't realize when I was a kid that her acting desperately needed some work during that time. It's some of the worst acting I've ever seen. Evidently, she's done something to improve it, because she does a great job on her TV sitcom, in my opinion.

Yes, I was just watching it because of Reba, and I was no fan of westerns or anything remotely similar to them. But, I found myself very interested and intrigued with this movie. I recommend it to everyone, not just those who love westerns. The plot grabs you and holds so that you feel you must sit through all 180 minutes, the script is very well-written, (especially for a TV movie) and it's full of pretty big names. Sam Elliot is so hot; I wish he'd a bigger part. You get some great acting from Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne, Floyd Westerman, Peter Coyote, and even that little girl, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, who's just adorable. Jack Palance's character is rather frightening and so is he in this movie, but he gives a great performance, too.