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Director:
Tommy Lee Jones
Writers (WGA):
Elmer Kelton (book)
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Release Date:
5 March 1995 (USA) more
Plot:
An aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of maintaining a family. | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Western Writer Kelton Dead
 (From WENN. 24 August 2009, 5:06 AM, PDT)

Tommy Lee Jones Marries
 (From WENN. 22 March 2001)

User Comments:
Fine movie more (9 total)

Cast

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Tommy Lee Jones ... Hewey Calloway

Terry Kinney ... Walter Calloway

Frances McDormand ... Eve Calloway

Sam Shepard ... Tarnell

Sissy Spacek ... Spring Renfro
Wilford Brimley ... C.C. Tarpley
Walter Olkewicz ... Fat Gervin

Matt Damon ... Cotton Calloway

Blayne Weaver ... Tommy Calloway

Bruce McGill ... City Marshall
Larry Mahan ... Blue Hannigan
Richard Jones ... Alvin Lawdermilk
Karen Jones ... Cora Lawdermilk
Park Overall ... Florence
Laura Poe ... Betsey
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Additional Details

Runtime:
130 min | Argentina:120 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Hewey Calloway: Biscuit, I'm tired of this cowology. I'm tired of these mountains. And if you won't take it the wrong way, I'd just as soon talk with somebody can talk back every once in a while - you ain't said nothin' in two years. more

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Fine movie, 12 March 2005
8/10
Author: jimbo55 from United States

I just wanted mainly to comment on another reviewer's review, in which he thought the ending was unrealistic. It just happens that the author, Elmer Kelton, grew up on West Texas ranches and probably knows at least as many cowboys as that reviewer and is a well respected Western author. I would like to see more of his books made into movies. I was working in the Ft. Davis area during the summer the movie was being made there. Tommy Lee Jones is also a West Texan and seems to know how to portray them well on screen. My favorite scene is when Hewey Callaway and his friend rope the old car at the rodeo in San Angelo. Also a very funny one is the one where Hewey shakes the dog urine off a weed onto the pants leg of the Fat banker, resulting in the dog urinating on his leg.

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