You Know My Name (TV 1999)

Fact-based bio of early film director-producer, Bill Tilghman (Sam Elliott). Tighman was a real life cowboy, who rode with the Earps & faced down countless bad guys. When he turned to films... See full summary »

Director:

John Kent Harrison

Writer:

John Kent Harrison

Stars:

Sam Elliott, Arliss Howard, Carolyn McCormick

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sam Elliott	...	Bill Tilghman
Arliss Howard	...	Wiley
Carolyn McCormick	...	Zoe
James Gammon	...	Real Arkansas Tom
R. Lee Ermey	...	Marshal Nix
James Parks	...	Alibi Joe
Sheila McCarthy	...	Mrs. Lynn
Nataalia Rey	...	Rose
Jonathan Young	...	Hugh
Perla Batalla	...	Singer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marty Antonini	...	Businessman
Dwayne Armitage	...	Wild Bill Hickock
Kevin Armitage	...	Roustabout
James Baker	...	Doolin
David Barrett	...	Drunk

Storyline

Fact-based bio of early film director-producer, Bill Tilghman (Sam Elliott). Tighman was a real life cowboy, who rode with the Earps & faced down countless bad guys. When he turned to films, he was determined to make authentic Westerns, rather than the fake carrying on of Tom Mix & other Western movie stars of the day. The only problem was that no one wanted to see his non-stars in any story. Arliss Howard co-stars as a cocaine-addled law enforcement nemesis of Tighman, who attempts to stop him at every turn.

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Plot Keywords:

neo western | main character dies | gangster | bar shootout | g man | 

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Genres:

Drama | Western

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

TNT

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 August 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bill Tilghman

Filming Locations:

CL Ranch - 45001 Township Road, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ancient Mariner Films, Turner Network Television (TNT)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

At the beginning, when they are raiding the moonshiners, a man in gray gets shot in the back with a shotgun, and falls over a barrel. When the camera angle changes, the same man gets shot in the back again, and falls over the same barrel again.

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Connections

References Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws (1915)

User Reviews

This could've been a good western

The true(?)story of Oklahoma lawman Bill Tilghman. Producer/star Elliott who is legendary for his characterizations of western lawmen and pioneers, falls flat on this project. Some one needs to explain to me why, WHY, when many of the original locations in the movie-Cromwell, Wowoka, and Chandler, Ok, are still much as the same as they were in the 20s-when this story takes place-did Elliott and crew feel it necessary to film in Canada?? Must be a NAFTA thing. And again, there is the attempt to make the west seem more like the present (large drug shipments parachuting into rural areas-reminiscent of the "Mena legend"!). .. my guess this is done to appeal to the Gen Xers. This is just another picture, made in the last three decades that gives proof to the adage "Western pictures have gone down-hill ever since Robert L. Lippert died!