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Release Date:
3 October 2008 (USA)
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Tagline:
Feelings get you killed.
Plot:
Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow. full summary | full synopsis
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2 wins
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Novelist Robert B. Parker dies
(From Zap2It - The Dish Rag. 19 January 2010, 9:59 AM, PST)
Robert B. Parker: 1932-2010
(From Comicmix. 19 January 2010, 8:32 AM, PST)
(From Zap2It - The Dish Rag. 19 January 2010, 9:59 AM, PST)
Robert B. Parker: 1932-2010
(From Comicmix. 19 January 2010, 8:32 AM, PST)
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Finally, a western by people who understand real conflict
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Robert Jauregui | ... | Marshall Jack Bell (as Bobby Jauregui) | |
| Jeremy Irons | ... | Randall Bragg | |
| Timothy V. Murphy | ... | Vince | |
| Luce Rains | ... | Dean | |
| James Tarwater | ... | Chalk (as Jim Tarwater) | |
| Boyd Kestner | ... | Bronc | |
| Gabriel Marantz | ... | Joe Whittfield | |
| Ed Harris | ... | Virgil Cole | |
| Viggo Mortensen | ... | Everett Hitch | |
| Benjamin Rosenshein | ... | Town Boy | |
| Cerris Morgan-Moyer | ... | Tilda | |
| James Gammon | ... | Earl May | |
| Timothy Spall | ... | Phil Olson | |
| Tom Bower | ... | Abner Raines | |
| Erik J. Bockemeier | ... | Fat Wallis |
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MPAA:
Rated R for some violence and language.
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Runtime:
115 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Ireland:15A |
Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) |
UK:15 |
Canada:G (Québec) |
Canada:PG (British Columbia) |
France:U |
USA:R (certificate #44389) |
Argentina:Atp |
Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) |
Greece:K |
Finland:K-13 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
South Africa:13V |
Netherlands:9 |
Australia:M |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) |
Mexico:B |
Germany:12
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Because the only remaining 8 gauge shotguns on the market were either too antique or too valuable to use, the movie's armorer, Gibbons Ltd., had to specially contract for replicas. Gunsmith Steve Karnes purchased three replica Colt 1878 shotguns and modified the barrels so that all three sets would have bore sizes equal to that of a real 8 gauge shotgun. The first two shotguns were designed to fire full-load 12 gauge blank rounds (one gun could be used while the other was cleaned or repaired from a previous film shoot.) The third shotgun was designed to chamber 8 gauge inert rounds, and was used for reloading scenes. All three were then given identical, 'aged' finishes, to make them appear old and used.
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Crew or equipment visible: When Joe Whitfield approaches Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch the first time in the hotel dining room - shortly into their conversation you can see the numbers "191" flash momentarily in the upper right hand corner.
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Vince:
You shoot him, you think we're just gonna ride away?
Virgil Cole: Nope.
Vince: We'll kill you and Hitch.
Virgil Cole: You'll try.
Vince: You're willing to die to keep us from taking him?
Virgil Cole: Sure.
Vince: Hitch, you willing to die, too?
Virgil Cole: Of course he's willing to die. You think we do this kind of work because we're scared to die? You.
Vince: Me?
Virgil Cole: You afraid to die?
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Virgil Cole: Nope.
Vince: We'll kill you and Hitch.
Virgil Cole: You'll try.
Vince: You're willing to die to keep us from taking him?
Virgil Cole: Sure.
Vince: Hitch, you willing to die, too?
Virgil Cole: Of course he's willing to die. You think we do this kind of work because we're scared to die? You.
Vince: Me?
Virgil Cole: You afraid to die?
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Movie Connections:
Edited into "De wereld draait door: (#4.162)" (2009)
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Soundtrack:
Camptown Races
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I suppose this film is as vulnerable to deep analysis as the next one, but, why bother? This is entertainment the way I like it, straight up without a lot of foolish over the top action. The real west must have been fraught with similar dilemmas as that confronting the town of Appaloosa: What to do with a lawless band of men determined to live as they please by preying on timid town dwellers? I doubt there were many men like Virgil Cole or his partner Everett Hitch in the real west having lived among their great, great grandchildren (I've no idea what the real genealogy is) for a time, but men have often tried to live like they do with the result that they lived undeservedly short lives. Still, guys like me can't get enough of their stories and Ed Harris apparently feels the same way. Only Clint Eastwood in my memory has attempted to tap into this same wellspring of folklore as in The Unforgiven. Though we all love Clint, I'd have to say Ed outdoes him here. He's got a wonderful sense of what a real gunfight might have been like. And though he's trimmed off the cries of pain and the gore, it still has the ring of truth.