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Lonesome Dove

  • TV Mini Series
  • 19891989
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 6h 24m
IMDb RATING
8.7/10
23K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,011
36
Lonesome Dove (1989)
Home Video Trailer from Hallmark Home Entertainment
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  • Adventure
  • Drama
  • Western
Two former Texas Rangers renew their spirit of adventure as they and several other residents of a small Texas town join a cattle drive to the Montana Territory.Two former Texas Rangers renew their spirit of adventure as they and several other residents of a small Texas town join a cattle drive to the Montana Territory.Two former Texas Rangers renew their spirit of adventure as they and several other residents of a small Texas town join a cattle drive to the Montana Territory.
IMDb RATING
8.7/10
23K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,011
36
  • Stars
    • Robert Duvall
    • Tommy Lee Jones
    • Danny Glover
Top credits
  • Stars
    • Robert Duvall
    • Tommy Lee Jones
    • Danny Glover
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 224User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Top rated TV #139
    • Won 7 Primetime Emmys
      • 18 wins & 17 nominations total

    Episodes4

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    1 Season
    1989

    Videos2

    Lonesome Dove
    Trailer 1:54
    Lonesome Dove
    Lonesome Dove
    Trailer 1:13
    Lonesome Dove

    Photos57

    Robert Duvall and Brandon Smith in Lonesome Dove (1989)
    Lonesome Dove (1989)
    Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall in Lonesome Dove (1989)
    Tommy Lee Jones and Timothy Scott in Lonesome Dove (1989)
    Lonesome Dove (1989)
    Lonesome Dove (1989)
    Ricky Schroder in Lonesome Dove (1989)
    Robert Duvall and Ricky Schroder in Lonesome Dove (1989)
    Robert Urich, Jerry Biggs, and Julius Tennon in Lonesome Dove (1989)
    Danny Kamin as Captain Weaver with the talented DP Douglas Winsome on location in New Mexico
    Danny Kamin in Lonesome Dove (1989)
    Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall in Lonesome Dove (1989)

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    Robert Duvall
    Robert Duvall
    • Augustus 'Gus' McCraeas Augustus 'Gus' McCrae
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    Tommy Lee Jones
    Tommy Lee Jones
    • Woodrow F. Callas Woodrow F. Call
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    Danny Glover
    Danny Glover
    • Joshua Deetsas Joshua Deets
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    Diane Lane
    Diane Lane
    • Lorena Woodas Lorena Wood
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    Robert Urich
    Robert Urich
    • Jake Spoonas Jake Spoon
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    Frederic Forrest
    Frederic Forrest
    • Blue Duckas Blue Duck
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    D.B. Sweeney
    D.B. Sweeney
    • Dish Boggettas Dish Boggett
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    Ricky Schroder
    Ricky Schroder
    • Newt Dobbsas Newt Dobbs
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    Anjelica Huston
    Anjelica Huston
    • Clara Allenas Clara Allen
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    Chris Cooper
    Chris Cooper
    • July Johnsonas July Johnson
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    Timothy Scott
    Timothy Scott
    • Pea Eye Parkeras Pea Eye Parker
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    Glenne Headly
    Glenne Headly
    • Elmira Boot Johnsonas Elmira Boot Johnson
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    Barry Corbin
    Barry Corbin
    • Roscoe Brownas Roscoe Brown
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    William Sanderson
    William Sanderson
    • Lippy Jonesas Lippy Jones
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    Barry Tubb
    Barry Tubb
    • Jasper Fantas Jasper Fant
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    Gavan O'Herlihy
    Gavan O'Herlihy
    • Dan Suggsas Dan Suggs
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    Steve Buscemi
    Steve Buscemi
    • Lukeas Luke
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
    Frederick Coffin
    Frederick Coffin
    • Big Zweyas Big Zwey
    4 episodes4 eps • 1989
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Tommy Lee Jones owns a ranch in Texas, and breeds horses and cattle. He refused to use a stunt double for any of the riding scenes.
    • Goofs
      Capt. Call's horse is named Hell Bitch and referred to with female pronouns through the entire series in spite of the fact that the horse is quite clearly a gelding (castrated male).
    • Quotes

      Gus McCrae: Lorie darlin', life in San Francisco, you see, is still just life. If you want any one thing too badly, it's likely to turn out to be a disappointment. The only healthy way to live life is to learn to like all the little everyday things, like a sip of good whiskey in the evening, a soft bed, a glass of buttermilk, or a feisty gentleman like myself.

    • Crazy credits
      Danny Glover, Robert Urich, Frederic Forrest, and Anjelica Huston are credited in every episode, even though Huston does not appear until the third episode, Forrest does not appear at all in the third episode, and Glover and Urich do not appear in the final episode.
    • Alternate versions
      The 2008 DVD/Blu-Ray release was cropped to a 16:9 aspect ratio, and enhanced for viewing on widescreen televisions. These versions were also remastered, and the picture quality is superior to the original DVD release.
    • Connections
      Featured in The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989)

    User reviews224

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    The Best Western Ever Filmed
    As a boy, I never liked western films. My father loved them all, all the John Wayne classics, the Spaghetti Westerns, the whole lot.

    I despised them all. They were all the same. Same plot. Same rotten cinematography. Same unbelievable characters. Couldn't understand the attraction.

    Then I saw Lonesome Dove. This film (actually a mini-series) is an absolute masterpiece.

    It starts with the cinematography and locations. It was not your stereotypical Utah-canyon photography, it was the great plains, the Texas deserts, the wide rivers, the mesquite groves. Not marvelous vistas, but simple, real, gritty scenery. You can taste the dust of the panhandle and smell the Kansas plains.

    Then there's the action. There's lots of it. Flooding rivers, driving rains, realistic fights, thundering cattle drives, horrible scenes of rape and torture (just under TV censor radar), plenty of death and sadness. All of it believable. All of it heart-tugging. All of it amazing.

    But above all of these great features are the characters and the writing. Augustus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call have become two icons of pop culture, polar opposites who work well together and, in the end, are incomplete without one another. The supporting cast as well is fabulous, well written, patently interesting, and tremendously played. Even the evil characters are fascinating.

    This is what television and film should be. It is very, very rare for anything of this quality to ever appear on the small screen, and with today's "reality TV" craze, it is even rarer still.

    Buy the DVD set. You won't be disappointed. 10 out of 10.

    Barky
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    • Barky44
    • Aug 18, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 5, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Usamljena golubica
    • Filming locations
      • Alamo Village - Highway 674, Brackettville, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Motown Productions
      • Pangaea
      • Qintex Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      6 hours 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1(original ratio, negative ratio)

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