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All the Pretty Horses

  • 20002000
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 56m
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5.8/10
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Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz in All the Pretty Horses (2000)
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Two Texas cowboys head to Mexico in search of work, but soon find themselves in trouble with the law after one of them falls in love with a wealthy rancher's daughter.Two Texas cowboys head to Mexico in search of work, but soon find themselves in trouble with the law after one of them falls in love with a wealthy rancher's daughter.Two Texas cowboys head to Mexico in search of work, but soon find themselves in trouble with the law after one of them falls in love with a wealthy rancher's daughter.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
15K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
8,449
352
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Billy Bob Thornton
    • Writers
      • Cormac McCarthy(novel)
      • Ted Tally(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Matt Damon
      • Penélope Cruz
      • Henry Thomas
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Billy Bob Thornton
    • Writers
      • Cormac McCarthy(novel)
      • Ted Tally(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Matt Damon
      • Penélope Cruz
      • Henry Thomas
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 195User reviews
    • 83Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 14 nominations

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    John and Alejandra
    Lacey and John

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    Matt Damon
    Matt Damon
    • John Grady Cole
    Penélope Cruz
    Penélope Cruz
    • Alejandra Villarreal
    Henry Thomas
    Henry Thomas
    • Lacey Rawlins
    Angelina Torres
    • Luisa
    • (as Angelina C. Torres)
    J.D. Young
    • Grandfather
    Laura Poe
    Laura Poe
    • Mother
    Sam Shepard
    Sam Shepard
    • J.C. Franklin
    Robert Patrick
    Robert Patrick
    • Cole
    Lucas Black
    Lucas Black
    • Jimmy Blevins
    Yvette Diaz
    • Girl
    Imelda Colindres
    • Girl's Mom
    Augustin Solis
    • Manuel
    • (as Agustin Solis)
    Rubén Blades
    Rubén Blades
    • Don Hector de la Rocha y Villarreal
    Elizabeth Ibarra
    • Maria
    Miriam Colon
    Miriam Colon
    • Doña Alfonsa
    • (as Miriam Colón)
    Lonnie Rodriguez
    • Esteban
    Raul Malo
    Raul Malo
    • Singer
    Fredrick Lopez
    Fredrick Lopez
    • Lieutenant
    • (as Frederick Lopez)
    • Director
      • Billy Bob Thornton
    • Writers
      • Cormac McCarthy(novel)
      • Ted Tally(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      In 2014, Billy Bob Thornton told Entertainment Weekly that the rumors of his original cut being somewhere in between 3 to 4h long were incorrect, but that his cut was 2:42h. He also mentioned that he still is in possession of his original version.
    • Goofs
      The Beech 18 airplane that Don Hector flies from his ranch to Mexico City every week has a US registration number beginning with "N." Aircraft registered in Mexico have registration numbers beginning with "XA," "XB" or "XC." The filmmaker seems to have been aware of this, since most shots of the airplane have the "N" on the fuselage partially blocked by a car or person.
    • Quotes

      Lacey: Where'd you git this gun?

      Jimmy: At the gittin' place.

    • Crazy credits
      The Columbia Pictures logo is the 1940s version, which fits with the time period of the film.
    • Alternate versions
      The first cut by director Billy Bob Thornton was ca. 4 hours long. It was later cut down to the 116 min. version released to theatres.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Cast Away/What Women Want/Finding Forrester/Traffic/All the Pretty Horses/Before Night Falls (2000)

    User reviews195

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    Cormac McCarthy's novel, All The Pretty Horses, the first part of his breath-taking Border Trilogy, is one of the most perfect source materials ever written. Add to this the impressive line-up of talent (Ted Tally adapting, Thornton directing, Matt Damon, back when he was a hot property the first time around, starring) assembled for the film version and it's fair to say my expectations were raised sky high. When the film came out it was buried by the distributor. I managed to catch it in the one week it played at a single cinema in Edinburgh and I would be lying if I didn't admit that the whole experience was a crushing disappointment. It wasn't that the film makers had ballsed the whole thing up, no it was much more frustrating than that. You could tell that somewhere in that film there was a masterpiece straining to get out. Individual sequences impressed but the whole thing moved at such a frenzied pace that the main characters' journey, a true rite of passage in the novel, had become damagingly truncated. The result was underwhelming but at the same time as been annoyed at the film I could tell it wasn't the film makers' fault. It was all too apparent that this was a great film that had had it's guts, it's heart, it's very essence, chopped out of it by a greedy distributor trying to market the film as some kind of Titanic / Young Guns cross over. Guess what, this movie was never going to appeal to the teeny boppers. If only the studio could have realized that and been true to the property they acquired in the first place. My suspicions were confirmed recently when I read an article wherein Matt Damon, a fine actor despite the criticism, claimed that Billy Bob Thornton's integral cut of the movie is the best he's ever been involved in. I don't know about you but that makes me want to see it. Apparently the studio are willing to release this extended cut on DVD (all revenue streams reach the ocean eventually) but Thornton won't settle for anything less than a full cinematic re-release. I can't say I blame him, I get the impression his film deserves at least that much. So for now I can't recommend this film, check out the novel instead and then the rest of Cormac McCarthy's back catalogue. But let's hope that in the not too distant future this film finally gets the treatment I suspect it deserves.
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    • Release date
      • December 25, 2000 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Miramax Films
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Espíritu salvaje
    • Filming locations
      • Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Miramax
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $57,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $15,540,353
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,304,971
      • Dec 25, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $18,133,495
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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