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Appaloosa

  • 20082008
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  • 1h 55m
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Renée Zellweger, Ed Harris, and Viggo Mortensen in Appaloosa (2008)
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • Ed Harris
    • Writers
      • Robert Knott(screenplay)
      • Ed Harris(screenplay)
      • Robert B. Parker(novel)
    • Stars
      • Ed Harris
      • Viggo Mortensen
      • Renée Zellweger
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    • Director
      • Ed Harris
    • Writers
      • Robert Knott(screenplay)
      • Ed Harris(screenplay)
      • Robert B. Parker(novel)
    • Stars
      • Ed Harris
      • Viggo Mortensen
      • Renée Zellweger
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 240User reviews
    • 186Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
    • Awards
      • 4 wins

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    Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen in Appaloosa (2008)
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    Ed Harris
    Ed Harris
    • Virgil Cole
    Viggo Mortensen
    Viggo Mortensen
    • Everett Hitch
    Renée Zellweger
    Renée Zellweger
    • Allison French
    Jeremy Irons
    Jeremy Irons
    • Randall Bragg
    Robert Jauregui
    • Marshall Jack Bell
    • (as Bobby Jauregui)
    Timothy V. Murphy
    Timothy V. Murphy
    • Vince
    Luce Rains
    Luce Rains
    • Dean
    James Tarwater
    • Chalk
    • (as Jim Tarwater)
    Boyd Kestner
    Boyd Kestner
    • Bronc
    Gabriel Marantz
    • Joe Whittfield
    Benjamin Rosenshein
    • Town Boy
    Cerris Morgan-Moyer
    Cerris Morgan-Moyer
    • Tilda
    James Gammon
    James Gammon
    • Earl May
    Timothy Spall
    Timothy Spall
    • Phil Olson
    Tom Bower
    Tom Bower
    • Abner Raines
    Erik J. Bockemeier
    • Fat Wallis
    Freddie Hice
    • Bragg's Third Man
    • (as Fred Hice)
    Neil Summers
    Neil Summers
    • Bragg's Fourth Man
    • Director
      • Ed Harris
    • Writers
      • Robert Knott(screenplay)
      • Ed Harris(screenplay)
      • Robert B. Parker(novel)
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    • Trivia
      Viggo Mortensen committed to this movie during a busy stretch of work. When filming was delayed, he tried to beg off, asking Ed Harris to try to find another actor. Harris interviewed 20 others for the role, but they either declined or weren't right for the part. Mortensen agreed to do it, and according to Harris, "Two days before we started principal photography, Viggo shows up in New Mexico. He's ready to go. He's done research on the period. He's given really great thought to his character. He had detailed ideas about his wardrobe and his props. He was in excellent shape and good spirits, and he subsequently played Everett Hitch to perfection. Viggo Mortensen is a man of his word."
    • Goofs
      When Bragg comes out to confront Jack Bell in the opening sequence, he hands a cup to one of his ranch hands. After the shooting, the cup is not seen again.
    • Quotes

      Allison French: I'm sorry, Virgil.

      Virgil Cole: [Everett stands to leave] Stay here, Everett.

      Allison French: I'm sorry. I was so alone, and Bragg... Well, Ring protected me and so did his brother.

      Virgil Cole: You fuck Mackie, too?

      Allison French: No. It was Ring. He was in charge. I just did what I had to do.

      Virgil Cole: Everett... Ring kills me, do you think she'll go off with him?

      Everett Hitch: [after a long, thoughtful pause] I think Allie needs to be with a man.

      Allison French: You're a bastard! Don't listen to him. He tried to put his hands on me when I showed him our house.

      Everett Hitch: No, Virgil. I did not.

      Virgil Cole: No, Allie. Everett didn't do that.

      Allison French: You believe him over me?

      Virgil Cole: That's correct.

    • Crazy credits
      While being credited, items relating to positions and roles are displayed. Examples: Producers are listed as money is shown, an antique ink dryer is shown for the editor, production designer shows an antique tin cup and costume designer shows the top of a hat.
    • Connections
      Featured in Appaloosa: Bringing the Characters of Appaloosa to Life (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Goodbye, Old Paint
      Performed by Renée Zellweger

    User reviews240

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    Top review
    7/10
    Compelling and Weird Western
    On the immediate surface "Apaloosa" occurs as an old school Western grounded in the battle of good against evil. For the most part first time director/ writer Ed Harris's "Apaloosa" is the traditional tale of gunslingers hired to protect the town against the malevolent rancher, who terrorizes the town of Apaloosa. This slithery and wily Rancher is Randall Bragg, well played by Academy Award Winner Jeremy Irons. Irons is amazing. In the opening Bragg (Irons) kills the town Marshall and his deputies in cold blood. So there is no question surrounding Bragg's character. Harris and Viggo Mortensen play Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, who are lawmen for hire. The town of Apaloosa signs a contract with Virgil and Everett paying them to protect the town from Bragg. As part of the deal Apaloosa surrenders legal jurisdiction and autonomy to Cole and Hitch. This is pretty straight forward until femme fatale widow Allison French (Renee Zellwegger) arrives in town. Virgil takes a quick fancy to Allison, but her motives are vague and questionable at best. Will she threaten Virgil's partnership with Everett?

    First off, I ultimately liked "Apaloosa", because Viggo Mortensen is awesome as Everett. Despite the movie's quirky idiosyncrasies, Mortensen commands the heroic presence as the sensible man of honor. Mortensen is the Western hero in the tradition of Clint Eastwood. As Everett, we always know where Mortensen stands, and he is both charismatic and cool. In a great scene a rival asks Everett about Virgil's gun prowess. Everett says plainly, "I haven't seen anyone as good as Virgil." Mortensen's Virgil salvages the movie's sense of honor.

    As mentioned previously, "Apaloosa" is not really all that traditional just below the surface. And this is not necessarily a good thing. This is not the anti-hero masterpiece of Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven". In one sense, I think Harris would like it to be. For one thing although Harris's Virgil is brave and noble, he is an apparent partial nut job. He goes nonlinear on some hoods in a saloon, among other weird out bursts. Harris's Virgil is not an educated man, and clumsily forces his diction and stumbles through Emerson. Instead of coming off as charmingly eccentric, his Virgil occurs as a little weird. Renee Zellwegger is an amazing actress, but here she struggles to carry off pretty. Her character Allison also has the propensity to have sex with virtually any man with a pulse. Straight and narrow Virgil in love with psycho whore Allison is not the most conventional love story, nor is it the story's most endearing plot line. Again, this may be more artifact of the screenplay by Harris and Robert Knot based on Robert B. Parker's best selling novel.

    In spite of its quirkiness and kind of nutty characters, Harris manages to reign in the movie as it concludes-- opting for the more heroic. There is a great scene before one the climatic showdowns where Allison asks Virgil and Everett, "Aren't either of you at all afraid?" Virgil says, "…I guess I don't think about that so much." Also in "Apaloosa" the action is not leveraged for the utmost drama. Director Harris's action sequences lack crispness—the gun fight blocking is mostly single shot, without any interesting angles. Aside from the last gun fight, most of the action is diluted of high drama. The action is well done, just not spectacular.

    "Apaloosa" is an amalgamation of the traditional Western with the idiosyncratic melodrama of the new. The overall effect is compelling, and also makes you scratch your head. Viggo Mortensen's strong and charismatic performance as Everett Hitch eventually wins out, and makes "Apaloosa" worth watching.
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    • Oct 12, 2008

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 3, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Warner Bros (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Apache languages
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Miền Máu Lửa
    • Filming locations
      • Sonoita, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • New Line Cinema
      • Axon Films
      • Groundswell Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $20,211,394
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $248,847
      • Sep 21, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $27,712,362
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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