2003 Western 2 hrs. 19 min. Widescreen ¶¶¶¶¶
Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Bening, Abraham Benrubi and Diego Luna
The usual David(the cowboys) versus Goliath(the cattle baron rancher). Of course, at the end the townsfolk chip in and help. A lot of gun fights and violence.
Boss Spearman(Duvall) tends to be long winded, which makes up for the fact that Charley Waite(Costner) doesn’t say a lot until near the end of the movie. Boss expects people to “play by the rules.” Charley, the ex-gunslinger, doesn’t believe most people care about “The Rules.”
Sue Barlow(Annette Bening), is reminiscent of her character Sydney Ellen Wade(The American President) of almost a decade before. A strong willed, but soft hearted woman who, unexpectedly for her, falls in love.
There are several places where the movie does a fade-out/fade-in as though the producers may have intended for its over 2 hour length to be a mini-series. Then again, the director(Costner) may have used these for effect. I’m just not sure what the intended effect was.
In spite of what I just wrote, the movie, though a bit long, is thoroughly enjoyable and the touching end scene between Costner and Bening brought a lump to my throat.
Thanks, Red. It sounds like this one is worth watching.
ReplyDelete@Sheila I mainly got it because of the cast, but really enjoyed the story line.
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