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Appaloosa
2008
When two gunmen, Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, arrive in Appaloosa they find a small, dusty and lawless town suffering at the hands of renegade rancher Randall Bragg. Bragg has not only taken supplies, horses and women for his own, but also has left the city marshal and a deputy for dead. In Bragg they find an unusually wily .. Read more
| Starring | Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger, Ed Harris, Jeremy Irons |
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| Director | Ed Harris |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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Appaloosa
When two gunmen, Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, arrive in Appaloosa they find a small, dusty and lawless town suffering at the hands of renegade rancher Randall Bragg. Bragg has not only taken supplies, horses and women for his own, but also has left the city marshal and a deputy for dead. In Bragg they find an unusually wily adversary who raises the stakes by playing with emotions. It is now up to Cole and Hitch to stand against the actions of the renegade rancher, which have already taken their toll on the town.
| Starring | Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger, Ed Harris, Jeremy Irons, Timothy Spall, Lance Henriksen, Luce Rains, Tom Bower, Girard Swan, Ariadna Gil |
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| Director | Ed Harris |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 48 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 55 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Hot Hits, 100 Wild Westerns |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 02 Feb 2009 Blu-ray: 02 Nov 2009 Production year: 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
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superb.......................
This dvd is superb. Appaloosa is a Western film based on novel Appaloosa by crime writer Robert B. Parker.
It stars Ed Harris (who also directs the film), and Viggo Mortensen (of Lord Of The Rings fame).
Appaloosa is centred around lawman Virgil Cole (played by Ed Harris) and his sidekick Everett Hitch (played by Viggo Mortensen), who are two friends who are hired to defend a lawless 1880s town from a murderous rancher - Randall Bragg (played by Jeremy Irons).
Their efforts are disrupted and their friendship is tested by the arrival of an attractive widow - Allie French (played by Renée Zellweger of Bridget Jones fame).
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Not a routine horse opera...
Echos of Widmark and Quinn in 'Warlock' with a smattering of High Noon and many John Wayne 'oaters', this movie tries for the extra dimension, the hint of deeper emotions and motivation. I m not sure how successful this is but somehow the film is muted by it. Bad guy rancher, whose actions and influence arent fully explained, cold dedicated marshal and loyal deputy- the ingredients are all there but there is subdued and slightly flat quality to the film. Maybe this is Ed Harris, whose project the film is, trying to avoid cliche but sometimes a 'films gotta do what a films gotta do', forget art, forget cliche and get stuck into the action! Having said all that, its enjoyable, if you like westerns you ll get some thing out of it - its just not a great movie
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The Western genre continues its resurgence with this drama from actor-director Actor Ed Harris takes only his second stab at directing, following the Oscar-winning feature POLLOCK (2000) with this ... -
