Archive for the ‘Western’ Category

Sweetwater

Friday, October 11th, 2013

Genre: Western

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 103

Language: English

Director: Logan Miller

Plot: In the late 1800s, a fanatical religious leader, a renegade Sheriff, and a former prostitute collide in a blood triangle on the rugged plains of the New Mexico Territory.

 

The Lone Ranger

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013

Genre: Western

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 97

Language: English

Director: Gore Verbinski

Plot: “The Lone Ranger” is a thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes. Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice – taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption.

 

THE LEGEND OF HELL’S GATE

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Genre: Western

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 113

Language:

Director: Tanner Beard

Plot: In 1870s Texas, a ruthless bounty hunter and an Irish desperado flee the law with a young criminal claiming to possess a treasure more valuable than gold. Crossing paths with some of the West’s most notorious figures, the three outlaws fight for their lives in the pursuit of fame and fortune. Fueled by an ensemble cast and inspired by actual events, THE LEGEND OF HELL’S GATE blends legend and history into a Western spectacle that recounts a treacherous existence in post Civil War Texas

 

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Genre: Western

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 150

Language:

Director: Tom Russell

Plot: Henry Heath, a grieving lawman whose daughter has recently died, is assigned custody of the ghoulish Jean Baptiste, a notorious robber of 300 graves. Against the perilous Utah desert terrain, the contempt of an entire community, and his own prejudice, Heath must somehow keep a marked man alive.

 

Blackthorn

Friday, October 7th, 2011

Genre: Western

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 146

Language: English

Director: Mateo Gil

Plot: It’s been said (but unsubstantiated) that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in a standoff with the Bolivian military in 1908. In BLACKTHORN, Cassidy (Shepard) survived, and is quietly living out his years under the name James Blackthorn in a secluded Bolivian village. Tired of his long exile from the US and hoping to see his family again before he dies, Cassidy sets out on the long journey home. But when an unexpected encounter with an ambitious young criminal (Eduardo Noriega) derails his plans, he is thrust into one last adventure, the likes of which he hasn’t experienced since his glory days with the Sundance Kid.

 

MEEK’S CUTOFF

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Genre: Western

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 146

Language: English

Director: Kelly Reichardt

Plot: The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon train of three families has hired mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants face the scourges of hunger, thirst and their own lack of faith in one another’s instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide who has proven himself unreliable and a man who has always been seen as a natural born enemy.

 

True Grit

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Genre: Western

Release Year: 2010

Runtime: 150

Language: English

Director: Ethan Coen

Plot: A U.S. Marshall helps a high spirited young woman find her father’s murderer.

 

The Book of Eli

Monday, January 11th, 2010

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA

Runtime: 118 min

Languages: English

Director: Albert Hughes

Allen Hughes

Tagline: Some will kill to have it. He will kill to protect it.

 

Cast: Denzel Washington … Eli
Gary Oldman … Carnegie
Mila Kunis … Solara
Ray Stevenson … Redridge
Jennifer Beals … Claudia
Evan Jones … Martz
Joe Pingue … Hoyt
Frances de la Tour … Martha
Michael Gambon … George
Tom Waits … Engineer
Chris Browning … Hijack Leader
Richard Cetrone … Hijacker
Lateef Crowder … Highjacker / Construction Thug
Keith Davis … Hijacker
Don Tai … Hijacker (as Don Theerathada)

 

Plot: A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

Australia

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

All Genres:
Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western

Release Year: 2008

Country: Australia | USA

Runtime: 165 min

Languages: English | Aboriginal

Director:

Tagline:

 

Writers: Stuart Beattie (screenplay) and Baz Luhrmann (screenplay) …

 

Cast: Shea Adams … Carney Boy #3
Eddie Baroo … Bull
Ray Barrett … Ramsden
Tony Barry … Sergeant Callahan
Jamal Bednarz-Metallah … Mission Boy
Damian Bradford … Constable #1
Bryan Brown … King Carney
Nathin Butler … Carney Boy #1
Tara Carpenter … Essential Services Woman
Rebecca Chatfield … Magarri's Niece
Lillian Crombie … Bandy Legs
Max Cullen … Old Drunk
Essie Davis … Cath Carney
Arthur Dignam … Father Benedict
Michelle Dyzla … Hairdresser

 

Plot: Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.

 

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 19 nominations

Appaloosa

Friday, September 5th, 2008

All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Western

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 115 min

Languages: English | Apache languages | Spanish

Director:

Tagline: Feelings get you killed.

 

Cast: Robert Jauregui … Marshall Jack Bell (as Bobby Jauregui)
Jeremy Irons … Randall Bragg
Timothy V. Murphy … Vince
Luce Rains … Dean
James Tarwater … Chalk (as Jim Tarwater)
Boyd Kestner … Bronc
Gabriel Marantz … Joe Whittfield
Ed Harris … Virgil Cole
Viggo Mortensen … Everett Hitch
Benjamin Rosenshein … Town Boy
Cerris Morgan-Moyer … Tilda
James Gammon … Earl May
Timothy Spall … Phil Olson
Tom Bower … Abner Raines
Erik J. Bockemeier … Fat Wallis

 

Plot: 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.

 

Awards: 2 wins

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

All Genres:
Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Western

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA | Canada

Runtime: 160 min

Languages: English | Danish

Director:

Tagline: Beyond the myth lies America's greatest betrayal.

 

Cast: Brad Pitt … Jesse James
Mary-Louise Parker … Zee James
Brooklynn Proulx … Mary James
Dustin Bollinger … Tim James
Casey Affleck … Robert Ford
Sam Rockwell … Charley Ford
Jeremy Renner … Wood Hite
Sam Shepard … Frank James
Garret Dillahunt … Ed Miller
Paul Schneider … Dick Liddil
Joel McNichol … Express Messenger
James Defelice … Baggagemaster (as James DeFelice)
J.C. Roberts … Engineer
Darrell Orydzuk … Ukranian Train Passenger
Jonathan Erich Drachenberg … Young Train Passenger

 

Plot: Robert Ford, who’s idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.

 

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 19 nominations

Sukiyaki Western Django

Friday, August 31st, 2007

All Genres:
Action, Western

Release Year: 2007

Country: Japan

Runtime: 121 min | (None):98 min (international cut version)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: An epic tale of blood, lust and greed.

 

Writers: Takashi Miike (written by) & Masa Nakamura (written by)

 

Cast: Hideaki Ito … Gunman
Masanobu Ando … Yoichi
Kôichi Satô … Taira no Kiyomori
Kaori Momoi … Ruriko
Yusuke Iseya … Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Renji Ishibashi … Benkei
Yoshino Kimura … Shizuka
Quentin Tarantino … Piringo rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Takaaki Ishibashi
Teruyuki Kagawa … Sheriff
Taigi Kobayashi
Toshiyuki Nishida
Shun Oguri … Akira
Masato Sakai … Taira no Shigemori
Hideaki Sato
Christian Storms
Yôji Tanaka

 

Plot: A revolver-wielding stranger crosses paths with two warring clans who are both on the hunt for a hidden treasure in a remote western town. Knowing his services are valuable to either side, he offers himself to the clan who will offer up the largest share of the wealth. add synopsis

 

Awards: 5 wins & 3 nominations

3:10 to Yuma

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Western

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA

Runtime: 122 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Time waits for one man

 

Cast: Russell Crowe … Ben Wade
Christian Bale … Dan Evans
Logan Lerman … William Evans
Dallas Roberts … Grayson Butterfield
Ben Foster … Charlie Prince
Peter Fonda … Byron McElroy
Vinessa Shaw … Emma Nelson
Alan Tudyk … Doc Potter
Luce Rains … Marshal Weathers
Gretchen Mol … Alice Evans
Lennie Loftin … Glen Hollander
Rio Alexander … Campos
Johnny Whitworth … Darden
Shawn Howell … Jackson (as Shawn D. Howell)
Pat Ricotti … Jorgensen

 

Plot: A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who’s awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.

 

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 15 nominations

The Alamo

Saturday, March 27th, 2004

All Genres:
Drama, History, War, Western

Release Year: 2004

Country: USA

Runtime: 137 min

Languages: English | Spanish

Director:

Tagline: You will never forget

 

Cast: Dennis Quaid … Sam Houston
Billy Bob Thornton … Davy Crockett
Jason Patric … James Bowie
Patrick Wilson … William Travis
Emilio Echevarría … Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Jordi Mollà … Juan Seguin
Leon Rippy … Sgt. William Ward
Tom Davidson … Colonel Green Jameson
Marc Blucas … James Bonham
Robert Prentiss … Albert Grimes
Kevin Page … Micajah Autry
Joe Stevens … Mial Scurlock
Stephen Bruton … Captain Almeron Dickinson
Laura Clifton … Susanna Dickinson
Ricardo Chavira … Private Gregorio Esparza (as Ricardo S. Chavira)

 

Plot: Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna’s forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. add synopsis

 

Awards: 1 nomination