Heaven’s Gate (1980)
Directed by Michael Cimino
Written by Michael Cimino
Produced by Joann Carelli
Running time: 219 minutes (original cut)
Should I Care?
As the 1970s came to a close, five runaway film productions loomed on the horizon, piling up doom and gloom courtesy of the mainstream news media. Suffering from fiscal recklessness at best, studio mismanagement at worst, if [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Western'
Horses and Wagons and Hats
February 14th, 2010 · 9 Comments
Tags: Drunk scene · Hitman · Prostitute · Shootout · Small town · Train · Unconventional romance · Western · Woman in jeopardy
That Script Is About Gay Cowboys
May 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Screenplay by Diana Ossana & Larry McMurtry, based on the short story by Annie Proulx
Directed by Ang Lee
Produced by Good Machine/ Focus Features
Running time: 134 minutes
What the *&#! Is This About?
In the town of “Signal,” Wyoming in 1963, two ranch hands arrive and are put to work by a rancher (Randy Quaid) [...]
Tags: Based on short story · Father/daughter relationship · Unconventional romance · Western
Rancho Deluxe (1975)
November 17th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Synopsis
Jack (Jeff Bridges) and his Indian buddy Cecil (Sam Waterston) pass the time in Montana shooting cattle and sawing them up on the spot with a chainsaw. Rancher John Brown (Clifton James) and his wife (Elizabeth Ashley) – who sold a [...]
Tags: Black comedy · Cult favorite · Western
All The Pretty Horses (2000)
September 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment
“Miramax is brilliant at publicizing its successes, but it’s even more brilliant at burying its failures,” said Dennis Rice, their former president of marketing. Miramax Films was notorious for test screening its movies – often in malls in New Jersey – and barely releasing the ones that scored poorly. Some went straight to video, even [...]
Tags: Based on novel · Coming of age · Road trip · Shot In Texas · Western










