APPALOOSA
With
Ed Harris,
Viggo
Mortensen,
Renée
Zellweger,
Jeremy
Irons,
Lance
Henriksen,
James
Gammon,
Timothy
V. Murphy,
Rex
Linn
Written
by Robert
Knott
&
Ed Harris
(based
on the
novel
by Robert
B. Parker)
Directed
by Ed
Harris
This
labour
of love
brought
together
some
prominent
names
to tell
the
story
of a
lawman
for
hire
and
his
deputy
(in
the
1820s),
settling
in the
town
of Appaloosa
when
hired
to maintain
law
&
order.
Briggs,
the
local
badass
and
his
posse
of scumbags
killed
the
previous
sheriff
when
he came
to arrest
two
of them
for
rape
and
murder.
The
new
law
in town
is fearless
and
brings
him
in.
These
two
men
don't
take
any
shit,
not
even
when
outnumbered
by the
gang
of itchy-trigger-fingers.
But
men
are
often
very
similar
even
when
found
at opposite
ends
of the
law,
but
the
choice
comes
in to
do the
right
or the
wrong
thing.
As to
be expected,
the
men
upholding
the
law
are
also
flawed
human
beings.
This
character-driven
piece
retains
a lot
of what
one
would
expect
of a
Western,
but
focuses
on the
relationship
between
Virgil,
the
woman
he falls
for
and
his
quiet
but
deadly
deputy.
When
Virgil's
love
interest
is kidnapped
by Briggs
it further
shapes
their
fates,
revealing
even
more
truths
and
disappointments
in this
new
land
of opportunity.
Harris
lends
a sense
of reality
to this
well-known
setting
and
scenario,
digging
into
the
emotions
of the
characters
as opposed
to creating
a flash
spectacle.
Extra
features
include
a look
at the
making
of the
movie
and
some
of the
historic
accuracies,
from
the
clothing
to the
weapons.
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