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The Western genre continues its resurgence with this drama from actor-director Ed Harris. Based on Robert B. Parker's novel, APPALOOSA follows a pair of lawmen (played by Harris and Viggo Mortensen) who must unite over their town's crisis as they're divided over their mutual love of a woman (RenΘe Zellweger).

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ProducerRobert Knott, Ginger Sledge, Ed Harris

EAN5017239151187

eBay Product ID (ePID)72535531

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ActorTimothy Spall, Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Ed Harris, Lance Henriksen

Film/TV TitleAppaloosa

DirectorEd Harris

LanguageEnglish

Run Time115 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

FormatBlu-ray

Release Year2009

FeaturesWidescreen

GenreWesterns

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Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerJeff Beal

ReviewsThe Guardian - Photographed handsomely with wide-angled majesty, the film does precious little myth-making, though Harris subtly twists some of the genre's conventions, The Times - This is no revisionist western designed to shock life into an unfashionable genre, rather a film that respects the conventions of the traditional western

Additional InformationThe 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 spirited western. Harris draws on a strong cast, many of whom have acted with him in previous films, to tell the story of two gunfighters attempting to bring peace to the small town of Appaloosa in the late 1800s. Virgil Cole (Harris) and Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) ride into the windswept New Mexico town and are hired to bring vigilante entrepreneur Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) to justice. Bragg has imposed a reign of terror over Appaloosa, but his murderous actions are tempered when Cole and Hitch take control. Matters get complicated when widower Allison French (Renee Zellweger) flounces into town and variously woos Cole, Hitch, and Bragg, allowing Harris to throw in a few neat twists as his two principal characters attempt to bring the miscreant entrepreneur to justice. APPALOOSA is a slow-moving and beautifully shot feature that perfectly translates the dusky New Mexico landscape to celluloid. The film stands shoulder to shoulder with 21st-century westerns such as THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD and THE PROPOSITON, and much like those films Harris's feature draws heavily on deeply affecting performances from his leads. Irons is particularly affecting as the baleful Bragg, who brings a real air of menace to the screen any time he appears on camera. The nuanced turns by Harris and Mortensen play like a master class in subtlety, with the two seasoned actors perfectly delivering two stoic characters who are masking a lifetime of pain and suffering. Harris's feature is a welcome addition to the fold of introspective westerns, effortlessly standing alongside similar efforts such as Clint Eastwood's UNFORGIVEN or James Mangold's 3:10 TO YUMA.

Executive ProducerCaldecot Chubb, Michael London

ScreenwriterRobert Knott, Ed Harris

AuthorRobert B. Parker

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleAppaloosa

EditorKathryn Himoff

Director of PhotographyDean Semler

Consumer AdviceContains strong language and violence