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starring: Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Diane Lane, Robert Urichdirected by: Simon Wincer
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302413809
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, EP, NTSC
ISBN: 630241380X
Label: Cabin Fever
Manufacturer: Cabin Fever
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Cabin Fever
Release Date: June 30, 1997
Running Time: 360 minutes
Sales Rank: 11412
Studio: Cabin Fever
Theatrical Release Date: February 05, 1989
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Amazon.com essential video:
Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones star as Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call, aging cowboys and former Texas rangers and who organize a 2,500 mile cattle drive for one last great adventure in this excellent 1989 miniseries adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel. The best friends, who steal the herd from a gang of Mexican cattle rustlers, drive their herd from Texas to Montana, battling horse thieves, angry Indian tribes, and a renegade half-breed killer named Blue Duck (Frederic Forrest) on a mission of revenge. The excellent cast also includes Robert Urich as cardsharp and former Ranger Jake Spoon, Anjelica Huston as McCrae's old flame Clara Allen, Danny Glover, Ricky Schroder, Diane Lane, Chris Cooper, D.B. Sweeney, Steve Buscemi, and even a small role for author Larry McMurtry. Australian director Simon Wincer shows a tremendous capacity for balancing sweeping drama and intimacy against the gorgeous landscape of the American Southwest, giving a grandly epic feel to the film despite its small-screen target and limited budget, and for forging memorable characters of even the smallest supporting parts. The heart of the drama belongs to McCrae and Call, memorably etched by Duvall and Jones as the last of the range romantics. In the age of revisionist Westerns, this excellent cattle-drive drama nicely maintains an old-fashioned feeling while still showing the dark side of the American West. Winner of seven Emmy Awards and responsible for two miniseries sequels (Return to Lonesome Dove and Dead Man's Walk) and a TV series. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Lonesome Dove.
This is an exellent western movie I wish I'd watched it when it was first released.Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones are just superb.The other actors are also very good.The departure of Duvall I did not like but I guess the director Simon Wincer knew what he was doing. Yes I will watch it again.
Rating: - lonesome dove
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Rating:  - Clunky and cartoonish
I haven't read the book, but I bought this on the strength of other reviewers. And what a disappointment. I'm a big fan of westerns, going back to the Lone Ranger - and that's pretty much what this goes back to. Plotwise, it's episodic and simplistic, full of cornball events and ridiculous coincidences. The direction is boring and basic, the photography and scenery repetitious and forgetable. Everyone keeps running into everyone else on the trail to Montana, with dramatic timing that makes the whole ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent Adventure
I have read the book and watched the movie multiple times and it is still as exciting as the first time. Wonderful story and superb acting. What a great ride!!
Rating: - FANTASTIC
GOT THE CD AND THE DVD, THEY WERE GREAT! DEFINATELY WILL BUY FROM HERE AGAIN.
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