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starring: Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, Diane Lane, Keith Carradinedirected by: Walter Hill
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 4012878110879
Format: PAL
Label: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Manufacturer: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Publisher: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Sales Rank: 127078
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Theatrical Release Date: December 01, 1995
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Audiences overlooked this film, one of the better westerns in several years, featuring yet another terrific performance by Jeff Bridges, America's most underrated movie actor. As James Butler Hickock, he captures the sense of a man at the end of his career, one of the first media superstars who discovers that his legend is more burden than blessing. As he heads toward his final hand of poker in Deadwood, South Dakota, he flashes back to his younger days and the events that built his reputation, even as he copes with encroaching blindness caused by syphilis. Walter Hill blends action and elegy, utilizing a screenplay based both on Pete Dexter's novel Deadwood and on Thomas Babe's play Fathers and Sons. Wild Bill features strong supporting performances by John Hurt (as a Hickock sidekick) and Ellen Barkin (as the tough, lusty Calamity Jane)--but the centerpiece is the sad, manly performance by Bridges, who more than measures up to the part. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Dark Side of Wild Bill
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From Cecil B. DeMille's THE PLAINSMAN (1936) starring Gary Cooper to the hit 1950s television series with Guy Madison, the legendary Wild Bill Hickock has almost always been portrayed as one of the great western heroes.
Director Walter Hill's WILD BILL (1995) continues that tradition, but in this fascinating action-filled drama, he also gives us a view ... Read More
Rating: - Superb Performances And Excellently Directed; BUT Poor Production With Little Historical Accuracy
I first viewed "Wild Bill" because it sounded like a great western, and at the time I was watching DVDs non-stop to help distract my attention from the extreme pain I was experiencing prior to surgery. I must have been more medicated than I remember, as I just watched the movie again, after purchasing it based on the fact that I "remembered" it as being a really terrific and enjoyable western, and I was appalled at the production errors and "historical bunk" in the film. Yet, while I did not enjoy ... Read More
Rating:  - Good Movie with Two Exceptions
I thought this was a pretty good movie and western with two glaring exceptions. They are David Arquette and the girl who played Kelly Bundy on Married with Children. Both are very poor actors and are completely out of their element (whatever that is) with these other pro's. Jeff Bridges is great as usual. The story follows pretty closely to the real life legend of James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickock. I enjoyed it. Lots of good action and also some very funny moments. Also the costumes and set designs were ... Read More
Rating:  - Big Jeff Bridges fan but...
This was ok and Jeff Bridges did an excellent job but somehow this was missing that overall spark. A good western but a little flat. Other than Jeff's performance, nothing really stood out.
Rating:  - Wild Bill
This is a very good movie and very true to fact of the life of Wild Bill Hickcock. The only thing is that Calamity Jane was fugly as can be, not as good looking as Ellen Barkin!
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