Tag Archives: cowboy

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

IMDB Rating: 7.70
8079 votes

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A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico.
Actors
Pete PerkinsTommy Lee Jones
Mike NortonBarry Pepper
Melquiades EstradaJulio Cedillo
Also posted in 2005, Adventure, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (0)

Open Range

IMDB Rating: 7.50
14736 votes

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Boss Spearman, Charley Waite, Mose Harrison and Button freegraze their cattle across the vast prairies of the West, sharing a friendship forged by a steadfast code of honor and living a life unencumbered by civilization. When their wayward herd forces them near the small town of Harmonville, the cowboys encounter a corrupt sheriff and kingpin rancher who govern the territory through fear, tyranny and violence. Boss and Charley find themselves inextricably drawn towards an inevitable showdown, as they are forced to defend the freedom and values of a lifestyle that is all too quickly vanishing. Amidst the turmoil, life suddenly takes an unexpected turn for the loner Charley when he meets the beautiful and warm spirited Sue Barlow, a woman who embraces both his heart and his soul.
Actors
Boss SpearmanRobert Duvall
Charley WaiteKevin Costner
Sue BarlowAnnette Bening
Also posted in 2003, Drama, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (4)

The Laramie Project

IMDB Rating: 7.20
2485 votes

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'Moisés Kaufman' (qv) and members of New York's Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie, Wyoming after the murder of 'Matthew Shepard (I)' (qv). This is a film version of the play they wrote based on more than 200 interviews they conducted in Laramie. It follows and in some cases re-enacts the chronology of Shepherd's visit to a local bar, his kidnap and beating, the discovery of him tied to a fence, the vigil at the hospital, his death and funeral, and the trial of his killers. It mixes real news reports with actors portraying friends, family, cops, killers, and other Laramie residents in their own words. It concludes with a Laramie staging of "Angels in America" a year after Shephard's death.
Actors
Romaine PattersonChristina Ricci
Doc O'ConnerSteve Buscemi
Sherry JohnsonLaura Linney
Also posted in 2002, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Shanghai Noon

IMDB Rating: 6.50
18331 votes

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A 19th century Western. Chon Wang is a clumsy Imperial Guard to the Emperor of China. When Princess Pei Pei is kidnapped from the Forbidden City, Wang feels personally responsible and insists on joining the guards sent to rescue the Princess, who has been whisked away to the United States. In Nevada and hot on the trail of the kidnappers, Wang is separated from the group and soon finds himself an unlikely partner with Roy O'Bannon, a small time robber with delusions of grandeur. Together, the two forge onto one misadventure after another.
Actors
Curtis Armstrong
Chon WangJackie Chan
Roy O'BannonOwen Wilson
Also posted in 2000, Action, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (16)

The Big Lebowski

IMDB Rating: 8.10
84631 votes

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When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude.
Actors
Jeffrey Lebowski - The DudeJeff Bridges
Walter SobchakJohn Goodman
Maude LebowskiJulianne Moore
Also posted in 1998, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (0)

The Indian in the Cupboard

IMDB Rating: 5.70
2392 votes

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On his ninth birthday a boy receives many presents. Two of them first seem to be less important: an old cupboard from his brother and a little Indian figure made of plastic from his best friend. But these two presents turn out to be much more magic than the rest...
Actors
OmriHal Scardino
Little BearLitefoot
JaneLindsay Crouse
Also posted in 1995, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | Comments (0)

Tombstone

IMDB Rating: 7.50
19244 votes

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A hollywood historical account of Tombstone, Arizona's famed "Shootout at the O.K. Corral" and the events that led up to it. Tension between "the Law" and "the Cowboys" stirs as the Cowboys, led by "Curly Bill" Broscius, accuse the Earps (Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan) and their outlaw/gambler associate "Doc" Holliday of interefering with their operations inside and outside of town. While fairly accurate in depicting the Earps and Cowboys lifestyles and the Earp/Holliday side of the story, the film leaves out one major point of fact. Historically, the Earps/holliday are accused by the Cowboys (aka the Clanton/MacLaurey gang) of being generally corrupt and specifically responsible for a Wells Fargo robbery which left a man dead and the coach cleaned out. The Earps/Holliday in turn accuse the Clanton/MacLaurey's of the same. Tempers rise over this situation as well as over a court decision finding the Earps not guilty.
Actors
Wyatt EarpKurt Russell
Doc HollidayVal Kilmer
Virgil EarpSam Elliott
Also posted in 1993, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (0)

Young Guns

IMDB Rating: 6.40
12305 votes

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1878 in New Mexico: John Tunstall picks up young gun men from the road to have them work on his ranch, but also to teach them reading and to civilize them. However he's a thorn in the side of the rich rancher Murphy, as he's a competitor in selling cattle. One day he's shot by Murphy's men. Judge Wilson can't do anything, since Sheriff Brady is one of Murphy's men. But attorney Alex persuades him to constitute Tunstall's young friends to Deputies and give them warrants of arrest for the murderers. Instead of arresting them, William Bonney just shoots them down. Soon the 5 guys become famous and William gets the name "Billie the Kid" - but they're also chased by dozens of Murphy's men and the army. The people however honor him as fighter for justice.
Actors
William H. 'Billy the Kid' BonneyEmilio Estevez
Josiah Gordon 'Doc' ScurlockKiefer Sutherland
'Jose' Chavez y ChavezLou Diamond Phillips
Also posted in 1988, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller, Western | Comments (0)

The Misfits

IMDB Rating: 7.20
2311 votes

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Roslyn is a very beautiful woman who just got divorced. She meets two friends, Guido and Gay, who take her to Guido's house in the country, to relax and forget the difficulties of the past few weeks. Everything is fine at first, but soon the two men fall in love with Roslyn, and start showing some bad aspects of their characters. Soon they meet another friend of Gay's and the four of them go to hunt some wild horses. This is when things just... explode!
Actors
Gay LanglandClark Gable
Roslyn TaberMarilyn Monroe
Perce HowlandMontgomery Clift
Also posted in 1961, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance, Western | Comments (0)