Rating: R
Genre:
Western
Release Date: 03/20/2001
SubTitles: French/Espanol/English
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: 5.1/2
Run Time: 115 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Western Violence
Distributor/Studio: MGM
Maverick writer-director
Walter Hill's version of the famous
Wild Bill Hickok legend is a dreamscape western that is told entirely in flashback. Hickok's friend Charley Prince (
John Hurt) narrates the events of Wild Bill's life while sitting at Bill's graveside. Hickok is played by
Jeff Bridges as a mean, high-spirited, but gallant outlaw. He wanders the West, adding to his reputation with some well-chosen gunfights, and he meets up with characters such as
Calamity Jane (
Ellen Barkin), who becomes his sidekick for a time. After becoming a legend, Hickok signs up for a stint with
Buffalo Bill Cody's traveling variety show. Eventually, he falls in love with Susannah Moore (
Diane Lane), and his love leads him to tragedy in the town of Deadwood, SD.
~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
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A Biographical Western Drama.
Based on the play, Fathers and Sons by Thomas Babe and adapted from the novel, Deadwood by Pete Dexter. Jeff Bridges portrays James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837-76), the hard-drinking, quick-shooting gunslinger, who finds comfort in the arms of sexy Calamity Jane (Ellen Barkin) when he's haunted by the memory of another woman, he truly loved and he is being stalked by a mysterious stranger, who wants him dead. A favorite for die hard Western movie buffs. Also starring John Hurt, Diane Lane, Keith Carradine, Christina Applegate, Bruce Dern, James Gammon, David Arquette, Marjoe Gortner, James Remar, Karen Huie, Lee de Broux, Stoney Jackson, Robert Knott, Steve Reevis, Dennis Hayden, John Dennis Johnston, and Teresa Gilmore.