Thursday, April 14, 2022

GOLDEN OLDIE 51: Open Range


 

I love this movie!  It is my favorite western of all time.  In my view it ranks as Kevin Costner’s best effort, even with no baseball in hand.  Robert Duvall has had a long and distinguished movie career, but this also may his greatest role.  Anita Benning is magnificent.  The backdrop (filmed in the eastern Rocky Mountain piedmont of Alberta) is my idea of the anti-room to Heaven.  Hell, even the cows are cute.  I watched it last night (for the third time), and I just may watch it again tonight!

Yeah, this movie is damned good.  See it soon, and often.  I give it a resounding A

The plot isn’t much, except for the love affair between Costner and Benning.  Town overrun & dominated by a real bad guy.  Kevin and Robert wipe them out, in a bloody sequence that in my opinion went on too long.  And a happy ending!  Lord, what more do you want?

Open Range was directed and produced by Costner.  It was released in 2003.  The critics liked it, sort of, but it got zilch from Oscar.  Screw them!

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