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Plot Synopsis: Epic story about two former Texas rangers who decide to
move cattle from the south to Montana. Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call run into
many problems on the way, and the journey doesn't end without numerous
casualties. (6 hrs approx)
Editorial Reviews
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
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Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
(the
book)
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Lonesome Dove [SOUNDTRACK]
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Lonesome Dove, Framed Mini Movie Print
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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
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Reading This May Spoil the Movie
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The story focuses on the relationship of several retired Texas Rangers and
their adventures driving a cattle herd from Texas to Montana.
Two of them, Captain Augustus "Gus" McCrae and Captain Woodrow F. Call, run a
ranch in the small Texas town of Lonesome Dove. McCrae is a romantic figure
whose happy-go-lucky nature and good fortune with women prohibits him from doing
any real work around the farm. Call, however, is a no-nonsense, hard-working
taskmaster who tolerates very little and McCrae even less. Working with them are
Joshua Deets, a black man who is an excellent tracker and scout, Pea-Eye Parker,
another former Ranger, and Bolivar, a retired Mexican bandit who is their cook. They adopted Newt, a
boy who may be Call's illegitimate son by a prostitute named Maggie, after his
mother died; at the time of the story, Newt is seventeen. Call, dedicated to
raising the boy, does not admit to anyone, least of all himself, that he is
Newt's father. Call and McCrae's old friend and fellow Ranger, Jake Spoon, is a
ladies' man and gambler. While in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Jake fired upon
another player who assaulted him, but accidentally killed a dentist, who was
also the mayor, and whose brother, July Johnson, is the sheriff.
Jake returns with Deets to Lonesome Dove to evade Johnson, who is under
pressure from his sister-in-law to bring Spoon to trial, despite the accidental
nature of his brother's death. Reunited with McCrae and Call, his description of
Montana inspires Call to gather a herd of cattle and drive them to Montana. Call
is attracted to the romantic notion of finally having something to do besides
sitting idly at home and of being able to see one of the last pieces of untamed
land before the end of the Old West.
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