Appaloosa (2008)

Director:

Ed Harris

Writers (WGA):

Robert Knott (screenplay) &
Ed Harris (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

3 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Western

Tagline:

Feelings get you killed.

Plot:

Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.

Plot Keywords:

Rancher | Marshal | New Mexico | Small Town | Sentenced To Death

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Ed Harris	...	Virgil Cole
Viggo Mortensen	...	Everett Hitch
Renée Zellweger	...	Allison French
Jeremy Irons	...	Randall Bragg
Timothy Spall	...	Phil Olson
Tom Bower	...	Abner Raines
James Gammon	...	Earl May
Ariadna Gil	...	Katie
Benjamin Rosenshein	...	Town Boy
Cerris Morgan-Moyer	...	Tilda
Timothy V. Murphy	...	Vince
Luce Rains	...	Dean
Erik J. Bockemeier	...	Fat Wallis
James Tarwater	...	Chalk (as Jim Tarwater)
Freddie Hice	...	Bragg's Third Man (as Fred Hice)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and language.

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Apache languages

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Ireland:15A | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | France:U | USA:R (certificate #44389) | Argentina:Atp | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Greece:K | Finland:K-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Africa:13V | Netherlands:9 | Australia:M | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Mexico:B

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

Ed Harris' father plays the Judge.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the beginning of the movie, immediately after the bad guy shoots the sheriff and the deputy, as he turns, the cocking lever of the Winchester is fully down (probably a jammed blank didn't eject). There's a cutaway and then while the bad guy is still walking away, we clearly see the rifle with the cocking lever is now fully retracted.

Quotes:

Allison French: Aren't either of you afraid?
Virgil Cole: Afraid?
Allison French: That you might get killed.
Virgil Cole: Oh, I don't know, Allie. Guess I don't think about it so much.
Allison French: Well, I'm afraid. But I'm afraid all the time.
Virgil Cole: Of what?
Allison French: Everything.
Virgil Cole: Like what? Hmm?
Allison French: Like being alone. Like being with the wrong man. Not having any money, a place to live.
Virgil Cole: I'll look out for you.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Edited into "De wereld draait door: (#4.162)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

You'll Never Leave My Heart

Vanity project....needs editing!

I saw this with 2 friends in the theatre, and we were all disappointed. One cliché after another, terrible dialogue, too long. Definitely a vanity project for Harris. I stayed to the very end to see who was singing the song for closing credits (Tom Petty) and then I hear another song with a familiar voice - it's Ed Harris! I knew it was him before I saw the credits! He can't sing. If that isn't a sure sign of a VP I don't know what is.

Terrible dialogue "I've known you a long time...as long as you've known me..." was actually repeated twice!

There was one good line, after a good "shoot 'em up" Everett says something like "that happened fast" to which Virgil replies, "that's cause everybody could shoot."

I agree with most of the other comments- it kind of went off the rails when Zellweger came into the picture.

Might be okay at home on DVD. 3:10 to Yuma was better.