The Hi-Lo Country (1998)

Director:

Stephen Frears

Writers (WGA):

Max Evans (novel)
Walon Green (screenplay)

Release Date:

22 enero 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Western

Frase comercial:

A woman like Mona can drive men to extremes.

Plot:

An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West...

Plot Keywords:

Cowboy | Friendship | Brother | Love Triangle | Cattle

Awards:

4 wins & 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Great Movie Western

Cast

Billy Crudup	...	Pete Calder
Woody Harrelson	...	Big Boy Matson
Cole Hauser	...	Little Boy Matson
Enrique Castillo	...	Levi Gomez
Darren E. Burrows	...	Billy Harte (as Darren Burrows)
Jacob Vargas	...	Delfino Mondragon
Robert Knott	...	Jack Couffer
Sam Elliott	...	Jim Ed Love
Sandy Baron	...	Henchman
Patricia Arquette	...	Mona Birk
John Diehl	...	Les Birk
Craig Carter	...	Art Logan
Penélope Cruz	...	Josepha O'Neil
Walter C. Hall	...	Auctioneer
James Gammon	...	Hoover Young

También conocida como:

Hi-Lo Country - Im Land der letzten Cowboys (Germany) (TV title)
Hi-Lo Country (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexuality, a scene of violence, and for brief language.

Duración:

114 min

País:

USA | UK | Germany

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Clasificación:

Iceland:14 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bernal, New Mexico, USA

Company:

De Fina-Cappa

Trivialidades:

Director Sam Peckinpah tried to get this movie produced for years, but unfortunately he died before he had the chance.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: A Coke vending machine is clearly labeled ten cents. In this part of the country in the late 1940s it would have been five cents. Around 1960 vending machines went to six cents, quite a novelty at the time, requiring two coins to get a Coke. It was later in the 1960s when vending machines finally went to ten cents.

A Great Movie Western

This is a wonderful movie produced by Martin Scorcese's group and is the best contemporary western I've seen since "Unforgiven". In some ways it is like a Cormac McCarthy novel brought to life. It has a mature and literate screenplay by Walon Green, is well acted by Billy Crudup and Woody Harrelson, has strong supporting performances by a large and perfectly cast group of actors (including Patricia Arquette, Katy Jurado, Sam Elliott, and Penelope Cruz), is beautifully photographed by Oliver Stapleton against spectacular backdrops in New Mexico, is very well directed by Stephen Frears, and has a haunting score by the superb Carter Burwell. Only an overly sentimental last scene weakens an otherwise great film, but the movie is still well worth seeing.