Appaloosa

Theatrical Release Date: 2008 (USA) / 2008 09 19 (USA)

UPC: 794043127816

Studio: New Line Home Video

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Profanity, Western Violence]

Summary: Upon drifting into a troubled Western outpost and discovering that the helpless locals are being terrorized by a ruthless rancher and his brutish hired hands, two rugged, straight-shooting peacemakers decide to stick around and put things right in this Western adapted from the novel by Robert B. Parker and directed by Ed Harris. Bragg (Jeremy Irons) is a rancher who believes himself to be above the law, a stance that's forever cemented when he guns down the town sheriff and his deputy in cold blood. Horrified, the defenseless townspeople pray for the day a savior will arrive in town to free them from Bragg's suffocating grasp. Soon thereafter, Virgil (Harris) and Everett (Viggo Mortensen) stride into town atop two mighty steeds, their confident presence signaling the beginning of a new era if the locals will only grant Virgil the complete power he needs to bring Bragg to justice. After pinning on his new badge, Virgil appoints Everett his deputy and ushers in an era of uneasy peace. Later, a woman named Allison (Ren?e Zellweger) arrives in town and catches Virgil's eye, prompting a die-hard renegade to consider a calm life of domestication. As Virgil's feelings for Allison grow, both begin to wonder if a life together is truly in the cards. Meanwhile, a temporarily subdued Bragg begins to display signs that he may not be finished with this town just yet. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Western

Awards: Film Presented – Toronto International Film Festival

Features: Commentary by Director Ed Harris and Screenwriter/Producer Robert Knott

Additional Scenes with Selectable Ed Harris/Robert Knott Commentary

Corral of 4 Insightful Featurettes: Bringing the Characters of Appaloosa to Life; Historic Accuracy of Appaloosa; The Town of Appaloosa; Dean Semler's Return to the Western

Appaloosa

Format: DVD

Release Date: 01/13/2009

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 115 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Appaloosa
1. Lead for the Law [2:38]
2. Peacekeepers [5:38]
3. I Warned 'em [1:56]
4. Cole's Law [4:30]
5. Mrs French [4:42]
6. Marital Status [2:36]
7. Virgil Untold [6:01]
8. Everything's Lovely [4:35]
9. Joe Whitfield [2:06]
10. Outhouse Arrest [3:37]
11. Vows and Apologies [2:54]
12. Do You Think I'm Pretty? [4:30]
13. Sooner or Later [3:26]
14. New Support, Old Pals [4:23]
15. The Trial [3:52]
16. Hostage Situation [6:48]
17. Something Running [4:02]
18. Good to See You [4:41]
19. Apache Meeting [4:47]
20. What I Had To Do [2:56]
21. Allie's Two Loves [6:08]
22. Shootout [2:22]
23. Presidential Pardon [5:47]
24. Sense to Move On [4:49]
25. Calling Bragg Out [4:42]
26. One Favor [3:23]
27. End Credits [7:12]

Perry Seibert

Buried at the center of many classic Westerns is a love story between grown men. My Darling Clementine, Rio Bravo, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are just some of the beloved oaters that are as much about men's loyalty and companionship as they are about gunslinging. Appaloosa fits snugly into that venerable tradition. Director and co-screenwriter Ed Harris plays Virgil Cole, a lawman for hire who travels the Wild West with his longtime deputy, the eight-gauge-toting Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen). The title town hires the duo after politically connected rancher Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) guns down the local sheriff. The situations and the settings of Appaloosa might be very familiar, but the close relationship between the two leads is uncommonly specific. Their friendship, formed by years of surviving potentially fatal battles together, runs deep. This bond is expressed through sly grins, kidding words, and their mutual sense of professionalism. Let's be clear, Ed Harris has not remade Brokeback Mountain -- this is a buddy film -- but he is unafraid to examine the complicated inner lives of two very manly men. Harris and Mortensen have a genuine chemistry together -- they get laughs out of throwaway bits of business because you can tell how much the two characters mean to each other. Complicating their showdown with the bad guy, as well as their relationship to each other, is Ren?e Zellweger as Allison French, the town's newest citizen. When both men take a shine to her, audiences are prepped for a traditional love triangle, but Harris has thankfully cooked up something rather more unconventional. Because the machinations of catching the bad guy take a back seat to the motivations and emotions of the two leads, the second half of Appaloosa doesn't have the narrative rush that the first half does. However, this shouldn't scare off genre enthusiasts, as Harris more than satisfies the traditions of the genre -- especially in three realistically quick and explosive gunfights (one of them the classic quick-draw, showdown on Main Street variety). The achievement of Appaloosa, for all of the movie's familiar qualities, is that the characters are so specific that they reinvigorate the conventions. Thanks to the fine acting, the solid direction, and the first-rate screenplay, the highly entertaining Appaloosa is simultaneously a traditional Western, a buddy comedy, and a love story. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Ed Harris  Director 
Ed Harris  Producer 
Ed Harris  Screenwriter 
Jeff Beal  Composer (Music Score) 
Caldecot "Cotty" Chubb  Executive Producer 
Michael London  Executive Producer 
Michael London  Producer 
Robert Knott  Producer 
Robert Knott  Screenwriter 
Ginger Sledge  Producer 
Toby Emmerich  Executive Producer 
Sam Brown  Executive Producer 
Ed Harris  Actor 
Viggo Mortensen  Actor 
Renée Zellweger  Actor 
Jeremy Irons  Actor 
Timothy Spall  Actor 
Lance Henriksen  Actor 
Tom Bower  Actor 
Bobby Jauregui  Actor 
James Gammon  Actor 
Ariadna Gil  Actor 
Luce Rains  Actor 
Timothy V. Murphy  Actor 
Jim Tarwater  Actor 
Gabriel Marantz  Actor 
Boyd Kestner  Actor 
Robert Harris  Actor 
Benjamin Rosenshein  Actor 
Cerris Morgan-Moyer  Actor 
Erik J. Bockemeier  Actor 
Fred Hice  Actor 
Neil Summers  Actor 
Tim Carroll  Actor 
Bounthanh Xaynhachack  Actor 
Art Usher  Actor 
Cliff Gravel  Actor 
Mike Watson  Actor 
Rex Linn  Actor 
Corby Griesenbeck  Actor 
Adam Nelson  Actor 
Daniel Parker  Actor 
Ed Pennybacker  Actor 
Alvin Lunak  Actor 
Martin Connelly  Actor 
Danny Edmo  Actor 
Argos Maccallum  Actor 
Cynthia Huerta  Actor 
Charlene Adams  Actor 
David Bard  Actor 
Maria Bethke  Actor 
Scott Brooks  Actor 
Stephen Chomko  Actor 
Robert Colby  Actor 
Charles Culberson  Actor 
Robert Down  Actor 
Jackie Fleming  Actor 
Jim Granger  Actor 
Nancy Ann Hibbs  Actor 
Nick Johnson  Actor 
Glen Kappy  Actor 
Kevin Kinsner  Actor 
Norm Lee  Actor 
Loretta Lewis  Actor 
Skip Long  Actor 
Tom McFarlane  Actor 
Dani McNutt  Actor 
Sylvie Mortenson  Actor 
Sandy Nickal  Actor 
Kyle Osborn  Actor 
Hunter Lee Pimparapana  Actor 
Marvin Rath  Actor 
Randall Sauls  Actor 
Claire Schwebke  Actor 
Nathan Simmons  Actor 
Chloe Slator  Actor 
John Turner  Actor 
Bailey Walter  Actor 
Ernest Andreas  Actor 
Ian Bell  Actor 
Todd Bethke  Actor 
Martin Callahan  Actor 
Cynthia Clark  Actor 
Lowell Crawford  Actor 
Timothy David  Actor 
Flynn-Bella Ericson  Actor 
Dennis Foulkrod  Actor 
Ruben Haddix  Actor 
Jerrall Hinds  Actor 
Taryn Johnson  Actor 
Jeff Kimerling  Actor 
Daniel Krieger  Actor 
Kerry Lee  Actor 
Isabelle Leustig  Actor 
Denise Lynch  Actor 
Diana McGuerty  Actor 
Diana Minfa  Actor 
Ernest Moya  Actor 
Michael Max Norris  Actor 
Trevor Osborn  Actor 
Michael Neal Powell  Actor 
L.C. Read  Actor 
Daphne D. Ross  Actor 
Darrell Schmidt  Actor 
Cecily Kuehl Shank  Actor 
Frankey Singzilay  Actor 
Isabel Slator  Actor 
Elizabeth Ann Tuttle  Actor 
Kristin Walter  Actor 
Greg Stevenson  Actor 
Frank Spencer  Actor 
Les Schesser  Actor 
Bud Connley  Actor 
Wes Trudell  Actor 
J.C. Augare  Actor 
Fionn Thelen  Actor 
Carol Sieber  Actor 
Tom E. Rostkowski  Actor 
Kristine Rael  Actor 
Frank Nunn  Actor 
Kim Montoya  Actor 
Lynn Macri  Actor 
Michael Lente  Actor 
Kim Kimerling  Actor 
Perry Jasper  Actor 
Christopher Frechette  Actor 
Rachel De la Torre  Actor 
Leonaldan Codanti  Actor 
Miles Blackman  Actor 
Heather Antonio  Actor 
Alex Edmo  Actor 
Tom Johnson  Actor 
Jerry Fuentes  Actor 
Michael Clark  Actor 
Matthew Montoya  Actor 
David Jensen  Actor 
Adam Honeyfield  Actor 
Larry Hinsley  Actor 
Jerry Hardy  Actor 
Kiela Bird  Actor 
Anderson Chee  Actor 
Madeline Walter  Actor 
Edward Sipler  Actor 
Yvonne Schmidt  Actor 
Steve Rick  Actor 
Dara Osborne  Actor 
Kevin New  Actor 
Henry McKeighen  Actor 
Jennae Linnell  Actor 
Xander Laird  Actor 
Dale Kappy  Actor 
Bruce Harders  Actor 
Chuck Ferran  Actor 
Jake Crellin  Actor 
Mabel Jin Chin  Actor 
Daniel Jon Bergman  Actor 
Alicia Williams  Actor 
Herman Endito  Actor 
Girard Swan  Actor 
Tom Larson  Actor 

Country: USA