Charley Waite (KEVIN COSTNER), Boss Spearman (ROBERT
DUVALL), "Button" (DIEGO LUNA) and Mose Harrison
(ABRAHAM BENRUBI), are all men trying to escape their pasts--
and the one place where a man can be free is on the open range,
driving cattle in a land where nature makes the only laws. Bound
to each other by the "Code of the West"--standing up for
what's right, showing loyalty to those closest to you--the cowboys
try to avoid violence.
But one frontier town that rules through fear and tyranny changes
their lives and forces them into action. Amidst this turmoil, life
suddenly takes an unexpected turn for loner Charley when he meets
the spirited Sue Barlow ( ANNETTE BENING), a woman who embraces
both his heart and his soul. As these courageous men prepare for
the decisive battle that looms, they are also forced to confront
and conquer their own internal demons.
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 Set
in the vast, epic landscape of the prairies, Open Range has
all the elements of a classic Western. It reveals a unique
slice of American history--the end of an era when land was
not owned. A culture of cowboys known as "freegrazers"
emerged--like Charley, Boss, Mose and Button--who roamed the
countryside with their cattle and lived off the land.
In Open Range, a ruthless, evil rancher (MICHAEL GAMBON)
controls the town of Harmonville, making the laws and rules
and enforcing them using scare tactics and brute force. The
four men must team up to fight this injustice.
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 "In
all Westerns you have enigmatic characters; you don't know how
they arrived or how they got to where they are. The only possessions
they have are on their horse," says Costner. "It's
a terribly romantic image, but if you think a bit longer, you
wonder, what do they do when it rains? When they run out of
food? They've got to go forage for themselves.They had to be
very resourceful. We have this romantic view of the West." |
This film has been rated 'R' RESTRICTED by the MPAA for violence.
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
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