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Hi-Lo Country (The)
- Director: Stephen Frears
- Writer: Max Evans; Walon Green
- Producer: Tim Bevan; Liza Chasin
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Oooh the wild, wild west in the 40s - and it looks so clean.
Seemingly, this is loaded with gay subtext - which is no surprise, cowboys being cowboys...but, blink and you will miss it.
It's the typical tale of a damsel in the thick of it - 2 friends compete for her fanny.
It is beautifully shot, tired old story of an almost knackered genre.
Woefully disappointing for a Frears film.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War II, in its twilight. Pete and Big Boy are masters of the prairie, but ultimately face trickier terrain: the human heart.
Cast & Characters
Billy Crudup as Pete Calder;
Woody Harrelson as Big Boy Matson;
Cole Hauser as Little Boy Matson;
Enrique Castillo as Levi Gomez;
Darren E. Burrows as Billy Harte;
Jacob Vargas as Delfino Mondragon;
Robert Knott as Jack Couffer;
Sam Elliott as Jim Ed Love;
Sandy Baron as Henchman;
Patricia Arquette as Mona Birk;
John Diehl as Les Birk;
Craig Carter as Art Logan;
Penelope Cruz as Josepha O'Neil;
Walter C. Hall as Auctioneer;
James Gammon as Hoover Young