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Warner Bros. Pictures
details
Studio: Miramax Films
Studio: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
Release Date: Dec 25, 2000
Running Time: 117 mins. (V)
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
In 1949, young Texas cowboy John Grady Cole leaves home with buddy Lacey Rawlins and goes down to Mexico, where he falls in love with Alejandra, the daughter of a wealthy landowner. But when the romance culminates in arrest, Mexican jail and a murder in self-defense, the cowboy must put his taste for adventure aside and rely on the purity of his spirit and sensibility to find the strength to persevere.
cast + crew
Director
John Grady Cole
Lacey Rawlins
Alejandra
J C Franklin
Rocha
Judge
Luisa
Grandfather
Mother
Cole
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Producer
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
reviews
December 20, 2000
All the Pretty Horses comes with a fancy pedigree: a Cormac McCarthy novel about adolescent Texas cowboys, circa 1949, that deservedly won the National Book Award eight years ago. Director Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade) and screenwriter Ted Tally (The Silence of the Lambs) approach the material with respect, but only Barry Markowitz's luminous camerawork does justice to the descriptive majesty of McCarthy's prose. Although the actors work hard, the haunted soul of the book resists capture…
Based on the acclaimed Cormac McCarthy novel, Billy Bob Thornton's follow-up to "Sling Blade" canters out of the gate only to be rustled, broken and branded by Miramax honchos Bob and Harvey Weinstein. Story Yearning for adventure and a better life south of the border, Texas cowboys John Grady Cole (Matt Damon) and Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas) saddle up and find employment with Mr. Rocha, a wealthy Mexican hacienda owner (Ruben Blades). The two Americans quickly draw attention to themselves by… |
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