The Hi-Lo Country R
A woman like Mona can drive men to extremes.
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 54 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: December 18, 2012
- Originally Released: 1998
- Label: Shout Factory
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup & Patricia Arquette | |
Performer: | Cole Hauser, Penélope Cruz, Jacob Vargas, James Gammon, Lane Smith, Katy Jurado, Sam Elliott, John Diehl, Enrique Castillo, Rosaleen Linehan & Darren Burrows | |
Directed by | Stephen Frears | |
Edited by | Masahiro Hirakubo | |
Screenwriting by | Walon Green | |
Composition by | Carter Burwell | |
Produced by | Tim Bevan, Barbara De Fina, Martin Scorsese & Eric Fellner | |
Director of Photography: | Oliver Stapleton |
Entertainment Reviews:
Mammas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys. And while you're at it, don't let them grow up to make movies about cowboys either.
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TIME Magazine
A nostalgia trip in more ways than one, successfully recalling the days when meaty westerns were a frequent part of the movies' bill of fare.
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Film Journal International
Rating: 2/4 --
The Hi-Lo Country is reserved and even elegiac. It's about itself, rather than about its story.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Strong and heart-felt performances by Billy Crudup and Woody Harrelson make Hi-Lo Country an immensely appealing drama.
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Spirituality and Practice
...[Harrelson's] lusty, deeply felt and surprisingly gallant performance truly rises to the occasion...
Rolling Stone
...THE HI-LO COUNTRY is a film of high quality, beautifully shot...
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 1.5/4 --
For a film about grand passions, there is no fire to this film.
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TheMovieReport.com
Product Description:
This epic western combines themes of classic westerns from the past, where cowboys fought to the death for honor and the love of a good woman, while exploring the modern predicament of the death of the true cowboy. Based on the novel by Max Evans, this tale of the friendship between two men is set against the sumptously beautiful lanscape of post-WWII New Mexico. After fighting in the war, two good friends decide to go into cattle business for themselves. Big Boy (Woody Harrelson) is an old-fashioned cowboy, living life on the edge with a drink in one hand and a pistol in the other. His good friend Pete (Billy Crudup) is more mild mannered, but both men work hard to make something of their ranch, struggling to succeed in a world that is quickly becoming hard for small-time cowboys to survive in. Their friendship is tested when they both fall for the same married woman, the lonely and gorgeous Mona (Patricia Arquette). When Big Boy and Mona become lovers, the small town seethes with rumors and jealous men want to see Big Boy dead for his infidelity. Director Stephen Frears displays a keen eye for period detail and the wide open beauty of the surroundings, letting the landscape speak for the film's more laconic characters. Woody Harrelson shines as the kinetic Big Boy with his usual raw energy and spark, while Billy Crudup turns in a typically outstanding performance as his more subdued friend Pete.