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Release Date:
3 October 2008 (USA) moreTagline:
Feelings get you killed.Plot:
Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow. | full synopsisNewsDesk:
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Finally, a western by people who understand real conflict moreUS Showtimes:
(register to personalize)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Jauregui | ... | Marshall Jack Bell (as Bobby Jauregui) |
 | Jeremy Irons | ... | Randall Bragg |
 | Timothy V. Murphy | ... | Vince |
 | Luce Rains | ... | Dean |
| James Tarwater | ... | Chalk (as Jim Tarwater) |
 | Boyd Kestner | ... | Bronc |
 | Gabriel Marantz | ... | Joe Whittfield |
 | Ed Harris | ... | Virgil Cole |
 | Viggo Mortensen | ... | Everett Hitch |
| Benjamin Rosenshein | ... | Town Boy |
 | Cerris Morgan-Moyer | ... | Tilda |
 | James Gammon | ... | Earl May |
 | Timothy Spall | ... | Phil Olson |
 | Tom Bower | ... | Abner Raines |
 | Erik J. Bockemeier | ... | Fat Wallis |
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Rated R for some violence and language.Parents Guide:
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Canada:114 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:114 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Ireland:15A | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | France:U | USA:R (certificate #44389) | Argentina:Atp | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB)MOVIEmeter: 
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Factual errors: The railroad shown never actually existed. moreQuotes:
Everett Hitch: Life has a way of making the foreseeable that which never happens... and the unforeseeable that which your life becomes. moreFAQ
Is "Appaloosa" based on a book?A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERS
Is this a remake of Marlon Brando's "Appaloosa"?
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I suppose this film is as vulnerable to deep analysis as the next one, but, why bother? This is entertainment the way I like it, straight up without a lot of foolish over the top action. The real west must have been fraught with similar dilemmas as that confronting the town of Appaloosa: What to do with a lawless band of men determined to live as they please by preying on timid town dwellers? I doubt there were many men like Virgil Cole or his partner Everett Hitch in the real west having lived among their great, great grandchildren (I've no idea what the real genealogy is) for a time, but men have often tried to live like they do with the result that they lived undeservedly short lives. Still, guys like me can't get enough of their stories and Ed Harris apparently feels the same way. Only Clint Eastwood in my memory has attempted to tap into this same wellspring of folklore as in The Unforgiven. Though we all love Clint, I'd have to say Ed outdoes him here. He's got a wonderful sense of what a real gunfight might have been like. And though he's trimmed off the cries of pain and the gore, it still has the ring of truth.