Lonesome Dove [Blu-ray] starring
Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones,
Diane Lane, Angelica Houston,
Danny Glover
Great Movie
Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones star as Gus McCrae and Woodrow
Call, aging cowboys and former Texas rangers and who organize a 2,500
mile cattle drive for one last great adventure in this excellent 1989
miniseries adaptation of Larry McMurtrys novel. The best friends, who
steal the herd from a gang of Mexican cattle rustlers, drive their herd from
Texas to Montana, battling horse thieves, angry Indian tribes, and a
renegade half-breed killer named Blue Duck (Frederic Forrest) on a
mission of revenge. The excellent cast also includes Robert Urich as
cardsharp and former Ranger Jake Spoon, Anjelica Huston as McCraes
old flame Clara Allen, Danny Glover, Ricky Schroder, Diane Lane, Chris
Cooper, D.B. Sweeney, Steve Buscemi, and even a small role for author

Larry McMurtry. Australian director Simon Wincer shows a tremendous
capacity for balancing sweeping drama and intimacy against the gorgeous
landscape of the American Southwest, giving a grandly epic feel to the film
despite its small-screen target and limited budget, and for forging
memorable characters of even the smallest supporting parts. The heart of
the drama belongs to McCrae and Call, memorably etched by Duvall and
Jones as the last of the range romantics. In the age of revisionist
Westerns, this excellent cattle-drive drama nicely maintains an old-
fashioned feeling while still showing the dark side of the American West.
Winner of seven Emmy Awards and responsible for two miniseries sequels
(Return to Lonesome Dove and Dead Mans Walk) and a TV series. --Sean
Axmaker
Personal Review: Lonesome Dove [Blu-ray] starring Robert
Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Lane, Angelica Houston, Danny
Glover
This mini series reminds me of how I have longed for a good western and
why I am a fan of westerns in general.The story never gets old(to me
anyways)a long and close frienship is tested,good versus bad,rescuing the
girl.Other reviewers are right when they stated that Duvall and Jones ARE
McCrea and Call.I know some of you will laugh after reading this,but I
really can identify with both characters in this movie.I see myself as the
serious Call,but also the jester McCrea.I guess that's why I love Lonesome
Dove so much.Most people will probably relate to one or the other
character.I won't sit here and say that everytime I view it I find something
new,NO,I just love this story and everything about it...plain and simple.Kids
now a days really don't know what they are missing.The camp fires,the
horse trails,stagecoaches and chuck wagons,salons,gamblers,cattle
rustlers,indian raids,the list could go on and on!This movies has it all for
any true western fan.I'd hoped that westerns were making a
comeback,but,t.v. viewers are more interested in reality t.v. rather than
entertainment,so the western might be riding into the sunset(I really hope
not,it is what defines US,as Americans!).I have been to three different
countries so far in my life.A good portion of the people in those countries
all wanted to be American cowboys!That should say something about
America!Yes,I would recommend this mini series to ANYONE,not only
does it tell a great story about friendship,but it also tells a great story about
us Americans!
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