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Dances with Wolves [1990 film] (1990) — Director — 676 exemplar
The Explorers Guild: Volume One: A Passage to Shambhala (2015) — Författare — 337 exemplar
Open Range [2003 film] (2003) — Director, Actor & Producer — 243 exemplar
The Postman [1997 film] (1997) — Director / Actor — 129 exemplar
Mr. Brooks [2007 film] (2014) — Actor & Screenwriter — 129 exemplar
The ride of their lives (2008) 4 exemplar

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Every decade or so, either Clint Eastwood or Kevin Costner makes an artistic and entertaining western in an attempt to revive the genre. Open Range was Costner's turn, and what he did was absolutely astonishing. He wanted to return to the simple and bare-bones idea of the West and what it was, both in reality and in our minds. He succeeded on a grand scale, but in doing so may have gone even further. In many respects, the film Costner made is so fundamental, so spare and lean, it holds more in common with films of the silent era than those made when sound came along. That is probably, in my opinion, why some critics didn’t like it.

The story of two saddle pals grazing their cattle on free range until a rancher holding court over a town attempts to stop them, is a staple of the genre. These circumstances will always force a confrontation between good and evil, as it does here. Costner's character, Charley Waite, has a deadly past he would just as soon forget. It is a side buried so deep that he has not even shown it to his traveling companion of ten years, Boss Spearman (Robert Duvall).

Duvall gives another magnificent performance as the seasoned cowpoke who has ridden with Charley for years, but knows very little about him. There is something mythic about these omissions, showing the West as it was; men sizing each other up without need of further questions. Boss is a tough cowboy who has always suspected the gun on Charley's hip had many stories to tell, but respected the man wearing it enough not to ask. In addition, the image of the soft-spoken cowboy whose dog means as much to him as any man, is shown not once, but twice during this film. It was the one attachment a man could have without worry because his dog was a loyal friend who could never be turned.

Open Range takes on mythic proportions because it remains simple, emphasizing the values of loyalty and goodness we associate with our image of the West and those values. Costner’s film does not shy away from pointedly showing that good men sometimes had to do bad things in order to enforce those values. It was the willingness and courage of men like Charley and Boss that would shape the West into a place where people could live free. Costner's homage to the American cowboy and gunfighter also highlights the old-fasioned side of men who spent long hours together but were flustered at the sight of a pretty woman — having seen one so seldom. This aspect is highlighted when Charley is reluctant to engage in a romance with the pretty sister ( Annette Bening) of the town's doctor; this is not due to shyness, but Charley’s shame at some of the killing he has done. Charley feels she would look at him in disgust if she knew what real violence was like, and learned that no man was more capable of it than he. The scenes between Charley and Sue are tender and sweet, reminiscent of a silent film romance, shot in soft-focus.

The climatic gunfight is one of the finest ever filmed. It is long and ugly, rather than quick and well-staged, just as they really were. Charley’s speech to Boss as he preps the tough cowboy on what to expect, explaining how each man will react, is one of the great moments in western film. It is not the gunfight itself, however, which adds meaning to the outcome. It is Charley’s loneliness, shown by his picking out a pattern for a gift to Sue should he not survive. You truly get the sense he would almost prefer he did not, so he would not have to face her once the violence of which he is most capable is brought to light. But Costner shows the women of the West to be something special also. Bening's character, Sue, may own some good china, but she can drink from a tin cup and tend to the wounded as well. She is strong, as women who went West had to be, yet she does not lose her femininity.

Fine performances from Costner, Duvall, and Annette Bening, and a supporting cast that includes Michael Jeter in his final film, Michael Gambon, Diego Luna, Abraham Benrubi, and Dean McDermott round out this tale of the West’s changing landscape. Breathtaking shots of open prairie are augmented by a timeless cowboy saga. Some failed to see this film’s great virtue at the time of its release, but there is a timeless feel to the storytelling here. One thinks of silent westerns made from old-fashioned books like Riders of the Purple Sage when watching this beautifully filmed homage to the West. Films with sound and those without are two very different art forms with a strong connection to each other. Costner deftly managed to bridge the gap between those two art forms in Open Range, and the results are unforgettable.
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Matt_Ransom | 1 annan recension | Nov 21, 2023 |
Interesting read. Loved the way they mixed mediums in the story. Wonder what Kevin Costner's contributions were?
 
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aldimartino | 8 andra recensioner | Nov 24, 2020 |
Interesting read. Loved the way they mixed mediums in the story. Wonder what Kevin Costner's contributions were?
 
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Andy_DiMartino | 8 andra recensioner | Nov 24, 2020 |
I don't remember seeing this movie nor reading the original book. I enjoyed reading this book and found it easy to understand the setting, time period and characters etc. I have always found history interesting when written in an understanding and entertaining way.

I enjoyed reading about the life of the Indians and how they treated the land and animals. I would love to watch this movie after reading this screenplay.
 
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crazy4reading | Jul 21, 2019 |

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Michael Blake Author, Comments
Ron Shelton Director
Jim Wilson Author, Producer
Dean Semler Director of Photography
Rick Ross Illustrator
Oliver Stone Director
Craig Storper Screenwriter
Mike Binder Director
Mick Jackson Director
John Barry Composer
Wes Studi Actor
Jim Tierney Cover artist
Ben Glass Photographer
Armyan Bernstein Executive producer
John Bloomfield Costume Designer
Jake Eberts Producer
Gae Buckley Production Designer
James Muro Director of photography
Michael Kamen Composer
David Valdes Producer
Dane Cook Actor
Tom Petty Actor
Raynold Gideon Screenwriter & Producer
Kirk Fox Actor
David Brin Original book

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