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Appaloosa
Director: Ed Harris
Release Date: October 3, 2008
Starring: Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Lance Henriksen
Language: English
Country: United States
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Appaloosa is an Western film based on the 2005 novel Appaloosa by crime writer Robert B. Parker. The film is directed by Ed Harris and is co-written by Harris and Robert Knott. Appaloosa stars Harris alongside Viggo Mortensen. The film is set to be released on October 3, 2008.
Based on the 2005 Western novel by Robert B. Parker, Appaloosa is centered around lawman Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and his sidekick Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen), two friends who are hired to defend a town from a murderous rancher (Jeremy Irons) in a lawless 1880s town. Their efforts are disrupted and friendship tested by the arrival of an attractive widow (Renée Zellweger), who tries to woo both of them.
Appaloosa marks Ed Harris’s second outing as director, following the 2000 biopic Pollock, in which he also starred; Harris co-wrote and co-produced Appaloosa along with Robert Knott. Filming began on October 1, 2007 in New Mexico. Harris, who also stars as Virgil Cole, wanted to make the film in the old-fashioned style of such films as 3:10 to Yuma, My Darling Clementine and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, rather than a revisionist approach. Harris also acknowledged the challenge of making a successful Western movie, saying, “You can count on one hand, or maybe half a hand, the number of Westerns that were box office successes in the recent past”
Harris enjoyed working with Viggo Mortensen in A History of Violence and had him in mind for the part of Everett Hitch. While publicizing A History of Violence at the Toronto Film Festival, Harris handed Mortensen a copy of the novel and asking him to read it and consider playing the part. Harris said it was “a totally awkward proposition, handing another actor a book like that,” but Mortensen agreed to take the part after responding well to the character and the relationship dynamic between the two characters.
Harris said he wanted to make the film because he was drawn to the “unspoken comradeship” of Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. “Though they’ve been hanging out for years, they’re not too intimate, but they know each other. Aside from in sports, or being a cop, I can’t think of any other situation where a friendship like that is called for.” Mortensen felt similarly, saying, “I like to ride horses, and I like Westerns, but there are a lot of bad ones. What set this one apart is just how the characters are a little more guarded.”
Cast:
- Viggo Mortensen – Everett Hitch
- Ed Harris – Virgil Cole
- Renee Zellweger – Allie
- Jeremy Irons – Randall Bragg
- Lance Henriksen
- Timothy Spall
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