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Appaloosa (US - DVD R1 | BD RA)

New Line Cinema sends over details on this new Western starring Ed Harris

Title: Appaloosa
Starring: Ed Harris
Released: 13th January 2009
SRP: $28.98 (DVD)

Further Details:
New Line Cinema has announced DVD ($28.98) and Blu-ray ($35.99) releases of Appaloosa which stars Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger, and Jeremy Irons. Each will be available to own from the 13th January. Extras will include commentary by director Ed Harris and Screenwriter Robert Knott, additional scenes with optional commentary, and 4 featurettes (Bringing the Characters of Appaloosa to Life, Historic Accuracy of Appaloosa, The Town of Appaloosa, Dean Semler's Return to the Western).

Synopsis

Quote: Paired as rivals in A History of Violence, Ed Harris (who also directs, produces and co-scripts) and Viggo Mortensen stand together as friends and for-hire peacekeepers Cole and Hitch in a character-driven, bullet-hard Western based on Robert B. Parkers novel. As the woman who arrives in town with only a dollar and a keen sense of survival, Renée Zellweger adds feelings things that can get you killed to a quest to bring murderer Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) to justice. Blood will spill in the town called Appaloosa.

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majeed

this is a western classic no matter what

Worst Nightmare

U2psycho wrote: I don't get why Rene Zellweger is considered for so many roles, her acting is almost as big a distraction as Angelina Jolie's.
Angelina has had a number of defining roles - Gia for example - where I agree Rene really is just average at best

i12bnmovie

This was a fantastic western. It was not 3:10 to Yuma or Open Range, but I loved this. As a fan of this dying genre, I have to say that this was a good western. Rene was terrible. She is terrible. I wish she would quit. Also, Ed Harris' direction was nothing to write home about.

ambientcafe

Great deliberately-paced, old fashioned western....loved the retro-styled score....the wide expanse of the New Mexico landscape should look good on the BD canvas....likewise, the train sequence should sound 'moving' in TrueHD....all in all, I much preferred 'Apaloosa' over the other recent western entries such as '3:10 To Yuma'....would love to see 'Seraphim Falls' ported over to BD also.

U2psycho

I don't get why Rene Zellweger is considered for so many roles, her acting is almost as big a distraction as Angelina Jolie's.

gnomekid

The film was nothing groundbreaking, but it didn't need to be; sometimes we just need a good-old fashioned Western, and this film delivered in spades. I do agree with some earlier posters, the ending could have been edited a bit and Renee Zellweger's character (though I have nothing against her as an actress) was incredibly out of place. Jeremy Irons was underused, too. BUT, the heart of the film is the relationship between Harris and Mortensen, and that's where the movie really shines.

Squeek81

Great movie! A slow-burn western. Viggo was great and there were some great exchanges between Viggo and Ed. I hope they make the next one, but based on how many people saw it, probably not.

Billy Gates

This was a really good movie that if the last 20 minutes had been recut or changed and Renee Zellweger wasn't such a God-awful actress, would have been perfect. If you can just ignore her character for the runtime and make it through the overly-drawn out ending, this is up there with the best modern Westerns. Love that artwork, so I may just pick up the Blu-ray.

lionel

this didn't look bad...
it just didn't look like anything special either.

pitdeadite

A definite buy for me.

Manda of Mu

Viggo and Ed in one movie......HOW CAN THIS NOT BE AMAZING?!? Will defiantly check this one out, even though I'm not the biggest western fan!

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