Open Range (2003)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Kevin Costner

Writers (WGA):

Lauran Paine (novel)
Craig Storper (screenplay)

Release Date:

15 August 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Western

Tagline:

No place to run. No reason to hide.

Plot:

A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.

Plot Keywords:

Cattle | Rancher | Cowboy | Friendship | Jail

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Robert Duvall	...	Boss Spearman
Kevin Costner	...	Charley Waite
Annette Bening	...	Sue Barlow
Michael Gambon	...	Denton Baxter
Michael Jeter	...	Percy
Diego Luna	...	Button
James Russo	...	Sheriff Poole
Abraham Benrubi	...	Mose
Dean McDermott	...	Doc Barlow
Kim Coates	...	Butler
Herb Kohler	...	Cafe Man
Peter MacNeill	...	Mack
Cliff Saunders	...	Ralph
Patricia Stutz	...	Ralph's Wife (as Pat Stutz)
Julian Richings	...	Wylie
Ian Tracey	...	Tom
Rod Wilson	...	Gus
Diego Diablo Del Mar	...	Ballester (as Diego Del Mar)
Patricia Benedict	...	Cafe Woman
Tim Koetting	...	Bartender Bill
Tom Carey	...	Ray
Kurtis Sanheim	...	Cory
Billy Morton	...	Junior
Alex Zahara	...	Chet
Chad Camilleri	...	Ace
Greg Schlosser	...	Pete
Guy Bews	...	Roy
Lorette Clow	...	Mack's Wife
Alexis Cerkiewicz	...	Mack's Daughter

Directed by
Kevin Costner

Writing credits (WGA)
Lauran Paine		(novel "The Open Range Men")
Craig Storper		(screenplay)

Produced by
Armyan Bernstein	....	executive producer
Kevin Costner	....	producer
Jake Eberts	....	producer
Craig Storper	....	executive producer
David Valdes	....	producer

Original Music by
Michael Kamen

Cinematography by
J. Michael Muro

Film Editing by
Michael J. Duthie
Miklos Wright

Casting by
Mindy Marin
Coreen Mayrs

Production Design by
Gae S. Buckley

Art Direction by
Tracey Baryski
Gary Myers

Set Decoration by
Mary-Lou Storey

Costume Design by
John Bloomfield

Makeup Department
Brenda Boutet	....	assistant hair stylist
Elle Elliott	....	hair stylist: Mr. Costner
Elle Elliott	....	key hair designer (as Eleanor Elliott)
Tania El Zahr	....	assistant makeup artist
Julie Hewett	....	makeup artist: Ms. Bening
Joanne Jacobsen	....	assistant makeup artist
Pearl Louie	....	key makeup artist
Cathy Olshaski	....	assistant hair stylist
Francisco X. Pérez	....	makeup designer
Jon C. White	....	key hair stylist (as Jon White)

Production Management
Christy Dimmig	....	post-production supervisor
Brian Leslie Parker	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Devin Hillier	....	third assistant director: second unit
Brad Moerke	....	second assistant director
David J. Negron Jr.	....	second unit director
Katherine Ringer	....	third assistant director (as Katherine L. Ringer)
Darren Robson	....	third assistant director
L. David Silva	....	first assistant director (as David Silva)

Art Department
Cheryl Allsen	....	greens person
Alfred A. Arndt	....	construction coordinator
Dean Baker	....	greens best boy
Rick Barrett	....	carpenter
Janos Berzai	....	assistant to carpenter
Louis Cochand	....	assistant to carpenter
Laura Cuthill	....	set decoration buyer
Ron Darby	....	construction buyer
Deborah Day	....	greens person
Floris Dewit	....	carpenter
Kieran Gelfand	....	lead
Celine Godberson	....	assistant property master
Dean Goodine	....	property master
George Griffiths	....	stand-by painter
Ted Haigh	....	senior graphic designer
Michael Hentges	....	painter
Octavia Holden	....	carpenter
Rick Janzen	....	lead signwriter
Tom Johnson	....	paint coordinator
Loyola Lewis	....	on-set painter
Loyola Lewis	....	stand-by painter
Robert Littlechild	....	carpenter
Daniel A. MacDonald	....	set decoration helper
Johan McCroy	....	carpenter
David J. Negron Jr.	....	storyboard artist
Erin Olinger	....	art department trainee (as Erin Garson)
Travis Ontkean	....	carpenter
Troy Pohl	....	carpenter
Dana Rainer	....	on-set greensman
Trinity Shane	....	assistant to carpenter
Christopher J.A. Smith	....	on-set dresser: Canada
Peter Topp	....	on-set greensman
Bev Ulmer	....	greens helper
Sloane U'Ren	....	set designer
James Weeks	....	greens head
Rob Welter	....	carpenter
Michael Winder	....	carpenter
Kimberley Zaharko	....	art department assistant
Geordin Zee	....	carpenter

Sound Department
James Bailey	....	foley artist
Steve Bartkowicz	....	re-recording engineer
Stu Bernstein	....	sound editor (as Stew Bernstein)
Barney Cabral	....	supervising sound editor
Claudia Carle	....	adr recordist
Matt Colleran	....	sound re-recordist
Patrick Cyccone Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Patrick Cyccone)
James Doyle	....	mix assistant engineer
Rickley W. Dumm	....	first assistant sound editor
Rickley W. Dumm	....	sound effects editor
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	sound editor (as Richard Dwan)
Glen Gauthier	....	production sound mixer
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Michael Keller	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nick Neutra	....	foley mixer
Todd Niesen	....	dialogue denoising
Perry Robertson	....	co-supervising sound editor
Scott Sanders	....	sound designer
Scott Sanders	....	sound editor
Frederick H. Stahly	....	sound editor
Steve Switzer	....	boom operator
Kevin Zimmerman	....	assistant sound editor (as Kevin A. Zimmerman)

Special Effects by
Barry Cameron	....	special effects technician (as 'Bearcat' Cameron)
Scott Cameron	....	special effects assistant
Allan Cotter	....	pyrotechnician
Mike Friesen	....	special effects assistant
Rocco Larizza	....	special effects technician
Marc Lord	....	special effects assistant
Alan Love	....	special effects assistant
Gerry Martins	....	special effects technician
Jim McFall	....	special effects rigging/fabricator (as James McFall)
Jim McGillivary	....	special effects set foreman
Maurice Routly	....	special effects foreman
Robert Sheridan	....	special effects technician
Bob Trevino	....	pyrotechnician
Neil Trifunovich	....	special effects supervisor
Steve Wood	....	special effects assistant (as Steohen Wood)

Visual Effects by
Andrew Bonello	....	visual effects developer
Shawn Broes	....	digital mastering editor
Elika Burns	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist (as Eric 'Elika' Burns)
Michelle Butler	....	digital compositor
Sarah Coatts	....	associate visual effects producer
Robert Cribbett	....	lead compositor
Jon Doyle	....	digital compositor
Conny Fauser	....	Inferno artist
David Fogg	....	digital compositor
Juan Gonzalez	....	matchmover
Abra Grupp	....	compositing supervisor
Petra Holtorf	....	visual effects producer
Kristin Johnson	....	Inferno artist
Tom Lamb	....	digital compositor
Cameron MacDonald	....	visual effects cinematographer
Michael Maloney	....	digital compositor
Steve Miller	....	assistant editor: Yu & Co
Sheila Molnar	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist
David J. Negron Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor
Tara Handy Turner	....	systems manager
Steve Wright	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Danny Albano	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Dave Badgerow	....	stunt wagon driver
Dwight Beard	....	stunt wagon driver
Guy Bews	....	stunt coordinator: Canada
Don Bland	....	stunts
Chad Camilleri	....	stunts
Jim Finkbeiner	....	stunts
Don Gillespie	....	stunt wagon driver
Norman Howell	....	stunt coordinator: US
Ben Louis	....	stunts
Shawn C. Orr	....	stunts (as Shawn Orr)
J.R. Reding	....	stunts
Mark Stewart	....	stunts
Dwayne Wiley	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Dominic Bartolone	....	camera production assistant
Lee Blasingame	....	lead assistant camera: "a" camera
Paul Brebner	....	second assistant camera
Carolynn Brocke	....	additional second assistant camera
John Buckley	....	gaffer
Mark Cohen	....	assistant camera
Mark Cohen	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Douglas Craik	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Sacha Fassaert	....	assistant camera: "c" camera
Aris Georgiopoulos	....	additional first assistant camera
Junichi Hosoi	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Martin Keough	....	gaffer
Chris Large	....	still photographer
Cameron MacDonald	....	additional photographer (as Cam MacDonald)
Keith Marion	....	lamp operator
Álex Martínez	....	assistant camera
Tim Milligan	....	dolly grip
Harald Ortenburger	....	camera operator
Douglas Raines	....	lamp operator
Gordon Schmidt	....	grip
Rick D. Schmidt	....	key grip
Chris Speers	....	best boy grip
Scott Storm	....	grip
Carey Toner	....	daily camera operator: "b" camera
David Vernerey	....	rigging gaffer
Darek Wyszynski	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Heike Brandstatter	....	casting: Canada
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Jackie Lind	....	casting: Alberta
Louise Mackiewicz	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Barbara Gordon	....	costumer: Kevin Costner
Lizzie McGovern	....	assistant costume designer
Heather Moore	....	key costumer
Tim Ranson	....	costumer: Robert Duvall
Christine Thomson	....	costumer
Summer Valdes	....	wardrobe runner

Editorial Department
Judith Babcock	....	post-production coordinator
Shelley Bakus	....	first assistant editor
Rhonda Blewett	....	telecine assistant
Kimberly Covate	....	digital mastering producer
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Warren Langford	....	first assistant editor
Richard Long	....	assistant editor
David Orr	....	laboratory color timer
Mykel Thuncher	....	color timer
Tracey Wadmore-Smith	....	associate editor
Marc Wielage	....	digital intermediate colorist
Grant Wilkinson	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Ramiro Belgardt	....	music editor
Peter Boyer	....	additional orchestrator
Rupert Christie	....	additional orchestrator
Robert Elhai	....	orchestrator
Ilan Eshkeri	....	additional orchestrator
Vic Fraser	....	music preparation
Matthias Gohl	....	additional orchestrator (as Teese Gohl)
Matthias Gohl	....	music producer (as Teese Gohl)
James Harrah	....	original music producer
Richard Ihnatowicz	....	music preparation
Michael Kamen	....	conductor
Michael Kamen	....	orchestrator
Stephen McLaughlin	....	music mixer
Stephen McLaughlin	....	music recordist
Blake Neely	....	additional orchestrator
Tom Villano	....	music editor
Brad Warnaar	....	additional orchestrator
Jeremy Rubolino	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
James Joseph Barbaro	....	driver
Anthony Bixby	....	driver
Alfie Creighton	....	driver
Shelley Crooks	....	driver
Howard Horwitz	....	driver
John Matlock	....	driver
Bruce McGregor	....	driver
Bruce Milward	....	driver
Kevin Profit	....	driver
Allen Proskow	....	driver
Shelley Shierman	....	driver
Kathi Vold	....	driver

Other crew
Jasa Abreo	....	assistant: Mr. Costner
Aviline Adshead	....	first aid
B. Keith Anderson	....	wrangler
Tiffany Bartlett	....	documentarian
Travis Becker	....	trainee location manager
Peter Bews	....	wrangler (as Peter J. Bews)
Ursula Brauner	....	dog trainer
David Christopher Brown	....	documentarian
Jeffrey A. Cook	....	balloon technician
Rob Doak	....	video coordinator
Dana Dubé	....	animal trainer
Brian Dunne	....	assistant location manager
Nicole Duperron	....	stitcher
John Gaskin	....	production accountant
Alan Geoffrion	....	assistant: Mr. Duvall
Jan Gillan	....	first assistant accountant
John B. Gillis	....	wrangler
Monika Hagele	....	production assistant
Buck Hamilton	....	wrangler
Lloyd Jacobson	....	wrangler
Matthew Kershaw	....	production assistant
Janet Lamonte	....	stitcher
Karen MacDonald	....	wrangler
Rick Martine	....	wrangler
Leslie Maynes	....	payroll accountant
Meredith Mohr	....	assistant: Ms. Bening
Lee Anne Muldoon	....	unit publicist
Boone Narr	....	animal supplier
Doug Nelson	....	wrangler
Jason Nolan	....	production assistant
Paige Palmer	....	production coordinator
Lynn Patterson	....	head wrangler
Jerri Phillips	....	wrangler
Rick Richter	....	wrangler
Troy Rudolph	....	production assistant
Eleanor Russell	....	stitcher
Eera Sherrington	....	assistant production coordinator
David M. Taylor	....	second assistant accountant
Mark Thomason	....	photo double
Mark Thomason	....	stand-in
Marla Touw	....	trainee production coordinator
Bruce Toy	....	chef
Cathy Vayda	....	wrangler
Candace Villett	....	dog wrangler
Cristina Weigmann	....	script supervisor
Rita Wong	....	accounting trainee

Thanks
David Forbes	....	Special liaison for Wesley First Nation
Carol Wong	....	special thanks
Garson Yu	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Touchstone Pictures
• Cobalt Media Group
• Beacon Pictures
• Tig Productions

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cobalt Pictures (2003-2004) (non-USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International (2003) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Cinergia (200?) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films AB (2004) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Nordisk Film Distributors (2004) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Filmax S.A. (2003) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Herald Film Company (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Hollydan Works (2005) (Serbia and Montenegro) (DVD)
• Independent Films (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Medusa Distribuzione (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film (2004) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Pathé (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Talpa (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Winchester Film Distribution (2004) (UK) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• yU+Co. (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Cinesite (Hollywood)  digital intermediate
• Boone's Animals for Hollywood  dog furnished by
• CNSO Studios  recording studio
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Czech Philharmonic Orchestra  orchestra
• EarCandy  sound post-production
• Global Music Service  music copyist
• Gohl McLaughlin Prods.  music production (as Gohl/McLaughlin)
• Hollywood Records  soundtrack published by
• Pacific Title  titles
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Rudolfinum Dvorak's Hall, Prague  music recorded at (as Dvorak Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague)
• Technicolor  prints
• The North Pole  music mixed at
• Todd-AO Radford  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

Pacto de justicia (Argentina) (Panama) [es]
Armoton maa (Finland) [fi]
Bez zaklona (Serbia) [sr]
Bezprawie (Poland) [pl]
Fegyvertársak (Hungary) [hu]
L'ouest sauvage (Canada: French title) [fr]
Open Range (Spain) [es]
Open Range (France) [fr]
Open Range - Weites Land (Germany) [de]
Pacto de Justiça (Brazil) [pt]
Terra di confine - Open range (Italy) [it]
Uzak ülke (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

139 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:12 (video rating) (2004) | UK:12A (original rating) | Germany:12 | Iceland:12 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:11 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-15 | Ireland:12PG (original rating) | Ireland:12 (video rating) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | USA:R | Canada:A

Filming Locations:

Alberta, Canada

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

Tig was not only the name of the dog in the movie, but also the name of the film's production company. Tig was also the name of Kevin Costner’s Grandmother.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Charlie fires 16-17 rapid fires shots from one single-action, six-shot revolver - without reloading. In fact, during the first volley, he fires four random shots and then actually "fans" the revolver and fires ten additional shots into a bad-guy gunslinger in less than seven seconds, without changing weapons or re-loading. And then fires a few more rounds at still standing gun-men.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Boss Spearman: [indicating a thunderstorm] Think she'll get over this-a-way?
Charley Waite: Might.
Boss Spearman: Best bed 'em down.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#32.5)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Holding All My Love for You

4 Reasons Why I Love This Film

They don't westerns that much anymore, at least on the big screen. People in the Baby Boomer generation grew up with them on television. Western films were big at the box office in several decades, too.

Well, at least Kevin Costner must have a heart for the genre as he been involved with several major western productions in the last 15 years, this the latest.

The best thing I can say about this film right out front is that it may be the best western I've ever watched. I can't give it higher praise than that! Since I've seen so many, for so long, it's especially high praise.

I make this bold statement because of the following:

1 - Fantastic scenery and beautiful cinematography. If it looks spectacular on my 24-inch flat-screen, I can't imagine how awesome it would be a big plasma set.

2 - Characters you really care about, led by three actors who almost always give solid performances: Robert Duvall (the best in here), Costner and Annette Bening. Duvall, by the way, gives one of the best short "speeches" I've ever witnessed in a movie. It was nice to see Bening actually play a wholesome woman for a change. The two men who are out on the range with Duvall and Costner also were excellent.

3 - Just the right amount of action. When the action does occur, such as gunfire, the sound is incredible. This might be one of the best movies, audibly-speaking, I've ever heard, which is another reason for ranking it Number One. There are no lulls but not a ton of action, either.

4 - Just the right amount of romance. It doesn't get sappy, it doesn't overshadow the basic story, but it adds a nice, soft touch to what could be a very rough and unpleasant tale. And, in a different twist, it's the romance, not the usual climactic gun battle, that ends this film.

I can't say enough about this movie except that I'm sorry more westerns like it aren't made today.