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Appaloosa (2008) -- This is the theatrical trailer for Appaloosa, directed by Ed Harris.
Appaloosa (2008) -- Clip: Aren't either of you afraid?
Appaloosa (2008) -- Interview: Ed Harris "On the friendship between "Virgil Cole" and "Everett Hitch""
"Wild West" (2002): :  -- In his new film 'Appaloosa,' Academy-Award nominee Viggo Mortensen plays a loyal deputy to the town marshal played by Ed Harris. Mortensen talks with Harry Smith about drama in the Wild West.
Appaloosa (2008) -- Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.

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6.9/10   18,760 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Robert Knott (screenplay) &
Ed Harris (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
3 October 2008 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Feelings get you killed.
Plot:
Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow. full summary | full synopsis
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2 wins more
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Finally, a western by people who understand real conflict more (156 total)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ed Harris ... Virgil Cole

Viggo Mortensen ... Everett Hitch

Renée Zellweger ... Allison French

Jeremy Irons ... Randall Bragg

Timothy Spall ... Phil Olson

Tom Bower ... Abner Raines

James Gammon ... Earl May
Ariadna Gil ... Katie
Benjamin Rosenshein ... Town Boy

Cerris Morgan-Moyer ... Tilda

Timothy V. Murphy ... Vince

Luce Rains ... Dean

Erik J. Bockemeier ... Fat Wallis
James Tarwater ... Chalk (as Jim Tarwater)
Freddie Hice ... Bragg's Third Man (as Fred Hice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Entre la vida y la muerte (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
Appaloosa (Croatia) [hr]
Appaloosa (Portugal) [pt]
Appaloosa (Greece) [el]
Appaloosa (Spain) [es]
Appaloosa (Italy) [it]
Appaloosa - Uma Cidade Sem Lei (Brazil) (festival title) [pt]
Kanun benim (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
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MPAA:
Rated R for some violence and language.
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115 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Viggo Mortensen and Ariadna Gil play lovers in the film, as they also do in the Spanish film Alatriste (2006). more
Goofs:
Continuity: Immediately after Virgil and Everett capture Bragg, they are surrounded by Bragg's men. This all happens at sunrise and they would not have had time to get dressed, saddle their horses and surround them that fast. more
Quotes:
[after a shoot-out]
Everett Hitch: That was quick.
Virgil Cole: Yeah, everybody could shoot.
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Scare Easy more

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43 out of 77 people found the following comment useful.
Finally, a western by people who understand real conflict, 17 October 2008
9/10
Author: socrates99 from Champaign, IL

I suppose this film is as vulnerable to deep analysis as the next one, but, why bother? This is entertainment the way I like it, straight up without a lot of foolish over the top action. The real west must have been fraught with similar dilemmas as that confronting the town of Appaloosa: What to do with a lawless band of men determined to live as they please by preying on timid town dwellers? I doubt there were many men like Virgil Cole or his partner Everett Hitch in the real west having lived among their great, great grandchildren (I've no idea what the real genealogy is) for a time, but men have often tried to live like they do with the result that they lived undeservedly short lives. Still, guys like me can't get enough of their stories and Ed Harris apparently feels the same way. Only Clint Eastwood in my memory has attempted to tap into this same wellspring of folklore as in The Unforgiven. Though we all love Clint, I'd have to say Ed outdoes him here. He's got a wonderful sense of what a real gunfight might have been like. And though he's trimmed off the cries of pain and the gore, it still has the ring of truth.

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