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Appaloosa.

Contributor(s): Harris, Ed, 1950- [film director,, screenwriter,, actor.] | Knott, Robert, 1954- [screenwriter.] | Mortensen, Viggo, 1958- [actor.] | Zellweger, Renee, 1969- [actor.] | Irons, Jeremy, 1948- [actor.]Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: C-124145-9 | ReelDistributor: Australia : Distributed by Reel, [2016]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 DVD-video (approximately 110 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cmContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscUniform titles: Appaloosa (Motion picture : 2008) | Appaloosa (Motion picture : 2008) Related works: Motion picture adaptation of (work) Parker, Robert B., 1932-2010. AppaloosaSubject(s): 1800-1899 | Murderers | Ranchers | Murderers -- Drama | Ranchers -- Drama | Widows -- Drama | Landowners -- Drama | Man-woman relationships -- Drama | Murder -- Investigation -- Drama | Peace officers -- West (U.S.) -- Drama | New Mexico | New Mexico -- History -- 19th century -- DramaGenre/Form: Drama. | Feature films. | History. | Western films. | Fiction films. | Western films. | Feature films. | Video recordings for the hearing impaired.DDC classification: 791.4372 Production credits: Directed by Ed Harris ; screenplay by Robert Knott and Ed Harris ; based on the novel by Robert B. Parker.Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Renee Zellweger, Jeremy Irons.Summary: 1882, New Mexico Territory: Virgil Cole (Harris) and Everett Hitch (Mortensen) are itinerant lawmen, hired by desperate towns as marshal and deputy. The city fathers of Appaloosa hire them after Randall Bragg (Irons), a newly-arrived rancher with money and a gang of thugs, disrupts commerce and kills three local lawmen. Cole and Hitch contrive to arrest Bragg and bring him to trial, but hanging him proves difficult. Meanwhile, a widow has arrived in town, Allison French (Zellweger), pretty, refined, and good-natured. Virgil falls hard, and it seems mutual, but there may be more to Allie than meets the eye.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
wnor - DVD	Northam Northam Adult fiction	F APP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	06/05/2024	AL42000233803B

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Special features: Commentary by director Ed Harris ; additional scenes ; 4 featurettes.

Directed by Ed Harris ; screenplay by Robert Knott and Ed Harris ; based on the novel by Robert B. Parker.

Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Renee Zellweger, Jeremy Irons.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.

1882, New Mexico Territory: Virgil Cole (Harris) and Everett Hitch (Mortensen) are itinerant lawmen, hired by desperate towns as marshal and deputy. The city fathers of Appaloosa hire them after Randall Bragg (Irons), a newly-arrived rancher with money and a gang of thugs, disrupts commerce and kills three local lawmen. Cole and Hitch contrive to arrest Bragg and bring him to trial, but hanging him proves difficult. Meanwhile, a widow has arrived in town, Allison French (Zellweger), pretty, refined, and good-natured. Virgil falls hard, and it seems mutual, but there may be more to Allie than meets the eye.