Open Range

2003 Western

Kevin Costner stars in and directs the Western Open Range. Robert Duvall stars as Boss Spearman, a rugged old-timer who free-grazes cattle. He and Charley Waite (Costner) have been partners for ten years. As the film opens in the 1880s, the pair and their employees -- the beefy, rugged, likable Mose (Abraham Benrubi) and the impetuous Mexican teenager Buttons (Diego Luna) -- are driving cattle across the West. Mose is attacked and thrown in jail during a visit to a town. The local cattle rancher Baxter (Michael Gambon) wants the free grazers off his land and warns Charley and Boss when they retrieve Mose that they have until the next day to be out of the area. Boss decides to fight back, especially after Baxter's men do harm to the foursome. Charley confesses his past as a killer during the Civil War and strikes up a tentative romance with Sue Barlow -- the sister of the town doctor. The film's centerpiece is an extended gunfight between the duo (with some assistance from sympathetic townsfolk) and Baxter's hired gunmen. more..

Director: Kevin Costner

Starring: Robert Duvall,Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, Michael Gambon, Michael Jeter

 30 Reviews  5 Awards

Reviews

  • An imperfect but deeply involving and beautifully made Western.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    26 April 2013

  • A fine, heartfelt film, sometimes harrowing in its violence but blessedly free of pretension or bombast, even though it aspires to -- and achieves -- the stature of a classic Western.

    Joe Morgenstern - The Wall Street Journal

    26 April 2013

  • There's nothing corny, however, about the climactic shoot-out, which Costner has staged superbly as an extended logistical mini-war that surges and rifle-cracks with bloody abandon through what feels like every building in town. Call it dances with guns.

    Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly

    26 April 2013

  • A patient, suspenseful exercise in genre craftsmanship

    Wesley Morris - The Boston Globe

    26 April 2013

  • In spite of its portentousness, the film does engage one.

    Kirk Honeycutt - The Hollywood Reporter

    26 April 2013

Awards

  • Best Diego Luna in a Movie (Mejor Diego en una Pelicula)

    MTV Movie Awards, Mexico (2004)

     

  • Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features - Sound Effects & Foley

    Motion Picture Sound Editors (2004)

     

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama

    Satellite Awards (2004)

     

  • Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture

    Western Heritage Awards (2004)

  • Best Overall Stunt by a Stunt Man

    World Stunt Awards (2004)

     

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