Lonesome Dove [VHS] Overview
Item number 190685, Grading is cover/record: VG/VG+ using Goldmine standards. 196?,re,h2o oc Please see seller profile for abbreviation descriptions.
Lonesome Dove [VHS] Specifications
Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones star as Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call, aging cowboys and former Texas rangers and who organize a 2,500 mile cattle drive for one last great adventure in this excellent 1989 miniseries adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel. The best friends, who steal the herd from a gang of Mexican cattle rustlers, drive their herd from Texas to Montana, battling horse thieves, angry Indian tribes, and a renegade half-breed killer named Blue Duck (Frederic Forrest) on a mission of revenge. The excellent cast also includes Robert Urich as cardsharp and former Ranger Jake Spoon, Anjelica Huston as McCrae's old flame Clara Allen, Danny Glover, Ricky Schroder, Diane Lane, Chris Cooper, D.B. Sweeney, Steve Buscemi, and even a small role for author Larry McMurtry. Australian director Simon Wincer shows a tremendous capacity for balancing sweeping drama and intimacy against the gorgeous landscape of the American Southwest, giving a grandly epic feel to the film despite its small-screen target and limited budget, and for forging memorable characters of even the smallest supporting parts. The heart of the drama belongs to McCrae and Call, memorably etched by Duvall and Jones as the last of the range romantics. In the age of revisionist Westerns, this excellent cattle-drive drama nicely maintains an old-fashioned feeling while still showing the dark side of the American West. Winner of seven Emmy Awards and responsible for two miniseries sequels (Return to Lonesome Dove and Dead Man's Walk) and a TV series. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
The video transfer from original film version of Lonesome Dove Blu-ray is very well done. However, if you have a good sound system will notice that the Blu-ray multi-channel audio, because it was created by, is suffering through the (apparently mono) Original TV Soundtrack. This is particularly noticeable when the sound but in the main menu (apparently taken in a state-of-the-art stereo) with the soundtrack of the film itself, the high frequencies is reducedand there is a little channel separation. There is some content to the surround channels as appropriate. All in all, this is still an excellent film, well worth the price of Blu-ray.
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