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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Questionable for Children, Western Violence Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 12/04/2001 Format: DVD - Soft-Matted WSE for 16x9 TV Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 34 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 10 Genres: Western, Revisionist Western, Outlaw (Gunfighter) Film See Also: American Outlaws

This loosely fact-based oater attempts to mimic the youthful heartthrobs in Western garb formula of Young Guns (1988), as well as the cheeky humor and some plot elements of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Colin Farrell stars as Jesse James, who returns home from the Civil War to his small hometown to find that a crooked railroad baron (Harris Yulin) has been illegally forcing the residents from the homesteads to make way for a new rail line. Enraged, James leads a band of outlaws including his brother Frank (Gabriel Macht), Cole Younger (Scott Caan), and Younger's brothers Bob (Will McCormack) and Jim (Gregory Smith) on a criminal spree of bank robbing. Although their Robin Hood-style tactics soon make them local heroes, the James-Younger gang members find themselves pursued by the dogged Allan Pinkerton (Timothy Dalton), the world's first "private eye." Along the way, Jesse also finds romance with Zee Mimms (Ali Larter), the daughter of a local doctor (Ronny Cox). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Colin Farrell - Jesse James
Scott Caan - Cole Younger
Ali Larter - Zee Mimms
Gabriel Macht - Frank James
Gregory Smith - Jim Younger
Harris Yulin - Thaddeus Rains
Will McCormack - Bob Younger
Kathy Bates - Ma James
Timothy Dalton - Allan Pinkerton

American Outlaws gallops onto DVD with a slew of special features that starts with a commentary by director Les Mayfield, co-writer John Rogers, and editor Michael Tronick, and ends with artwork that includes storyboards, costumes, and blueprints. Other features include cast and crew biographies and filmographies, two deleted scenes, stills, a publicity gallery that includes a teaser trailer, theatrical trailer, TV spots, and a photo gallery of American Outlaw along with Morgan Creek DVD promos of Ace Ventura, Chill Factor, The In Crowd, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, True Romance, and Young Guns II. The 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer is gorgeous, while the Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack, offered in both English and French, accentuates every wallop and whistle in this action adventure. Subtitles include English, French, and Spanish. Also of note is an easter egg that allows you to hear the various guns used in the film. To access the hidden option select "special features" from the main menu, then highlight "main menu" and right-click to highlight a gun. Press "enter." Finally, the most informative and entertaining bonus material on this DVD is the behind-the-scenes featurettes: "The Making of American Outlaws" (nine minutes), "Creating the Old West" (six minutes), "How to Be an Outlaw" (five minutes), and "Costuming the Cowboy" (five minutes) with commentary by costume designer Luke Reichle. Among other things, these close-ups detail how the Old West was created from scratch in Wimberly, TX, and gives viewers the delicious, guilty pleasure of watching a shirtless Colin Farrell at "cowboy camp." And if American Outlaws is anything, it's just that -- a guilty pleasure. ~ Terri Clark, All Movie Guide