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Young Guns [Special Edition]

Young Guns [Special Edition]

Actor(s): Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney
Director(s): Christopher Cain
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Not For Children, Profanity, Western Violence
Movie Release: 1988
DVD Release: 04/22/2003
Format: DVD - Soft-Matted WSE for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Edition: Restored/Remastered
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins
Studio: Live/Artisan
Total Copies: 34
Genres: Western, Outlaw (Gunfighter) Film
See Also: Young Guns [Widescreen/Fullscreen], Young Guns [Widescreen/Fullscreen], Young Guns [UMD for PSP], Young Guns [Blu-ray]

DVD Synopsis

In this Western based loosely on actual events and people, Emilio Estevez stars as William H. Bonney (aka Billy the Kid). Sought for a petty crime in Lincoln County, Billy is taken in by John Tunstall (Terrence Stamp), a British ranch owner seeking to make it in the cattle business. Tunstall employs a group of "regulators," comprised of wayward youths he's gathered over the years, to watch over his ranch; in turn, he teaches them how to read and reforms them into better men. Tunstall's business interests come into conflict with those of corrupt and murderous businessman Lawrence Murphy (Jack Palance), whose widespread connections make him a power to be reckoned with. When Tunstall won't budge from his right to pursue a living, Murphy's henchmen stage an ambush and kill him. This triggers a vow of vengeance from the quick-tempered Billy and his five fellow regulators, who are deputized to serve arrest warrants in the murder. However, when Billy decides to gun down the suspects instead of detaining them, his loyal pals become accessories in a vigilante spree to wipe the territory clean of Murphy and his web of conspirators. Soon, the supposed lawmen are on the run from bounty hunters, henchmen, and government soldiers, from all directions of the compass. This box-office hit also stars Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Dermot Mulroney, and Casey Siemaszko. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide

Actors

Emilio Estevez - William H. Bonney/"Billy the Kid"
Kiefer Sutherland - Josiah "Doc" Scurlock
Lou Diamond Phillips - Jose Chavez Y Chavez
Charlie Sheen - Dick Brewer
Dermot Mulroney - "Dirty Steve" Stephens
Jack Palance - Lawrence G. Murphy


Editorial Review of DVD

Featuring an all-star cast of some of the hottest names of the '80s, Artisan's release of Young Guns offers a solid presentation of the revisionist western in addition to offering a handful of exciting extras. Presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, this release features audio rendered in either closed-captioned English Dolby Digital 5.1 or Stereo with optional Spanish subtitles. For those looking to take a blast into the past, this release also offers commentary by stars Lou Diamond Phillips, Dermot Mulroney, and Casey Siemaszko, a documentary on the real-life Billy the Kid, a trivia track, a theatrical trailer, and a trailer gallery. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Member Movie Reviews

Sara C. (SarithaAnn) wrote on 12/8/2008...

This movie tends to get a lot of hate. But there are also a lot of people who really enjoyed this movie as well. It is not a typical western in the sense of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly or The Searchers. This is a western with a more Hollywood flare added to it. To me, it is more a western for the younger crowd. I doubt that the 60 year old man that loves Louis L'amour is going to be one of the folks that enjoy this movie. I have watched this movie about once or twice a year for the last 5 years or so. I still enjoy watching it. I love watching Emilio Estevez, Keifer Sutherland, and Lou Diamond Phillips in their somewhat younger days...and Dermot Mulroney is nearly unrecognizable in his role.
I am pretty sure that the historic accuracy to the real Billy the Kid is pretty much non-existent...but frankly I rely on movies to teach me about historic events just about as much as I rely on The National Enquirer to keep me up to date with current events. This is not a documentary ...it is a movie.


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