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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 07/06/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 55 mins Studio: Polygram USA Video Members Wishing: 15 Genres: Drama, Romantic Drama, Modern Western

Cowboys live again in this 20th century Western about two World War II veterans living on the lush, open New Mexico countryside. Based on the classic American novel by Max Evans about those struggling to continue living the Old West lifestyle in the early Cold War days, the film stars Woody Harrelson and Billy Crudup as two lifelong friends who fall for the same woman. Returning from war is Peter (Crudup), a cattleman who just wants a simple life on the farm, and Big Boy Matson (Harrelson), a big-drinking hellraiser always looking for a fight. Enter married Mona (Patricia Arquette), who turns both their heads and forces these two cowboys to put their friendship to the ultimate test. The film, like Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, is about freedom in wide-open spaces, so British director Stephen Frears is really out of his element in tackling this type of material. But he focuses the film on the relationships rather than the action, asking questions like "Is the girl more important than their friendship?" In the end, this film is more love story than Western. ~ Arthur Borman, All Movie Guide

Woody Harrelson
Patricia Arquette
Sam Elliott
Penélope Cruz
Robert Knott
Billy Crudup

Woody Harrelson and Billy Crudup vie for the love of Patricia Arquette in the Western-themed study in friendship and love, arriving on DVD from PolyGram Entertainment. Presented in the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1, with a closed-captioned English Dolby Digital soundtrack, this release also features an additional English Dolby Digital Stereo track and optional French subtitles. Will the love of a woman divide the loyalties of two lifelong friends? Extra features include a theatrical trailer and cast and crew bios. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide