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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Adult Situations Movie Release: 2003 DVD Release: 07/29/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 57 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Western, Revisionist Western See Also: Monte Walsh

Based on a novel by Jack Schaefer (writer of -Shane), and previously filmed theatrically in 1970, the made-for-cable Monte Walsh is the still-timely saga of a dying way of life. Monte Walsh (Tom Selleck) and his friends are cowboys and bronco busters, plying their trade in the Wyoming Territory of 1892. Alas, the advance of civilization has all but rendered Monte and his comrades obsolete -- and with the increasing corporate buy-ups of Wyoming land, these relics of the Old West have practically nowhere else to go. Should Monte continue as before, seeking out the last of the wide open spaces, or should he follow the advice of his sweetheart Martine (Isabella Rosselini) and settle down in a steady job -- say, as a trick rider-roper in the traveling Wild West Show owned by impresario Colonel Wilson (Wallace Shawn)? This elegiac drama debuted January 17, 2003, on the TNT network as part of the cable service's "100 Years of Westerns" celebration. The teleplay is partially credited to one of the scripters of the 1970 film, Lukas Heller, who died in 1988. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Tom Selleck - Monte Walsh
Keith Carradine - Chet Rollins
George Eads - Shorty Austin
Wallace Shawn - Colonel Wilson
Barry Corbin - Alderson

This made-for-cable western gets an elegant presentation for its release on DVD. Monte Walsh has been transferred to disc in its original widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1, letterboxed on conventional televisions and enhanced for 16x9 playback on widescreen monitors. The audio, in English, has been mastered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish have been included, as have closed captions in English. No bonus material has been added. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide