| Release | Aug 5, 2008 |
| Video |
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs. |
| Audio |
English: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Subtitles | English |
| Studio | Genius Products |
| Year | 1989 |
| Genre | Western, Drama, TV |
- 2-disc edition - first time in the original WIDESCREEN ratio
- Remastered Audio and Video
- Featurette: The Making of an Epic (50 min.)
- All-New interview with director Simon Wincer
- Original Interviews on the set: with the entire cast (including Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Diane Lane)
- Personal Letter from director Simon Wincer
- Original TV Poster Reprint
- and much more!
"The Best Western Ever Made." - Houston Chronicle
Winner of 7 EMMY Awards!
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.
So experience a western masterpiece as never before with LONESOME DOVE 2-Disc Collector's Edition. Presented for the first time in Widescreen and 5.1 surround sound, this all-time western classic is now digitally re-mastered with all-new bonus features. Based upon the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Larry McMurtry and set in the late nineteenth century, come and revisit this sprawling epic of the Old West - a timeless story of the last defiant frontier, daring cattle drive, and an undying love.
Winner of 7 EMMY Awards!
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.
So experience a western masterpiece as never before with LONESOME DOVE 2-Disc Collector's Edition. Presented for the first time in Widescreen and 5.1 surround sound, this all-time western classic is now digitally re-mastered with all-new bonus features. Based upon the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Larry McMurtry and set in the late nineteenth century, come and revisit this sprawling epic of the Old West - a timeless story of the last defiant frontier, daring cattle drive, and an undying love.
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Robert DuvallTommy Lee JonesRobert UrichDiane LaneAnjelica HustonRicky SchroderD.B. SweeneyChris CooperSteve BuscemiDanny GloverFrederic ForrestGlenne Headly"Lonesome Dove"
Written byBill WittliffWritten byLarry McMurtryproduced byDyson Lovell
directed bySimon Wincer
Production Year: 1989
Written byBill WittliffWritten byLarry McMurtryproduced byDyson Lovell
directed bySimon Wincer
Production Year: 1989
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