All the Pretty Horses (Blu-ray)
Some passions can never be tamed.
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Blu-ray Details
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: April 7, 2020
- Originally Released: 2000
- Label: Sony Pictures Home
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Penélope Cruz & Lucas Black | |
Performer: | Rubén Blades, Robert Patrick & Bruce Dern | |
Directed by | Billy Bob Thornton | |
Edited by | Sally Menke | |
Music by | Marty Stuart | |
Screenplay by | Ted Tally | |
Original story by | Cormac McCarthy | |
Produced by | Robert Salerno & Billy Bob Thornton | |
Director of Photography: | Barry Markowitz |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: C --
The movie that resulted from the studio's demand for cuts ... is a big-screen Cliff's Notes for the novel.
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Looking Closer
Whether you're familiar with the story or not, you'll have trouble feeling connected to it.
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Denver Post
McCarthy's novel employs the coming of age narrative in service of his sanguineous spiritual vision, and for the film to renounce that philosophy is to give up its soul and be rendered lifeless.
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Boston Globe
...It tells the tale in a straightforward, sincere manner....The emotional effect is profound...
Sight and Sound
Rating: 3/10 --
I'm a fan of all involved, but this is a really tough watch.
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Supercala.com
Rating: A- --
Part elegy, part romance, and part myth, it's a sweeping paean to the lost West, a dreamy chronicling of the end of an age.
Mixed Reviews
...The film is handsomely mounted....Damon is well-cast and does solid work...
Los Angeles Times
Product Description:
Billy Bob Thornton's ALL THE PRETTY HORSES is about John Grady Cole (Matt Damon), a young rancher growing up just after WWII. After his mother sells the family ranch, John convinces his best friend, Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas), to accompany him to Mexico, where ranching is still a big part of life. Along the way they meet Jimmy Blevins (Lucas Black), a winningly enthusiastic boy with a volatile nature. Eventually, John and Lacey end up on a huge ranch south of the border, where John falls for the wealthy rancher's daughter (Penélope Cruz). This leads to deadly trouble for the two young men, but John won't be dissuaded from pursuing his new love. Thornton has made a credible modern Western with this film, which gets strong performances from Damon, Cruz, Thomas, and, in a star-making turn, Black as the fiery Blevins. ALL THE PRETTY HORSES is at its best when focusing on the dusty details of the ranchers' hard existence. Barry Markowitz's cinematography and Ted Tally's script (based on Cormac McCarthy's much-loved novel) capture a sweet and melancholy flavor in depicting a way of life that seemed long since lost even while a hardy few were still living it.