Hi-Lo Country
| Movie | |
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| German title | Hi-Lo Country (cinema and DVD) Hi-Lo Country - In the land of the last cowboys (TV) |
| Original title | The Hi-Lo Country |
| Country of production | USA , UK |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 114 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Stephen Frears |
| script | Walon Green |
| production |
Tim Bevan , Barbara De Fina , Eric Fellner , Martin Scorsese |
| music | Carter Burwell |
| camera | Oliver Stapleton |
| cut | Masahiro Hirakubo |
| occupation | |
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Hi-Lo Country (Original title: The Hi-Lo Country , Alternative title: Hi-Lo Country - In the land of the last cowboys ) is an American - British drama directed by Stephen Frears , which was produced in 1998. The plot is based on a novel by Max Evans .
action
The Cowboys Big Boy Matson and Pete Calder become friends just before the Second World War on. After the war they work for the ranch owner Hoover Young. They compete with Jim Ed Love's large farm, who uses industrial methods to raise cattle.
Both men fall in love with the married Mona Birk, but Mona chooses Big Boy. When Hoover dies, Big Boy takes over his ranch. Eventually Big Boy is shot dead by his younger brother Little Boy, who feels patronized and humiliated by Big Boy. The act is portrayed as self-defense, as Little Boy is the only remaining family member who can still support his mother. Pete Calder threatens Little Boy not to tarnish his brother's memory before he moves to California .
Reviews
- Kenneth Turan praised Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Arquette and Penélope Cruz in the Los Angeles Times . He also praised the pictures.
- Desson Howe criticized Woody Harrelson's and Billy Crudup's play in the Washington Post . He wrote that the film was not apologetic .
- The lexicon of international films writes: "Told in a raw, archaic tone, this psychodrama, which is conventional in its nature, is convincing due to the force of its landscape photography and the integration into the aesthetics of existentialist late-Westerns."
Awards
- Billy Crudup won the National Board of Review Award in 1998 .
- Walon Green won the Western Writers of America Award in 1999 .
- The film won the 1999 Western Heritage Award .
- Stephen Frears won the Silver Bear and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlinale 1999 .
- Enrique Castillo, Penélope Cruz and Katy Jurado were nominated for the 1999 ALMA Award .
- The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.
Remarks
- Sam Peckinpah once attempted to produce the film, but died prematurely.
- The film was shot in New Mexico .
Web links
- The Hi-Lo Country in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Hi-Lo Country at Rotten Tomatoes (English)