Acclaimed director stephen frears helms the film version of the admired novel that for years sam peckinpah tried to get. The hilo country an outstanding performance by woody harrelson is the main distinction of the hilo country, a postwar western with noirish. The hilo country 1998 allmovie movies and films database. Two cowboys have their friendship tested when they fall for the same girl. In essence, the movie defends both pete and big boys adultery, and their hard drinking, ruffian ways. Hilo country soundtrack updates classic western music. The hilo country 1999 cowboy pals pete calder billy crudup and big boy matson woody harrelson come back to the range after fighting in world war ii. The hilo country part 1 woody harrelson patricia arquette. In the end, this film is more love story than western. The hilo country depicts small town life in new mexico following world war ii.
Seven west media has started legal action against bauer media to force the german familybacked company to complete the 40m acquisition of its magazine business, as the kerrystokescontrolled. At the end, the film resonates with the mythic heroism and generosity that wayne at his best embodied. Harrelson has provoked others as well, and he seems primed for a fall, but the hilo country is a film out of balance. Two cowboys have their friendship tested when they fall for the same married woman cast. The hilo country soundtrack cd details and availability. The hilo country 1999 cast and crew cowboy pals pete calder billy crudup and big boy matson woody harrelson come back to the range after fighting in world war ii. The film is an intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship.
Billy crudup and woody harrelson get down and dirty. Harrelson plays big boy matson, a mans man in the arid hilo country of new mexico. In stephen frears the hilo country, harrelson has an energy the rest of the film lacks. Today, in 1999, there are probably two valid reasons for reviving a relic of a genre to provide an oldfashioned, nostalgic, actionpacked adventure, or to remould the western in our ages image, to try to see what the form can say about us, our ideologies, and, most importantly, our relation to history. The hilo country is a small story told on a very large canvas. Carter burwell legendary director sam peckinpah wanted to shoot a film based on max evans 1961 novel for decades, but circumstances never allowed him to do so. The hilo country 1998 best on netflix usa new on netflix. Switzerland 9 april 1999 german speaking region germany 15 april 1999. Patricia arquette, sam elliott, woody harrelson,, official content from polygram video. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
Thats not the sort of line a new mexico cowboy is likely to use in 1946, but theres a kind of distance between the hardboiled life of the hilo country and the poetry of the film, which wants the characters steeped in nostalgia and standing for a vanishing way of life. Shes just completed shooting columbias all the pretty horses, the. Strong and heartfelt performances by billy crudup and woody harrelson make hilo country an immensely appealing drama. To combine such an advocacy of sin with the traditional western icon of the freedomloving cowboy is truly dreadful and deserves total condemnation. When a lovely widow fonda is pressured to sell her failing cattle ranch to her unscrupulous and powerful exlover jason robards, she enlists the aid of an antagonistic neighbor caan in a desperate attempt to restore the ranchs fortunes. Cast and crew credits for hilo country, the, 1998, directed by stephen frears, with leon rausch, tommy alsup, sarge mcgraw, at turner classic movies. Winner of the silver bear for best director at the 1999 berlin film festival. The hilo country posted by serena donadoni on wed, jan 27, 1999 at 12. At the movies at first sightanother day in paradisehilo country playing by heartthe theory of flight tv episode 1999 on imdb. Strong and heartfelt performances by billy crudup and woody harrelson make hilo country an.
Cowboy pals pete calder billy crudup and big boy matson woody harrelson come back to the range. Cruz moved into englishlanguage films in 1999 with the hilo country 1999. Woody harrelson in the hilo country 1998 patricia arquette and woody. Berlin bear, berlin international film festival, for the hilo country, 1999. Check us out daily to find out what new movies and tv shows are available on netflix usa. She came up against me like silver foil, all fragrance and warm pressure. Chasin, martin scorsese, rudd simmons, max evans, walon green. She made her acting debut at the age of 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in jamon jamon 1992. The hilo country is a 1998 american westerndrama film directed by stephen frears, starring billy crudup, penelope cruz, woody harrelson, cole hauser, sam elliott, patricia arquette, enrique castillo, and katy jurado. The strength of the hilo country is the way it captures the raw beauty of a particular landscape and an atmosphere of resentful nostalgia as the life of the cowboy drifts from reality to. Released in united states april 1999 shown at paris film festival closing night april 6, 1999.
Jim kitses has called the film a melodrama, and to an extent this is true this is no quest narrative. Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included open your eyes 1997, the hilo country 1999, the girl of your dreams 2000 and woman on top 2000. Eventually, in 1998, stephen frears took the hilo country and made it into his first career adventure in the genre of the wild west. Thomas jane is an american actor known for his roles in the 1999 film deep blue sea, the 2001 tv film 61, the 2004 film the punisher and the 2007 stephen king adaptation the mist. Main cast woody harrelson, billy crudup, penelope cruz, sam elliott released by gramercy.
How midway threads hollywood history in to a wwii spectacle. Like the recent and equally misguided dancing at lughnasa, the film relies all too heavily on the photogenic appeal of its settings and on the nostalgia induced by its attention to a lost, rather romanticized era. Jatkamalla sivuston kayttoa hyvaksyt tallaisen kayton. At the movies at first sightanother day in paradisehilo country playing by heartthe theory of flight tv episode 1999 official sites, and other sites with posters, videos, photos and more. As with seemingly hundreds of other projects, peckinpah never got the film going, which fortunately made room for this beautifully filmed 1998 version. Supposedly, sam peckinpah had always wanted to bring max evans novel the hilo country to the screen. Also based on novel by roddy doyle, it completed doyles irish trilogy begun. With billy crudup, woody harrelson, patricia arquette, cole hauser.
But he focuses the film on the relationships rather than the action, asking questions like is the girl more important than their friendship. The film s story is that of a spaghetti western with a. Cowboy pals pete calder billy crudup and big boy matson woody harrelson come back to the range after fighting in. Today, in 1999, there are probably two valid reasons for reviving a relic of a. The hilo country evokes the hollywood western of yesteryear with plenty of entertaining atmosphere but contains an overwrought, immoral drama about two hardlivin cowpokes who fall in lust with a married woman. Morally, however, the hilo country has a strong pagan worldview that actually trashes the traditional genre of the movie western.
Woody harrelson, patricia arquette, billy crudup, penelope cruz. Seven west medias pacific magazines heads to court to finish. Berlin international film festival official website. The hilo country is a 1998 american western drama film directed by stephen frears, starring billy crudup, penelope cruz, woody harrelson, cole hauser, sam elliott, patricia arquette, enrique castillo, and katy jurado. At the movies at first sightanother day in paradisehilo. When poker players want to make the game a little more interesting, they either raise the stakes or declare a wild card. Memorable moments are found in abundance, and the film s period detail is impeccable, but crudups character is so underwritten and underplayed that his role as narrator and ostensible hero has minimal dramatic impact. The hilo country 1998 12 0122 1999 us drama, action, western, romance 1h 54m user score. An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hardliving men, set against a sweeping backdrop. Comes a horseman is an unforgettable saga of unrelenting action, adventure and romance on the american frontier. Linformation sur le film, genre, classement, duree, photos, bandeannonce, synopsis et critiques des usagers. Released by tvt records in 1999 tvt 82902 containing music from the hilo country 1998.
The hilo country an outstanding performance by woody harrelson is the main distinction of the hilo country, a postwar western with noirish sexual intrigue, the agreeable modesty of which. There is a problem with your email address and we are unable to communicate with you. The hilo country, the hilo country on netflix streaming, best of netflix streaming, the hilo country on netflix, watch the hilo country on netflix, the hilo country is available on netflix. Staring woody harrelson, patricia arquette, billy crudup and cole hauser. Her first englishlanguage film, the hilo country, came out at the. Watching his character tame unruly horses and strut into bars, i was reminded of a line from a completely different kind of movie. Young men who have returned home from the war attempt to regain their place in the disappearing way of life they left in the dusty, lonely hilo country. He plays a variation on that old theme, the last of the cowboys, but does it with a modern irony. Coming apart by milton moses ginsberg wes anderson by mark olsen akira kurosawa by peter hogue and michael. Billy crudup, woody harrelson, cole hauser, sam elliott, patricia arquette, penelope cruz, stephen frears. Directed by 1 writing credits 2 cast 38 produced by 6. Tama sivusto kayttaa evasteita analytiikkaan seka mukautetun sisallon ja mainosten nayttamiseen. The filmography of american actor sam elliott includes nearly 100 credits in both film and television.
The hi lo country dvd 1998 dvd synopsis and information. It is set in postworld war ii new mexico and is based on the western novel by max evans. Berlinale archive annual archives 1999 programme the. The film is based on the book of same name by shrabani basu, about the reallife relationship between queen victoria of the united kingdom and her indian muslim servant abdul karim. An enduring friendship between two hardliving men is challenged by their passionate desire for the same woman in this drama set in the american west in the years following world war ii. Hilo country, the on dvd 8266637149 from shout factory. Expanded release in united states january 22, 1999. He came to prominence for his portrayal of gruff cowboy characters in various western films and series, making early minor appearances in the way west 1967 and butch cassidy and the sundance kid 1969. The hilo country soundtrack 1999 the moviemusic store. Patricia arquette, sam elliott, woody harrelson,, official content from polygram video two good ol cowboys, big boy and pete. A couple of ranchers experience romantic complications when they both fall truly, madly and deeply in love with a married woman in post world war ii mexico. The hilo country is a 1998 american westerndrama film directed by stephen frears, starring billy crudup, penelope cruz, woody harrelson, cole hauser. Woody harrleson plays big boy and he wants to go against the grain and thumbs his now at the new big time cattle ranger in town, jim ed love played by sam elliot, and starts his own cattle business. The film, like sam peckinpahs the wild bunch, is about freedom in wideopen spaces, so british director stephen frears is really out of his element in tackling this type of material.
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