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Customer Review #2
Wanna watch
a great Western Movie?
It's difficult
to bring an excellent 500 page novel to the screen, but Lonesome
Dove comes pretty darn close. My suggestion is to read the
book, digest it for a month or two and then watch this mini-series.
Duvall & Tommy Lee Jones are perfect as Gus & Call.
The scenes are faithful to the book. The soundtrack is breathtaking.
The one weak spot is the casting Frederic Forrest (an otherwise
very capable actor)as Blue Duck. He does not bring the menace
that was so haunting in the novel. Otherwise it's a great
flick!
Amazon
Customer Review #3
No Other Western
Comes Close To This One
I've seen
LONESOME DOVE so many times I've practically got the six hours
of dialogue memorized. Yet I'll keep watching this excellent
adaptation of Larry McMurtry's epic novel, over and over again.
Why? Two words: compelling story.
The friendship
of Augustus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call is the underlying theme
of LONESOME DOVE; it's the motor that drives the story. When
these two weathered former lawmen steal a herd of cattle from
Mexico and set off for Montana for one last grand adventure
("I wanna see that country," says Call to Gus, "before
the lawyers and bankers get it."), the stage is set for
a Western with plenty of humor, action, violence...tragedy.
This production
makes McMurtry's unforgettable characters literally leap off
the page. Robert Duvall IS Gus McCrae...Tommy Lee Jones IS
Woodrow Call. Both performances are so vivid and on target
the viewer is transported seamlessly to McMurtry's story,
a story centering around the undying loyalty and friendship
of these two men.
LONESOME
DOVE is a film that will entertain you, take you over the
full gambit of human emotions, then after six hours leave
you begging for more. Jones and Duvall lead a stellar cast
in a remarkable film that has but one weakness: it has to
end. And McMurtry's story is told--told so well that no other
Western even comes close.
Amazon
Customer Review #4
Lonesome Dove
-- A Rarity
How many
times have we all gone to see a movie adaptation of a book
and exited the theater with the words, "it was all right,
but the book was better," on our lips? Very few Hollywood
writers and producers can ever make a movie script as good
as a novel.
Not so
with Lonesome Dove! Never before in all my reading and viewing
of fiction, have I laughed and cried so hard for a group of
characters. Although the screen play was not written by Larry
mcMurtry, the author of the award-winning novel, the screen
writer did a wonderful job in trimming down this epic novel
into a movie script that captures the spirit of a beautifully
crafted tale of friendship, adventure and love. Everything
from the music, to the cast, to the visuals make this a must-see
for both fans of the book and for those who have never enjoyed
westerns.
It is
a tale of two ex Texas Rangers, Captain Augustus McCrae, (Robert
Duvall) and Captain Woodrow Call, (Tommy Lee Jones) who give
up ranching in the town of Lonesome Dove, Texas, steal horses
from a Mexican bandit and start out on a cattle drive for
Montanna. They take with them and encounter along the way,
a vast assortment of characters who make the trip all the
more enjoyable for the viewer. Some notables among these are
the renegade, Blue Duck, portrayed perfectly by Frederic Forrest,
who brings this cruel villain to life straight from the pages.
Also, Clara Allen, palyed by Angellica Houston, who is the
strong-willed old flame of Gus. The two things that stand
out the most for me in this movie are the wonderful musical
score, composed by Basil Poledouris,
and the depiction of the life-long friendship between Gus
and Call. Friendship has been the theme of countless stories,
but seldom is it portrayed so vividly, without being overly
sappy, as it is in a story.
I always
come away from the movie feeling that friendships like that
of Gus and Call are as easy to find today as a cattle drive.
Another outstanding quality of the book and movie is the feel
of authenticity the writers and crew bring to it. While certain
aspects of the movie are a bit cliche, (Gus riding off to
save the lady in distress), other aspects are very real, (the
water moccasin episode and Jake's hanging). These qualities,
both real and fiction blended together, make Lonesome Dove
a truly epic tale that can accurately be called an American
classic. Sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking and often
unpredictable, it is a masterpiece that is worth watching
at least once!
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