Academy Award-winner Matt Damon stars in director Billy Bob Thornton's action-filled tale ... more
of love and loss based on Cormac McCarthy's best-selling novel. John Grady Cole (Damon) and his best friend Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas) leave Texas and head sou...
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Academy Award-winner - Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting - Best Screenplay Writer, 1997) stars ... more
in director Billy Bob Thornton's action-filled tale of love and loss based on Cormac McCarthy's best-selling novel. John Grady Cole (Damon) and his best friend L...
On the face of it,All the Pretty Horsesshould have everything going for it as a movie, ... more
taken from the novel by Cormac McCarthy acclaimed as one of the finest pieces of American writing of the past 20 years. The intuitive, up-and-coming actor-director B...
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Academy Award-winner Matt Damon stars in director Billy Bob Thornton's action-filled tale ... more
of love and loss based on Cormac McCarthy's best-selling novel. John Grady Cole (Damon) and his best friend Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas) leave Texas and head south of the border in search of adventure and find work as horse-wranglers. But when Cole embarks on an illicit and passionate affair with the beautiful daughter (Penelope Cruz) of the wealthy ranch owner who is his employer events are set in motion which forever change the lives of all involved.
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On the face of it,All the Pretty Horsesshould have everything going for it as a movie, ... more
taken from the novel by Cormac McCarthy acclaimed as one of the finest pieces of American writing of the past 20 years. The intuitive, up-and-coming actor-director Billy Bob Thornton, with a deep love of McCarthy's novels, takes the helm directing two hot young stars (Matt Damon, Penelope Cruz) and backed by some seasoned veterans (Sam Shepherd, Bruce Dern, Rubén Blades et al) along with first-rate technical support.The plot seems tailor-made for landmark-movie status too. A downbeat, resonant tale that would have intrigued Sam Peckinpah, it tells of two young cowboys from post-WWII Texas, who cross the Rio Grande in search of the rugged adventurous life modern America can no longer offer them. And south of the border they find just what they're looking for--but in harsher, darker and far more brutal guise than they ever dreamt of.All the ingredients point towards the makings of a classic Western. Yet somehow they never quite jell. Powerfully photographed by Barry Markowitz,All the Pretty Horseslooks unfailingly superb, and Ted Tally's screenplay draws on much of the novel's spare, trenchant dialogue. Thornton handles the action sequences with assurance, especially the marathon horse-breaking episode. But it all feels distanced, and never dark or bleak enough for McCarthy's savage vision. Maybe Damon is as yet too young and bland for his character's agonised trajectory. There were rumours of script problems, of scenes ruthlessly excised; Thornton claims that Miramax cut the film. Whatever the causes, the film is handsome to look at, absorbing to watch, but casts few shadows in the mind.On the DVD:Filmographies for Thornton and half-a-dozen leading players; the theatrical trailer (plus trailers for two other Miramax releases,Finding ForresterandAlmost Famous); subtitles and a menu. In something of a missed opportunity the DVD lacks a commentary from Billy Bob could have been illuminating. But at least the crisp print, full-width ratio (1:2.35) and the Dolby 5.1 sound do the film's technical achievements proud. --Philip Kemp
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Production Year: 1999 - Drama, Thriller - Director: M. Night Shyamalan - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Olivia Williams, Glenn Fitzgerald, Mischa Barton, Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: John Duigan - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend, Penelope Cruz
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Production Year: 1995 - Drama - Director: Ang Lee - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Greg Wise, Hugh Laurie, Robert Hardy
Advantages: great fun and lots of laughter Disadvantages: not enough episodes
long before he's terrorising Del and the regulars at the Nags head.
(6)-Wanted-
Rodney tries to help a lady in distress only for her to mistake him for a pervert. He is nick-named 'the Peckham pouncer' by Del. But before Del can tell Rodney that it is all a mistake Rodney decides to go into hiding.
(7)-Who's a pretty boy then-
The trio offer to paint Denzils front room, to the discust of Corrine, Denzils wife. She doesn't trust Del and she has every reason not to when things start to go wrong for the decorators and the wild life.
*1983 Christmas special
(Produced and directed by Ray Butt)
Thicker than water-
It's going to be a long Christmas when Del and Rodney's dad turns up to give them both some bad news.
Series 4 (1985)
(Produced by Ray Butt/Directed by Susan Belbin)
(1)-Happy returns-
Rodney finds ...
Advantages: Good light hearted comedy. Disadvantages: None
with great ease in both movies. Hector Elizondo gives us an excellent performance as the prim and proper hotel manager Barnard Thomspson managing to entwine his unique wit within the character whilst carrying the sensible act across perfectly. Jason Alexander seems to have taken on the role of Slimy, Greedy, Crawling, Sleazy, and Brown Tongued lawyer Philip Stuckey extremely well. He truly makes the character come to life in a very convincing performance that just makes you want to punch him in the mouth. Finally, I wish to say that all the actors in this film seemed to have given an excellent performance and have not failed to produce an extremely watchable and entertaining film for us to enjoy.
The Directing.
Garry Marshall delivers an entertaining and amusing film for us to watch with his directing of Pretty Woman. He has ...
Advantages: easy to watch it,its funny,gives you brillient advice,Julia Roberts performed beautiful role Disadvantages: its not a true story,little bit sad,
This film is from the 80s and i think is absolutely brillient.Aspecially for girls to watch.It is exactly romantic story how dreams can come truth.Julia Roberts is fantastic actor,plays serious,silly,mad or sad parts brillient.Also can change her role and be cheeky or very funny.Her partner Richard Gere is very handsome as well and both together making a beautiful couple.Whoever would like to watch this film make sure that u wont want to know the end of the film,cause thats just the best surpricing part of all.Also their first dinner is so funny and have to say it wasnt easy for a simple but inteligent enough girl from the street learn how to use cutlery the right way.I just love this film so much,its great! ...
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 (Penelope 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.
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"...An authenticity that is consistently invigorating thanks to taut, finely-tuned contributions from both cast and crew..." (Box Office, p.67-8, 01/03/2001)
"...The film is handsomely mounted....Damon is well-cast and does solid work..." (Los Angeles Times, p.F1, 25/12/2001)
"...It tells the tale in a straightforward, sincere manner....The emotional effect is profound..." (Sight and Sound, p.38, 01/03/2001)
"...[An] indisputably great component is Lucas Black, who is thoroughly authentic..." (USA Today, p.4D, 20/12/2000)
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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 (Penelope 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.
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