|
Hi-Lo Country, The
|
(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
|
|
Inhalt: |
A Iand without boundaries. A passion without Iimits.
ln the American west, just after WWIl, best friends Big Boy (Woody HarreIson) and Pete (BiIly Crudup) return from the war to find haIf their hometown empIoyed by corporate cattIe-rancher Jim Ed Love (Sam ElIiott). Defying Jim Ed and hanging onto mythic ideals of the west, Big Boy and Pete team up with an old-time rancher to raise cattIe the cowboy way, and life in Hi-Lo, New Mexico becomes a voIatile powder keg.
The fuse is lit when Mona (Patricia Arquett), the wife of Jim Ed's foreman, begins a heated affair with Big Boy. Pete's past Iongings for Mona resurface with his discovery of the affair, and the bond of friendship becomes soreIy tested. UItimateIy, Pete and Big Boy's friendship wiII be decided by the extent of their yearnings for the same woman, while Hi-Lo awaits the outcome of the expIosive run-ins between Jim Ed Love and the two proud cowboys.
Also starring Penelope Cruz, (To Rome With Love), Cole Hauser (Pitch Black) and James Gammon (CoId Mountain). The Hi-Lo Country is a "wildIy ambitious fiIm that feeIs Iike an epic hybrid of Red River and The Last Picture Show (The New York Times)! |
|