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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Music Video, Deleted Scenes, Audio Commentary, Storyboards, Featurettes, 2 Discs
Packed with epic action, Open Range is a powerfully gripping story that's never been told until now, and stars Academy Award winners Robert Duvall (1983 Best Actor, Tender Mercies and Kevin Costner (1991 Best Director, Dances With Wolves), and Academy Award nominee Annette Bening (1999 Best Actress, American Beauty. A group of free grazers, four men trying to escape their past, are driving cattle and living off the land on the open range-a place where naturemakes the only laws. When a ruthless, evil rancher tries to run them out of town, themen's peaceful existence takes a tumultuous turn and ends in the grittiest, most explosive gunfight on film as two men battle a town for honor, justice, and a way of life that's quickly disappearing.
"Open Range is simply a grand cinematic experience." Frank Wilkins, Reel Talk Movie Reviews.
"Once you are drawn into the nuances of the story, you'll find you're pretty much at home on the Range." Staci Layne Wilson, Fantastica Daily.
Editor's Note
Set in the early 1880s, this Western directed by Kevin Costner (DANCES WITH WOLVES, THE POSTMAN) is a classic tale of the good guys verses the bad guys with a romance thrown in for good measure. Boss Spearman (Robert Duvall) and Charley Waite (Kevin Costner) are free grazers, riding herds of cattle across the country and grazing as they go. But a local rancher, Denton Baxter (Michael Gambon), considers Boss and his boys thieves, and is determined to run them out of his town by any means possible--even murder. Duvall is endearing as the tough but tender Boss, who has the courage of his convictions and refuses to be intimidated by Baxter. Costner's Charley has worked for Boss for ten years while trying to forget his past, only to find himself drawn back into conflict. Lovable Mose (Abraham Benrubi) and teenager Button (Diego Luna) round out the free grazers' team. Annette Bening stars as the town doctor's sister, Sue, who is drawn to Charley's gentle demeanor and is unfazed by his ability to kill. Beautiful scenery, a script peppered with humor, and solid performances--especially from Duvall and the supporting cast--make Costner's fourth foray into directing enjoyable.
| Features | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Music Video Montage | | Audio Commentary With Kevin Costner | | America's Open Range -- A Historical Journey Back In Time To The Real Open Range Of The 1800s, Narrated By Kevin Costner. | | Scene Selection | | Interactive Menus | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 12/26/2009 |
| Running Time: 139 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2003 | | Catalog ID: 3205503 | | UPC: 00786936226379 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...[Costner] has studied the great old westerns closely, and his reverence pays off in the grandeur of the images..." 08/15/2003 p.E1USA Today
"...An authentic old-fashioned epic likely to generate rooting interest from moviegoing traditionalists..." 08/15/2003 p.4E Los Angeles Times
"...The rush of events combines with the acting and the sense of place to propel and validate Costner's efforts to a surprising extent..." 08/15/2003 p.C1 Entertainment Weekly
"...Costner shows an exacting instinct for how to build a shoot-'em-up from the ground up..." 08/22/2003 p.113 Chicago Sun-Times
"A deeply involving and beautifully made Western." 01/23/2004 p.29 Total Film
"Costner's sedate, painstakingly naturalistic, squarely traditional Western striding into town to deliver a masterclass in cacophony and choreography." 04/01/2004 p.37 Sight and Sound
"What makes the film seem fresh and new is a host of deft little touches....Costner is likeable as a good and honest man, and Annette Bening splendid..." 04/01/2004 p.61-2 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 7 of 10
Like most recent Westerns (not that there are an abundance to choose from), Open Range belong - James Berardinelli
San Francisco Chronicle 7 of 10
As a director, Costner shows particular skill in the shootout scenes. The gunshots are loud and jarr - Mick LaSalle
Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
Kevin Costner's Open Range, an imperfect but deeply involving and beautifully made Western, w - Roger Ebert
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Cinematography |  5 | | Plot |  4.5 | | Acting | 5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 5 |
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5 of 5 A way, way wonderful, wonderful western Saturday, May 03, 2008
drj from Jamestown, ND
This western is in the same class as The Unforgiven and Lonesome Dove. It is a classic tale interwoven with artfully understated, realistic portrayals of cowboys with solid, simple, old west American, free-range values - cowboys seemingly carved from rock and quiet, good human-ness - and set against the gritty, sweaty greed and corruptions of a big rancher (Michael Gambon) who is like a great spider, unable to contain his drooling lust for free rangers' herd as it passes by his town.
The powerful, poignant plot is complete with a bought-and-paid-for town marshall, a ruthless hired gun with the taunting, gleefully sociopathic smile, and conflicted, poor townsfolk torn between the pulls of loyalties to the corrupting rich rancher and to their loved ones and friends. Threaded sweetly without syrup into this classically classy tale of cowboys and town, tensions and blood, is the unexpected, aching love between the classically naive, quietly competent, cowboy (Kevin Costner) - haunted by harsh, heavy ghosts and guilt from his past - and the soothing sweet spinster (Annette Benning) who falls in love with Costner's deep goodness and pain from his past. Robert Duval gives a Lonesome Dove -class performance as Boss Spearman - a simple, good man full of wisdom and care who is devoted to those who work for him as though they were sons - portraying a father-figure cowboy boss who aches with terrible pain when those who he cares for are hurt and who recognizes that there is no running from the greedy rancher who means to have his herd or scatter it to the wind. This movie has wonderful values and role models for thoughtful young men and an intertwined love story that makes it a western that is great for a romantic date. Was this review helpful?  
5 of 5 One of the best modern westerns Wednesday, December 12, 2007
A Viewer from Laurel, Nebraska
If you like classic westerns you will love this movie. The shoot out is probably one of the best ever. Good story, excellent acting and great cinematography. Was this review helpful?
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