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Hi-Lo Country, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A Iand without boundaries. A passion without Iimits.
In the American west, just after WWll, best friends Big Boy (Woody Harrelson) and Pete (BiIIy Crudup) return from the war to find haIf their hometown empIoyed by corporate cattle-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 oId-time rancher to raise cattIe the cowboy way, and Iife in Hi-Lo, New Mexico becomes a voIatiIe powder keg.
The fuse is Iit when Mona (Patricia Arquett), the wife of Jim Ed's foreman, begins a heated affair with Big Boy. Pete's past longings for Mona resurface with his discovery of the affair, and the bond of friendship becomes sorely tested. UltimateIy, Pete and Big Boy's friendship will be decided by the extent of their yearnings for the same woman, whiIe Hi-Lo awaits the outcome of the explosive run-ins between Jim Ed Love and the two proud cowboys.
AIso starring Penelope Cruz, (To Rome With Love), CoIe Hauser (Pitch Black) and James Gammon (Cold Mountain). The Hi-Lo Country is a "wiIdIy ambitious fiIm that feels like an epic hybrid of Red River and The Last Picture Show (The New York Times)! |
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