Robert Duvall
Augustus "Gus" McCrae
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- 1. Leaving Feb 5, 1989
- Two former Texas Rangers (Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones) join a cattle drive to Montana Territory.
- 2. On the Trail Feb 6, 1989
- Call and Gus are forced into a confrontation with an old enemy who kidnaps and brutalizes Lorena.
- 3. The Plains Feb 7, 1989
- Jake's involvement with the Suggs gang reaches a tragic climax; Gus reunites with an old flame.
Lane returned to acting to appear in The Big Town and Lady Beware, but didn't make another big impression on a sizable audience until 1989's popular and critically acclaimed TV miniseries Lonesome Dove, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role.
Dec 17, 2020 · by Henry C. Parke | Dec 17, 2020 | Features & Gunfights. While Diane Lane was not new to Westerns when she was cast as Lorena Wood in 1989’s groundbreaking television mini-series Lonesome Dove, her role permanently defined her as one of the greatest and most beloved heroines of Western film and television. – Courtesy Witliff Collections ...
Oct 12, 2023 · In Lonesome Dove, Diane Lane played the beautiful Lorena, an Alabama woman coerced into prostitution by a former lover. Lorena is strong-willed, and often intimidates the cowboys who seek her affection. Lane started out as a child actor, making her film debut at age 14 in the 1979 movie A Little Romance, alongside none other than Laurence Olivier.
Despite her sexy new on-screen image, it wasn't until 1989's smash hit TV mini-series Lonesome Dove (1989) that Diane made another big impression on a sizable audience. Her performance in the hugely popular and critically acclaimed western epic as a vulnerable "whore with a heart" won her an Emmy nomination and much praise.
Lonesome Dove is a 1989 American epic Western adventure television miniseries directed by Simon Wincer. It is a four-part adaptation of the 1985 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry and is the first installment in the Lonesome Dove series. The novel was based upon a screenplay by Peter Bogdanovich and McMurtry.
Mar 9, 2017 · 715. 120K views 6 years ago. This special On Story episode features actresses Diane Lane, Margo Martindale and producer Suzanne de Passe discussing how their characters helped shape the classic...
Jan 18, 2024 · Since Lonesome Dove, he has added other outstanding projects to his résumé, including Geronimo: An American Legend (1993), Open Range (2003), Secondhand Lions (2003), Get Low (2009), 12 Mighty...
