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The film was written and directed by Walter Hill, and based on the 1978 stage play Fathers and Sons by Thomas Babe and the 1986 novel Deadwood by Pete Dexter. It stars Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, and Diane Lane, and was released by United Artists on December 1, 1995.
Dec 1, 1995 · Based On The Play "Fathers and Sons" by. To be Wild Bill Hickok (1837-1876) must have been a joyless enterprise. He left the only woman he ever loved, was a target for every man who wanted to prove himself in a fast-draw contest, made a fool of himself in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and was killed by being shot in the back during a poker game.
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Feb 3, 2022 · Mark Franklin February 3, 2022 1990s. Jeff Bridges is Wild Bill Hickok, who arrives in Deadwood in the late 3os as a man in decline. The string of bodies he’s left behind him — the stuff of legends — has turned him into a national hero. But he’s also a man going blind from a degenerative eye disease which leaves him with debilitating ...
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He played "Charlie," an Englishman with a gentleman's vocabulary that was in stark contrast to the hardened outlaws, led by 'Wild Bill' Hickok himself, played by Jeff Bridges. Ellen Barkin plays "Calamity Jane," and few women of the 1980s and '90s played foul-mouthed, hard-but-sexy women as convincingly as Barkin.
Calamity Jane : That's the way it is with men and women. Lots of times, men make some promises, then take their pleasures and move on. Calamity Jane : When a woman finally surrenders to a man, she's usually got him just about where she wants him.
Jul 1, 2021 · Unfortunately, Dead Man came out the same year as Wild Bill, and did a lot more with the black-and-white arthouse Western aesthetic. Wild Bill does have a lot of well-shot action, particularly the 1870 Hays City saloon brawl at the start of the movie. The shootouts are great.
Gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok (Jeff Bridges) travels the frontier, gaining fame and enemies in roughly equal measure. He sometimes meets up with his friend and occasional lover, Calamity Jane (Ellen ...
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