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1 hr 54 mins. Drama. R. Watchlist. In this sweeping tale of love and loyalty set in post-WWII New Mexico, two war vets, Big Boy (Woody Harrelson) and his best friend Pete (Billy Crudup) try to ...
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Jan 22, 1999 · The Hi-Lo Country: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Cole Hauser, Enrique Castillo. Two cowboys have their friendship tested when they fall for the same girl.
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- Drama, Romance, Western
- Stephen Frears
- 1999-01-22
Box office. $166,082. The Hi-Lo Country is a 1998 American- Western film directed by Stephen Frears, starring Billy Crudup, Penélope Cruz, Woody Harrelson, Cole Hauser, Sam Elliott, Patricia Arquette, Enrique Castillo, and Katy Jurado. It is set in post-World War II New Mexico and is based on the Western novel by Max Evans .
Synopsis. An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War II, in its twilight. Pete and Big Boy are masters of the prairie, but ultimately face trickier terrain: the human heart.
- Stephen Frears
- 114 min
Jan 22, 1999 · Advertisement. Instead, "The Hi-Lo Country" is reserved and even elegiac. It's about itself, rather than about its story. The voice-over narration insists on that: It stands outside and above the story, and elevates it with self-conscious prose. By the end, we could be looking at Greek tragedy.
Pete hopes to return to the simplicity of cattle-herding, but wealthy local rancher Jim Ed Love (Sam Elliott) warns him that the ways of the Old West have vanished. Big Boy boozes, brawls, bets ...
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- Western
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Aug 20, 2023 · The Hi-Lo Country is an underappreciated Western that captures the essence of the genre through its classical tenets and powerful performances.; Rather than relying on gunfights, the film focuses ...