Peter Mullan
Daniel Dillon
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The Claim is a 2000 Western romance film directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Peter Mullan, Wes Bentley, Sarah Polley, Nastassja Kinski and Milla Jovovich. The screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce is loosely based on the 1886 novel The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy .
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Andrew Eaton
Jul 27, 2001 · A prospector who sold his wife and daughter for a mining claim tries to win them back in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The film is based on Thomas Hardy's novel, but set in the American West during the Gold Rush.
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- Drama, Romance, Western
- Michael Winterbottom
- 2001-07-27
Apr 20, 2001 · The Claim is a 2001 film directed by Michael Winterbottom, based on Thomas Hardy's novel The Mayor of Casterbridge. It follows the fate of a town owner, a surveyor and a mysterious woman in the American West.
In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Dillon (Peter Mullan) is a pioneer who defied the harsh winter in search of rumored gold. Having amassed unimaginable riches, he runs a thriving mining town called...
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- Michael Winterbottom
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- Peter Mullan
A movie based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, about a prospector who sold his wife and daughter for a gold mine and tries to win them back. The plot involves a surveyor, a railroad, a rosary, and a secret past.
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Sheila Norman-Culp Associated Press. TOP CRITIC. Michael Winterbottom's The Claim is not your father's Western. It is simply exhilarating. Full...
