Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Claim, The (2000)- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Peter Mullan, Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley… - On the mountainous frontier of the 1860s California goldrush, dir. Winterbottom (JUDE, WONDERLAND) reimagines Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Mayor of…
Jericho (2000)- Dir. Merlin Miller
Feat. Mark Valley, R. Lee Ermey - Low–budget western mystery in which a man with severe memory loss goes to work on a cattle ranch where he begins to recall his surreptitious…
Shanghai Noon (2000)- Dir. Tom Dey
Feat. Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu - Jackie Chan pilots for this lightweight, crowd–pleasing throwback to the Wild West that adds his brand of naïve Eastern exotism to the ol'…
Tears of the Black Tiger (Fah Talai Jone) (2000)
- Dir. Wisit Sasanatieng
- A blast of wild inspiration from the New Thai Cinema, this restages a Hollywood Western within a luridly kitschy setting using back–projection,…
Ride with the Devil (1999)- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Tobey Maguire, John Caviezel, Skeet Ulrich… - One of the best recent attempts at an American Civil War drama, demonstrating the South's point of view with sympathy and only a few wrong moves.…
Wild Wild West (1999)- Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh… - The star and director of MEN IN BLACK and recoupled for this Sci–fi–Western–spoof, first aired as a popular,…
Hi-Lo Country, The (1998)- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Arquette - Long left out to pasture, the male–bonding cowboy genre is saddled–up and mounted by dir. Stephen Frears (THE GRIFTERS), who honours the…
Magnificent Seven, The (TV Series) (1998-2000)- Dir. Christopher Cain
Feat. Michael Biehn, Ron Perlman, Dale Midkiff… - Detailed spin–off series from the 1960 movie THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, continuing with the premise of seven cowboys each with a unique set of…
- Newton Boys, The (1998)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich… - Former indie–darling, Richard Linklater (SLACKER, DAZED AND CONFUSED), chronicles the 1920s bankrobbing true exploits of the four brothers,…
Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997)- Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Jet Li - Jet Li reprises his signature role in the popular saga, this time reinvented as a Kung Fu Western – the perfect setting for…
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