Quigley Down Under
by Simon Wincer
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Actor: Alan Rickman, Chris Haywood, Laura San Giacomo, Ron Haddrick, Tom SelleckDirector: Simon Wincer
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: David Eggby
Editor: Peter Burgess
Producer: Alexandra Rose
Producer: Megan Rose
Producer: Stanley O'Toole
Writer: John Hill
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-09-04
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Quigley Down Under
Movie Review: It's the Wild West......of Australia!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This 120 minute western takes place, of course, in the Wild West.......of Australia!
Alan Rickman is Elliott Marston, a wealthy rancher living in the outback near Fremantle. He places a global newspaper ad offering to hire the best long range sharpshooter in the world.
Matthew Quigley (Tom Selleck), a top sharpshooter from Wyoming, responds to the ad and is brought all the way to Australia. He thinks at first he is being hired to shoot wild dingos.
Even his first day is eventful as he gets into a brawl at the landing pier with 3 thugs attempting to force a prostitute called Crazy Cora (Laura San Giacomo) into their wagon. He is getting the better of them (with a little help from Cora) when he finds out they were sent for him by his new boss.
Finally arriving at the ranch after a 3 day wagon ride from the coast, Marston is highly impressed with Quigley's ability to shoot a bucket from a 1/2 mile away (3 times in a row!) using a specially modified Sharps rifle.
But a cordial dinner that same night turns into a major fight when Quigley finds out Marston wants him to kill aborigines (not dingos) on his land from a distance where they cannot easily avoid his fire.
This time Marston and his men beat the hell out of both Quigley and Cora (when she attempts to help him again).
The enraged Marston has them taken by wagon 2 days out from the ranch and left for dead.
But the adventure and the story is just getting started....
....and, by the way, Quigley still has that rifle with plenty of ammo left!
There is plenty of action the rest of the way and Cora is just as interesting as Quigley. She injects some humor at just the right time into some dire situations and is a wonderful foil for Quiqley.
Quigley and Cora are far from invincible and have several setbacks. One often wonders how they can survive another day. And slowly, despite themselves, they are building a relationship.
The Australian scenery, people, and culture make this a very different western style adventure. Yet there are familiar elements and scenes common to all westerns.
Beautifully photographed, this is a unique film and a must see for western lovers that is never boring.
Summary of Quigley Down Under
An American cowboy finds himself battling a wealthy rancher in Australia of ca. 1860.Genre: Westerns
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 4-SEP-2001
Media Type: DVD
Tom Selleck plays Matthew Quigley, the cowboy hero in this traditional Western, set very untraditionally in Australia. After some macho silliness in the opening minutes, the story settles into a surprisingly evocative tale of Quigley, a sharpshooter who had come to the country to work for a land baron (Alan Rickman) and who is on the mend after a brutal attack. In the company of a woman (Laura San Giacomo) abused by that same baron, Quigley gets his strength and his shooting skills back while healing in the midst of aboriginal people as well as some stunning Australian settings. Director Simon Wincer (Phar Lap) brings a lot of integrity to this rare horse opera from contemporary Hollywood. --Tom Keogh
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