Return to Lonesome Dove
by Mike Robe
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Actor: Barbara Hershey, Jon Voight, Louis Gossett Jr., Oliver Reed, Rick SchroderDirector: Mike Robe
Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
Cinematographer: Kees Van Oostrum
Producer: Art Levinson
Producer: Dyson Lovell
Producer: John Wilder
Writer: John Wilder
Producer: Larry Strichman
Producer: Robert Halmi Jr.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 322 minutes
Published: 2003-05-01
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Return to Lonesome Dove
Movie Review: NO, NOT LONESOME DOVE...BUT STILL A GREAT WESTERN!
Summary: 5 Stars
Admittedly, there will never be another one like the original LONESOME DOVE. Tommy Lee Jones is, arguably, irreplaceable as the irascible Woodrow F. Call and, fortunately, with Gus's demise in the original we didn't have to worry about a replacement for Robert Duvall in the role of Augustus McCrae.
So let's just put all that aside when considering RETURN TO LONESOME DOVE, shall we?
From the standpoint of the purists, no, this is not the official-Larry-McMurtry-written sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. But who cares?! I certainly don't. DEADMAN'S WALK, COMANCHE MOON and STREETS OF LAREDO, the actual McMurty-written co-volumes in the saga, are not diminished in the least by RETURN... Keep that carefully in mind.
This movie, when seen in the right light -- without the biases that naturally arise among the LONESOME DOVE faithful and viewed, for all intents and purposes, as an independent film -- is a truly wonderful Western! The characters are compelling and interesting and the story is certainly a worthy epilog to the original LONESOME DOVE.
Woodrow F. Call, played by John Voight, is returning from his pilgrimage to bury McCrae and determines to take something back. He decides to drive a herd of Texas mustangs to Montana in order to continue his activities in the horse business. Characteristically Call would certainly do this in order to view things as not being a total waste. The story blossoms nicely as he adds former Texas Ranger, Gideon Walker, played wonderfully by a younger William Peterson, now of CSI fame, and Isom Pickett, a horseman and rancher played by Louis Gossett, Jr., to assist in the adventure. And, like the original, RETURN... abounds in triumph and tragedy as Captain Call and his compadres work to live out their dreams and aspirations with all the honor they can muster.
Members of the original cast including Rick Schroeder as Newt, Tim Scott as Pea-Eye Parker, William Sanderson as Lippy, Barry Tubb as Jasper Fant and Chris Cooper as July Johnson are joined by a great cast of newcomers including, in addition to Voight, Peterson and Gossett, Jr., Barbara Hershey as Clara Allen, Oliver Reed as the over-zealous visionary rancher Gregor Dunnegan, Reese Witherspoon as Dunnegan's much younger and impetuous wife, Ferris, Nia Peeples as Agostina Vega, and Dennis Haysbert (late of the hit TV series, 24) as a worthy successor to the Half-Breed Blue Duck in the original, the sinister outlaw, Cherokee Jack Jackson.
Okay, we all agree, then, that there was and never will be anything like the original LONESOME DOVE. Right? But if you give this one a break as a great Western movie in its own right I promise you won't be sorry.
THE HORSEMAN
Summary of Return to Lonesome Dove
Return to the story that captured both the spirit of the Old West and the hearts of America. Return to the breathtaking locations dramatic confrontations stirring romance and thrilling action. RETURN TO LONESOME DOVE.Jon Voight Barbara Hershey Rick Schroder Louis Gossett Jr. William Petersen and Oliver Reed star in the sweeping story of three ex-Texas Rangers based on characters created by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry. After returning the body of Gus McCrae to Lonesome Dove Woodrow Call takes on the challenge of driving a herd of wild mustangs 2500 miles north to the Hat Creek Ranch in Montana. But tragedy triumph despair and deceit will greet him before he ever gets there.From Indian battles and deadly gunfights to broken hearts and broken dreams it's another incredible adventure you'll be able to treasure time and again. RETURN TO LONESOME DOVE continues a classic tradition: to perfectly capture and preserve the pioneer spirit of the American West for generations to come.System Requirements:Starring: Jon Voight Barbara Hershey Rick Schroder and Louis Gossett JR. Directed By: Mike Robe Running Length: 340 minutes Color Presented in "Standard" formatFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 707729140481 Manufacturer No: 14647Similar DVD Movies
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