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Director:
Bill Pullman
Writers (WGA):
Owen Wister (novel)
Larry Gross (teleplay)
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Release Date:
9 January 2000 (USA) more
Genre:
Western more
Plot:
A cowboy finds himself betrayed by his best friend and must choose between bringing him to justice and alienating the pretty schoolteacher he is in love with. | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
A Worthy Portrayal... more (17 total)

Cast

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Bill Pullman ... The Virginian

Diane Lane ... Molly Stark

John Savage ... Steve
Harris Yulin ... Judge Henry

Colm Feore ... Trampas
James Drury ... Rider

Gary Farmer ... Buster

William MacDonald
Brent Stait ... Griffin
Sheila Moore ... Mrs. Henry
Darcy Belsher

Philip Granger ... Ben

Dennis Weaver ... Sam Balaam
Dawn Greenhalgh ... Molly's Mother
Norman Edge ... Thorsen
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Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Australia:M
Filming Locations:
Drumheller, Alberta, Canada more
Company:
Turner Network Television (TNT) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The 1901 novel on which the movie is based added the iconic "Smile when you say that" to American slang. more
Movie Connections:
Version of The Virginian (1946) more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
A Worthy Portrayal..., 31 January 2000
Author: daghda_jim from Virginia (Honest!)

...but quite different from the book. I saw this film first, then read Wister's novel, which was reminiscent of the better Zane Gray tales, in their portrayal of the real West and what westerners were like.

Bill Pullman did a fine job, as star and director, but I have to wonder why they made a number of pulp western-y changes. The shootout in the book was simple and powerful, compared to the film's version. The book had examples of rude horseplay and one-upmanship that was the basis of Trampas' hatred for the Virginian, and went deeply into what kind of a man you had to be to survive out in the West of that time.

In some way this gives you the best of both media: see the film first, for the enjoyment it provides, and then dig up a copy of the novel for an interesting, considerably different version of the story.

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