Robert Duvall (Actor), Tommy Lee Jones (Actor) | Format: DVD
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There's never been another series that captured the unbeatable spirit of the American West like Lonesome Dove. Return to the rugged and precarious frontier -and the men and women who tried to tame it in this essential collection of Lonesome Dove favorites. The saga begins with the original groundbreaking miniseries about two friends, Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call, who risk everything to make an epic cattle drive through hostile territory from Texas to Montana. Then, Return to Lonesome Dove with Woodrow Call and his son, Newt, as they confront gun-wielding rival ranchers in an effort to protect their land and way of life. Call sets his sights on a cold-blooded killer on Larry McMurtry s Streets of Laredo. And finally, step back in time when the West was at its wildest and Gus and Call were just getting their footing in the prequel Larry McMurtry s Dead Man s Walk. Filled with all the hopes, drama, bloodshed and conflict of a nation on the rise, it s a classic collection destined to stand the test of time.Lonesome Dove began life as a Larry McMurtry screenplay written for the big screen, with John Wayne, James Stewart, and Henry Fonda in mind for the roles of aging Texas Rangers Gus McCrae, Woodrow Call, and Jake Spoon. That too-good-to-be-true project never happened, and McMurtry shelved the story for some years and then revived it as a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The latter was subsequently adapted for the glorious 1989 television miniseries starring Robert Duvall as Gus, one of the most endearing and heroic figures to come out of Old West mythology, Tommy Lee Jones as the equally noble but taciturn Woodrow, and Robert Urich as their fallen comrade, Jake. Set in the late 19th century in a sleepy Texas town, we meet Gus and Woodrow long after they put their days of settling the West behind them. Busy as cattle ranchers yet spiritually idle, the two head out on one last great adventure to set down new stakes in Montana, a journey that is fraught with terrible dangers, reunions with old loves, and unexpected collisions with destiny. An exemplary and moving Western drama with magnificent performances from Duvall and Jones (and great support from Anjelica Huston, Rick Schroder, Danny Glover, and Diane Lane), Lonesome Dove paved the way for three sequels, two of which are in this collection. Streets of Laredo features James Garner this time as Woodrow Call, who is hired by a railroad company to track down a young criminal and comes face to face with his own past. The other is Dead Man's Walk, a powerful prequel in which we meet Gus (David Arquette) and Woodrow (Jonny Lee Miller) as young men and Rangers recruits, facing their first challenges together. The jewel in the crown of this collection is the original film, but the other titles are highly enjoyable and bring a sense of sweeping narrative to the proceedings. --Tom Keogh Read more
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