Monte Walsh (2003)
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Based on a novel by Jack Schaefer (writer of Shane), and previously filmed theatrically in 1970, the made-for-cable Monte Walsh is the still-timely saga of a dying way of life. Monte Walsh (Tom Selleck) and his friends are cowboys and bronco busters, plying their trade in the Wyoming Territory of… More Based on a novel by Jack Schaefer (writer of Shane), and previously filmed theatrically in 1970, the made-for-cable Monte Walsh is the still-timely saga of a dying way of life. Monte Walsh (Tom Selleck) and his friends are cowboys and bronco busters, plying their trade in the Wyoming Territory of 1892. Alas, the advance of civilization has all but rendered Monte and his comrades obsolete -- and with the increasing corporate buy-ups of Wyoming land, these relics of the Old West have practically nowhere else to go. Should Monte continue as before, seeking out the last of the wide open spaces, or should he follow the advice of his sweetheart Martine (Isabella Rosselini) and settle down in a steady job -- say, as a trick rider-roper in the traveling Wild West Show owned by impresario Colonel Wilson (Wallace Shawn)? This elegiac drama debuted January 17, 2003, on the TNT network as part of the cable service's "100 Years of Westerns" celebration. The teleplay is partially credited to one of the scripters of the 1970 film, Lukas Heller, who died in 1988. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Simon Wincer
- Written By
- Michael Brandman, Robert B. Parker, Lukas Heller, David Zelag Goodman
- Genres
- Western, Action & Adventure
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 17, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Arthur Lazere, culturevulture.net
Episodic, with so many barely connected bits and pieces that the narrative momentum is largely lost.
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Cast
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Tom Selleck
as Monte Walsh
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Keith Carradine
as Chet Rollins
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George Eads
as Shorty Austin
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Wallace Shawn
as Colonel Wilson
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Barry Corbin
as Alderson
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Lori Hallier
as Mary Wilder
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Isabella Rossellini
as Martine
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William Devane
as Cal Brennan
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John Michael Higgins
as Robert Slocumb
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Robert Carradine
as Sunfish Perkins
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Rick Ravanello
as Sugar Wyman
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William Sanderson
as Skimpy Eagens
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Marshall R. Teague
as Dally Johnson
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Bruce McFee
as The Burley Man
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Tim Koetting
as Stocky Barman
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Gillian Carfra
as Young Woman
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James Gammon
as Fightin' Joe Hooker
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Matt Cooke
as Rufus Brady
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Zack Ward
as Powder Kent
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Shane Pollitt
as Joe Joslin
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Hat Henderson
as Rex Lynn
