5.6 /10 1 Votes
56% Rotten Tomatoes Box office 166,082 USD | 6.1/10 IMDb 2/4 Roger Ebert Initial release 22 January 1999 Story by Max Evans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Tim BevanBarbara De FinaEric FellnerMartin Scorsese Starring Woody HarrelsonBilly CrudupPatricia ArquetteCole HauserJames GammonPenélope CruzSam Elliott Cast Similar Movies about friendship, Westerns, Other similar movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The hi lo country trailer
The Hi-Lo Country is a 1998 American Western-drama film directed by Stephen Frears, starring Billy Crudup, Penélope Cruz, Woody Harrelson, Cole Hauser, Sam Elliott, Patricia Arquette, Enrique Castillo, and Katy Jurado. It is set in post-World War II New Mexico and is based on the novel by Western author Max Evans.
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- The hi lo country trailer
- The hi lo country trailer 1998
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Reception
- Awards
- Home media
- References
Don Walser appears in a rodeo dance sequence and sings a memorable Western swing, honky tonk rendition of "I'll Hold You in My Heart." Rodeo announcer Bob Tallman appears as himself in the film.
The hi lo country trailer 1998
Plot
In post-World War II best friends Big Boy Matson (Woody Harrelson) and Pete Calder (Billy Crudup) return home to find half of their town employed by corporate cattle baron Jim Ed Love (Sam Elliott). Hanging on to the mythic ideals of the American West Big Boy and Pete team up with an old time rancher Hoover Young (James Gammon) to raise cattle the cowboy way and life in Hi-Lo, New Mexico becomes a volatile powder keg.
The fuse is lit when Mona (Patricia Arquette), the wife of Jim Ed's foreman, begins a heated affair with Big Boy. Pete's past longings for Mona resurface with his discovery of the affair and the bond of friendship becomes sorely tested. Ultimately, Pete and Big Boy's friendship will be decided by the extent of their yearnings for the same woman, while Hi-Lo awaits the outcome of the explosive run-ins between Jim Ed Love and two proud cowboys.
Cast
Production
The movie was filmed on location in Bernal, New Mexico, Cerrillos, New Mexico, Galisteo, New Mexico, Española, New Mexico, Las Vegas, New Mexico, San Jose, New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Pritchett, Colorado.
Reception
The film was regarded by critics and film festivals as an example of the "classic" Western movie genre. Bob Graham of the San Francisco Chronicle said, "The traditional settings of Westerns are honored: the saloon, the dance hall, the rodeo, the cattle drive, the snowstorm. Hi-Lo is not only the name of the high-country flatlands where the story takes place, it is also a poker game, and that Western cliche is given a good spin, too."
Stephen Holden of the New York Times said, "In its best moments the movie feels like an epic hybrid of Red River and The Last Picture Show."
The sweeping score by Carter Burwell, and the Western swing songs of Floyd Tillman, Vaughn Monroe, Eddy Arnold, Merle Travis, Tex Williams, Hank Williams and sequence performances by Don Walser and Leon Rausch, were very highly regarded.
Awards
Home media
On December 18, 2012, Shout! Factory rereleased the film on DVD.