In 2005, while on a family horseback riding vacation, Ed Harris took the novel with him. Appalachian Robert B. by Parker, recently published. His reading ends with the real passion of the relationship that unites the two main characters.
After his first experience as a director dating back to 2000 with Pollock’s Confidential, a biography dedicated to the same artist, the actor decides to renew his experience to bring their story to the screen.
In 1882 New Mexico, Marshal Virgil Cole and Deputy Everett Hitch, longtime friends known for bringing peace and justice to lawless towns, were called to the small mining town of Appaloosa.
There, their duo is tested by an adversary from another dimension, the all-powerful Randall Bragg, but also an attractive widow…
If Ed Harris approaches the Western with no intention of revolutionizing the genre, he will struggle to find a budget at the height of its mythology. With $20 million in their pocket, the teams thus allow themselves to film in and around Santa Fe in natural settings (including the colorful cliffs of Abiquiu), as well as in Austin, Texas.
First of all, Ed Harris perfectly portrays the anthem of friendship that touched him so much in the original book, responding to Viggo Mortensen – their incredible alchemy already appeared in the story of violence.
Ed Harris’ Appaloosa with Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger…
Tonight on C8 at 9.20pm.
Source: Allocine
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