Open Field: After Dances with Wolves
In 1991, Kevin Costner created a cinematic masterpiece with his western Dancing with Wolves. For his first film as director it was a real triumph: the film won seven Oscars, including those for best filmand the best result. Thirteen years later, after experiencing a bitter failure with his second production, Postmanwith Kevin Costner he returns to the western Open field, worn by himself and Robert Duvall. The film is an adaptation of the novel The men of the Open Range by Lauran Paine.
The plot is set in rural America at the end of the 19th century, where the law is often absent and conflicts over land dominate. The film tells the story of four men who lead a nomadic life as cattle drivers. Charley Waite (Kevin Costner), Boss Spearman (Robert Duvall), Mose (Abraham Benrubi) and Button (Diego Luna) live by moving their herd freely across the vast meadowsa practice increasingly threatened by landowners seeking to fence and monopolize land.
The drama begins in earnest when Mose is sent to a nearby town to purchase supplies, but does not return. Worried, Boss and Charley go looking for him and discover that he has been brutally beaten. and is arrested by the local marshal, corrupt and under the control of the tyrannical rancher Denton Baxter (Michael Gambon). Baxter, who hates nomadic herders, sees them as a threat to his control over the region. The conflict intensifies.
Upon his exit, Open field it was very favorably received by audiences and critics, and was a great success at the box office with almost 70 million in worldwide receipts, for a budget estimated at 22 million. In France the film had a mixed reception, with 452,000 admissions in theaters.
A big return expected for the western this year
Twenty years after the release ofOpen field at the cinema, Kevin Costner will finally present his new great western this year, next summer. Baptized Horizon: An American Saga, it is a cinematic fresco that spans fifteen years and focuses on the conquest of the West. Divided into four chapters (and presumably two films), the first, three hours long, will have its world premiere next month at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. This is a long-term project for the director, who has been preparing for 35 years.
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Source: Cine Serie
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