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Release Date: 1999
Cast: John Diehl, Billy Crudup, Lane Smith, Darren E. Burrows, Cole Hauser, Will Cascio, Woody Harrelson, James Gammon, Enrique Castillo, Sam Elliott, Jacob Vargas, Robert Knott ...MORE
Cast: John Diehl, Billy Crudup, Lane Smith, Darren E. Burrows, Cole Hauser, Will Cascio, Woody Harrelson, James Gammon, Enrique Castillo, Sam Elliott, Jacob Vargas, Robert Knott, Craig Carter, Patricia Arquette, Penélope Cruz ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Western, Drama Film, Romantic Drama, Romance Film
The Hi-Lo Country is a 1998 American Western/drama film directed by Stephen Frears, starring Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Cole Hauser, Sam Elliott, Patricia Arquette, Penelope Cruz, Enrique Castillo, and Katy Jurado. It is set in post-WWII New Mexico and is based on the novel by Western author Max Evans.
Rodeo announcer Bob Tallman appears as himself in the film.
Just after 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 cattle baron Jim Ed Love (Sam Elliott). Hanging on to the mythic ideals of... MORE
The Hi-Lo Country is a 1998 American Western/drama film directed by Stephen Frears, starring Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Cole Hauser, Sam Elliott, Patricia Arquette, Penelope Cruz, Enrique Castillo, and Katy Jurado. It is set in post-WWII New Mexico and is based on the novel by Western author Max Evans.
Rodeo announcer Bob Tallman appears as himself in the film.
Just after 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 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 yearings for the same woman, while Hi-Lo awaits the outcome of the explosive run-ins between Jim Ed LESS
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