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Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
1989
Drama, Adventure
TV Mini-Series
6h 24m
Epic story about two former Texas rangers who decide to move cattle from the south to Montana. Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call run into many problems on the way, and the journey doesn't end without numerous casualties (imdb) Episode List

Directed by:

Simon Wincer
Simon-Wincer
32 total credits
Simon Wincer has 32 credits at Criticker, including: Free Willy, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, The Phantom, Operation Dumbo Drop and Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

Writers:

William D. Wittliff
William-D-Wittliff
10 total credits
William D. Wittliff has 10 credits at Criticker, including: The Perfect Storm, Lonesome Dove, The Cowboy Way, Barbarosa and Country
,
Larry McMurtry
Larry-McMurtry
17 total credits
Larry McMurtry has 17 credits at Criticker, including: Brokeback Mountain, The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment, Hud and Lonesome Dove

Starring:

Chris Cooper
Chris-Cooper
58 total credits
Christopher W. "Chris" Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American film actor. He became well known in the late 1990s, having appeared in supporting performances in several major Hollywood films, including American Beauty, Capote, The Town, The Kingdom, Syriana, October Sky, Seabiscuit, and Adaptation, for which he won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor...(Wikipedia)
,
Steve Buscemi
Steve-Buscemi
149 total credits
Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi is an American actor, writer and film director. An associate member of the renowned experimental theater company The Wooster Group, he has starred in successful Hollywood films including Miller's Crossing, Reservoir Dogs, Desperado, Fargo, Con Air, The Big Lebowski, Armageddon, and Big Fish, as well as in the TV series Boardwalk Empire, which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Drama...(Wikipedia)
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Danny Glover
Danny-Glover
144 total credits
Danny Lebern Glover is an American actor, film director, and political activist. Glover is well known for his roles as Mr. Albert Johnson in The Color Purple, as Michael Harrigan in Predator 2, as corrupt cop James McFee in Witness, and as Detective Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film franchise. He has also appeared in many other movies, television shows, and theatrical performances. He is very active in and strongly supports various humanitarian and political causes.. - www.wikipedia.org
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Robert Duvall
Robert-Duvall
121 total credits
Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards over the course of his career. He began appearing in theatre during the late 1950s, moving into small, supporting television and film roles during the early 1960s in such works as To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963). He started to land much larger roles during the early 1970s with movies like MASH (1970) and THX 1138 (1971). (Wikipedia)
,
Rick Schroder
Rick-Schroder
37 total credits
Rick Schroder has 37 credits at Criticker, including: Lonesome Dove, Poolhall Junkies, The Champ, The Lost Battalion and Little Lord Fauntleroy
,
Anjelica Huston
Anjelica-Huston
82 total credits
Anjelica Huston is an American actress. Huston became the third generation of her family to win an Academy Award, for her performance in 1985's Prizzi's Honor, joining her father, director John Huston, and grandfather, actor Walter Huston. She later was nominated in 1989 and 1990 for her acting in Enemies, a Love Story and The Grifters respectively. Among her roles, she starred as Morticia Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993)...(Wikipedia)
,
D.B. Sweeney
DB-Sweeney
53 total credits
D.B. Sweeney has 53 credits at Criticker, including: Spawn, Taken 2, Brother Bear, Dinosaur and Hardball
,
Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy-Lee-Jones
79 total credits
Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor and director. His film roles include federal marshal Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals, the villain "Two-Face" in Batman Forever, terrorist William Strannix in Under Siege, Agent K in the Men in Black films, Texas Ranger and Rancher Woodrow F. Call in Lonesome Dove, Ed Tom Bell in No Country for Old Men, a Texas Ranger in Man of the House and Pete Perkins in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada...(Wikipedia)
,
Diane Lane
Diane-Lane
67 total credits
Diane Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American film actress. Born and raised in New York City, Lane made her screen debut at the age of 13 in George Roy Hill's 1979 film A Little Romance, starring opposite Sir Laurence Olivier. Soon after, she was featured on the cover of Time magazine. She has since appeared in several notable films, including the 2002 film Unfaithful, which earned her Academy Award, Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations...(Wikipedia)
,
Frederic Forrest
Frederic-Forrest
57 total credits
Frederic Fenimore Forrest, Jr. is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Chef in Apocalypse Now, When The Legends Die, It Lives Again, the neo-Nazi surplus store owner in Falling Down, Right to Kill? and for playing the writer Dashiell Hammett twice in film -- in Hammett and in Citizen Cohn. He had a role as the renegade Mexican-Indian Blue Duck in the 1989 miniseries, Lonesome Dove. He was Academy Award-nominated in the Supporting Actor category for his role in The Rose. (Wikipedia)
,
Robert Urich
Robert-Urich
38 total credits
Robert Urich has 38 credits at Criticker, including: Magnum Force, Lonesome Dove, The Ice Pirates, Turk 182! and Invitation to Hell
,
Gavan O'Herlihy
Gavan-OHerlihy
9 total credits
Gavan O'Herlihy has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Willow, Superman III, Never Say Never Again, The Descent: Part 2 and Death Wish 3

Franchise:

Lonesome Dove

Genres:

Drama, Adventure, Western

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Lonesome Dove

1989
Drama, Adventure
TV Mini-Series
6h 24m
Avg Percentile 75.75% from 335 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

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Rated 22 Sep 2010
76
93rd
Epic Western (especially for a television mini-series) tells the tale of two aging Texas Ranger legends who couldn't be more different from one another. Good cast, the story sometimes strays into the uninteresting, but all in all its very entertaining. Duvall and Jones are perfect in the leads.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
89
96th
It's probably one of the most solid and best mini-series I've ever seen. It's also one of the best of the western genre. It also sports a great cast. Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones are at their best and are supported by the likes of Danny Glover, Anjelica Huston, Diane Lane, and Chris Cooper with a small cameo by Steve Buscemi. It's a great series.
Rated 05 Aug 2013
75
76th
Would benefit massively from an HBO remake as to not make it so family-friendly like I'm assuming they had to in 1989. Also takes the cake for worst special effects ever (yes, even more so than "Birdemic"). Nonetheless, it is a true adaptation of one the greatest novels ever written within the English language. May Captain Augustus McCrae never die.
Rated 08 Feb 2012
80
78th
Here's a mini-series worth watching. When Tommy Lee Jones' boy is being hassled, he isn't afraid to punch someone in the face with his hoof. You heard me right.
Rated 13 Aug 2011
82
87th
Was I hesitant to start a 6-hour western with made-for-tv production values? Yep. Was I glad I finally decided to give it a try? Oh hell yeah. Lonesome Dove is a sweeping, grand tale on an impressive scale. I enjoyed all the sidetrips that show what characters in different locations are doing, and the whole thing was at times surprisingly brutal. Duvall was great, those 2 pigs were awesome. The final hour really got to me, but I had a shitty day and that's the excuse I'm sticking with.
Rated 24 Oct 2010
7
64th
Never hooked me. Too much nonsense in between any interesting developments. Casting is impressive and I naturally get pulled towards westerns, something was just missing. Not bad but not great either.
Rated 10 Jan 2010
59
28th
I loved the novel, and I didn't think this was that great--with the exception of Robert Duvall cast as Gus. (If Tommy Lee played Call now, he might have fit more. I would have liked to have seen Sam Shepherd as Call.) The other actors weren't that great, imo.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
99
97th
One of the greatest Westerns made. Being made for television doesn't diminish any of its cinematic vision or enchanting intertwined storylines. Bob Duvall at his best.
Rated 03 Mar 2021
95
98th
no word to describe,Texas s badlands sands gonna fill ur mouth, and u gonna smell rain OF montana valleys..
Rated 22 May 2019
69
36th
While hurt by concessions to TV tropes and melodrama (the lurching, cliffhanger quality to the plotting, and Huston's rather embarrassing cameo), this is still an enjoyable enough mosey along, thanks to fun star turns from Duvall and Jones, though the rest of the cast are "not ready for prime time". Duvall and Lane's relationship never quite convinces; beautiful cinematography and costume design are a definite plus. Might have worked better as the Wayne/Stewart 70s film originally proposed.
Rated 05 Dec 2015
98
97th
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Rated 23 Jan 2015
85
80th
Looses some of its impact when a big moment utilizes a handful of obviously rubber snakes.
Rated 08 Dec 2013
55
11th
Watched the first three or four episodes and it just felt really throwbacky, like really sexist and patronizing to me. Even the heartwarming parts - and Robert Duval is extremely charming in some of these - feel very patronizing.
Rated 11 Oct 2013
90
95th
This is a great Western. It shows how small the line is between life and death, and how much depends on luck or chance. Also all the 'small' roles are occupied by a great cast. Always remember, 'We are changed by the lives around us.'
Rated 09 Jan 2012
76
56th
Hasn't aged superbly as the special effects are bad and the use of light looks odd in certain scenes. It's not a western that goes a great depth into anything, nor does it try to cross boundaries although we do see them cross a lot of rivers. Bit too goofy at times, but the cast pulls it off and it ends up being quite enjoyable.
Rated 16 Jun 2010
95
80th
This isn't some literary Western that extols on the American founding myth. No, this is more of a television Western, in the spirit of shows like Bonanza and Gunsmoke and films like Tombstone. The true marvel of this isn't the production value or cinematography or narrative, it's that it can go on for six hours and not have a single unnecessary scene or wasted moment.
Rated 27 Jul 2009
80
91st
A truly epic journey!
Rated 16 Jan 2008
92
98th
Best western novel and best western mini series.
Rated 15 Sep 2007
90
95th
Epic cattle drive tale based on the novel by Larry McMurtry which is a great blend of drama, action, comedy and romance. Amazing cast and a superb western tale, if slightly dated and corny due to it's made-for-TV PG-ness. 6 hours of goodness.
Rated 19 Feb 2024
75
76th
Largely rides on Duvall's brilliant portrayal of a flawed but deep-hearted man. Tommy Lee and Diane Lane are also excellent. Some broad characterisation leads me to wonder what it would be without the strength of its core cast. There is an underlying philosophy of amor fati amid a string of tragedies, and I'd recommend this to everyone who had a hand in writing GoT.
Rated 22 Jan 2024
60
51st
This was a decent TV miniseries but that's all it was. The story itself was most likely better than the format allowed.
Rated 19 Jul 2020
100
95th
Perfect long-form Western with a truly all-star cast.
Rated 07 Sep 2015
83
72nd
Pretty good western story with enjoyable characters and consistent dramatic beats.
Rated 11 Jun 2012
77
81st
Pissed me off on how the characters kept dying the dumbest ways. But was good mini series.
Rated 18 Nov 2011
78
77th
Not quite the ultimate Western, a little too traditional for my taste, but subtle, realistic and well-acted.
Rated 07 Aug 2011
80
81st
A very pleasant surprise. Great performances by Duval, Lee Jones, Cooper and Frederic Forrest.
Rated 02 Jul 2009
99
86th
Danny Glover is evil.
Rated 27 Mar 2008
0
8th
I don't care what anybody else says. This is total crap. Boring and witless. The part where Robert Duvall and that one chick cut cards to see if he gets to go to bed with her is where I turned it off

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Simon Wincer
Simon-Wincer
32 total credits
Simon Wincer has 32 credits at Criticker, including: Free Willy, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, The Phantom, Operation Dumbo Drop and Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

Writers:

William D. Wittliff
William-D-Wittliff
10 total credits
William D. Wittliff has 10 credits at Criticker, including: The Perfect Storm, Lonesome Dove, The Cowboy Way, Barbarosa and Country
,
Larry McMurtry
Larry-McMurtry
17 total credits
Larry McMurtry has 17 credits at Criticker, including: Brokeback Mountain, The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment, Hud and Lonesome Dove

Starring:

Chris Cooper
Chris-Cooper
58 total credits
Christopher W. "Chris" Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American film actor. He became well known in the late 1990s, having appeared in supporting performances in several major Hollywood films, including American Beauty, Capote, The Town, The Kingdom, Syriana, October Sky, Seabiscuit, and Adaptation, for which he won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor...(Wikipedia)
,
Steve Buscemi
Steve-Buscemi
149 total credits
Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi is an American actor, writer and film director. An associate member of the renowned experimental theater company The Wooster Group, he has starred in successful Hollywood films including Miller's Crossing, Reservoir Dogs, Desperado, Fargo, Con Air, The Big Lebowski, Armageddon, and Big Fish, as well as in the TV series Boardwalk Empire, which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Drama...(Wikipedia)
,
Danny Glover
Danny-Glover
144 total credits
Danny Lebern Glover is an American actor, film director, and political activist. Glover is well known for his roles as Mr. Albert Johnson in The Color Purple, as Michael Harrigan in Predator 2, as corrupt cop James McFee in Witness, and as Detective Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film franchise. He has also appeared in many other movies, television shows, and theatrical performances. He is very active in and strongly supports various humanitarian and political causes.. - www.wikipedia.org
,
Robert Duvall
Robert-Duvall
121 total credits
Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards over the course of his career. He began appearing in theatre during the late 1950s, moving into small, supporting television and film roles during the early 1960s in such works as To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963). He started to land much larger roles during the early 1970s with movies like MASH (1970) and THX 1138 (1971). (Wikipedia)
,
Rick Schroder
Rick-Schroder
37 total credits
Rick Schroder has 37 credits at Criticker, including: Lonesome Dove, Poolhall Junkies, The Champ, The Lost Battalion and Little Lord Fauntleroy
,
Anjelica Huston
Anjelica-Huston
82 total credits
Anjelica Huston is an American actress. Huston became the third generation of her family to win an Academy Award, for her performance in 1985's Prizzi's Honor, joining her father, director John Huston, and grandfather, actor Walter Huston. She later was nominated in 1989 and 1990 for her acting in Enemies, a Love Story and The Grifters respectively. Among her roles, she starred as Morticia Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993)...(Wikipedia)
,
D.B. Sweeney
DB-Sweeney
53 total credits
D.B. Sweeney has 53 credits at Criticker, including: Spawn, Taken 2, Brother Bear, Dinosaur and Hardball
,
Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy-Lee-Jones
79 total credits
Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor and director. His film roles include federal marshal Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals, the villain "Two-Face" in Batman Forever, terrorist William Strannix in Under Siege, Agent K in the Men in Black films, Texas Ranger and Rancher Woodrow F. Call in Lonesome Dove, Ed Tom Bell in No Country for Old Men, a Texas Ranger in Man of the House and Pete Perkins in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada...(Wikipedia)
,
Diane Lane
Diane-Lane
67 total credits
Diane Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American film actress. Born and raised in New York City, Lane made her screen debut at the age of 13 in George Roy Hill's 1979 film A Little Romance, starring opposite Sir Laurence Olivier. Soon after, she was featured on the cover of Time magazine. She has since appeared in several notable films, including the 2002 film Unfaithful, which earned her Academy Award, Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations...(Wikipedia)
,
Frederic Forrest
Frederic-Forrest
57 total credits
Frederic Fenimore Forrest, Jr. is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Chef in Apocalypse Now, When The Legends Die, It Lives Again, the neo-Nazi surplus store owner in Falling Down, Right to Kill? and for playing the writer Dashiell Hammett twice in film -- in Hammett and in Citizen Cohn. He had a role as the renegade Mexican-Indian Blue Duck in the 1989 miniseries, Lonesome Dove. He was Academy Award-nominated in the Supporting Actor category for his role in The Rose. (Wikipedia)
,
Robert Urich
Robert-Urich
38 total credits
Robert Urich has 38 credits at Criticker, including: Magnum Force, Lonesome Dove, The Ice Pirates, Turk 182! and Invitation to Hell
,
Gavan O'Herlihy
Gavan-OHerlihy
9 total credits
Gavan O'Herlihy has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Willow, Superman III, Never Say Never Again, The Descent: Part 2 and Death Wish 3

Franchise:

Lonesome Dove

Genres:

Drama, Adventure, Western

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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