Terra di confine - Open Range

Titolo originale: Open Range
Regia: Kevin Costner |
Anno: 2003
Origine: United Kingdom | United States of America |
Generi: Western Dramma Azione Romance
Tag: gunslinger | montana | horse | beef | ranger | revenge | shootout | doctor | cattle | thunderstorm | cowboy | crooked sheriff | civil war veteran | 19th century | land baron | vengeance | lawman | violence |
Cast: Kevin Costner | Robert Duvall | Michael Gambon | Michael Jeter | Diego Luna | James Russo | Abraham Benrubi | Kim Coates | Annette Bening | Dean McDermott | Herb Kohler | Peter MacNeill | Cliff Saunders | Patricia Stutz | Julian Richings | Ian Tracey | Rod Wilson | Diego Diablo Del Mar | Patricia Benedict | Tim Koetting | Tom Carey | Kurtis Sanheim | Billy Morton | Alex Zahara | Chad Camilleri | Greg Schlosser | Guy Bews | Lorette Clow | Alexis Cerkiewicz |

Quattro mandriani nel West di fine ‘800 pascolano il loro bestiame sulle distese erbose nelle vicinanze di una cittadina. Il proprietario terriero della zona, che controlla con una strategia di terrore la popolazione del luogo, non accetta che degli stranieri siano presenti nei luoghi che possiede, e cerca sfidandoli corpo a corpo di eliminarli.

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Kevin Costner really loved the "country's fillin' up" line. In the 1880s, the U.S. population h [...] D
A lone tree was planted by the crew so the audience would remember a certain spot later. D
Robert Duvall was the only actor that Kevin Costner had in mind for the role of Boss Spearman. [...] D
Originally, Touchstone Pictures had Kevin Costner top-billed over Robert Duvall, but Costner as [...] D
Towards the end of the movie, when Sue uses Charlie's full name, Charles Postelwaite, Charlie c [...] D
Even though this is an American Western, the whole score was recorded in Prague by an orchestra [...] D
Kevin Costner intentionally filmed the gunfight in giant wide shots. D
Cinematographer J. Michael Muro was hand-picked by Kevin Costner. He took a chance on Muro afte [...] D
In a scene cut from the movie, Charley had already killed one injured man. D
Dean McDermott got the part of Doc Barlow because he was the only actor to audition with a limp [...] D
The idea for Marshall Poole (James Russo) playing the violin was proposed by an actor auditioni [...] D
Only one part of the shoot-out was shot in slow motion. Kevin Costner tried to avoid slow motio [...] D
Stoney Elder Dale House performed a special spiritual ceremony for Kevin Costner before filming [...] D
Kevin Costner turned down the role of Bill in Kill Bill - Volume 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 [...] D
The script doesn't specify where the story takes place, but Kevin Costner insisted on finding l [...] D
Screenwriter Craig Storper wanted to make a movie about "the evolution of violence in the West. [...] D
The dog's name is Tig. Kim Coates played a character named Tig on Sons of Anarchy (2008). D
Kevin Costner was thrilled with the costumes for the movie. He says they "captured the time" wi [...] D
Charley's last name, Waite, is also the last name of Ralph Waite, who played Frank Farmer's (Ke [...] D
The hefty revolver favored by Boss Spearman (Robert Duvall) is a model 1875 Remington Army. D
When we first see Denton Baxter (Sir Michael Gambon) in Marshall Poole's (James Russo's) office [...] D
Towards the end of production, Kevin Costner and some friends made a surprise visit to a large [...] D
Kevin Costner said that the dog's death scene was hard for him, because he's "a great lover of [...] D
No animals were harmed during the movie. D
Charley served in the Civil War. For which side is left deliberately ambiguous. From what he ex [...] D
James Russo and Kevin Costner appeared in L'uomo del giorno dopo (1997). D
Professional wranglers handled 225 head of cattle on the set. D
Cliff Saunders (Ralph) thrilled Kevin Costner with a videotaped audition. Even before it was ov [...] D
Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end [...] D
At only 2 hours and 19 minutes, this is the shortest of the three movies Kevin Costner self-dir [...] D
Kim Coates and Michael Jeter both appeared in Waterworld(1995) with Kevin Costner D
"Hunting" horses were used throughout the shoot-out because they weren't afraid of gunfire. Cin [...] D
Robert Duvall has a lot of respect for Kevin Costner. He's a big fan of Balla coi lupi (1990), [...] D
Boss (Robert Duvall) keeps calling Percy (Michael Jeter) "Old Man". But Duvall was 21 years old [...] D
Production spent over $1 million to build a Canadian town from scratch, since Kevin Costner did [...] D
This is the Old West, but the filmmakers mocked up the fight with computer generated models. It [...] D
Robert Duvall spent 13 weeks filming this movie in Alberta, but apparently the experience was n [...] D
Kevin Costner found a location while riding on his horse one day in between filming. D
Italian censorship visa # 97813 delivered on 20 February 2004. D
Night scenes were difficult to shoot because the sun rose after only five hours of darkness. D
This is the second movie in which Kevin Costner's character killed Kim Coates' character. The f [...] D
Robert Duvall accepted the role of Boss Spearman within 24 hours of reading the script. D
The rifle that Charley (Kevin Costner) used in the shoot-out is an 1873 Winchester sporting rif [...] D
The location was so far from civilization that they had to spend $40,000 to build a road just t [...] D
Clayton Lefthand of the Stoney (Nakoda Sioux) worked as a film liaison. D
Kevin Costner was excited that Robert Duvall improvised some of his dialogue. "It's easier if y [...] D
During filming, a young Native man, Romeo N. Ryder, was hired to do extra security work: he was [...] D
The filmmakers were disappointed that this movie earned an R-rating. Kevin Costner speculates i [...] D
Kevin Costner takes a prop from every movie on which he works to remember it. For this one, he [...] D
Tig, Charley's dog, was played by a mixed-breed terrier named "Chester". The dog Charley rescue [...] D
Kevin Costner said that Michael Jeter reminded him of Western character actors like Walter Bren [...] D
Annette Bening had to wear a corset the whole time she was in character. D
To create the flood, the crew pumped 32,000 gallons of water down the street every minute. A ma [...] D
Michael Kamen replaced Basil Poledouris as the composer, and contrary to general knowledge, Pol [...] D
Producers Kevin Costner, Jake Eberts, and David Valdes put up almost half of the budget from th [...] D
Tig was not only the name of the dog in the movie, but also the name of Kevin Costner's product [...] D
On the DVD release, a deleted scene called "Mose's Story". This is only a rough cut, and it rev [...] D
Annette Bening called Sue "a woman of real substance and simplicity." D
No humans were actually shot while making this movie. D
As revealed during his appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show (2013), Sir Anthony Hopkins wrote fa [...] D
Robert Duvall got bucked off a horse and broke six ribs while practicing his riding for this role. D