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Broken Trail [Blu-ray]

starring: Robert Duvall, Thomas Haden Church, Gwendoline Yeo, Greta Scacchi, Chris Mulkey
directed by: Walter Hill

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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Binding: Blu-ray
EAN: 0043396263598
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: American Movie Classics (AMC)
Manufacturer: American Movie Classics (AMC)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: American Movie Classics (AMC)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Running Time: 184 minutes
Sales Rank: 5810
Studio: American Movie Classics (AMC)
Theatrical Release Date: June 25, 2006



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Product Description:
Top-rated miniseries! Set in 1897, Print Ritter and his estranged nephew Tom Harte become the reluctant guardians of five abused and abandoned Chinese girls. Ritter and Harte's attempts to care for the girls are complicated by their responsibility to deliver a herd of horses while avoiding a group of bitter rivals intent on kidnapping the girls for their own purposes.

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The lives of two stoic cowboys and five abused Chinese women become intertwined in Walter Hill's sprawling miniseries Broken Trail. Print Ritter (Academy Award winner Robert Duvall) and his nephew Tom Harte (Thomas Haden Church, Sideways) agree to deliver a herd of 500 horses from Oregon to Wyoming. Along the way, they rescue the young women--most of them still just girls--who're being transported to a brothel to have their virginity auctioned off. When the madam sees she is about to lose the girls, she screams at Tom, 'What about my property?' He shouts back, 'That's the price of being a capitalist, lady.' Unable to overcome the language barrier, Print assigns numbers to the girls. Number 3, Sun Foy (Gwendoline Yeo, Desperate Housewives) is the most fearless and perceptive of them. Though the others don't want to be called Number 4--an unlucky numeral in their homeland--Ye Fung (Olivia Cheng), the most tragic of the group, doesn't care. Targeted for her beauty, she finds herself unable to overcome the trauma. The number suits her, in her mind. Along the way, Print and Tom rescue Nola Johns (Greta Scacchi), the proverbial hooker with the heat of gold, who was forced into prostitution after her husband died.

The cinematography is gorgeous as the camera sweeps over the lush landscape (the Canadian Rockies subbing in for wild West of the late 1800s) and Hill does a formidable job of pacing this 3-hour drama with just the right balance of dialogue and action. For Duvall, Broken Trail is the last piece to his Western trilogy, which started with the miniseries Lonesome Dove followed by the feature film Open Range. He is instantly likeable as a father figure and the viewer never doubts that his intention for the girls is honorable. As for Haden Church, he has never been as appealing as he is in this role. Gruff and flawed, he softens when he exchanges shy glances with Sun Foy. The trek is long and hard and the unlikely band of travelers will face much hardship. If not as satisfying as the rich, detailed Lonesome Dove, Broken Trail makes up for it with a wonderful storyline and some fine acting by all involved. As for the conclusion, it may surprise some viewers who are expecting a more traditional version of the happy ending. --Jae-Ha Kim



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Duvall is back on the trail again
If there are any actors today that can fit into chaffs and cowboy boots, they would be Clint Eastwood ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Easily one of the best-looking, best-acted westerns I've ever seen.
Both Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church excel and head a marvelous cast in this gripping western that ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Broken movie...
An interesting western but filled with nudity and actions that bring the quality of he movie down. The acting ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent beyond words!
This is wonderful movie where the cast fits "hand in glove." Words cannot describe how uplifting, heartwarming ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Good Buy!!
I would compare this movie to BBC Planet Earth. Both films are great, have a lot of amazing shots and a few not ... Read More

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