Monte Walsh (2003)
- Starring:
- Tom Selleck, Keith Carradine, (more)
- Director(s):
- Simon Wincer
- Category:
- Westerns, Television
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Based on a novel by Jack Schaefer (writer of Shane), and previously filmed theatrically in 1970, the made-for-cable Monte Walsh is the still-timely saga of a dying way of life. Monte Walsh (Tom Selleck) and his friends are cowboys and bronco busters, plying their trade in the Wyoming Territory of 1892. Alas, the advance of civilization has all but rendered Monte and his comrades obsolete -- and with the increasing corporate buy-ups of Wyoming land, these relics of the Old West have practically nowhere else to go. Should Monte continue as before, seeking out the last of the wide open spaces, or should he follow the advice of his sweetheart Martine (Isabella Rosselini) and settle down in a steady job -- say, as a trick rider-roper in the traveling Wild West Show owned by impresario Colonel Wilson (Wallace Shawn)? This elegiac drama debuted January 17, 2003, on the TNT network as part of the cable service's "100 Years of Westerns" celebration. The teleplay is partially credited to one of the scripters of the 1970 film, Lukas Heller, who died in 1988. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 117 mins
Complete Cast:
- Tom Selleck - Monte Walsh
- George Eads - Shorty Austin
- Barry Corbin - Alderson
- Isabella Rossellini - Martine
- John Michael Higgins - Robert Slocumb
- Rick Ravanello - Sugar Wyman
- Marshall Teague - Dally Johnson
- Tim Koetting - Stocky Barman
- James Gammon - Fightin' Joe Hooker
- Zack Ward - Powder Kent
- Hat Henderson - Rex Lynn
- Keith Carradine - Chet Rollins
- Wallace Shawn - Colonel Wilson
- Lori Hallier - Mary Wilder
- William Devane - Cal Brennan
- Robert Carradine - Sunfish Perkins
- William Sanderson - Skimpy Eagens
- Bruce McFee - The Burley Man
- Gillian Carfra - Young Woman
- Matt Cooke - Rufus Brady
- Shane Pollitt - Joe Joslin
- Director(s):
- Simon Wincer
- Producer(s):
- John Albanis, Steven J. Brandman
- Categories:
- Westerns, Television
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