{"id":35544,"date":"2024-04-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35544"},"modified":"2024-04-04T09:15:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T13:15:29","slug":"appaloosa-2008-starring-ed-harris-viggo-mortensen-renee-zellweger-jeremy-irons-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35544","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Appaloosa&#8221; (2008) starring Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Ren\u00e9e Zellweger &#038; Jeremy Irons \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z040424zview_appaloosa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"741\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Appaloosa <\/strong><\/em>(2008)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director: <strong>\u00a0Ed Harris<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Robert Knott, Ed Harris <\/strong>based on<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3TXjmYF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> APPALOOSA <\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by<strong>\u00a0Robert B. Parker<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Ren\u00e9e Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Timothy V. Murphy, Luce Rains, Boyd Kestner, Cerris Morgan-Moyer<\/strong> and <strong>James Gammon<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>Feelings get you killed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Randall Bragg (Irons) is a rancher who lives outside the town of Appaloosa.\u00a0 When Bragg and his men ride into town they do as they wish.\u00a0 Laws be damned.\u00a0 After a disturbance, the town&#8217;s Marshall and two deputies are brutally gunned down when they try to serve a warrant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marshall Virgil Cole (Harris) and his partner, Deputy Everett Hitch (Mortensen) agree to become\u00a0 Appaloosa&#8217;s lawmen.\u00a0 They have a reputation for no nonsense.\u00a0 Bragg learns of Cole and Hitch and rides into town with his crew to intimidate them.\u00a0 Bragg sees that Cole and Hitch won&#8217;t back down or tolerate nonsense.\u00a0 This puts them on a collision course that won&#8217;t end well for anyone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Appaloosa<\/em> is based on the first novel in Robert B. Parker&#8217;s Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch series.\u00a0 Since Parker&#8217;s death Robert Knott (the co-screenwriter on this movie) has continued the book series.\u00a0 At one point it was thought that there would be more movies based on the books, but they never happened.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\"><em><strong>Appaloosa <\/strong><\/em>(2008) rates 4 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z040424zview_appaloosa2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appaloosa (2008) Director: \u00a0Ed Harris Screenplay: Robert Knott, Ed Harris based on APPALOOSA \u00a0by\u00a0Robert B. 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