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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Heinrich von Kleist (book)
Dick Cusack (written by)
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Release Date:
17 huhtikuu 1999 (USA) more
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After being wrongfully denied justice, a horse trader seeks his own justice on a treacherous rancher. full summary | add synopsis
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Solid film, beautiful story more (62 total)

Cast

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John Cusack ... Myrl Redding

John Goodman ... Judge Tolliver
L.Q. Jones ... Henry Ballard

Miranda Otto ... Cora Redding

John C. McGinley ... Woody

John Savage ... Slater
Rodney A. Grant ... Billy
Kurt Fuller ... Conrad

Rex Linn ... Shelby Dykes

Jay O. Sanders ... Atty. Gen. Metcalfe
Drake Bell ... Cage Redding

Nick Gillie ... Ollie (as Nicholas E. Gillie)

Duncan Fraser ... Edsel Fraser
Ken Pogue ... Judge Wilkins

Glenn Morshower ... Col. Jeffries (as Glen Morshower)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some Western violence.
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116 min
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Anachronisms: The same flag, with 50 stars, is waved by towns women when the Governor is having his photo taken in Cheyene with the women. more
Quotes:
[Riding through a beautiful mountain pass]
Woody: Whaddaya make of all this?
Myrl Redding: A church with no roof. Ya got the Almighty braggin' his head off.
Woody: Yeah. Whaddaya figure he's sayin'?
Myrl Redding: "Remember who did this. Don't get too big for your britches." I guess.
Woody: Fair enough.
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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Solid film, beautiful story, 24 huhtikuu 2005
9/10
Author: (Ancient@comcast.net) from United States

Though most likely found in the Westerns section at your local rental joint, this movie does not feel like a western. It feels like a timeless story set incidentally in the "Old West." It is, in fact, derived from another telling of the same story set in another time and another place. Regardless of that fact, "The Jack Bull" stands on its own for quality and character. All performances, from the leads to the extras, are inspired. John Cusack is in top form and earns his place in the title role. The direction, cinematography and editing are unpresumptuous but essentially flawless, as if standing aside to let the story go to your heart. And the story itself is touching and transcendent, a parable of honor, duty, pride, justice, and the price paid by those who uphold them. Neither a traditional "ride off into the sunset," nor a traditional tragedy, this film rather from beginning to end rings true and thereby sets itself apart from others like it. It comes highly recommended, and will not disappoint.

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