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Appaloosa

Feelings get you killed.

Looks like a nice place for a hanging...

This western is set in the town of Appaloosa, New Mexico. It follows a common western plotline: there is a baddie rancher who makes his own laws, so the townsfolk hire some fast guns and appoint them as sheriffs to clean the town up. This one is complicated by the addition of two women, who get involved with the two sheriffs. Things hot up as they arrest the baddie, who calls for reinforcements, while they wait for the judge to arrive.

114 minutes, No persons under 13 (Language, Violence)
Crime, Drama, Western.

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Credits
Cast	Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Jeremy Irons, Ren�e Zellweger, Lance Henriksen, Adam Nelson, Ariadna Gil
Director	Ed Harris
Screenplay	Robert Knott, Ed Harris, from the novel by Robert B. Parker
Music	Jeff Beal
Cinematography	Dean Semier
Editing	Kathryn Himoff
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2008
Produced by	New Line Cinema, Axon Films, Eight Gauge Productions, Groundswell Productions
SA Distributor	Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Western
Language	Moderate strength, fairly frequent
Nudity	One very brief scene in non-sexual context
Sex	Some sexual innuendo and references
Violence	Fairly frequent and realistic, strongly implied, some bloodiness
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Infrequent blasphemy
Drug abuse	Infrequent social alcohol and tobacco
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith	10
Die BurgerJeanne Calitz	15
Cape TimesKenneth Turan	10
The CitizenBruce Dennill	14
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	10
24.comIvan Sadler	15
International Media
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	15
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson	15
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	15
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers	18
ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs	7
Metacritic.com32 critics	13
RottenTomatoes.com144 critics	13
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	15
Internet (IMDB)10654 Netizens	14

Average .. 66%	13

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