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Times change, Monte Walsh doesn't. For him, being a cowboy isn't
a job, it's a life. And that's something the fenced-in, corporate-bean-counting
ways of the onrushing 20th century must never alter. Tom Selleck
plays Monte, struggling to continue the life he knows while seeing
the new era nudge the cowboy way toward history's dustbin. Lonesome
Dove Emmy winner Simon Wincer directs this Western featuring a
superb supporting cast and based on a novel by the author of Shane.
Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working
whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do
from a horse." Their lives are divided between months on the range
and the occasional trip into town. Monte has a long-term relationship
with prostitute Martine Bernard, while Chet has fallen under the
spell of the widow who owns the hardware store. Camaraderie and
competition with the other cowboys fill their days, until one
of the hands, Shorty Austin, loses his job and gets involved in
rustling and killing. Then Monte and Chet find that their lives
on the range are inexorably redirected.
STARRING: Tom Selleck, Isabella Rossellini, Keith Carradine,
George Eads, Barry Corbin, James Gammon, Wallace Shawn, William
Devane
DIRECTED BY: Simon Wincer
Approxomate Running Time: 119 Minutes
DVD Release Date: July 29, 2003
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Monte
Walsh - Last Cowboy 