Appaloosa (film)

Appaloosa is an American western based on the 2005 novel, Appaloosa, by crime writer Robert B. Parker. Directed by Ed Harris and cowritten by Harris and Robert Knott, Appaloosa stars Harris alongside Viggo Mortensen, Rene Zellweger and Jeremy Irons. The film premiered in the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in selected cities on September 19, 2008, then expanded into widerelease on October 3, 2008.

In 1882, the small town of Appaloosa, New Mexico, is being terrorized by local rancher Randall Bragg Jeremy Irons, who killed the towns marshal, Jack Bell, and two deputies when they came to Braggs ranch to arrest two men. The town hires lawman and peacekeeper Virgil Cole Ed Harris and his deputy Everett Hitch Viggo Mortensen to protect and regain control of the town. The pair agree on one condition that the town follow Coles law and essentially cede control to him. The lawmen begin by confronting four of Braggs men who are causing a disturbance in the saloon. Three men refuse to allow themselves to be arrested, forcing Cole and Hitch to kill them. The fourth man surrenders and leaves the saloon. Bragg has a meeting with Cole and Hitch, initiating a standoff.Cole meets a new arrival to the town, the recently widowed Allie French Rene Zellweger, who has traveled west to find a new life. The two start a romantic relationship, and soon buy a house together. However, Allie is revealed to be promiscuous and attempts to seduce Hitch when they are alone. Despite having shown previous interest in her, Hitch refuses her advances out of loyalty to Cole. ........

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