Return to Lonesome Dove Movie Review 1993

Routine sequel to successful western saga "Lonesome Dove" picks up after the burial of Gus McCrae in Texas by his friend, ex-Texas Ranger Woodrow F. Call (now played by Voight). The original dealt with a cattle drive, this one with horses. Along the way you'll run into the usual sidewinders as well as McCrae's lost love Clara (now Hershey) and Schroder, returning as Call's unacknowledged son Newt. Filmed on loction in Montana. TV production was already underway when author Larry McMurtry gave the producers his then unpublished sequel "Streets of Laredo" which differed from the script. Some changes were made but the book and miniseries don't match.

Distribution

Fusion Video, 100 Fusion Way, Country Club Hills, IL 60478, URL: http://www.coldfusionvideo.com

Available on VHS
Running time 330 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Westerns, Dads, Texas, Montana

Screenplay

John Wilder

Cast

Jon Voight, William L. Petersen, Rick Schroder, Barbara Hershey, Louis Gossett, Oliver Reed, Reese Witherspoon, Nia Peeples, Dennis Haysbert, Timothy Scott, Barry Tubb, Chris Cooper, CCH Pounder, William Sanderson

Director

Mike Robe

Producer

Dyson Lovell, John Wilder, Jr. Robert Halmi, Inc. RHI Entertainment, de Passe Entertainment, Nightwatch Prods. Inc.