All the Pretty Horses Movie Review 2000

John Grady Cole (Damon) is a dispossessed Texas cowboy in the late 1940s who, along with his buddy Lacey Rawlins (Thomas) and teen misfit Blevins (Black), crosses the border for, he hopes, a better life in Mexico. What he finds is an ill-fated romance with the beautiful daughter (Cruz) of a possessive rancher (Blades). It's pretty, all right. But thanks to Thornton's uneven pacing and inability to settle on a visual style, the story, and splendor, of the book is lost somewhere along the way. Of the young (and also pretty) cast, Damon and especially Black fare the best. Based on the first book of Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 117 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Modern Cowboys, Westerns, Period Piece: 1940s, Mexico, Men in Prison, Horses, Romantic Drama, Texas

Screenplay

Ted Tally

Cast

Matt Damon, Penelope Cruz, Ruben Blades, Lucas Black, Henry Thomas, Robert Patrick, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Miriam Colon, Bruce Dern, Sam Shepard

Cinematography

Barry Markowitz

Director

Billy Bob Thornton

Music

Marty Stuart

Producer

Miramax Films, Columbia Pictures, Miramax, Sony Pictures

Awards

Natl. Bd. of Review 2000: Screenplay.