All the Pretty Horses

Billy Bob Thornton

Overview

Director Billy Bob Thornton explores coming of age in this Western based on Cormac McCarthy's prize-winning novel of the same name. John Grady Cole (Matt Damon) and Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas) are young Texan men who seek a more fulfilling life as cowboys in the slowly fading Old West, circa 1949. One night, the duo head for Mexico in hope of finding some adventure and employment, and along the way run into Blevins (Lucas Black), an even younger drifter who has supposedly stolen a horse from private property. Begrudgingly, Cole and Rawlins take him under their wing before they eventually find themselves in Mexico, working for a wealthy landowner (Ruben Blades). His stalwart and beautiful daughter Alejandra (Penelope Cruz) develops a romantic interest in Cole, which threatens the friendship between him and Rawlins, not to mention their living quarters, where Alejandra's watchful aunt (Miriam Colon) warns Cole that she has professed allegiance to her. Cole and Rawlins' thrill-seeking adventures with Blevins and the stolen horse catch up to them, however, and they are held prisoners in a brutal penitentiary, where their cowboy instincts are put to the ultimate test. Cole, meanwhile, wants nothing more than to get back to Alejandra and resume their love affair. The film also features Bruce Dern in a small role as a judge who eventually gives much-desired guidance to Cole.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/24/2015
UPC:	0683904543301
Original Release:	2000
Source:	Mill Creek Dead Prod
Language:	English

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Matt Damon	John Grady
Henry Thomas	Rawlins
Lucas Black	Blevins
Penelope Cruz	Alejandra
Rubén Blades	Rocha
Robert Patrick	Cole
Angelina Torres	Luisa
Julio Oscar Mechoso	Captain
J.D. Young	Grandfather
Laura Poe	Mother
Elizabeth Ibarra	Maria,Maria
Sam Shepard	J.C. Franklin
Yvette Diaz	Girl
Imelda Colindres	Girl's Mom,Girl's Mom
Augustín Solís	Manuel
Myriam Colón	Alfonsa
Lonnie Rodríguez	Esteban
Raul Malo	Singer
Fredrick Lopez	Lieutenant,Clapping Man,le lieutenant
Ferron Lucero Jr.	Lieutenant's Man,Lieutenant's Man
Denes Lujan	Orlando
Manuel Sanchez Berianga	Lieutenant's Man
Edwin M. Figueroa	Charro
Matthew E. Montoya	Indian
Julian Prada	Prison Singer,Prison Singer
Roberto Enrique Pineda	Doctor
Vincente Ramos	Commandante
J.D. Garfield	Carlos
Julio Cesar Cedillo	Campesino
Marc Miles	Deputy Smith
Brian Orr	Man at Car
Bruce Dern	Judge
Jesse Plemons	Young Grady
Daniel Lanois	Singer
Miriam Colon	Actor
Kristin Wilkinson	Composer
Larry Paxton	Composer
Marty Stuart	Composer
K. Alexander Wilkinson	Composer

Technical Credits

Ted Tally

Billy Bob Thornton	Director,Producer,Producer
Jo Edina Boldin	Casting
Ted Tally	Screenwriter
Robert Salerno	Producer
Sally Menke	Executive Producer
Jonathan Gordon	Executive Producer
Mary Ann Madden	Producer
Peter Brown	Sound/Sound Designer
Paul Ledford	Sound Mixer
Stephen Flick	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Billy Bob Thornton's film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's award-winning novel is an elegiac, handsomely rendered western about a young Texas cowboy whose inchoate longing for adventure takes him south of the border. Matt Damon portrays John Grady Cole, a dispossessed rancher joined by best friend Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas) on his trip to Mexico, by where wealthy rancher Don Hector Villarel (Rubén Blades) offers them work. Cole falls in love with Don Hector's spirited daughter, Alejandra (a luminous Penelope Cruz), but their tempestuous romance is disrupted when he's imprisoned for crimes instigated by another traveling companion. The story unfolds in the years immediately following World War II, during which time the last vestiges of the Wild West were disappearing. Director Thornton (Sling Blade) wants us to empathize with his young protagonists: They're more than boys but not yet men, yearning to be part of a tradition already receding into history. A contemporary evocation of western-movie themes, All the Pretty Horses is also a lovingly crafted, occasionally plaintive celebration of an all-but-vanished way of life. The DVD edition includes production notes, talent files, and theatrical trailers.