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Lonesome Dove

Year:

1989

Duration:

384 min | Brazil:145 min (video version)

Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Western

IMDB rate:

8.9

Awards:

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 15 wins & 17 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1989-02-05

Filming Locations: Alamo Village - Highway 674, Brackettville, Texas, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Helena Humann

Robert Duvall

Augustus 'Gus' McCrae

Tommy Lee Jones

Woodrow F. Call

Danny Glover

Joshua Deets

Diane Lane

Lorena Wood

Robert Urich

Jake Spoon

Frederic Forrest

Blue Duck

D.B. Sweeney

Dish Boggett

Ricky Schroder

Newt Dobbs

Anjelica Huston

Clara Allen

Chris Cooper

July Johnson

Timothy Scott

Pea Eye Parker

Glenne Headly

Elmira Boot Johnson (4 episodes, 1989)

Barry Corbin

Roscoe Brown

William Sanderson

Lippy Jones

Barry Tubb

Jasper Fant

Gavan O'Herlihy

Dan Suggs

Steve Buscemi

Luke

Frederick Coffin

Big Zwey

Travis Swords

Allan O'Brien (4 episodes, 1989)

Kevin O'Morrison

Doctor (4 episodes, 1989)

Ron Weyand

Old Hugh (4 episodes, 1989)

Lanny Flaherty

Soupy Jones (4 episodes, 1989)

David Carpenter

Needle Nelson

James McMurtry

Jimmy Rainey (4 episodes, 1989)

Charlie Haynie

Ben Rainey (4 episodes, 1989)

James Terry McIlvain

Cowboy (4 episodes, 1989)

Sonny Carl Davis

Bert Borum (4 episodes, 1989)

Jorge Martínez de Hoyos

Po Campo

León Singer

Bolivar

Thomas Connor

Bob Allen (2 episodes, 1989)

Jerry Biggs

Roy Suggs

Missy Crider

Sally Allen (2 episodes, 1989)

Sean Hennigan

Eddie Suggs

Lauren Stanley

Betsy Allen (2 episodes, 1989)

Julius Tennon

Frog Lip (2 episodes, 1989)

Jack Caffrey

Cholo (2 episodes, 1989)

Adam Faraizl

Joe Boot (2 episodes, 1989)

Jimmy Ray Pickens

Bill Spettle (2 episodes, 1989)

Bradley Gregg

Sean O'Brien

Nina Siemaszko

Janey (2 episodes, 1989)

Did you know?

Trivia

Tommy Lee Jones and William Sanderson previously appeared together in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), which starred Sissy Spacek. Spacek took over the role of Lorena in the sequel, Streets of Laredo (1995).

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Originally Tommy Lee was to play Gus and Duvall Captain Call but after Duvall read the book he wanted to play Gus and the roles were switched.

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Principal photography lasted for 16 weeks at 6 days a week, and encompassed 89 speaking parts, 1000 extras, 30 wranglers, 100 horses, 90 crew and 1400 cattle. Some scenes were so complex that they were shot from 6 different cameras at once.

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Goofs

When Gus kills his horse to use it as a shield against Blue Duck's men, the horse can still be seen breathing. Additionally, it moves its leg in a later frame.

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During some shots of the thunderstorm brewing up in Part One, the ground isn't moving at all, revealing the "storm" to be a rear-projected special effect.

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When Gus goes to shoot up the Indian encampment with July Johnson, count the number of Indians who "go down" from being hit versus the number of shots fired. One more Indian dies than the number of shots fired.

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Quotes

Blue Duck: [to Gus] You ever bring that tongue of yours north of the Canadian River, I'll cut it off and feed it to my wolf pups.

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Gus McCrae: [to Jake about his riding with the Suggs] A man that will go along with five killin's is taking his leaving awful slow.

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Gus McCrae: It's not dying I'm talking about, it's living.

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