Directed by:
Billy Bob ThorntonScreenplay:
Ted TallyCinematography:
Barry MarkowitzCast:
Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Penélope Cruz, Rubén Blades, Bruce Dern, Robert Patrick, Sam Shepard, Lucas Black, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Julio Cedillo (more)Plots(1)
Billy Bob Thornton's ALL THE PRETTY HORSES is about John Grady Cole (Matt Damon), a young rancher growing up just after WWII. After his mother sells the family ranch, John convinces his best friend, Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas), to accompany him to Mexico, where ranching is still a big part of life. Along the way they meet Jimmy Blevins (Lucas Black), a winningly enthusiastic boy with a volatile nature. Eventually, John and Lacey end up on a huge ranch south of the border, where John falls for the wealthy rancher's daughter (Penélope Cruz). This leads to deadly trouble for the two young men, but John won't be dissuaded from pursuing his new love. Thornton has made a credible modern Western with this film, which gets strong performances from Damon, Cruz, Thomas, and, in a star-making turn, Black as the fiery Blevins. ALL THE PRETTY HORSES is at its best when focusing on the dusty details of the ranchers' hard existence. Barry Markowitz's cinematography and Ted Tally's script (based on Cormac McCarthy's much-loved novel) capture a sweet and melancholy flavor in depicting a way of life that seemed long since lost even while a hardy few were still living it. (official distributor synopsis)
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It's amazing how much Thorton sticks to Cormac McCarthy's novel and at the same time can't come close to it in quality for two hours. I have the feeling that he grossly misunderstood something in the source material. When I think about it, more than something, it's pretty much everything.
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