How dare I love this prequel, released seven years after the original that everyone thinks is so great? Who could possibly say this cast was stronger than the one led by Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall? I’m sure most Western fans will cry blasphemy. I can’t even count the number of times my hands flew over my mouth in shock and horror. It dragged me through every emotion, over and over again. The story gave me everything Lonesome Dove didn’t. I spent a rainy Saturday afternoon and evening immersed in Dead Man’s Walk, and was on Amazon eagerly buying my own copy as the final credits rolled. Carradine is so goddamn good, I sometimes love him even more than Sam Elliott and Tom Selleck. Every time I picked up this movie, I saw the run time (4.5 hours) and David Arquette’s face on the cover and immediately put it down.Ī couple of days ago I actually looked at the rest of the cast and realized I was sleeping on a f*cking KEITH CARRADINE WESTERN! Commence kicking myself. I’d ordered it around the same time I got its predecessor, Lonesome Dove, which turned out to be a bit of a snooze-fest.

I had a library copy of the DVD sitting beside my TV for months. I wasn’t excited to watch Dead Man’s Walk. Released: 1996 Mood: If you want a movie with a seriously amazing story and you can for sure handle a lot of death, or maybe you’re already in a wallowing state so watching characters you care deeply about die is fitting for how your life is going right now.

Murray Abraham, Edward James Olmos, Patricia Childress, Eric Schweig, Tim Blake Nelson, Ray McKinnon Director: Yves Simoneau Starring: Keith Carradine, Harry Dean Stanton, Jonny Lee Miller, David Arquette, F.

Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry