Appaloosa is an upcoming Western film based on the 2005 novel Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker. The film is directed by Ed Harris and is co-written by Harris and Robert Knott. Appaloosa stars Harris alongside Viggo Mortensen.
THERE is perhaps no genre as full of pitfalls for contemporary filmmakers as the Western. Last year's crop were either pretentious ("The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford") or ramped up the violence to absurd excess (th more
If actor-director doesn't point the way to a modern approach to the genre in " Appaloosa ," he has nonetheless made a fine dramatic comedy with fresh characters, witty dialogue and a keen interest in how relationships must have developed am more
Read the full review here. It seems the genre of the Western is slowly being brought back to life. Last year saw the release of the remake of "3:10 to Yuma", and now we have "Appaloosa", another great addition to the ranks of those hor more