There was a poetical quality to the first adaption of the western novel Monte Walsh in the first version of the story. I considered tat one to be one of the top three Lee Marvin performances on film. Tom Selleck has produced and starred
in a good remake, but falls a bit short of the Lee Marvin version.
If you've seen the first version than you'll know the plot and recognize a lot of the scenes. Tom Selleck in the title role and his trail partner Keith Carradine are a pair of working cowboys at the turn of the last century when there was less work. Range being fenced in and the railroad spreading to some of the remote parts of the west there's less need for ranch hands. Selleck and Carradine find work where they can.
Carradine sees the changing times, marries a widow he's been courting and goes to work in her hardware business as a storekeeper. Selleck won't leave the life he loves and the rugged individualism it stands for. Not even for the bordello madam played by Isabella Rossellini.
And the great theme of the first Monte Walsh sun by Mama Cass Elliott is also missing. I kept hoping to hear The Good Times Are Coming. but alas did not.
Still western fans will approve of what Selleck did with the story.
If you've seen the first version than you'll know the plot and recognize a lot of the scenes. Tom Selleck in the title role and his trail partner Keith Carradine are a pair of working cowboys at the turn of the last century when there was less work. Range being fenced in and the railroad spreading to some of the remote parts of the west there's less need for ranch hands. Selleck and Carradine find work where they can.
Carradine sees the changing times, marries a widow he's been courting and goes to work in her hardware business as a storekeeper. Selleck won't leave the life he loves and the rugged individualism it stands for. Not even for the bordello madam played by Isabella Rossellini.
And the great theme of the first Monte Walsh sun by Mama Cass Elliott is also missing. I kept hoping to hear The Good Times Are Coming. but alas did not.
Still western fans will approve of what Selleck did with the story.