Stars: Matt Damon, Penelope Cruz, Henry Thomas, Lucas Black, Ruben Blades, Miriam Colon, Bruce Dern, Robert Patrick, Sam Shepard

Director: Billy Bob Thornton

Summary: Based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy, this is the story of John Grady Cole and Lacey Rawlins. The pair leave Texas in search of a new life in Mexico and take up jobs as horse wranglers. All is well until John begins a love affair with the boss's daughter...

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 (Penelope 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.

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Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Animated Menus, Filmographies, Trailer
Subtitles:	Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Year:	2000
Release Date:	November 5, 2001
Runtime:	112 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C D R 29500
Keywords:	Pretty, General, Wide, Screen, All, Horses, Drama
Genre:	Drama