Hatfields and McCoys

[JWheeler331]

Costner has been described as using different vehicles to always play the same role. i like watchin his movies, but always agreed that the role was the same.. not unlike John Wayne in the 1960's.. This however shows a different side of Costner, one I like very much.. I am enjoying this series

I agree. I am one of the ones who actually like Costner Movies where some dont. (His Westerns)
I think that this is his best acting job though by far. He is really doing a great job.

 

[JWheeler331]

The guy who plays the ex-Pinkerton man was also the Sherriff in Costner's Open Range if I recall correctly.

 

[Nathanb1]

Berrenger is Uncle Jim. Much chubbier than Longstreet!

I loved that line....."You're just one huckleberry over a persimmon." How appropriate since a bunch of the actors seem to be reunited from Tombstone and Wyatt Earp!

 

[ghostchaser]

The guy who plays the ex-Pinkerton man was also the Sherriff in Costner's Open Range if I recall correctly.

Ellison Hatfield (IIRC) was the doctor in Open Range.

 

[K Hale]

He's Uncle Jim. Much chubbier than Longstreet!

I loved that line....."You're just one huckleberry over a persimmon." How appropriate since a bunch of the actors seem to be reunited from Tombstone and Wyatt Earp!

Wait, WHAT? Jim Vance is being played by Tom Berenger? Really??

And I swear I've seen the stiff-legged bounty hunter in some western, but can't think what. I thought it was the guy who played Sherman in BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE, but it's not.

 

[Nathanb1]

Wait, WHAT? Jim Vance is being played by Tom Berenger? Really??

And I swear I've seen the stiff-legged bounty hunter in some western, but can't think what. I thought it was the guy who played Sherman in BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE, but it's not.

Yup. Just check it out on IMDB.

 

[JWheeler331]

Wait, WHAT? Jim Vance is being played by Tom Berenger? Really??

And I swear I've seen the stiff-legged bounty hunter in some western, but can't think what. I thought it was the guy who played Sherman in BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE, but it's not.

Yeah....the stiff-legged bounty hunter was the land owner's personal sherriff in Costner's Open Range movie.


I take that back....they are two different guys. Very similar in look and speak though. Sorry for the bad info.

 

[JWheeler331]

I just noticed that Bill Paxton will be playing Stonewall Jackson in "To Appomattox"

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000200/

 

[Nathanb1]

Well, 13.9 million people watched the first episode, so the History Channel is very, very happy. It sort of set a record apparently for a non-sportscast on a cable network that uses advertising.

 

[JWheeler331]

Well, 13.9 million people watched the first episode, so the History Channel is very, very happy. It sort of set a record apparently for a non-sportscast on a cable network that uses advertising.

That is always music to my ears. It give assurance to film makers that people want to see this kind of movie. Westerns, Civil War....etc. With each successful movie such as True Grit, Hatfields & McCoys etc......they will make more in the area of Westerns and Civil War pictures.

With the way movies can be filmed these days using correct weapons, costumes and such....there is no reason not to make them.

 

[diane]

Since I'm doomed to be eating all y'all's dust, I'm watching the catch-up episodes tonight. THC just put them up on their site, which is faster than they usually do!

 

[Nathanb1]

Since I'm doomed to be eating all y'all's dust, I'm watching the catch-up episodes tonight. THC just put them up on their site, which is faster than they usually do!

I think it's well worth your time. I'm on my third go-around for the 1st episode and enjoying it just as much (long explanation)

 

[JWheeler331]

I think it's well worth your time. I'm on my third go-around for the 1st episode and enjoying it just as much (long explanation)

I know my lady is ready to kill me too. When the one im watching goes off I just stay put and watch the next go round. At two hours, im just not ready for it to go off.

 

[K Hale]

My favorite part so far was the five second scene of Costner grudgingly flatfoot dancing to "Dixie." Man, that was win.

 

[pamc153PA]

I'm watching the episodes on THC today beween classes, and I love them. But then again, anything Costner--I am there!

 

[Dave Hull]

I enjoy Costner films for the most part, especially his westerns. He has had a couple of toads, but what actor has not? He seems to have the same kind of loyalty to other actors one saw very often in the old days. Glad to see Chet, from Weird Science (Bill Paxton) play a serious role or a role that is not a literal stinking pile of S---.

I put Tom Selleck in the same category. His Westerns are my favorites.

I had half expected to see Rayland Gibbons and Boyd Crowder from Justified (Timothy Olyphant and Walter Goggins) have roles in the movie. If you have enjoyed H&M's you definitely want to check out Justified on FX.

 

[diane]

I've always liked Costner and Selleck best in westerns - although Selleck makes a good detective, too. Really like his Jesse Stone movies. Robert Duvall is also very good in westerns.

 

[rhp6033]

In the US, we have power poles and traffic and tilled fields. (And chubby extras.) Romania offers pristine landscapes. Beats the hell out of having to shoot around civilization.

I thought the thin Romanian extras in Cold Mountain added quite a role of authenticty to the roles. American re-enactors (such as those used at Gettysburg) are great at knowing their proper roles, but come nowhere close to being near a realistic weight for the time period.

 

[16thVA]

You tend to enjoy pointing them at family members? Or is that what you meant by "you'll feel like a member of the family if you come here"?

I looked up that photo again last night. The original caption didn't say, but the man sitting second from left (who is not pointing a gun at a family member) is Devil Anse.

I wish I still had a copy of the photo, it's on a dead computer, but many years ago on Ebay I tried to buy a photograph of a family taken in Davis, Tucker County, WV. It was as good or better than the Hatfield photo, I remember two boys holding pistols at another boy standing between them. You have to keep in mind that the WV state flag is the most well-armed flag in the U.S.- 2 guys, 2 rifles, a sledgehammer, ax and a pick.

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Tucker County, by the way, was home to the legless rebel cavalryman Abraham Bonnifield.
http://web.archive.org/web/20080620....blogspot.com/2007/05/abraham-bonnifield.html

 

[bobs0651]

I think the guy we were discussing (now that I'm watching the 2nd time) had a speech defect, Finally figured that one out. Once you watch a while and pick up the rhythms a bit, it's not so hard. Dang! Took a while to figure out that was Tom Berenger there. And yes, Powers Boothe is his wonderful self.

well guess its not just my ears, i didn't notice that was berenger first time i viewed it, tonites my 2nd round for ep 1 if i'm ready, not sure just yet... but the preview of 2 shook me most likely will chk it out tonite