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western saga
hailed as a masterpiece by critics,lonesome dove brings to life all the magnificent drama and romance of the west.robert duvall,tommy lee jones and anjelica huston,star in the tale of two former texas rangers ,who leave the south texas town of lonesome dove on an epic 2500-mile cattle drive to the lush country of montana .lonesome dove is an authentic piece of the american west.you will also want to see return to lonesome dove,dead mans walk,and streets of laredo,these are a must for your library

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A Worthy Prequel to 'Lonesome Dove'
First off, the title should tell you that the pacing and tone of this story is not swift and uplifting. It is brutal and grinding, so those who may have been expecting another LD experience were apparently disappointed. However, this is a very worthy story in its own right and is a way for us to understand the early years of Augustus McCrae and his true love, Clara Forsythe; and also the taciturn Woodrow F. Call and his relationship and feelings for Maggie.

The storyline itself has already been recounted here, so no need to repeat. As far as the previous comment that the soundtrack was essentially dull and uninteresting, I disagree. I think it was beautiful. The filming was also very well done. I also think the two main stars did a creditable job in handling roles that were, let's face it, definitively portrayed by Duvall & Jones in LD. Jennifer Garner as Clara was, as always, a pleasure to behold, and certainly she helped me understand McCrae's falling head-over-heels in love with her. In many ways, I think that on the whole the main supporting cast was better than in LD. Keith Carradine, Patricia Childress, Edward James Olmos, Harry Dean Stanton and F. Murray Abraham were all outstanding.

I knocked this down to 4 stars because it ain't LD, so comparatively speaking it simply could not garner 5 stars. Also, there are a couple of glaring technical errors. At the end of Disc One, when the group is leaving the burying of some of their companions and about to embark on the Dead Man's Walk, the camera is on a wide shot and you can clearly see a very large vehicle(!) moving across a roadway on the horizon. This is unforgivable. Later, while wandering in a rainstorm, the huge stage fans used to whip the rain can easily be heard. Both of these flaws are so conspicuously and outrageously bad that I'm surprised they weren't caught by the editor.

All in all, though, Dead Man's Walk is a fine DVD and should be in any LD fan's collection.

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Give me a break
Very disappointing. Terrible script and worse acting. Keith Carradine is god awful making many of his lines seem like very bad adlibs (typical). One of the exceptions is Harry Dean Stanton who does a credible job.

Costuming and the sets are good

Shame on Artisan and Hallmark for trying to get mileage out of their great Lonesome Dove series with this piece of dung. This story could have and should have been much better delivered. As presented, this should be an embarassment to Larry McMurtry.