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How did this get overlooked? This is a very worthy movie, consisting of Brad Dourif and James Earl Jones playing two travellers sharing a campfire in the old west, and sharing stories of a rather unusual bent. Dourif is the city slicker type, taken aback by Jone's turn as a rough and tumble mountain man. But he has an ace up his sleeve, in the form of a story. It's just for fun, and it is. Any movie fancier should see this at least once. I don't understand the low profile.

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Flawed Anthology
The problem with most anthologies is that you cannot put much characterization into them, and some stories are just plain better than the others. Dourif and Jones' storytelling antics were more entertaining than the stories they told, it was nice not to have Jones sitting behind a desk somewhere bellowing in his famous voice. Here, he MOVES, and is very good. The finale leaves something to be desired, I only slightly recommend this film.

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Good if you like this sort of thing, and I do!!
This is one of those movies that you like and you don't know why. The plot follows two men who run into each other while camping out in the old west and telling stories to pass the time. The stories vary wildly in content, but they will keep you interested. The most interesting (and wildest) of the stories involves a pregnant woman named Jenny. Be sure to watch for it. The campers are played by James Earl Jones and Brad Dourif. The stuff between is so funny and so well acted, you forget what a hokey film this is. It was filmed on a very very low budget. If you look carefully, you can see the studio lights reflected in Dourif's glasses. Who is Brad Dourif, you ask? Well, he was once nominated for an Academy Award, but unfortunately now appears in mostly low-budget horror films. Oh well, he can still out-act most Hollywood pretty boys (DiCaprio, anyone?) He also appeared on the X-files episode 'Beyond The Sea' as the psychic serial killer. This is a must see for any Dourif fan.