SitiWanMahani | Full
Length Movies - Open Range is
a 2003 Western film directed and co-produced by Kevin
Costner. Starring Robert Duvall and Costner, with Annette
Bening andMichael Gambon appearing in supporting roles.
The film was the final on-screen appearance of Michael
Jeter, who died before it was released, and the film was dedicated to
Jeter's memory, and to that of Costner's parents, Bill and Sharon.
The film was a box office
success, and was critically favored.
Plot
"Boss" Spearman
(Duvall) is an open range cattleman, who, with hired hands Charley
(Costner), Mose (Benrubi) and Button (Luna), is driving a herd cross country.
Charley is a former soldier who fought in the Civil War and feels guilty over his past as
a killer.
Boss sends Mose to the nearby
town of Harmonville for supplies. The town is controlled by a ruthless Irish immigrant land baron,
Denton Baxter (Gambon), who hates open-rangers. Mose is badly beaten and jailed
by the marshal, Poole (Russo). The only friendly inhabitant is Percy (Jeter), a
livery stable owner.
Boss and Charley become
concerned when Mose does not return. They retrieve him from the jail but not
before getting a warning from Baxter about free-grazing on his land. Mose's
injuries are so severe that Boss and Charley take him to Doc Barlow (McDermott).
There they meet Sue Barlow (Bening). Charley is attracted immediately, but
assumes that Sue is the doctor's wife.
After catching masked riders
scouting their cattle, Boss and Charley sneak up on their campfire in the
night, and disarm them. At the same time, another attack results in Mose's
death. Button is badly injured and left for dead. Charley and Boss vow to
avenge this injustice. They leave Button at the doctor's house and go into
town, where they lock Poole in his own jail. Boss knocks him out with
chloroform he has stolen from the doctor's office. The deputies are locked up
as well.
Charley learns that Sue is the
doctor's sister, not his wife. He declares his feelings for her, and she gives
him a locket for luck. Charley leaves a note with Percy, in which he states
that if he should die, money from the sale of his saddle and gear are to be
used to buy Sue a new tea set.
Boss and Charley are pitted
against Baxter and his men. Charley shoots Butler (Coates), the gunman who shot
Button and killed Mose. A gunfight erupts in the street, with Boss, Charley and
Percy outnumbered before the townspeople begin to openly fight against Baxter.
After an intense firefight, Baxter's men are dead and Baxter ends up wounded
and alone, trapped in the jailhouse. Boss rushes to the jail, mortally wounding
Baxter.
