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Buffalo Girls (1995)

Buffalo Girls poster
Directed by
Rod Hardy
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 36m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An aging female sharpshooter and her friend recall their lives as rough-and-tumble performers in the fading American West. The story follows their friendships and adventures as the frontier era comes to a close.

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What happens

Buffalo Girls is a 1995 American Western television miniseries adapted from the 1990 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry. Directed by Rod Hardy, it starred Anjelica Huston and Melanie Griffith, with Gabriel Byrne and Peter Coyote. It was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and eleven Primetime Emmy Awards (winning one for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special). This miniseries was first aired on the CBS network over two consecutive nights during the spring of 1995. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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