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All the Pretty Horses (2000)

All the Pretty Horses poster
Directed by
Billy Bob Thornton
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 243 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young cowboy and his friend cross the border into Mexico on horseback seeking work and adventure. They find love and violence on a ranch. The journey tests their loyalty and dreams.

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What happens

All the Pretty Horses is a 2000 American Western film produced and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, based on Cormac McCarthy's 1992 novel, and starring Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Lucas Black, Penélope Cruz, Rubén Blades, Robert Patrick, Bruce Dern, and Sam Shepard. It was released on December 25, 2000, by Miramax Films and Columbia Pictures (through Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International) in other territories to mostly negative reviews. It grossed $18.1 million worldwide on a $57 million budget, making it a box office bomb. All the Pretty Horses was the first film adaptation from a Cormac McCarthy novel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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