20 Things You Didn't Know About Appaloosa [2008]

[@PureNRG2]

Mortensen’s character is the main reason I keep returning to rewatch this excellent western. I’d definitely be down for a sequel.

[@KingPhilipF]

There's more books

[@davidsr9719]

Plans for more were in the works

[@markmiller1795]

My opinion it underrated. One of the best Westerns I've seen in a long while. I like that it's it Period correct. And not some cheesy throw to together like most westerns of today. Much respect and appreciation to this Western.

[@briancurtis7565]

Is English your second language?😂😂😂

[@ActorJoeLewis]

My favorite film.

[@bobboscarato1313]

At least it wasn't an "Spaghetti Western"; Some are OK.-

[@milescookman7180]

Appaloosa and Open Range are my two favourite westerns since the millennium. Both great meditations on friendship, love and loyalty.

[@realAzoreschildinUSA]

Jeremiah Johnson is bad check it out

[@PumpernickelBread25]

@@realAzoreschildinUSA I would add the remake of 3:10 to Yuma.

[@realAzoreschildinUSA]

@@PumpernickelBread25 oh ya definitely awesome remake .I remember being psyched when I first seen the previews , the R.Crowe was biblical init

[@nothingnewtome1]

@@milescookman7180 Rio Bravo as well

[@roberthickerty390]

Return to real Westerns. A great movie. A great story and Viggo and Ed just made these characters.

[@joehoward3178]

One of the top westerns of all time. A masterpiece. I love westerns, and this belongs in the top ten of all of them.

[@TotallyFictional]

I love this movie. It’s one of my favorite westerns of the last 30 years.

[@bmuell64]

The best movie!!! The relationship between the two men was such a great part of the show! I would love a second movie!!!! Thx Ed Harris!

[@stevengray2835]

I'd agree that this is one of the better modern westerns. I liked the friendship between the two main characters and the way they made it work as a team. I've seen quite a few lesser efforts in the western genre lately, but I think the elements are all evident in Appaloosa. Good story, good dialog, nicely shot, and the characters are worthy of our attention. I could easily rewatch it once a year!

[@dadrocha7741]

I saw it when it was released. Men with real friends will connect with the characters and the story.

[@tyree9055]

Yeah, I found the narrator's comment that men having friends was so limited to cops, etc. He's obviously had no contact with the military... 😂

[@aliveinpictures]

Exactly how I experienced it.

[@ericthomsen9644]

An instant classic with great interplay between characters. Though I've found that not that many people have seen it, so I'm not sure it's gotten the kind of attention it deserves.

[@ryanmay1298]

One of the best modern westerns Ed Harris and Viggo really embody their characters and just watching the two on screen feels incredibly authentic to the time period. Ed Harris even sings the credits song! Thanks for putting me on to Viggo's latest western, are you excited?

[@puma51921]

I wished they made more movies with this story and actor duo. A great story.

[@alfredleadbeaterjr.6053]

I had read and enjoyed the novels and loved the movie. I was hoping for squeals and now I know why they never came. I love history, ride really good, hand made saddles, bits and spurs so I appreciated the details of this movie where so many others fail. I also appreciate your review. Thank you.

[@richardhouvener6423]

"Squeals?" You mean sequels?

[@tacticalsoapfren4855]

Just one correction, the 8 gauge was not known as a punt gun. Punt guns were much bigger, normally being around 2 inch bore (8 gauge is about 0.8 inch bore) and weighing around 100 lbs. The shotgun used in the move was a colt 1878 (replica of course).

[@mantislake4141]

Wasn't a punt gun fastened to a rowboat to absorb the insane recoil? Take out an entire flock of ducks with one shot!

[@Tornado1861]

For a film use of a proper punt gun, see the end of the western themed 'Tremors 4'.

[@mungo7136]

@@mantislake4141 yes. It was sort of shotgun canon. And they were supposed to be shot into the flock of the birds taking out several at a time. So no, they were not man-portable weapons even if in shape they somehow looked like enormous shotgun

[@frederickhettesheimer2698]

Puntgun/ Market Gun was generally a 4 Guage.

[@pierrejohnson6264]

As I understand, the actual shotgun used in th movie was a ten gauge. It was represented as an 8 gauge.

[@LTCEZIO]

I absolutely love this moie and i love the Character Vigo Mortenson played

[@powerofgreyskull2025]

It's up there with Unforgiven, Open Range, Lonesome Dove and Tombstone

[@lrc9623c]

you are correct

[@tedwojtasik8781]

It reminds me quite a bit of Open Range.

[@raimundotorres44]

Lonesome Dove tops them all.

[@tedwojtasik8781]

@@raimundotorres44 Have to agree, it was very accurate (based on true events), and yet very entertaining. Great cast. I rewatch it once a year.

[@Skoora]

It’s a shame executives never realize people don’t fall out of love with any genre. They just want good movies, no matter the genre. It’s like how they go on about Superhero or CBM fatigue. It’s bad movie fatigue. I’m in my 50’s and would never tire of seeing characters I’ve loved since I was a kid, come to life. But enough bad movies in a row and you lose trust that they’ll make a good one. I’m still and always eager for westerns, CBM’s, intelligent sci-fi, horror, comedies….just need good ones.

[@Wildwest89]

They have been churning out stinkers of bad b westerns with the silly dusters and truck stop Australian hats for years now.

[@nbcguitar]

Great film. It introduced me to the amazing books it's based on. I can't read the books without seeing Ed and Viggo as the characters. Brilliant

[@rnbspowa7of69]

Absolutely 1 of the best westerns I’ve ever seen in my life it’s in my top 10 favorite.

[@coldandaloof7166]

I love this movie and Viggo and Harris' on scene chemistry.

[@jaycollins9244]

This is one of the top three westerns ever made. Glad you mentioned the authenticity of the saddles, tack, and weapons. It was 99% perfection!

[@darrenvanderwilt1258]

Appaloosa is one of the few movies I like to rewatch because of its period correctness. A very well done western. Vigo’s character, Hitch, was perfect.

[@hircineshadow5246]

Just for that 8 Gauge shotgun it's one of my favorite western !

[@shawntailor5485]

We got in so much trouble sneaking out my friends dads old ten gauge, his dad looked at his face and just knew . We all got our asses beat . Even little brother Rick who said we didnt take it out .

[@nothingnewtome1]

Damn… Diane Lane would have been much better

[@dwightcurrie8316]

No Doubt! Zelweger was woefully miscast as Cole's, Slutty Love Interest & Thank Goodness her "Nude Scenes, cavorting in the stream" were shot from a long distance away. Nobody wants to see that Up Close. Harris and Mortensen, both, Nailed Cole and Hitch. I've read the Parker's, Cole & Hitch novels, after seeing the movie and enjoyed them immensely, and I always picture Harris and Mortensen as Cole and Hitch, because they fit the roles so Convincingly

[@nothingnewtome1]

@@dwightcurrie8316 agreed on all counts. Vigo and Ed were absolutely perfect. Ed knew that too. He read the first book and personally gave it to Vigo. The novel series is really really good. Even on Audible. Great narration.

[@LoganGray-k3m]

YES VERY MUCH!!! I love this western! The attention to detail and the comradery between Everett and Virgil. And how they know each other so well they don't have to speak. Appaloosa is one of my favorite westerns and would love to see a sequel, and I think it would still work if they did it today

[@HistoricLife]

I just rewatched it a few weeks ago. I really love this movie and it has such a stacked cast of character actors.

[@jokerinexile]

I think that those who know westerns, understand them and enjoy them, true westerns - this is one of the most underrated and underappreciated westerns, if not movie in general, of it's generation.

[@jeffhiggins808]

I loved this movie. The attention to authenticity gave it a strong foundation and the characters were well developed with just the right amount of mystery left in the interplay between them. The 8 gauge was a character in and of itself in my opinion. Fantastic job by all involved and a standout in the genre.

[@PR-BEACHBOY]

I own the DVD, I’ve watched it a number of times and I live the movie. Robert B. Parker’s books are great. I own all 9 “Jesse Stone” movies made by Tom Selleck as well. I would’ve really enjoyed a sequel to Appaloosa. Ed Harris and V. M. We’re great together. I love westerns and am pretty pissed that few , if any, are made anymore!

[@paulgrant7949]

Very underrated movie! Kudos to Ed Harris, as he's produced an all time western classic! Viggo Mortensen's character Everett, was simply brilliant! The premise of the story was very believable and the set was second to none! I actually pointed the imperfection in the glass to my kids, whilst watching the movie. Too many movies nowadays are so sanitized that it detracts from the realism of that period. Great review also. I love the titbits of information you supplied, which only made me appreciate the movie and what went into making it even more. Thank you! 🤗😊👍

[@tbjtbj4786]

The shotgun not a punt gun. punt guns are more like a small cannon with a stock made to be mounted on bpats The 8 ga was just a big shotgun. When the law about limiting the biggest bore to 10ga for fowl hunting. Is what stopped the 8ga from what little popularity it had.

[@Kevin-wr9um]

Great movie! Loved the recoil pad on the Hitch jacket.

[@patrickholland6848]

I didn't see Appaloosa at the theater but I have watched since then and I really like it.

[@chrisbergonzi7977]

Excellent, traditional western. I loved it....except for Renee Zellweger. She was adequate at best and hard on the eyes. Viggo and Ed had first-class, stoic chemistry and energy....I would have welcomed a sequel.

[@garystrittmater8258]

Best western in the last 20-30 years. Great acting, great story, great direction and the script was, almost word for word, the exactly the same as the book!

[@davidjoshua]

Great video, thank you for covering this. Appaloosa stands as my favorite western from recent years. The love, attention to detail, the story, it all produces a proper western in a day of inauthenticity and sub-genres that attempt to rewrite history and preach at you. Good film, great cast, wonderful story. A sequel would be great, however, unless it came together in similar fashion as this one, it might be best to leave it as a stand alone.

[@Fastwinstondoom]

Forgot about this one, gonna have to rewatch it before I watch your video :D

[@jcwoodman5285]

Very cool! I've never heard of this film until now! And it seem to be on HBO max this month so my destiny is clear😊

[@corycody6967]

Viggo, Ed, and Jeremy were absolutely wonderful in this film. It got me hooked on the Cole and Hitch series of books from Robert Parker.

[@billbaum1706]

Ed Harris's Riders of the Purple Sage is very good also

[@wolfpack2723]

One of my top favorite westerns. Beautiful to watch

[@adamelam6385]

I can only imagine how much better this would have been with Diane Lane instead of Renee.

[@mantislake4141]

I absolutely LOVE this film. I read Parker's other 3 books after seeing it. Only thing off about it is Jeremy Iron's Foghorn Leghorn accent..

[@harrymills2770]

Even that works, though, because there were men of all nationalities on the frontier, and all levels of education. Imagine a German who learned English from a share-cropper! It could conceivably sound that bad! I just think that Englishmen trying to act in American Westerns should just use their natural accents, because that's probably how they would've spoken. According to Western author and cowboy, Louis L'Amour, you got all kinds out West. You could have an educated son of an impoverished aristocrat right next to an illiterate dirt farmer who left home and went West as a teenager, because there were too many mouths to feed at home.

[@johnnyc1227]

One of my very favorite western movies that is watched over every year

[@vickyzimbalistmorrison9300]

I saw it during it's Los Angeles premiere. Ed, Viggo, and Renee showed up at the red carpet but Renee and Viggo left the theatre after Ed's intro speech and before the film started rolling. Ed's a very down-to-earth and unassuming guy.

[@donaldswift2676]

Phenomenal film. Not a shallow film. A sequel would have been much appreciated. Memorable work .

[@chrisdiehl5729]

Rene Zellewiger could have died of Cholera in the first scene and the movie would have been amazing

[@Just1American1966]

Absolutely. I actually grew weary of both her and her character.

[@chrisp1598]

I like the movie but Renee wasn’t the highlight. I didn’t realize that Diane lane was the original actor cast for that part. It’s hard to know for sure, but I can’t imagine that the movie wouldn’t have been better with Lane.

[@christiethacker2715]

The best part about Rene's performance in this is her wardrobe. Otherwise, she is the fly in the ointment of a really great movie.

[@bladerunner5810]

Sort of like Jack Black in King Kong.

[@starwarstheme1]

One of my absolute favorite westerns... top 5 for sure!

[@joellelinden7079]

As others have already mentioned i find it to be a great Western. Just a pity part 2 never came to life

[@jerrymartin7732]

Yes i could never get enough of Ed and Viggo. It's a great western that doesn't get enough credit.

[@nickwhigham6348]

I watched it for the first time last night. The performances of VM and EH were amazing. Such a good movie.

[@danhuffman4506]

Extremely well thought out and played, locations an coustmes to period time I really enjoyed it great job done by everyone evolved with the movie

[@HorFell]

Super underrated western with almost NO bad performance. I guess Renee Zellewegger hurt the film but not terribly so. Bromance buddy cop western (to put it in laymens term) between Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen should be a MUST watch.

[@dominikstarck5340]

Very underrated movie that captures the book's essence very well. When the sequels got scrapped I got the following two books on my shelf. Worth checking out as well.

[@rossclay3317]

It is a magnificent! Well directed, acted, attention to detail and I could go on how much as working professional in film partiicularly in Westerns how much I enjoyed this film. Everything works. The answer to a sequel is yes, I would have love to have seen a sequel and any other sequel as a series. Masterpieces like these are rare in the business. I tip my hat to all that were in evolved in the making of this project. Bravo's to all!~

[@t.j.payeur5331]

One of my favorite Westerns.

[@loknlode]

Completely underrated movie. One of the best modern westerns out there. One of my favorites right up there with Silverado, Open Range or Dances with Wolves.

[@madmark1957]

I loved Appaloosa and have seen it several times. I enjoy the quirkiness of the characters, which to me makes them people instead of just characters in a story. I enjoyed the way life had unexpected twists which is true to some extent for everyone on the planet. I also liked the way it wasn't non stop action, and the characters acted and spoke more like people from that time period, rather than like they were a time traveler mysteriously dumped into the 1880s. Perhaps a sequel would have been interesting, but given my experience of sequels, it would probably have been disappointing.

[@justinwright7469]

I feel like westerns are one of the hardest genres to have success nowadays, but there is a specific western loving audience that really loves and appreciates them

[@GeorgePawlak-y1j]

I've watched Appalooso several times and I still watch it. I remember the first time I watched it on KZbin I was hooked on this movie the sequel would be nice I think Ed Harris did a good job

[@theodoreyoung7946]

A great viedo, and very underrated!!

[@Megatron4Life23]

Saw this movie in the theater in Vancouver... absolutely loved it and still is one of my Top 5 Westerns of All-Time. Wish they would make a sequel!!!

[@richardvignola8000]

Another great Western! Looking forward to seeing a sequel.

[@pedromatias605]

One of the best westerns I know of. Pedro Matias

[@DavidBenner-cy4zl]

Great grampa was a town marshal in Montana back in the 1890's. The only time he used a firearm was when he had to bring wayward cowboys to court. Failure to appear would get him after them. He used a double barreled 12-gauge shotgun. In town, he used a heavy, club like walking stick to keep order. He was later a deputy sheriff in Idaho.

[@jimross7648]

I really like this movie. I own a copy and if I see it listed on TV I always watch it. I liked it's attention to detail. Both Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris didn't just play their characters, they inhabited them. I read the book, and two of the sequels. Hitch and Cole, look, act, and sound like Harris and Mortensen in my mind. Too bad the sequel never happened, yet. Hope spring eternal.

[@AL-ku1zq]

Loved the books and the movie. I was hoping they'd make the remaining books into movies.

[@tomhahnl1927]

This is an amazing Western, overall a great movie! I enjoyed it very very much!

[@silviamanuelalerma4640]

Soy admiradora de este gran actor Viggo

[@dougboal7620]

When the movie was released, it was stated that the the double barreled shotgun used in the movie was a 12 gauge shooting that same cartridge, but the barrels made were 10 gauge which was usually carried during that time period. My great grandfather had a black powder double barreled 10 gauge that was handed down to my grand father and finally my father. It had the rabbit ears hammers, a damascus steel spiral barrels, which was actually a weak manufacturing method. Being this model of shotgun could only shoot black powder ammo, which had been out of production for many many years, trying to fire smokeless ammo would destroy the shotgun. The 12 gauge version came at a later time period.

[@kennethrouse7942]

Personally, I enjoyed it and would very much have liked to have seen the sequel, especially having read the first 2 books. 👍😎

[@joshrandall3394]

Definitely among the best westerns. A second movie would be a treat for Harris and Mortensen fans. Men who walk a treacherous path know this bond.

[@mickroe8798]

Brilliant movie

[@Madmanmarque]

I loved this traditionalist approach and have seen the film many times. I love all the attention to detail, speaking of detail, the one sheet poster shows Ed Harris sporting a fake Single Action Army. You can tell by the rectangular cuts in the cylinder.

[@ritamarie4453]

Watched it at least 10 times ,and would've loved a sequel.

[@keananfischer8113]

It deffinately had potential and I love Viggo in it.

[@justinkeller9187]

I really loved the movie and wish they would have made the sequel.

[@MacAttack001]

I would pay good money to see a sequel! It was a great movie, highly under rated.

[@ModernCowboy78]

Top 5 favorite western of all time.

[@jayspannerman9623]

It's a very good movie & I wish Viggo signed on to do the next one.

[@mikewright1945]

Robert B. Parker is one of my favorite authors. I had read Appaloosa before the movie was made and I was honestly shocked when I saw how closely the script matched the novel. Kind of unheard of in this day and age. The relationship between Cole and Hitch is portrayed perfectly. My only qualm with the movie is Zellweger, I just don't think she matched the role. I didn't know the Diane Lane was originally cast, and it would have been interesting to see how she did in the role.

[@garrett1784]

Still one of the best westerns in my opinion, I like it even better than Django just cause of the character depth and the believability of it. Movies shouldn't need to spoon feed action sequences to the audience every 3 minute's to keep them entertained. If that's what your looking for go watch transformers or fast and furious 16 like a child.

[@johnshilljejr3799]

Outstanding film

[@timcaffell6330]

Loved it! Could have used a sequel too!

[@Snuffy03]

Great film. Movie characters not filled with angst and self pity.

[@RussellSamson-d1t]

YES, I would have liked a sequel film!!!

[@thematador6377]

I think this move was underrated and I definitely would like to have seen a sequel made! I put Appaloosa as the 4th best western of all time behind Unforgiven, Dances with Wolves and Tombstone. I left out Lonesome Dove because it was a miniseries. Thank You for this video I really enjoyed it.

[@sheepdog1102]

I loved it and I would have liked to see a sequel.😊

[@c.f.sedgwick1885]

I thought it was great, but then again, I have read every Robert Parker book so I love his stories. Also, the two actors are right up there as some of my favorites and so, I'll watch a movie just because they're starring in, as well.

[@neodecker]

Appaloosa is my favorite Western, and one of my favorite movies in general. I have read most of the books because of the movie.... And FYI there are 10 books in the Virgil Cole Everett Hitch series.

[@1983pety]

It's one of my favorite movies, it prompted me to read the books. I don't know why it wasn't a bigger thing when it came out, it's a good story with excelent cast.

[@e.f.3207]

I think it's a good western. It's honestly one of my favorites. I'm surprised that it's so underrated. I think this video was done very well, but, mention should be made that both Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris are very good riders and that greatly helps with and adds to the rest of the authenticity of the film.

[@morgan10152]

I read all the books, which I loved, and I loved the movie. I have probably seen it ten times. I would be first in line to see a sequel.

[@Adamdidit]

Read the book many years ago so when I heard about the adaptation I was quite excited. Its the kind of book that actually can be executed on screen really faithfully. The cast made it better too as it was very easy to see the 4 mains as their respective characters. And they crushed it. I'm sad we didn't get a full on trilogy with the next 2 books as well.

[@TheReedable]

This was a great film. Everyone was excellent. It left me wanting more. A sequel would be interesting, but we need Viggo back for sure at least.

[@ThePrader]

At the age of 16 I was riding the professional rodeo circuit having lied about my age. During the off season from rodeo I was a trail guide at a dude horse rental ranch outside Anchorage AK. Later I was "the safety guide" for a dude ranch in the Colorado mountains. The "safety guide" was there to keep the due riders safe from snakes, bears, moose, lions, etc , and the fears of the "dude" riders. I carried a .45 LC SSA on my waist, a .45 LC lever action in my saddle scabbard, and a short barreled .12 gauge double barreled shotgun on an extra horse. All that weaponry was mostly to make the tourists feel safe. Most of it was just or "looks" . Japanese tourists loved my guns. I did frequently shoot rattle snakes as they were all over the place in the summer and fall. They loved it when I shot a snake from horseback. All my horses were trained, by me, to accept gunfire from the saddle.I also actually gathered up cattle that had been set loose to eat grass on federal forest lands in the fall. I guess I can claim to be the real deal as far as 21st and 20th century "cowboys" are concerned. At aged 70 I cannot do that type of work anymore. But my point is I found this movie to be really authentic. If you looked at some of the pictures those tourists took of me you might think I jumped out of the 1880's. They did this movie right.

[@basiclawprof]

Definitely would go for the sequel. These guys were an excellent pair.

[@davidmcnutt5390]

Sure the shot gun is intimidating but virgils peacemaker with that custom grip is art.

[@Rayko74]

I love Appaloosa. Great Western.

[@JustWesterns]

So with a 55% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, it's clear Appaloosa still divides opinion, but what is your honest review of the movie?

[@VOODOOGRAPHICS]

Loved it

[@paulmoss7940]

As a western flick buff, it passed muster . Plenty well done.

[@mantislake4141]

Appaloosa and Django Unchained are my favorite Westerns of this century. As much as I love DU, Appaloosa is a better movie.

[@gsdfan8455]

Great movie, better book. I wish they would would’ve made a sequel.

[@danielwhite1233]

Highly underrated