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Blackthorn

Spain, France, United States

2011

98 Min
Color
2.35:1
English, Spanish
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DIR Mateo Gil

EXEC Jan Pace

PROD Ibón Cormenzana, Andrés Santana

SCR Miguel Barros

DP Juan Ruiz Anchía

CAST Sam Shepard, Stephen Rea, Eduardo Noriega, Magaly Solier, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Dominique McElligott, Pádraic Delaney, Cristian Mercado, Luis Bredow, Fernando Gamarra, Daniel Aguirre, Maria Luque

ED David Gallart

PROD DES Juan Pedro de Gaspar

Tribeca (World Narrative Competition), San Sebastián (Made in Spain), Istanbul (From the World of Festivals)

Synopsis

Legend has it notorious American outlaw Butch Cassidy was killed in Bolivia in 1908. Mateo Gil’s classic Western, however, finds Cassidy (Sam Shepard) 20 years later living on in hiding under the identity of James Blackthorn—and yearning for one last sight of home. Joining forces with a Spanish mine robber named Eduardo, Blackthorn sets out on one final adventure across the sublime landscape of the Bolivian frontier. –Tribeca Film Festival

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FCC 86

6Jun12

"There are only two significant events in a man's life: when you leave home and when you go back. Everything else is just the middle''

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Glim Ho

16Jan12

有一天我们会老，可是不会忘了那个牛仔的梦

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SALESK

14Oct11

An almost too-mournful look at the long, slow death of Butch Cassidy. Purportedly a Western, but really a starring vehicle for the stunning scenery of Bolivia and the political issues of that country c. the early 20th century (w/hints of modern conflict). Gil can't resist young Butch flashbacks, to the detriment of sustained dramatic tension in the present story. Shepherd is perfect, as one might expect.

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laurabot

11Apr11

SO excited for this one!!!

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BLACKTHORN DVD Review

By Twitchfilm.com on January 19, 2012
One of my favourite films of 2011, Blackthorn has recently been nominated for 11 Premios Goya (Spanish Oscars.) Now available on DVD and Blu Ray, Mateo Gil’s haunting, elegiac western is both an homage
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BLACKTHORN Review

By Twitchfilm.com on September 29, 2011
Available in the US via VOD tomorrow, and due for theatrical release (also in the USA) on October 7, Blackthorn is part of the new wave of neo-westerns (such as Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff and Jim
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Western sous forme de carte postale bolivienne

By Benoît on August 26, 2012

Le nom de Mateo Gil est certainement inconnu à bon nombre d’entre nous. Pourtant, l’homme n’est autre que le scénariste quasi attitré d’Alejandro Amenabar. Lorsqu’il a enfin l’occasion de prendre en…  read review

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