Return to Lonesome Dove [VHS]
by Mike Robe
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Actor: Barbara Hershey, Jon Voight, Louis Gossett Jr., Oliver Reed, Ricky SchroderDirector: Mike Robe
Cinematographer: Kees Van Oostrum
Producer: Art Levinson
Producer: Dyson Lovell
Producer: John Wilder
Writer: John Wilder
Producer: Larry Strichman
Producer: Robert Halmi Jr.
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 322 minutes
Release Date: 1998-08-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Hallmark
Studio: Hallmark
VHS Movie Reviews of Return to Lonesome Dove [VHS]
Movie Review: Return to Lonesome Dove Hollywoods Sequel
Summary: 1 Stars
Return to Lonesome Dove can best be summed up in one simple sentence. Larry McMurtry had nothing to do with this project. He wrote no book under this title, or a teleplay of any kind. Yet, somehow, Hollywood got a hold of the rights to a sequel and did their work. Both the original novel and miniseries were so successful...how could Hollywood not do a sequel, right? Many viewers will find this particular sequel to be much more palatable than McMurtry's offering, Streets of Laredo. "Return," is the epitome of Hollywood, with it's tying up of all lose ends and trite, happy ending. We are given the same fantastic visuals, the same musical score and some of the same cast as we got in the original miniseries, including Rick Schroder as Newt Call. But more than that...we are given another drive to Montana, using horses this time, instead of cattle. We are given an accomplished black tracker to guide the herd, named Isom (Louis Gossett Jr.) instead of Deets. We are given a villainous, half-breed again, named Cherokee Jack, (Dennis Haysbert) in place of Blue Duck. We are given an affable, younger Gus McCrae, in the form of ex Ranger, Gideon Walker, (William Petersen) whom Call reluctantly hires to aid in the drive. Meanwhile, back at the ranch in Montana, Newt becomes involved with a neighboring rancher's young wife, which eventually escalates into a range war, drawing in Call and the Hat Creek Outfit. Throw in the sassy Clara Allen, (Barbara Hershey) and a Mexican seniorita who turns out to be Gus McCrae's daughter, and you have a true Hollywood sequel...that is, Lonesome Dove, warmed over, with a few cliché plot twists. Probably the most disappointing aspect of this movie is the portrayal of Woodrow Call, by John Voight. While Voight is a fine actor, the depiction of Call strays far from the man McMurtry envisions for us in the original story. This is best illustrated by Call's comment, "a man should leave more behind than a sorry piece of wood stuck in some dirt." This explains his motives for driving the wild herd of horses to Montana, but its not the Woodrow Call that fans of the Lonesome Dove miniseries and novels have come to care about. While McMurtry's Call struck out for Montana to find adventure, he wasn't interested in things like his own legacy, as the Call in "Return" seems to be. This probably explains Call's sudden decision to acknowledge Newt as his son in the finale of the movie. It's a shame, really, that this movie was made. If it had not been and McMurtry had been left to his own devices, Streets of Laredo, might have turned out better. But history has taken it's course and we've been left with two mediocre sequels to a masterpiece, (one official and one not) and two sad television series that deserved to fail miserably as they did. In the end, the viewer's choice prevails. If you like a typical Hollywood western with a cliché story, action, romance and a contrived, satisfying ending, Return to lonesome Dove is the movie for you. Personally, I find more value in the creations of the original author.
Summary of Return to Lonesome Dove [VHS]
This sequel to the smash hit mini-series stars Jon Voight as Woodrow Call, the aging former Texas Ranger who teams with fellow ex-Ranger Gideon Walker (William Petersen) on a danger-filled trek to drive a herd of wild mustangs to a ranch in Montana, 2,500 miles away. With Rick Schroder, Lou Gossett, Jr., Barbara Hershey, and Reese Witherspoon.Movies most talked about in Video Genres
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