Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harris, like Mr. and Mrs. Paul Newman, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic March, Mr. and Mrs. Hume Cronyn, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Colman, even Mr. and Mrs. Jack Benny work beautifully together as they help make sense out of Zane Grey's, "Riders Of the Purple Sage."
Unfortunately, that wonderful all-west title was borrowed by some sort of psychedelic band calling themselves, "New Riders of the Purple Sage."
I'll stick to the old riders, thank you just as the movie sticks closely to the original book.
The movie is up to its eyeballs in philosophy, but it is not so deep that the residents of Dolt City would be confused.
The background music is quite good, even if it does not include the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
The story will keep you interested from top to bottom. In dialogue it is more than a tad above Gene, Roy, and Tex, etc., all of whom i deeply enjoy.
"Riders Of the Purple Sage" is a thinking person's western, while in no way losing the flavor of a western film.
Go see it. That is 'sage' advice.
Unfortunately, that wonderful all-west title was borrowed by some sort of psychedelic band calling themselves, "New Riders of the Purple Sage."
I'll stick to the old riders, thank you just as the movie sticks closely to the original book.
The movie is up to its eyeballs in philosophy, but it is not so deep that the residents of Dolt City would be confused.
The background music is quite good, even if it does not include the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
The story will keep you interested from top to bottom. In dialogue it is more than a tad above Gene, Roy, and Tex, etc., all of whom i deeply enjoy.
"Riders Of the Purple Sage" is a thinking person's western, while in no way losing the flavor of a western film.
Go see it. That is 'sage' advice.