The way of the old west and the life of the hard-working cowboy is coming to a close thanks to the settling of the Old West oh, and the new West is in favorable at all to the old cowboy. That's what Tom Selleck finds out in this TV remake of the classic 1970 western that is both funny and poignant. The film doesn't start off with a lot of plot, but once it takes off and makes its point known, it really becomes a good one. Sellack may be an aging old cowboy, but he still got a zest for life, and finds further verve in his curve with the beautiful Isabella Rossellini, a European woman he refers to as the countess. But you can't rope a cowboy down, and as long as there's free space, he's going to be riding it regardless of the automobiles he encounters on the way.
During his journey, he becomes involved with the rodeo (managed by Wallace Shawn) and also gets into a gun fight as well. Two of the Carradine brothers, Keith and Robert, appear as do Wilford Brimley and William Devane in this beautifully filmed remake. When he encounters a snooty couple telling him that soon his horse won't be allowed on country roads, you can see the wheels turning in his head of how he'll deal with all that. When he encounters their car stuck in the mud, of course he's not going to help them out. The message of the film is clear that while progress is inevitable, nature and the love of open space is eternal.
During his journey, he becomes involved with the rodeo (managed by Wallace Shawn) and also gets into a gun fight as well. Two of the Carradine brothers, Keith and Robert, appear as do Wilford Brimley and William Devane in this beautifully filmed remake. When he encounters a snooty couple telling him that soon his horse won't be allowed on country roads, you can see the wheels turning in his head of how he'll deal with all that. When he encounters their car stuck in the mud, of course he's not going to help them out. The message of the film is clear that while progress is inevitable, nature and the love of open space is eternal.