- The Long Riders
Infobox Film | name = The Long Riders
caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Walter Hill
producer =
writer =
starring =James Keach Stacy Keach David Carradine Robert Carradine Keith Carradine Dennis Quaid Randy Quaid Christopher Guest Nicholas Guest
music =Ry Cooder
cinematography = Ric Waite
editing = Freeman A. Davies
David Holden
distributor =United Artists
released = 1980
runtime = 99 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
imdb_id = 0081071"The Long Riders" is a
1980 Western directed by Walter Hill. It was produced byJames Keach ,Stacy Keach andTim Zinnemann and featured an original soundtrack byRy Cooder . Cooder won the "Best Music" award in 1980 from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards for this soundtrack. The haunting rendition of "I'm A Good Ole Rebel" is considered by some to be one of the greatest modern era period pieces.Plot
"The Long Riders" is a fictionalized account of the
James-Younger gang .Cast
"The Long Riders" is a notable film in part due to Hill's decision to cast four sets of actor brothers as the real-life sets of brothers:
*The Keaches:
Jesse James (James) andFrank James (Stacy)
*The Carradines:Cole Younger (David),Jim Younger (Keith) andBob Younger (Robert)
*The Quaids: Ed Miller (Dennis) andClell Miller (Randy)
*The Guests:Charley Ford (Christopher) and Robert Ford (Nicholas)It also features an uncredited appearance by
Ever Carradine , daughter of Robert Carradine and niece to David and Keith Carradine.Trivia
Some of the movie, especially the Northfield scene was shot in
Parrott, Georgia .External links
*Koller, Michael. " [http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/02/20/wild_bill.html The Long Riders and Wild Bill] ", "Sense of Cinema".
* [http://dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=4011 Film review]
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