Sunset (film)

Infobox Film
name = Sunset


caption = Theatrical Release Poster
director = Blake Edwards
producer = Tony Adams
Bruce Willis
Jonathan D Krane (executive producer)
Trish Caroselli (associate producer)
writer = Rod Amateau (story)
Blake Edwards (screenplay)
starring = Bruce Willis
James Garner
Malcolm McDowell
Mariel Hemingway
music = Henry Mancini
cinematography = Anthony B. Richmond
editing =
distributor = TriStar Pictures
released = April 29, 1988
runtime = 103 min.
country = United States
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:47702
imdb_id = 0096193

"Sunset" is a 1988 western film released by TriStar Pictures. Written and directed by Blake Edwards, the movie stars Bruce Willis as legendary western actor Tom Mix and James Garner as legendary lawman Wyatt Earp. The story is based on Rod Amateau's novel "Sunset", which was loosely based on the fact that Earp actually did serve as technical adviser for some early silent westerns. Although Willis received top billing in his second movie, Garner actually has much more screen time during the film.

Plot

Set in Hollywood of the late 1920s, when the industry is only one step away to move to sound film, producer and studio head Alfie Alperin wants to produce a great Western movie about Wyatt Earp. Tom Mix is cast as the great United States Marshal and the real Earp is on set as a technical adviser. But before Earp and Mix can start their movie adventure they are caught in a real case of murder, prostitution and corruption. Together they search for the missing son of Earp's former girlfriend Christina. But now she is the wife of studio boss Alperin and he isn't amused by Earp's investigations. Soon Earp unveils the true sadistical character of Alfie Alperin and after the death of Christina matters become personal.

This was the second film in which Garner played the lead as Wyatt Earp, the first being John Sturges's "Hour of the Gun", filmed more than two decades earlier.

Cast

*Bruce Willis as Tom Mix
*James Garner as Wyatt Earp
*Malcolm McDowell as Alfie Alperin
*Mariel Hemingway as Cheryl King
*Kathleen Quinlan as Nancy Shoemaker
*Jennifer Edwards as Victoria Alperin
*Patricia Hodge as Christina Alperin
*Richard Bradford as Capt. Blackworth
*M. Emmet Walsh as Chief Dibner

Awards and nominations

*Nominee, Best Costume Design (Patricia Norris), 1989 Academy Awards.
*Winner, Worst Director, 1989 Razzie Awards.
*Nominee, Worst supporting actress (Mariel Hemingway), Razzie Awards.

External links

*imdb title|id=0096193|title=Sunset
*amg movie|id=1:47702|title=Sunset
* [http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22archive+of+american+television+interview+with+james+garner%22 James Garner interview] at Archive of American Television