APPALOOSA
with writer / producer Robert Knott
Director: Ed Harris
Writers: Ed Harris, Robert Knott
Release Date: September 19, 2008 (New York, L.A. and Toronto) and October 3, 2008 (nationwide)
Genre: Western, Action
Plot: Oscar nominee Viggo Mortensen (“Eastern Promises”), four-time Academy Award nominee Ed Harris (“Pollock”), Academy Award winner Renée Zellweger (“Cold Mountain”) and Oscar winner Jeremy Irons (“Reversal of Fortune”) star in the action Western “Appaloosa,” adapted from the Robert B. Parker novel.

Set in the Old West territory of New Mexico, Appaloosa revolves around a pair of hired guns (Mortensen and Harris) who come to clean up a dangerous town run by a ruthless, powerful rancher (Irons) and his band of outlaws. While bringing new order to the town, the two fearless lawmen meet a provocative outsider (Zellweger) whose unconventional ways threaten to destroy their decade-old bond.

New Line Cinema presents in association with Axon Films, a Groundswell Production of an Ed Harris film, “Appaloosa,” starring Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Timothy Spall and Lance Henriksen.
The film was directed by Ed Harris from a screenplay by Robert Knott & Ed Harris, based the novel by Robert B. Parker. Harris, Knott and Ginger Sledge produced the film, with Michael London, Cotty Chubb, Toby Emmerich and Sam Brown serving as executive producers.

The behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Dean Semler, production designer Waldemar Kalinowski, editor Kathryn Himoff and costume designer David Robinson. The music is by Jeff Beal.

“Appaloosa” is being distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.  The film has been rated R by the MPAA for "some violence and language."



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Screening:
Sunday, September 21 • 7:00 pm • 116 min • Avalon Theatre
with writer / producer Robert Knott

Join us before the film at the
Festival Round-Up BBQ • 5PM • $25/person • advance purchase required
18 S. Washington St.