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The story of a young man who falls in with a con artist and his gang of bandits. Together they must avoid being victimised by a group of older criminals...
Product Identifiers
ProducerStanley R. Jaffe
EAN5014437828835
eBay Product ID (ePID)3957173
Product Key Features
ActorJim Davis, Jerry Houser, John Savage, David Huddleston, Barry Brown, Jeff Bridges
Film/TV TitleBad Company
DirectorRobert Benton
LanguageEnglish
Run Time89 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.78 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2003
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption
GenreWesterns
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
ComposerHarvey Schmidt
Production DesignerRobert Gundlach
Additional InformationRobert Benton's directorial debut stars Jeff Bridges as young con man Jake Rumsey in this highly original Western. After Drew Dixon (Barry Brown), an upright young man, is sent west by his religious family to avoid being drafted into the Civil War, he drifts across the land with a loose confederation of young vagrants. He connects with the entertaining Jake, and they add a couple of others, including Loney (John Savage) and Arthur (Jerry Houser), to a "gang" that is barely surviving in the harsh climate of the West. They have to avoid confrontations not only with professional criminals--such as Big Joe (David Huddleston)--but also from hardened civilians who would kill a young boy for trying to steal a pie. Always outdoors, without as much as one horse among them, they're even at the mercy of the elements. As the boys' tribulations mount, their naive visions of cowboy glory fade, and Drew begins to realize that a life of crime may be his only means of survival.<BR>Though boasting a stellar cast, a strong script, and inspired direction, the film proved a disappointment at the box office, perhaps because of its bleak vision and loose, episodic narrative. The unjustly ignored masterpiece also features an arresting tonal combination of Brechtian irony and absurdist whimsy, as well as brilliant photography by the legendary Prince of Darkness, Gordon Willis (THE GODFATHER, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN), who skillfully utilizes a unique, expressive palette of washed-out grays and browns.
ReviewsUSA Today - ...A unique Civil War caper about draft-dodging misfits...