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Synopsis: The most notorious American bandits of the 19th century were very probably the Jesse James/Cole Younger gang. In this unique look at their lives and world, director Walter Hill cast all real-life brothers as the brothers-in-arms. The film concentrates "on familiar rituals--the funeral, the hoe-down, the robbery (a stunning tour de force in slow motion)--Hill pas tribute to such directors as Ford, Hawks, and Ray, emphasizes the mythic aspects of the Western and focuses on the subject of kinship and the land..."(Time Out). As the brothers rob and carouse through the West, pursued by bumbling lawmen, the feel to the viewer is as if he/she were actually there in the unpredictable, unconventional, raw America of the 1870s. Music by Ry Cooder.
Starring: David Carradine, Keith Carradine
Supporting actors: Robert Carradine, James Keach, Stacy Keach, Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid, Kevin Brophy, Harry Carey Jr., Christopher Guest, Nicholas Guest, Shelby Leverington, Felice Orlandi, Pamela Reed, James Remar, Fran Ryan, Savannah Smith Boucher, Amy Stryker, James Whitmore Jr., John Bottoms, West Buchanan, Edward Bunker
Directed by: Walter Hill
Genre: Biography, Crime, History, Western
Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
Studio: MGM
ASIN: B001EYK5V0 (Rental) and B001EYK5X8 (Purchase)
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #35,156 in Amazon Video On Demand (See Bestsellers in Amazon Video On Demand)
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  • Filming Locations: California, USA | Georgia, USA | Northern California, California, USA | Parrott, Georgia, USA | Rusk, Texas, USA | Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA | Texas, USA | Tuolumne County, California, USA | Westville, Georgia, USA
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An uneven guilty pleasure, May 8, 2000
By Doug Vaughn (Washington, Dc USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Long Riders [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I don't know why I am such a sucker for this film. It is too long, uneven, very slow in parts and certainly doesn't provide a happy ending. But it is one of the most honest yet entertaining westerns I have ever seen. The qimmick of using the Keach brothers as Frank and Jesse James and the Carradine brothers as the three members of the Younger family (plus throwing in the Quaid brothers for good measure)works wonderfully well. Always picturesque, frequently violent and bloody, this film evokes the unstable time just after the Civil War when the James and Younger gang were at their height. A terrific contrast is drawn between the James men, who are depicted as dedicated homebodies when not at "work", and the Youngers who are depicted as boisterous hell-raisers. Pamela Reed as Belle Starr is a standout in an already excellent cast. When Cole Younger and her husband square off for a knife fight she just smiles and declares "You boys sure do keep me entertained." The same could be said for this film. It is by far the best Jesse James film ever made, and with its sound track by Rye Cooder, a pleasant experience to revisit every year or so.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Adult Western, Well Done., August 26, 1999
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This review is from: The Long Riders [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This appears to be a pretty accurate account of the James-Younger Gang, focusing on their Northfield, Minnesota bank robbery.

The James and the Youngers are protrayed as outlaws who were influenced by thier civil war service in and around Missouri. They had killed and stolen in service to their cause and then kept it up after the war ended. But they are not shown in a particularly heroic light.

Instead, they are shown as clannish desperadoes who are supported by the locals. David Carradine in particular does a good job as Cole Younger. The movie does a good job showing the peer pressure put on them after the Pinkerton people get their brother killed. It also shows the Ford brothers selling out Jesse James' life to the Pinkertons.

It does leave out the part in Northfield where the citizenry supposedly went into a hardware store and began grabbing rifles off the shelves with which to repel the invaders.

This movie gets gorey and gritty in spots, has cathouse scenes, and is not a "cowboy" movie to show to young kids.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Walter Hill's best film -- an unsung classic, March 21, 2001
This review is from: The Long Riders (DVD)
Just as the 80s were beginning and the Western was about to take a sad, decade long sleep, Walter Hill, fresh from his unexpected success with the gang film "The Warriors," turned out this unique and utterly remarkable Western about the James-Younger gang. Using real-life brothers to play the outlaw kin (two Keaches, three Carradines, two Quaids, two Guests), Hill crafts an intense character study that plays like a collaboration between Western great John Ford ("Stagecoach") and Japanese master Akira Kurosawa ("Yojimbo", a film Walter Hill later remade as "Last Man Standing").

"The Long Riders" is close to plotless, but it paints a fascinating picture of the gang and the family and community ties that keep them together (the Ford influence right there...community was his great theme) while delving into the nuances of each character (this is where the fraternal casting really helps out). And Hill acheives all this depth in only 100 minutes! The action sequences are the best in a Western since Sam Peckinpah; the Northfield robbery is particularly striking and brutal.

Aside from Hill and all the great actors, cinematography Ric Waite and composer Ry Cooder deserve special mention for the film's success. Waite creates an authentic "period" look with his deep, glowing photography; the DVD transfer captures this perfectly for the first time. Cooder's score is completely against the grain for the time: small, intimate, and filled with forgotten folk tunes that help paint a picture of a united, family-built community. It is almost a companion piece for David Mansfield's equally intimate score for "Heaven's Gate," released the same year as "The Long Riders."

The DVD has no extras except for a trailer, but the film is so wonderful and so rewards repeat viewings that you should grab a copy of it right away. Believe me, you'll be stunned by this piece of film art.

"I ain't aiming to do nothing...I'm doing it!"

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Long Riders
Great movie, lots of action in the Old West steeing. Impressive cast and great action.
Published 1 month ago by John Pyle

1.0 out of 5 stars A film too slow and it's rather boring
I ordered a DVD from Amazon.com but "The Long Riders" could have been a better film with more action and inclusion of nudity at several occassion calls for strict viewing only. Read more
Published 3 months ago by D. N. Marak

5.0 out of 5 stars The Long Riders
The Long Riders is one of the most convincing westerns that I have ever seen. I have owned this movie in VHS form for years & am glad to now have the DVD. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Billy Beecham

3.0 out of 5 stars Hell, no! I'm Bob Younger. Jesse James rides with the Youngers. Now, stop the damn train!
I came across the Long Riders while exploring Walter Hill's more cult oriented films like Hard Times, Streets of Fire and the Warriors. Read more
Published 5 months ago by S. M. Robare

4.0 out of 5 stars Robin Hood in western drag
In the post civil war border states there was great resentment to the way farmers were being treated by the government and the railroads. Read more
Published 7 months ago by R. Bagula

5.0 out of 5 stars the classic that should set the standard
What can I say, this is one of those western classic that should be the standard bearer. The dynamic of having brothers acting as brothers seems to have been the perfect cast... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Michael J. Graham

4.0 out of 5 stars Gimmicky, but it works -- just don't expect a classic
Walter Hill's 1980 Western The Long Riders (his first film after the 1979 cult classic The Warriors) starts out with a gimmick -- the casting of famous Hollywood brothers as... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Craig Clarke

4.0 out of 5 stars Probably the best of the James Gang movies...
This 1980 release shows, fictionally yet creditably, the history of Frank and Jesse's career as bank and train robbers. Read more
Published 20 months ago by William E. Adams

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, realistic atmospheric Western
"The Long Riders" is one of the best Westerns ever made. It concerns one specific facet of the West treated now in only three other films, all of which concern the post-Civil War... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Don G. Schley

5.0 out of 5 stars One Of Many Jesse James Movies.
I have seen almost all of the various movies concerning
the life of Jesse. This one is good entertainment
with about 50% of the material factual. Read more
Published on September 20, 2007 by Bookish Liberal

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