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| Director: Mike Robe
Actors: Jon Voight, Barbara Hershey, Rick Schroder, Louis Gossett Jr., William Petersen
Studio: Hallmark
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Rating:  54 reviews
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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Running Time: 322 Minutes
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Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 1574925903
UPC: 707729801931
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ASIN: 1574925903
Theatrical Release Date: November 14, 1993
Release Date: August 18, 1998
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 NO, NOT LONESOME DOVE...BUT STILL A GREAT WESTERN! September 22, 2005
D. McAllister (Somewhere in the Field)
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
Admittedly, there will never be another one like the original LONESOME DOVE. Tommy Lee Jones is, arguably, irreplaceable as the irascible Woodrow F. Call and, fortunately, with Gus's demise in the original we didn't have to worry about a replacement for Robert Duvall in the role of Augustus McCrae.
So let's just put all that aside when considering RETURN TO LONESOME DOVE, shall we?
From the standpoint of the purists, no, this is not the official-Larry-McMurtry-written sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. But who cares?! I certainly don't. DEADMAN'S WALK, COMANCHE MOON and STREETS OF LAREDO, the actual McMurty-written co-volumes in the saga, are not diminished in the least by RETURN... Keep that carefully in mind.
This movie, when seen in the right light -- without the biases that naturally arise among the LONESOME DOVE faithful and viewed, for all intents and purposes, as an independent film -- is a truly wonderful Western! The characters are compelling and interesting and the story is certainly a worthy epilog to the original LONESOME DOVE.
Woodrow F. Call, played by John Voight, is returning from his pilgrimage to bury McCrae and determines to take something back. He decides to drive a herd of Texas mustangs to Montana in order to continue his activities in the horse business. Characteristically Call would certainly do this in order to view things as not being a total waste. The story blossoms nicely as he adds former Texas Ranger, Gideon Walker, played wonderfully by a younger William Peterson, now of CSI fame, and Isom Pickett, a horseman and rancher played by Louis Gossett, Jr., to assist in the adventure. And, like the original, RETURN... abounds in triumph and tragedy as Captain Call and his compadres work to live out their dreams and aspirations with all the honor they can muster.
Members of the original cast including Rick Schroeder as Newt, Tim Scott as Pea-Eye Parker, William Sanderson as Lippy, Barry Tubb as Jasper Fant and Chris Cooper as July Johnson are joined by a great cast of newcomers including, in addition to Voight, Peterson and Gossett, Jr., Barbara Hershey as Clara Allen, Oliver Reed as the over-zealous visionary rancher Gregor Dunnegan, Reese Witherspoon as Dunnegan's much younger and impetuous wife, Ferris, Nia Peeples as Agostina Vega, and Dennis Haysbert (late of the hit TV series, 24) as a worthy successor to the Half-Breed Blue Duck in the original, the sinister outlaw, Cherokee Jack Jackson.
Okay, we all agree, then, that there was and never will be anything like the original LONESOME DOVE. Right? But if you give this one a break as a great Western movie in its own right I promise you won't be sorry.
THE HORSEMAN
So-So June 28, 2004
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
After watching the sequel to one of my favorite movies of all time, I'd have to say that I have many mixed feelings. Although not a terrible movie, it doesn't come close to the original. Something about this movie really bothered me, but I couldn't put my finger on exactly what it was. I think it may have been mostly due to casting. After becoming attached to many of the original characters, I found it distracting to try and adjust to a new actor/actress portraying them. I did however like the character of Gideon and wished he had been in the original movie. I also enjoyed Reese Witherspoon and wished she could have been in the original as well. As much as I like Jon Voight, his performance paled in comparison to that of Tommy Lee Jones in the original. Hard to believe Jon Voight was the original choice for the original Lonesome Dove, huh? I also found the children that came along for the drive to Montana to be a distraction as well. All in all I'd have to say that it's worth a view. After all, the cinematography and music alone are breathtaking.
Tought Act to Follow, But Comes Close May 28, 2003
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
My husband and I are huge fans of Lonesome Dove. Any attempt to make a sequel would certainly be a tough job. But Return to Lonesome Dove would appear to us to be the best one can do. There is no way to fill Tommy Lee Jones shoes as Captain Woodrow Call, but John Voight does about as fine a job as can be expected. Sure it would have been nice to have Jones back, and even Angelica Huston. But that was not to be, yet the story went on and I am glad for it.
The prequel, Dead Man's Walk is also good watching. David Arquette does a great job as Gus McCrae. The Streets of Laredo? If you're a Lonesome fan, it gives you another Lonesome movie to watch. But I'm sorry, I just can't get over the notion that Pea Eye and Lorena would get together. That is SO off the wall.
Lonesome Dove is a great classic. Return to Lonesome Dove follows up nicely. Third in line for me is Dead Man's Walk. For the heck of watching another Lonesome movie, I'll take Streets of Laredo last.
Best Possible Sequel made to the Original!!!!!!!!! March 11, 2006
Bob Bob
11 out of 17 found this review helpful
First of all, I would have to say is I am deeply moved my this movie. Let me tell all of your Lonesome Dove fans something, DON'T LISTEN TO THERE INSULTS ABOUT THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, first of all, we don't have TLJ nor Angelica Houston. Those two characters were the major characters in LD next to Gus. But, there is Jon Voight to play Call. Voight may not be the one born for Call like TLJ, but he still does an excelent job and no one except TLJ could have played it better. Barbara Hershey plays Clara. I think she captured the essence of Clara and she did a good job. Rick Shroeder is back and he does a truly unforgetable job as Newt. July Johnson is back along with Pea Eeye. There are some new characters like former texas ranger Gideon Walker, Gus's daughter Agostina Vega, the villian Cheeroke Jack, and a man named Isom who resembles the role of "deets". Although people say that this plot is the same, they are right, but that doesn't make it a bad movie. Just because Mcmurty doesn't write doesn't mean it sucks. It captured the essence that the origianl caught. It had the same beautiful background music. There was a lot of action and adventure and the best part was, the story continued right after Call buried Gus. If you want to have an accurate depiction on what happens to the characters in the original, RTLD definitly shows it. Streets of Laredo is nothing compared to this. This is the true sequel because it delivers the same joy to your heart just like the original. I reccomend this movie to anyone who loves LD and wants to know the continuation of the story. This movie is truly a western. THE EPIC AS BIG AS THE WEST CONTINUES!!!!!!!!!!!!
 Revisionist History Dampens The Screenplay! June 10, 2000
John W. Dumas (New England)
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
The first scene of the movie consists of a young woman shooting up Gus's marker. It turns out that Gus mistakenly got her mother killed in a shootout in Mexico, when he (Gus) was involved? with her mother. The plot has some good points in that the cowboys are Mexican "Vacqueros", but the producer takes great pains to show that the Vacqueros are better than the American cowboys. I won't try to describe the whole plot, but will say this film does not "fit" well with the other "Lonesome Dove" films because it twists most of Larry McMurtry's views into "modern, politically correct, viewpoints". Having said all that, I would still reccommend the movie as it does have some good action and plot lines.
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