The miniseries aired on american movie classics as its first original film. Veteran cowboy print ritter and his estranged nephew tom harte must run 500 horses from oregon to wyoming. Broken trail subtitles download movie and tv series. The emmy voters liked it even more, giving it 16 nominations and awards for outstanding casting for a miniseries, movie or special, outstanding lead actor robert duvall, outstanding supporting actor. Some of hollywoods most beloved westerns were filmed here, including jimmy stewarts broken arrow 1950, 20th century fox.
Broken trail is a 2006 western miniseries directed by walter hill and starring robert duvall and thomas haden church. Our take on the broken trail movie hat broken trail 2006 from hbo starts off as a pretty simple story an uncle robert duvall wants to fix things between his dead sister and her estranged son thomas hadenchurch. Broken trail project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Among the many awards broken trail picked up after its airing was an emmy for its casting, which it most definitely earned. The movie was filmed on location on the stoney indian reserve in alberta, canada. Filmed for amcs the making of broken trail special. Broken trail tv series 20062006 the movie database. Movies filmed at the ranch empire ranch foundation. The film was mostly filmed on the universal backlot with some location shooting at the janss conejo ranch in thousand oaks, california. Ride a crooked trail is a 1958 american eastmancolor western film shot in cinemascope, with former world war ii hero audie murphy and future academy awardwinning actor walter matthau heading a strong if not wellknown cast gia scala and henry silva costar in the film, directed by jesse hibbs. Clayton lefthand of the stoney sioux first nations worked as a film liaison. The film opens in chinatown san francisco, 1898 where we five exotic virgins from the celestial empire are bought by captain billy fender james russo to be sold as slaves and introduced into the brief and violent life of prostitution robert duvall stars as print ritter, an old cowhand whose sister left a will inheriting all to him rather than to her own son, tom harte thomas haden church. The story of christopher mccandless in into the wild is one that really resonates with me having hiked the pct. The broken arrow trail, per my guide book, was part of the area where the 1950 james stewart movie broken arrow was filmed.
A panorama of towering rock spires and unique geological formations gives you a grand sense of scale. When they cross paths with a lowlife trafficker and five innocent chinese girls, a twist of fate makes the girls print and toms responsibility. Broken trail received 4 emmy awards for outstanding miniseries, outstanding casting for a miniseries, movie, or a special, outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or movie robert duvall, and outstanding supporting actor in a miniseries or a movie thomas haden church. He is instantly likeable as a father figure and the viewer never doubts that his intention for the girls is honorable.
Olivia cheng the making of broken trail interview youtube. Duvall has said that he thinks of these two movies along with broken trail as his trail boss trilogy, and theyre all good. Filmed in alberta, canada, by butchers run films, once upon a time films and nomadic pictures. In this case its churchs performance, and his relationship with duvalls character, that make this movie excellent. If youre a thruhiker, watching at movies is one way to bring back great memories. The 2006 tv miniseries, broken trail was filmed in calgary. Broken trail tv miniseries 2006 movies, tv, celebs, and more. Calgary, alberta, canada 9 of 9 found this interesting interesting. Where was the 2006 tv miniseries broken trail filmed. The movie was filmed on location in calgary, alberta. Open range is another movie that came out around the same time as broken trail with robert duvall and kevin costner. Nov 12, 2014 broken trail 2006 robert duvall full lenght movie youtube. Broken trail season 1, episode and cast information amc. Britain bought horses in west america at the end of the 19th century and chinese women were transported from the west coast into the interior to serve as prostitutes.
The broken is set in london, yet for some reason the titles o on the credits has a diagonal line through it, as if it were scandinavian, so the title should perhaps be pronounced the brurken. Docudrama movie on the six nations tribes conflict in war with the english empire and colonial settlers. Miniseri originally aired on american movie classics as his first original film. This is a made for tv movie that does not feel like one. Broken trail 2006 is a best of western western tv series starring robert duvall and chris mulkey. The 2001 tv movie, crossfire trail was filmed on the cl ranch, which is located in calgary, alberta, canada. Compare the 2006 westerns, broken trail or indeed deadwood, both tv shows, with the movie seraphim falls. Walter hill in the 1970s, a night showcasing walter hills remarkable first. In this prequel to lonesome dove, two young men join the texas rangers unit thats on a mission to annex santa fe.
For duvall, broken trail is the last piece to his western trilogy, which started with the miniseries lonesome dove followed by the feature film open range. Best movies and tv shows like broken trail bestsimilar. If youre getting ready to hike the at, its a great idea to watch a few of the 10 best appalachian trail movies beforehand so you have a better idea of what to expect. Not only is the pacific crest trail mentioned by name in this movie, but it was filmed at many locations along the pct including the anzaborrego desert, mount hood, and sisters.
Captain call has just buried gus at lonesome dove and plans to head back to his ranch in montana. Making friends on the broken arrow trail, sedona, az. Written by alan geoffrion, who also wrote the novel, the story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who transport 500 horses from oregon to. The miniseries originally aired on american movie classics as its first original film. During filming, gia scala learned her mother was dying of cancer and only had three months to live. Olivia cheng interviewed during the filming of robert duvall and amcs golden globe nominated, emmy award winning miniseries broken trail. Take a look below at some of the projects which have used montanas natural splendor and urban attractions to add that extra something to their shots. Looking at a herd of wild mustangs, he decides to drive them north with the help of isom.
Normally this is a heavy traffic trail but i didnt see anyone else for almost the full hike up to chicken point. Broken trail was apparently shot in 35mm, on kodak film stock, using panavision cameras and lenses. The madefortv miniseries have the budget and can tell in episodes. Broken trail weaves together two historical events. As for haden church, he has never been as appealing as he is in this role. Duvalls creation of his character is complete, consistent, and endearing. Many wellknown western movies and tv series were filmed on or near the empire ranch. Filmed on location in calgary, alberta, the miniseries originally aired on american movie classics as its first original film. The 2006 tv miniseries, broken trail was filmed in calgary, alberta, canada. Other scenes were filmed elsewhere in and around calgary, alberta, canada. Broken trail is a 2006 western television film directed by walter hill and starring robert duvall and thomas haden church. Broken trail received emmy awards for outstanding miniseries, outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or movie robert duvall, and outstanding supporting actor in a miniseries thomas haden church.
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