Blackthorn (film)
Encyclopedia
Blackthorn is an 2011 Western
film
directed by Mateo Gil
and starring Sam Shepard
, Eduardo Noriega
and Stephen Rea
.
The film was released on iTunes
on September 2, 2011 and was released theatrically on October 7th, 2011.
(Sam Shepard) has survived the standoff with the Bolivian Army in 1908, and is living under the name James Blackthorn. When he decides to return to the US to live out the rest of his life there, he sets out on the long journey home. But the chance encounter with Eduardo Apodaca (Eduardo Noriega), who has stolen $50,000, thrusts Cassidy into one last adventure.
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed by Mateo Gil
Mateo Gil
Mateo Gil Rodríguez is a Spanish screenplay writer and director.-Writer:*Agora *Mar adentro *Vanilla Sky...
and starring Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard is an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is the author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child...
, Eduardo Noriega
Eduardo Noriega
Eduardo Noriega may refer to:*Eduardo Noriega *Eduardo Noriega...
and Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in high profile films such as V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto...
.
The film was released on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
on September 2, 2011 and was released theatrically on October 7th, 2011.
Plot
Butch CassidyButch Cassidy
Robert LeRoy Parker , better known as Butch Cassidy, was a notorious American train robber, bank robber, and leader of the Wild Bunch Gang in the American Old West...
(Sam Shepard) has survived the standoff with the Bolivian Army in 1908, and is living under the name James Blackthorn. When he decides to return to the US to live out the rest of his life there, he sets out on the long journey home. But the chance encounter with Eduardo Apodaca (Eduardo Noriega), who has stolen $50,000, thrusts Cassidy into one last adventure.
Cast
- Sam ShepardSam ShepardSam Shepard is an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is the author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child...
as James Blackthorn/Butch CassidyButch CassidyRobert LeRoy Parker , better known as Butch Cassidy, was a notorious American train robber, bank robber, and leader of the Wild Bunch Gang in the American Old West... - Eduardo NoriegaEduardo NoriegaEduardo Noriega may refer to:*Eduardo Noriega *Eduardo Noriega...
as Ing. Eduardo Apodaca - Stephen ReaStephen ReaStephen Rea is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in high profile films such as V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto...
as Mackinley - Magaly SolierMagaly SolierMagaly Solier Romero is a Peruvian actress and recording artist.She was born in the province of Huanta, in the region of Ayacucho, a region that suffered from the systematic violence of terrorism during the late 80s and early 90s....
as Yana - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Young James
- Padraic DelaneyPádraic DelaneyPádraic Delaney is an Irish actor best known for playing Teddy O'Donovan in the Ken Loach film The Wind That Shakes the Barley, for which he earned an IFTA nomination as well as being named Irish Shooting Star for the 2007 Berlin Film Festival...
as Sundance Kid - Dominique McElligottDominique McElligottDominique McElligott is an Irish television and film actress, appearing primarily in independent films. She starred in Moon alongside Sam Rockwell as well as the RTÉ series Raw before leaving to film Leap Year...
as Etta PlaceEtta PlaceEtta Place was a companion of the American outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , both members of the outlaw gang known as the Wild Bunch. Principally the companion of Longabaugh, little is known about her; both her origins and her fate remain mysterious...