It’s been a bit more than a year since “Butcher’s Crossing” premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, but the timing of its theatrical release could hardly be more propitious. Director Gabe Polsky’s grimly fatalistic Western has finally arrived at the megaplexes just days after the PBS airing of “The American Buffalo,” Ken Burns’ fascinating (and often infuriating) documentary about how bison were very nearly hunted into extinction in this country before an unlikely group of preservations saved the shaggy beasts. As Burns emphasizes in his two-part film, and Polsky’s drama duly notes during its end credits, an estimated 60 million bison roamed the American West as late as 1860. Two decades later, however, the bison population plunged to less than 300.
Working from a script he and Liam Satre Meloy adapted from the novel by John Edward Williams, Polsky suggests that this staggering decrease was caused largely by men like Miller,...
Working from a script he and Liam Satre Meloy adapted from the novel by John Edward Williams, Polsky suggests that this staggering decrease was caused largely by men like Miller,...
- 10/22/2023
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
The R-rated movie ‘Butcher’s Crossing’ just released its first trailer, courtesy of Sony Pictures. Get ready to experience the thrill of this upcoming film!
Nicolas Cage stars in a gritty story about buffalo hunters in the Old West. Will Andrews (Fred Hechinger) has left Harvard to find adventure. He teams up with Miller (Cage), a mysterious frontiersman offering an unprecedented number of buffalo pelts in a secluded valley. Their crew must survive an arduous journey where the harsh elements will test everyone’s resolve, leaving their sanity on a knife’s edge.
Directed by Gabe Polsky, the movie also stars Xander Berkeley, and Rachel Keller, with Jeremy Bobb and Paul Raci.
Also in trailers – Final trailer drops for sci-fi thriller ‘The Creator’
The movie hits U.S. cinemas on October 20th.
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Nicolas Cage stars in a gritty story about buffalo hunters in the Old West. Will Andrews (Fred Hechinger) has left Harvard to find adventure. He teams up with Miller (Cage), a mysterious frontiersman offering an unprecedented number of buffalo pelts in a secluded valley. Their crew must survive an arduous journey where the harsh elements will test everyone’s resolve, leaving their sanity on a knife’s edge.
Directed by Gabe Polsky, the movie also stars Xander Berkeley, and Rachel Keller, with Jeremy Bobb and Paul Raci.
Also in trailers – Final trailer drops for sci-fi thriller ‘The Creator’
The movie hits U.S. cinemas on October 20th.
The post Nicolas Cage stars in trailer for ‘Butcher’s Crossing’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 9/19/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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