Westerns

Sam Shepard Joins New Western

Sam Shepard and the Spanish actor Eduardo Noriega have signed on to Blackthorn, a new Western that's filming next year in Bolivia. Screen Daily provides more details on the project, which is being directed by Mateo Gil: Blackthorn will tell the story of an old American named James Blackthorn (alias Butch Cassidy), played by Shepard, who raises horses in Bolivia but is dying and wants to return to the US. However, along the way he crosses paths with a young Spanish mining engineer accused of ... (read more)

2009/10/22

Interview with Western Novelist Oscar Case

In an interview on the blog Davy Crockett's Almanac, novelist Oscar Case describes the plot of his new book The Stranger from the Valley: Chappie Wesford is a typical Marshal, but he is assigned to carry out an untypical mission, and puts his badge aside to travel to Altaveel for the Army to present awards to two citizens of the town. He is an older man, fearless, quick on the draw, good at fisticuffs, and has a well-trained horse. He is a widower, easygoing, and falls for Widow Bigknife, who ... (read more)

2009/10/20