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March 14, 2005

Western Heritage Award for Movies List

We have added a movie list for the Western Heritage Award for Theatrical Motion Picture. The Western Heritage Awards are given annually by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in a variety of categories.

2004
Open Range
Boss Spearman, a rugged old-timer, free grazes cattle. He and Charley have been partners for ten years. The pair and their employees, Mose and Buttons, are driving their cattle across the West. Mose is attacked and thrown in jail during a visit to a town. The local cattle rancher, Baxter, wants the free grazers off his land and when Boss and Charley retrieve Mose, they are warned that they have until the next day to be out of the area. Charley confesses his past as a killer during the Civil War and strikes up a tentative romance with Sue, the sister of the town doctor. Directed by Kevin Costner. Starring Kevin Coster & Robert Duvall. Based on the book Open Range Men by Lauran Paine. R