All the Pretty Horses

All the Pretty Horses

All the Pretty Horses is a 2000 American romance western film, directed by Billy Bob Thornton and based on the novel of the same title by author Cormac McCarthy. It stars Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz. The film received mostly negative reviews and grossed only $18 million worldwide. John Grady Cole, a young cowboy, and his best friend Lacey Rawlins leave their ranch in San Angelo, Texas and cross the border on horseback south to Mexico to seek work. They encounter on the trail a peculiar 13-year-old boy named Jimmy Blevins, whom they befriend, and later meet a young aristocrat's daughter,...
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quick facts
Release date:2000
Directed by:Billy Bob Thornton
Rated:PG-13 (USA)
Runtime:116 Minutes
Producer:Robert Salerno
Editor:Sally Menke
Music by:Marty Stuart, Larry Paxton, Kristin Wilkinson
Screenplay by:Cormac McCarthy, Ted Tally
Estimated budget:$57,000,000
Adapted from:All the Pretty Horses
Genre:Western, Adventure

Cast of All the Pretty Horses

Bruce Dern
Bruce Dern
Born:June 4, 1936
Age:75
Robert Patrick
Robert Patrick
Born:November 5, 1958
Age:53
Matt Damon
Matt Damon
John Grady Cole
Born:October 8, 1970
Age:41
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
J.C. Franklin
Born:November 5, 1943
Age:68
Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz
Alejandra
Born:April 28, 1974
Age:38
Henry Thomas
Henry Thomas
Born:September 9, 1971
Age:40

Honors and Awards

YearAward Nomination
2001 Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Drama/Romance
2000 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor, Matt Damon
2001 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Larry Paxton
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Film director of All the Pretty Horses

Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton
Born: August 4, 1955
Age: 56

Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, screenwriter, director and musician. Thornton gained early recognition as a cast member on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire and in several early 1990s films including On Deadly Ground and Tombstone. In the mid-1990s, after writing, directing, and starring in the...
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Music contributors for All the Pretty Horses

Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart

John Martin "Marty" Stuart is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly,...
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Filming locations for All the Pretty Horses

Mexico
Mexico

Mexico , officially the United Mexican States , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States of America; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf...
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