Open Range is a 2003 American Western film co-starring, co-produced, and directed by Kevin Costner, based on the novel The Open Range Men by Lauran Paine. Starring alongside Costner are Robert Duvall, Annette Bening, and Michael Gambon. The film received mostly positive reviews, and was a modest success at the box office, making about $58 million in the U.S. alone. It was filmed on location in Alberta, Canada. "Boss" Spearman is an open range cattleman, who, with hired hands Charley , Mose , Button , and dog Tig are driving a herd cross country. Charley is a former soldier who fought in the... Civil War and feels guilty over his past as a killer. Boss sends Mose to the nearby town of Harmonville for supplies. The town is controlled by a ruthless Irish immigrant land baron, Denton Baxter , who hates open-rangers. Mose is badly beaten and jailed by the marshal, Poole . The only friendly inhabitant is Percy , a livery stable owner. Boss and Charley become concerned when Mose does not return. They retrieve him from the jail but not before getting a warning from Baxter about free-grazing on his land.
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| Release date: | August 11, 2003 |
| Directed by: | Kevin Costner |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 139 Minutes |
| Producer: | Kevin Costner, Jake Eberts, David Valdes |
| Editor: | Michael J. Duthie, Miklos Wright |
| Music by: | Michael Kamen |
| Cinematography: | J. Michael Muro |
| Screenplay by: | Craig Storper |
| Estimated budget: | $22,000,000 |
| Genre: | Western, Action |