You Know My Name
starring: Sam Elliott, Arliss Howard, Carolyn McCormick, James Gammon, R. Lee Ermey
directed by: John Kent Harrison
directed by: John Kent Harrison
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FACT-BASED BIO OF EARLY FILM DIRECTOR, BILL TIGHMAN. TIGHMAN WAS A REAL LIFE COWBOY WHO RODE WITH THE EARPS & COUNTLESS BAD GUYS. WHEN HE TURNED TO FILMS, HE WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE AUTENTIC WESTERNS. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS NO ONE WANTED TO SEE HIS NON-STARS IN ANY STORY.
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Cromwell, Oklahoma, 1924: an oil boomtown full of saloons, cathouses, mud-and-crude-oil streets, bootleg whisky, and gun-toting roughnecks. Technology had overpassed the Old West, in the form of Model T's and oil rigs, but the mentality had stayed much the same. Add to that a population that's a bit tweaky from a combination of cocaine and morphine that had been going around, and you have a recipe for trouble. Enter Marshall Bill Tilghman, a contemporary of Wyatt Earp. Tilghman had made a silent film, The Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws, and on the strength of his reputation had been called into service as chief of police in the hopes of restoring order to a lawless community. In this fact-based story, Sam Elliott plays Tilghman, a larger-than-life character who was one of the last of a dying era. Many Prohibition agents became renegades in the '20s; Tilghman's nemesis was Wiley (Arliss Howard), a rogue agent strung out on drugs and dealing in bootleg liquor himself. Howard's performance is as overwrought as Elliott's is restrained; together the two offset each other well. The flinty Elliott brings a measure of warmth to his role, especially in his relationship to his wife and kids; he's perfectly cast as the man on the cusp of a new age. As a modern-era Western, You Know My Name rises well above its made-for-cable roots to stand as a good character study and action picture. --Jerry Renshaw
FACT-BASED BIO OF EARLY FILM DIRECTOR, BILL TIGHMAN. TIGHMAN WAS A REAL LIFE COWBOY WHO RODE WITH THE EARPS & COUNTLESS BAD GUYS. WHEN HE TURNED TO FILMS, HE WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE AUTENTIC WESTERNS. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS NO ONE WANTED TO SEE HIS NON-STARS IN ANY STORY.
Amazon.com:
Cromwell, Oklahoma, 1924: an oil boomtown full of saloons, cathouses, mud-and-crude-oil streets, bootleg whisky, and gun-toting roughnecks. Technology had overpassed the Old West, in the form of Model T's and oil rigs, but the mentality had stayed much the same. Add to that a population that's a bit tweaky from a combination of cocaine and morphine that had been going around, and you have a recipe for trouble. Enter Marshall Bill Tilghman, a contemporary of Wyatt Earp. Tilghman had made a silent film, The Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws, and on the strength of his reputation had been called into service as chief of police in the hopes of restoring order to a lawless community. In this fact-based story, Sam Elliott plays Tilghman, a larger-than-life character who was one of the last of a dying era. Many Prohibition agents became renegades in the '20s; Tilghman's nemesis was Wiley (Arliss Howard), a rogue agent strung out on drugs and dealing in bootleg liquor himself. Howard's performance is as overwrought as Elliott's is restrained; together the two offset each other well. The flinty Elliott brings a measure of warmth to his role, especially in his relationship to his wife and kids; he's perfectly cast as the man on the cusp of a new age. As a modern-era Western, You Know My Name rises well above its made-for-cable roots to stand as a good character study and action picture. --Jerry Renshaw
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- You Know My Name
Sam Elliott is at his best in this gritty western. The plot and characters are not predictable which leads you to stay in front of the TV. Recommend to any western lover or fan of Sam Elliott.
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- A big disappointment
We have always enjoyed movies with Sam Elliott, but this one was a big disappointment, not up to his usual standards.
Rating: - kry
Not what I was expecting.I enjoy Sam Elliot's movies, but this wasn't one of his better ones.
Rating: - You know my name
Sam Elliott never made a bad movie that I've seen.Love his eyes and the way he cocks his head.
Rating: - The Real Cowboy
Sam Elliot is the quinessential cowboy and the movie was excellent about a real-life quinessential cowboy.
- You Know My NameSam Elliott is at his best in this gritty western. The plot and characters are not predictable which leads you to stay in front of the TV. Recommend to any western lover or fan of Sam Elliott.
- A big disappointmentWe have always enjoyed movies with Sam Elliott, but this one was a big disappointment, not up to his usual standards.
- kryNot what I was expecting.I enjoy Sam Elliot's movies, but this wasn't one of his better ones.
- You know my nameSam Elliott never made a bad movie that I've seen.Love his eyes and the way he cocks his head.
- The Real CowboySam Elliot is the quinessential cowboy and the movie was excellent about a real-life quinessential cowboy.
