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VHS : Purgatory (1999)In association with Amazon.com Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780780626430 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 0780626435 Label: Turner Home Ent Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Turner Home Ent Release Date: March 28, 2000 Running Time: 94 minutes Studio: Turner Home Ent Theatrical Release Date: January 10, 1999 Sales Rank: 14988 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: A lost band of outlaws wanders into a peaceful little town. At first, they mistake the quiet inhabitants of Refuge for easy marks. Then they recognize Doc Holliday, Billy The Kid and Wild Bill Hickok and realize this town is really purgatory, the deciding ground between heaven and hell. Which makes them...dead. Amazon.com: Purgatory is a down-and-dirty Western with a twist The Twilight Zone's Rod Serling would have loved. A band of 19th-century desperadoes, led by the monstrous Blackjack Britton (Eric Roberts), takes a wrong turn while fleeing a posse and rides into an otherworldly, off-the-map town called Refuge. Sedate, almost repressed, and guarded by an unarmed sheriff (Sam Shepard), Refuge is a weird haven of hospitality with no jail, a literate shopkeeper (J.D. Souther), an erudite dandy of a doctor (Randy Quaid), a restless deputy (Donnie Wahlberg), and a beautiful young woman (Amelia Heinle) with no apparent family. In short order, Blackjack figures Refuge is his for the plundering. But the youngest of his gang, the innocent Sonny (Brad Rowe), slowly realizes the town's residents are, in fact, dead legends of the American West--Wild Bill Hickok (Shepard), Doc Holliday (Quaid), Jesse James (Souther), among others--spending a violence-free interim before being taken to Heaven (or Hell if they fail). A purely fun if slightly hokey piece of fanciful adventure, Purgatory's colorful cast plays the whole thing straight and gives this made-for-cable film (directed by Uli Edel of Last Exit to Brooklyn) some exciting, six-gun grit and emotional authenticity. --Tom Keogh Average Rating:
 Rating:  - PurgatoryTruly unique and different. I am not a western lover, but found this one a must for my DVD collection. Rating:  - Love this movieI first saw this movie on TBS years ago and i never forgot it. I've always wanted to see it again and hoped that it was on DVD. i was so happy it actually exsited. Amazon had the best price! Rating: - purgatorygood movie with an interesting take on the American western-almost turning the concept of the western on its head. Of course there is the big gunfight at the end Rating: - PurgatoryTo bad these kinds of movies are not made anymore. Every actor in this played a great part. Especially liked the action and the fact the bad guy does really get it in the end. Eric Roberts and Sam Shepard must have had a blast making this movie. If you like westerns, this has a real twist to it. I would recommend this to anyone, and any age, the use of sex and slurs are not present in this. I rate this AAAAA+++++ Rating: - PurgatoryExcellant movie! I would definately suggest watching it.It arrived to me very quickly and in excellant condition. Browse for similar items by category:
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