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Appaloosa   2008         R, 114 min. Genre: Western Director: Ed Harris   Cast: Jeremy Irons, Robert Jauregui, Renee Zellweger, Luce Rains, James Tarwater, Boyd Kestner, Timothy V. Murphy, Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, James Gammon, Timothy Spall, Benjamin Rosenshein, Tom Bower, Erik J. Bockemeier, Gabriel Marantz   The year is 1882 when Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and his long-time buddy Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) are hired by the town council of the Western mining town of Appaloosa. Their job is to bring to justice cattle baron Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) who has shot the sheriff and his deputies when they tried to arrest him. Virgil and Everett are setting out to find witnesses to Bragg's crimes when a piano-playing widow, Allie French (Renee Zellweger), arrives in town with plans of her own for stealing Virgil's heart. Soon, the friendship of Everett and Virgil is tested when both men fall for Allie, but they must unite if they are to achieve their mission of keeping the witnesses alive and sending Bragg to court. Cast Jeremy Irons Randall Bragg Robert Jauregui Marshall Jack Bell Renee Zellweger Allie French Luce Rains Dean James Tarwater Chalk Boyd Kestner Bronc Timothy V. Murphy Vince Ed Harris Virgil Cole Viggo Mortensen Everett Hitch James Gammon Earl May Timothy Spall Phil Olsen Benjamin Rosenshein Town Boy Tom Bower Abner Raines Erik J. Bockemeier Fat Wallis Gabriel Marantz Joe Whittfield