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J W Coop (1971)
Catch it if you can!
This hard to get, modern western is definitely one of the best film by Mr. Robertson, a fine, underrated actor and director. J.W. Coop, gives a realistic and honest view of a lonesome, luckless but brave man, an ex-con who tries and fails in the rodeo world and is also an underdog in life. Simple, brilliant story with Robertson's flawless acting matched by the late, grand Geraldine Page (as his mom). A fine cameo by the great character actor, R.G. Armstrong, and for the eye, there's the beautiful Cristina Ferrare who disappeared from films to marry Mr. John DeLorean (if somebody remembers the car in Back to the Future films.) So, catch it if you can!
The Dead Zone (2002)
Stick to the film ('83)
The more I see of the mini series, the more I get disappointed. Anthony Michael Hall is bad, the treatment of a fine book even worser. Stick to the David Cronenberg film from 1883, with Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Martin Sheen, Tom Skerritt, Anthony Zerbe and a bunch of other fine actors. To this date, it's one of the best King adaptations.