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"The Quick and the Dead" has the heart of a classic Western, but revamped for modern audiences with snappier taste." [42] Film critic Adrian Martin remarked, "Sam Raimi's The Quick and the Dead is a feminist Western starring a gun-toting Sharon Stone. [There is] a terrific scene where Lady goes berserk and challenges a guy who has just sexually ...
Apr 23, 2024 · Summary. Two separate Western movies, released in 1987 and 1995, share the same title: "The Quick and the Dead." Despite the shared title, these movies feature completely unrelated stories and characters. The phrase "The Quick and the Dead" originates from the Bible, connecting to both movies' inclusion of gunfights, where speed determines ...
The Quick and the Dead: Directed by Sam Raimi. With Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio. A female gunfighter returns to a frontier town where a dueling tournament is being held, which she enters in an effort to avenge her father's death.
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- Action, Drama, Romance
- Sam Raimi
- 1995-02-10
- Jeremy Urquhart
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Jul 19, 2024 · Title – The Quick and the Dead. Year – 1995. Plot – “A female gunfighter (Sharon Stone) returns to a frontier town where a duelling tournament is being held, which she enters in an effort ...
Parents need to know that The Quick and the Dead is filled with Western-style violence in the form of shoot-outs, gun and rifle play, fistfights, knife fights, and hangings. There also is a scene in which the rape of a young girl by an older man is strongly implied, and, in a flashback sequence, a young girl is forced to shoot a gun at her father, who is on the verge of being hung by bandits ...
The Quick and the Dead is a 1995 Western revolving around a Quick Draw shooting contest that attracts a variety of competitors, some of whom have personal reasons for taking a shot at the reigning champion. On Día de los Muertos, a mysterious Lady (Sharon Stone) rides into the small town of Redemption, Arizona.
