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The Quick and the Dead

  • 1995
  • R
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
98K
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Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman in The Quick and the Dead (1995)
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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.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.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.

  • Director
    • Sam Raimi
  • Writer
    • Simon Moore
  • Stars
    • Sharon Stone
    • Gene Hackman
    • Russell Crowe
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    98K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,425
    274
    • Director
      • Sam Raimi
    • Writer
      • Simon Moore
    • Stars
      • Sharon Stone
      • Gene Hackman
      • Russell Crowe
    • 312User reviews
    • 86Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Sharon Stone
    Sharon Stone
    • Ellen
    Gene Hackman
    Gene Hackman
    • Herod
    Russell Crowe
    Russell Crowe
    • Cort
    Leonardo DiCaprio
    Leonardo DiCaprio
    • Kid
    Tobin Bell
    Tobin Bell
    • Dog Kelly
    Roberts Blossom
    Roberts Blossom
    • Doc Wallace
    Kevin Conway
    Kevin Conway
    • Eugene Dred
    Keith David
    Keith David
    • Sgt. Cantrell
    Lance Henriksen
    Lance Henriksen
    • Ace Hanlon
    Pat Hingle
    Pat Hingle
    • Horace the Bartender
    Gary Sinise
    Gary Sinise
    • Marshall
    Mark Boone Junior
    Mark Boone Junior
    • Scars
    Olivia Burnette
    Olivia Burnette
    • Katie
    Fay Masterson
    Fay Masterson
    • Mattie Silk
    Raynor Scheine
    Raynor Scheine
    • Ratsy
    Woody Strode
    Woody Strode
    • Charlie Moonlight
    Jerry Swindall
    • Blind Boy
    Scott Spiegel
    Scott Spiegel
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    • Director
      • Sam Raimi
    • Writer
      • Simon Moore
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Sharon Stone was so insistent that Leonardo DiCaprio appear in the film that she paid his salary personally.
    • Goofs
      The Armani logo on Ellen's sunglasses.
    • Quotes

      Scars: I need a woman.

      Ellen: You need a bath.

    • Alternate versions
      A sex scene between Ellen (Sharon Stone) and Cort (Russell Crowe) was shot, but Stone and director Sam Raimi decided that it wasn't a necessary part of the story. The scene was not included in the American release of the film, but international versions do include it.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Clock (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      El Tierra Calento
      Written by Alex Gonzalez

      Performed by El Mariachi Tepalcatepec De Michoacan

      Courtesy of Discos Dos Coronas

      (A Division of Two Crowns International Inc.)

    User reviews312

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    Splatter Western
    "The Quick and the Dead" is a "splatter Western," directed by horror vet Sam Raimi (whose latest, as of this writing, is "Spider-Man," but who cut his teeth on the "Evil Dead" trilogy). It's set in the oh-so-ironically named lawless town of Redemption, a haven of grotesques that gives us an idea what the wild West would've looked like if had been painted, not by Frederic Remington, but by Heironymus Bosch.

    In a surfeit of Biblical nomenclature, the town's mayor/owner/capo is named Herod (Gene Hackman at his oiliest, complete with bad hair). Into town there rides a mysterious stranger, not Clint Eastwood this time but Sharon Stone. I'm not the world's biggest Stone fan, but this movie and "Total Recall" indicate that she has her uses in kick-butt action roles that make no demands on her limited thespianic skills. As gunslinger Ellen, she's doubly armed--with a six-shooter, and with an axe to grind; even her "inner child" packs a gun. She enters Herod's to-the-death fast-draw tournament, a no-win, no-exit, potentially no-survivors affair, with an agenda on her mind other than just winning the prize money.

    This is an overripe, over-wrought movie, but it mostly works. Raimi all but erases the slim wall between the horror and Western genres: Redemption is another Transylvanian village of simple peasants lorded over by by an evil baron, and the atmosphere--palpably oppressive and claustrophobic--could be cut with a knife. Leonardo di Caprio and veteran character actors Lance Henriksen and Roberts Blossom effectively round out the cast, and the action scenes--exaggerated, mythic, often darkly humorous--deliver. If you're more of a horror fan than a Western fan, this may be the Western for you.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 10, 1995 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Rápida y mortal
    • Filming locations
      • Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • TriStar Pictures
      • Japan Satellite Broadcasting (JBS)
      • IndieProd Company Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $32,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $18,636,537
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,515,861
      • Feb 12, 1995
    • Gross worldwide
      • $18,636,537
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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