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Curry when he spots a brand on his arm used for marking criminals. Curry shoots Henry in the stomach, admitting that he was in fact a lawman, but sold out his colleagues so Ketchum's gang could impersonate them and steal the money. He was injured only because he tried to double-cross Ketchum. Curry apologizes but says that the chance to be the man who killed Billy the Kid is too much for him to resist.
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outside and getting killed, Henry goes into his room and arms himself with several guns, telling Wyatt "Keep your damn head down, you'll be alright". Curry recognizes the phrase as something Billy the Kid said to him years ago and realizes that Henry is in fact Billy the Kid, who faked his own death with the help of a sympathetic
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Nelson's role in the film was confirmed on January 12, 2021. On his performance, he says he "wanted for Henry by the end of the movie to be vastly different from the character he was at the beginning of the movie, and for the audience to never be able to name a single moment where the transformation happens."
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Henry pretends to surrender before shooting Ketchum in the face, gunning down several men, and slipping out the back door of his farmhouse. While Curry and Wyatt hold off the remaining gang members, Henry stealthily eliminates the gang until only Stilwell, the gang's tracker, is left. Stilwell tosses
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Henry does not give up Curry, and the men leave after a tense standoff. That evening, Henry has a conversation with Curry in which the latter reveals detailed knowledge of people known to Henry, which convinces Henry to undo some of his restraints. Curry tells of his experiences as a young ranch hand
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Henry suddenly comes under fire as Ketchum emerges, revealing that the shot only mangled his cheek. Both men chase and shoot at each other until Ketchum runs out of bullets, with Henry using his last shot to blow the outlaw's head off. Returning to the house, Henry is about to bandage up the injured
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Wyatt overhears all this, loads his father's shotgun, and kills Curry before he can finish off Henry. Wyatt tries to help his father, but Henry tells him that it is too late. Henry speaks earnestly to his son, telling him that the world is changing, and Henry has no place in it anymore but that he
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in 1906 near Henry's brother-in-law Al. After Henry and Wyatt find a lost horse with blood on the saddle, Henry locates its owner, a near-dead man named Curry. Next to Curry is a pistol and a satchel full of money. Henry wants no part of it and gets on his horse to leave the man be. But he changes
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During pre-production, Nelson spent six months researching how his character would sound and move. He then spent another six months working on the 100-page screenplay with Ponciroli and two months physically preparing his body to handle a gun, ride a horse, and get in shape to look like a farmer.
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While his father goes to town for help, Wyatt secretly takes Curry's gun to practice shooting. Curry slips free and tries to wrestle back the gun, but Henry suddenly appears and overpowers him. Henry reveals that he turned back after spotting three men investigating the spot where he first found
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The next morning, Ketchum returns with his gang. Curry encourages Henry to surrender and turn him over, arguing that they should not die for his sake. However, Ketchum then takes Al as a hostage and, when Henry refuses to surrender, shoots him in cold blood. After stopping his son from running
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Curry. The trio, wearing sheriff's badges and led by a man named Sam Ketchum, come to the farm in search of Curry. They claim that Curry is the real outlaw but arouse Henry's suspicions when Ketchum begins asking questions about Henry's own identity and family.
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hoped his son would now find a place for himself after teaching him to be an honest man. He dies in Wyatt's arms. Wyatt buries his father next to his mother and leaves the farm along with the gang's cash, two horses, and their few possessions.
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Nelson feared the public would negatively compare his role as Henry to his performance as Buster Scruggs, characters he finds to be "opposites". He spoke with Ponciroli about the issue and the pair agreed the film would not feature
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Furthermore, Tim Blake Nelson's performance as the title character received praise. Rooney said Nelson was able to "communicate with pathos both the regret and the steely resolve behind every beady-eyed squint."
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his mind and brings the unconscious Curry and the money back to the farm to treat his wounds. Henry interrogates Curry, who claims to be a lawman and the sole survivor of a
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taught him how to handle a gun, "I was working with guns every day for about five months to be able to do the pistol tricks." On December 15, 2020, Hideout Pictures and
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from writer and director Potsy Ponciroli. According to Nelson, he was heating up his food when he came across an email that offered him the title role. He told
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Xan Brooks found it to be too familiar to other Westerns and expressed doubt that the film should have been screened at the Venice Film Festival.
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sent after a gang of outlaws. He asks for help keeping the outlaws from retrieving the money he managed to steal from them.
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on October 1. It was critically acclaimed, with praise to the story, Ponciroli's direction, and Nelson's performance. The
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his guns and tries to use his throwing knife, but Henry shoots it out of his hand and then shoots him through his eye.
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that his initial response was to say, "Well, it happened. You've been offered a character that's described as old."
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on September 7, 2021. It was released in around 30 theaters in the United States on October 1, 2021. In New York,
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announced a partnership to produce, finance, and distribute three Westerns, including
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wrote that the film was "built as a kind of pedestal for Nelson's performance."
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as the titular character, a farmer who must protect his son from outlaws, with
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on September 7, 2021, and was theatrically released in the United States by
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Film Review: Tim Blake Nelson Is a Reluctant Hero in Intimate Western Gem"
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The film's plot and execution received generally positive reviews. From
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Review: Tim Blake Nelson in His Ultimate Noble-Hick Performance"
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on its opening day. On October 8, the film was released through
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in supporting roles. The film had its world premiere at the
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Widower Henry McCarty and his son Wyatt live on a farm in
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took place in Tennessee between January and March 2021.
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serves up a supple cut of vintage western rawhide."
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Index

Poster featuring a man holding a gun and the tagline: "You can't bury the past."
Tim Blake Nelson
Scott Haze
Gavin Lewis
Trace Adkins
Stephen Dorff
Shout! Studios
Venice
western
action drama
Potsy Ponciroli
Tim Blake Nelson
Scott Haze
Gavin Lewis
Trace Adkins
Stephen Dorff
Venice Film Festival
Shout! Studios
National Board of Review
Top Ten Independent Films
Oklahoma Territory
posse
Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett
Tim Blake Nelson
Henry
Scott Haze
Gavin Lewis
Trace Adkins
Stephen Dorff

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