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South of Heaven West of Hell
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781588171795
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 1588171795
Label: Lions Gate
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Release Date: August 21, 2001
Running Time: 104 minutes
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
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Editorial Review:
If you've never heard of South of Heaven, West of Hell, there's an excellent reason. If you have heard of it, it's probably because you stumbled upon the information that it marks the directorial debut of singer-actor Dwight Yoakam, who managed to sweet-talk a spectacularly quirky cast into abetting the enterprise: current girlfriend Bridget Fonda and her papa Peter; indie-world luminaries Vince Vaughn and Billy Bob Thornton (for whom Yoakam made a memorably loathsome villain in Sling Blade); character-acting stalwarts Bo Hopkins, Matt Clark, Luke Askew, and Scott Wilson; and such icons of the florid fringe as Bud Cort, Paul Reubens, and Michael Jeter. All should file for workman's comp and alienation of audience affection because they got themselves mired in one of the dumbest, most inept, most tediously self-indulgent messes in the history of showbiz hubris.
Yoakam stars (you guessed?) as a U.S. marshal whose tiny Arizona town is literally annihilated by a clan of outlaws from his past. He and they used to be family. Now he has to track them down, even as they go on making life hell on earth for anyone in their path. That includes a hapless government man (B. Cort) whom they're keeping alive for sport, and a traveling lady (B. Fonda) who ... well, who's blonde and is mostly photographed in slow motion because she's the director's girlfriend (see above). It is beyond the scope of mortal man to describe how primitive are Yoakam's notions of dramaturgy (mostly there is just shouting and hair), how any coherent grasp of time or geography eludes him, how little difference it makes whether these gargoyles start killing each other in any given scene. It's just awful. And while we're at it, offal. --Richard T. Jameson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - what an awful movie-do not waste you time
Has to be one of worst movies of all time. Dwight Yoakam is a worse actor than he is a singer. How he ever got the cast talked into this one is beyond me. How can any person rate this above a 1?? I realize that even sh-- looks good to some, and that is what this movie is.
Rating:  - south of heaven west of hell
I was very pleased with this dvd,Dwight Yoakam was awesome,as usual,this movie is a lot of Dwight. Dwight fans will want to purchase this one. Very good western.
Rating:  - "Spoiler" for you non-literary types
This is a sickeningly violent and deeply intellectual movie. (Probably a bad idea if one is looking for broad appeal.) Having read the previous 50 reviews, it's obvious that very few pick up on the meaning of this movie's title: "South of Heaven, West of Hell". Just where (or what) would this be? PURGATORY, of course, as portrayed by the American South West. EVERYBODY in the movie is ALREADY DEAD! None of the characters in the movie realize this (with the probable exception of Billy Bob Thornton's ... Read More
Rating: - I loved this movie!
I'm not great at writing reviews for movies, but I must say, I absolutely loved this film.. Yes, it is very different from any hard-and-fast, cheesy movies (for idiots) you will see in the theators today, but that is what sets it completely apart from every other boring, routine film. It is a western, and serves It does have a bit of swearing and brief nudity, more than I care for.. several scenes were hilarious and many ironically entertaining! I highly recommend seeing this movie before you accept ... Read More
Rating: - This movie went South, straight to Hell right from the beginning.
The dialogue is artificial. The acting is ridiculous. The photography is beautiful. That's the only good thing about it.
Don't even rent this one.
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