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Post by neferetus on Jan 12, 2008 14:25:58 GMT -5
 Wally Welch & Ashley Judd As I was having breakfast this morning at the Union Street Station here in New Braunfels, someone walked in the door who looked darn familiar. And he should have. It was Wally Welch, Sam Elliott's double in the TV movie GONE TO TEXAS. (As one of Houston's San Jacinto army, I had sat next to Mr. Welch on the tailgate of a truck inbetween takes.) It turns out that Welch is a regular at the Union Street Station and his picture, plus a still from "Lonesome Dove", both hang proudly on the restaurant's wall. Texas born, Wally Welch plays Ranger Ikey Ripple in the upcoming “Comanche Moon.” The actor describes the character as the oldest ranger in the bunch, kind of like Timothy Scott’s Pea Eye character from “Lonesome Dove” (for whom Welch acted as a double). “He was very dependable, an old Indian fighter, had a lot of heart—he was a kind old individual,” Welch says. Small world, isn't it? |
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Post by neferetus on Jan 12, 2008 14:33:42 GMT -5
This posted on Net Flix
Commanche Moon starts ....
The mini-series Comanche Moon begins on Sunday, January 13 @ 8pm.
Full details on the show can be found at CBS's website. Here is the
brief synopsis from the website:
Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn, Rachel Griffiths, Karl Urban, Linda
Cardellini, Elizabeth Banks and Wes Studi star in COMANCHE MOON, a
new six-hour mini-series based on the book by Larry McMurtry, and the
final chapter in the "Lonesome Dove" saga to be made into a movie,
will air Sunday, January 13, Tuesday, January 15 and Wednesday,
January 16 at 9pm et/pt. Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winners
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana are the executive producers and
writers.
COMANCHE MOON, the prequel to McMurtry's bestselling and Pulitzer
Prize-winning book, "Lonesome Dove," which was the basis for the
multiple Emmy Award-winning mini-series "Lonesome Dove," follows
Texas Rangers Augustus "Gus" McCrae (Zahn) and Woodrow F. Call
(Urban), now in their middle years, as they continue to deal with the
ever-increasing tensions of adult life--Gus with his great love,
Clara Forsythe (Cardellini) , and Call with Maggie Tilton (Banks), the
young prostitute who loves him and bears him his son, Newt (Joseph
Castanon). Kilmer plays Captain Inish Scull, a Yankee aristocrat and
hero of the recently concluded Mexican War. Griffiths plays Inez
Scull, the Captain's sexy wife who doesn't hesitate to fill her time
with other men when he's away from home. Wes Studi plays Comanche
Chief Buffalo Hump.
Two proud but very different men, McCrae and Call enlist with a
Ranger troop in pursuit of three outlaws: Buffalo Hump, the great
Comanche war chief; Kicking Wolf (Jonathon Joss), the celebrated
Comanche horse thief; and Ahumado (Sal Lopez), a deadly Mexican
bandit king with a penchant for torture. Assisting the Rangers in
their wild chase is the renowned Kickapoo tracker Famous Shoes (David
Midthunder). They are joined by their comrades-in- arms, Deets (Keith
Robinson), Jake Spoon (Ryan Merriman) and Pea Eye Parker (Troy
Baker), in the bitter struggle to protect an advancing western
frontier against the defiant Comanches who are determined to defend
their territory and their way of life. The Rangers also encounter
Buffalo Hump's violent outcast son, Blue Duck (Adam Beach).
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Post by neferetus on Jan 12, 2008 20:59:13 GMT -5
Don't forget to tune in tomorrow night for part one of COMANCHE MOON. Somebody set their VCR.
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Post by neferetus on Jan 17, 2008 19:08:25 GMT -5
 Both Sam Elliott (Left) and Wally Welch (Center) sit it out on the tailgate of a truck on the Mud Creek set of GONE TO TEXAS. |
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