Sharpshooter Matt Quigley is hired from Wyoming by an Australian rancher paying a very high price. But when Quigley arrives Down Under, all is not as it seems.Sharpshooter Matt Quigley is hired from Wyoming by an Australian rancher paying a very high price. But when Quigley arrives Down Under, all is not as it seems.Sharpshooter Matt Quigley is hired from Wyoming by an Australian rancher paying a very high price. But when Quigley arrives Down Under, all is not as it seems.
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- 2 wins & 1 nomination
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- TriviaAlan Rickman decided to take the part because filming was taking place in Australia. He always wanted to visit Australia.
- GoofsSomeone said an experienced rifleman like Quigley would not blow into his rifle as it would rust the barrel. In reality with black powder cartridge guns, people would blow the smoke out of the gun before it could settle in the barrel and the moisture from your breath would help keep the black powder from hardening and "fouling" the barrel. So it is quite reasonable for him to blow the smoke out of his rifle.
- Quotes
Major Ashley-Pitt: In our experience, Americans are uncouth misfits who should be run out of their own barbaric country.
Matthew Quigley: Well, Lieutenant...
Major Ashley-Pitt: Major.
Matthew Quigley: Major. We already run the misfits outta our country. We sent 'em back to England.
- Alternate versionsIn the version shown on GRIT TV, there are a number of cuts to fit the film into the 2 hour time slot and to accommodate commercials, including the entire sequence where Marston's men attack Quigley in the nearby town and where Major Ashley-Pitt's army confronts Quigley after Marston's death, only to be surrounded by the aborigines.
A fine , well plotted Western about an experimented cowboy : Tom Selleck and a lonely mistress : Laura San Giacomo . Simon Wincer's slick direction and predictable action is somewhat redeemed by the terrific chemistry between Selleck as a tough cowboy with a keen eye by wielding a specially modified rifle with which he can shoot accurately at extraordinary distances and San Giacomo as the fierce , independient Crazy Cora , as well as the ordinary agreeable theatrics from the early deceased Alan Rickman . This Quigley Down Under (1990) contains strong performances augmented by blazing guns , and adequate writing . Nevertheless , it doesn't have much interest at times , neither intensity enough , though Tom Selleck captures his role pretty well as two-fisted sharpshooter Matt Quigley hired from Wyoming by an Australian rancher paying a very high price . He's well accopmpanied by a decent and mostly Australian support cast , such as : Chris Haywood , Jerome Ehlers , Ben Mendelsohn , William Zappa, Roger ward and Tony Bonner .
It displays a rousing and thrilling musical score by Basil Poledouris . Equally , colorful and evocative cinematography by David Eggby , showing splendidly the Down Under landscapes . The Emmy Award-winning director of "Lonesome Dove" puts the classic Western back where it was meant to be , on the big screen . Sensational directorial by the notorious filmmaker Simon Wincer , a Western expert , as he emigrated Hollywood from Australia and subsequently directed to Tom Selleck in ¨Monte Walsh¨ , ¨Crossfire trail¨ and ¨Quigley Down Under¨ to Paul Hogan in ¨Relampago Jack¨ and ¨Cocodrile Dundee in L. A.¨ and usually directs episodes for TV mini-series, such as ¨Into the West¨, ¨The Ponderosa¨ , ¨Lonesome Dove¨ and ¨The adventures of young Indiana Jones¨ , among others . Rating : good for the sensitive direction and proficient film-making ; the result is a sort of pacifist-aggressive Western adventure . Worthwhile watching . The pic will appeal to Tom Selleck fans .
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- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $21,413,105
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,853,149
- Oct 21, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $21,413,105
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1