After this crummy week for American capitalism, people might be in the mood for the wide-open spaces and stripped-down narrative objectives of director Ed Harris Its less a western than a loping buddy picture, based on Robert B. Parkers novel, that happens to be set in the territory of New Mexico, 1882.

Harris plays Virgil Cole, whose friend and backup, Everett Hitch, is portrayed by Viggo Mortensen. Theyre guns for hire, in the peacekeeping bidness. A ruthless rancher ( Jeremy Irons, cast against type and hidden behind a full set of whiskers) effectively runs the town of Appaloosa as he pleases, killing off the marshal when it best suits him, going about his business. Enter Cole and Hitch. Orders restored, uneasily, until the appearance of piano player and hot-to-trot widow Allison French. Shes played by Renee Zellweger, and as this coy bundle of availability squeezes into Coles life, she keeps a side door open for whoever else tickles her fancy.

While has its share of revenge killings, theres a fair amount of leisurely conversation between Cole and Hitch as they regard their newfound town and sort through the mysteries of life, women and a universe where a lout like Irons rancher can start out a lawless varmint and turn into a respectable man of business. Harris co-wrote the screenplay with Robert Knott, and while the storys locale is meant to be dusty and sparsely populated, it is not, I think, meant to be as two-dimensionally fakey as it seems on screen. I admired Harris directorial debut, and I enjoyed much of but Harris has yet to figure out how to energize a scene visually. Hes not going for anything fancy, but his compositions are more functional than compelling.

Mortensen comes off best. Not only does he seem like a genuine artifact of the late 19th Century, his plain-spoken charisma is well-suited to the western genre. Irons is effective as well, even with a wobbly dialect, and unlike so many frontier adversaries, this one becomes more interesting and dangerously respectable as winds its way to the close. In the end what you have is a mixed bag. The conception of the Zellweger character seems way off, as written and as acted. But with or without that fantastic mustache, Mortensen should certainly do another western, soon. Preferably he should do one with a real sense of danger to go along with all the neat, tidy, highfalutin honor and decency.

mjphillips@tribune.

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Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger, 36, and country music star Kenny Chesney, 37, were married Monday in a small ceremony on the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a publicist for Renee has confirmed. The ceremony took place in front of close friends and family. It was the first marriage for both, although Renee was previously engaged to Jim Carrey, and Kenny called off his engagement in 1999 just weeks before the wedding,
The couple met at the Concert of Hope tsunami relief benefit Jan. 15, where Chesney was singing and Zellweger was answering telephones. The public first learned of their relationship on April 29th, when Renee brought Kenny a margarita and a kiss onstage at his concert in Florida.

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and soon after decided to make performing a career. Zellweger is best known for her performances in The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Love and a .45, Jerry Maguire, Nurse Betty, One True Thing, Me, Myself and Irene, Bridget Jones Diary, Chicago, Down with Love, Cold Mountain, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Cinderella Man and Miss Potter.

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The unveiling of big available movies like Jim Carreys I Love You Philip Morris and Antoine Fuquas s Finest to distributors may not happen until lights go down at Sundance venues next month. But another movie -- one not going to Park City -- has quietly been slipping in buyer screenings over the past few weeks.
The Renee Zellweger-Kevin Bacon period romantic dramedy My One and Only has been playing to buyers in Los Angeles. The production, which was packaged and is repped by CAA, is one of the many celebrity-driven titles that grew out of the boom in indie financing the last couple years. Given its stars, its director ( and helmer Richard Loncraine) and the pics concept -- Zellweger as a single mom looking for a wealthy suitor -- it easily could have been a studio production (the fact that its a midcentury piece may have kept it in the indie realm, at least in the financing sense). But now its available for pickup like so many fest titles.
So far, buyers have reported that the movie plays sweet and plays commercial -- two things that might prompt a specialty division or studio deal. If a distributor thinks it can turn the trick ofa studio-esque opening weekend, theyll get a bargain; even a solid seven-figure sale would mean a lower price tag than it would if the company made the pic itself.
We may not see many studio-type productions being financed by outside source for much longer in this current credit-crunch. All those whove decried the star-driven indie titles (made in part because of the number stars could fetch in overseas markets) may soon get what they wish for. But if this Zellwegger December surprise works, dont be surprised if its not the one and only.

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The comic tale of a commitment-shy bachelor who must rectify his ways if he wants to receive a multimillion dollar inheritance from his deceased grandfather. After ruining a genuine proposal with a pathetic statement, Jimmie Shannon's (O'Donnell) girlfriend Anne (Zellweger) leaves him. When he realizes his grandfather's only stipulation, that he get married by 6:05 on his thirtieth birthday, happens to be the very next day, the hunt is on for a bride-to-be. Armed with his friend (Lange) and a ready-to-marry priest (Cromwell), Jimmie spends the next twenty-four hours tracking down his former girlfriends, trying to find a suitable partner. A remake of Buster Keaton's SEVEN CHANCES (1925).

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Synopsis:
Lucy Hill (Renée Zellweger) is an ambitious, up and coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, she loves her cars and she loves climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment - in the middle of nowhere - to restructure a manufacturing plant, she jumps at the opportunity, knowing that a big promotion is close at hand. What begins as a straight forward job assignment becomes a life changing experience as Lucy discovers greater meaning in her life and most unexpectedly, the man of her dreams (Harry Connick, Jr.).

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