The Claim (2000) (R)

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synopsis

An epic love story set against the wintry backdrop of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the early days of California. Dillon, a pioneer, defies the harsh surroundings in search of gold. Having struck it rich, he establishes a thriving mining town called Kingdom Come. But blind ambition and greed catch up to him in the form three strangers that arrive in town. A surveyor hoping to extend the Central Pacific Railroad through Kingdom Come, threatens to destroy any future the town has. And, two women from Dillon's past are the key to a secret that could lead to his undoing.

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Drama, Romance
2 hr. 0 min.
Opened December 29th, 2000

MovieGoer Review

Director Michael Winterbottom adapts Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge to the gold rush years. Twenty years after a gold miner sold his wife and daughter to a prospector in exchange for his claim to a gold mine, they unexpectedly sho... MORE

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synopsis

An epic love story set against the wintry backdrop of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the early days of California. Dillon, a pioneer, defies the harsh surroundings in search of gold. Having struck it rich, he establishes a thriving mining town called Kingdom Come. But blind ambition and greed catch up to him in the form three strangers that arrive in town. A surveyor hoping to extend the Central Pacific Railroad through Kingdom Come, threatens to destroy any future the town has. And, two women from Dillon's past are the key to a secret that could lead to his undoing.

details

Drama, Romance
2 hr. 0 min.
Opened December 29th, 2000

MovieGoer Review

Director Michael Winterbottom adapts Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge to the gold rush years. Twenty years after a gold miner sold his wife and daughter to a prospector in exchange for his claim to a gold mine, they unexpectedly sho... MORE