Quigley Down Under (1990)

Tom Selleck plays Matthew Quigley, the cowboy hero in this traditional Western, set very untraditionally in Australia. After some macho silliness in the opening minutes, the story settles into a surprisingly evocative tale of Quigley, a sharpshooter who had come to the country to work for a land baron (Alan Rickman) and who is on the mend after a brutal attack. In the company of a woman (Laura San Giacomo) abused by that same baron, Quigley gets his strength and his shooting skills back while healing in the midst of aboriginal people as well as some stunning Australian settings. Director Simon Wincer (Phar Lap) brings a lot of integrity to this rare horse opera from contemporary Hollywood. --Tom Keogh Amazon.com

Price makes the movie even better

We love this movie and have been looking around for a bargain. The price and the quick service make for a great experience June 16, 2008

Tom Selleck Movie

This is one of my favorite movies. Tom Selleck plays Matthew Quigley as the quintessential American cowboy who takes a sharpshooter's job down under in Australia for a land baron (Alan Rickman). Not only does he fight the bad guys but he shows his compassionate side as well when he falls for Crazy Cora. Alan Rickman is a very good bad guy! A thoroughly entertaining movie with great scenery - they don't make 'em like this anymore! April 29, 2008

Great Western

We have watched this movie so many times. We are on our 2nd VHS tape and I am buying the DVD to give to my son so his family can enjoy it.

I have always been a Tom Selleck fan but his best movies are the westerns. His Sackett movies with Sam Elliott make you believe that he really was a cow boy in the old west.

All I can say is that I wish we had more of these kinds of movies instead of some of the wierd junk that is out today.

If you love westerns then you will love this movie. March 15, 2008

My Favorite Western

This just may be the best Tom Selleck movie ever. A great story that is enhanced by wonderful actors. January 28, 2008

It's Tom Selleck at his leading-man finest...

Matthew Quigley, a stoic rifleman arrives in Australia in the 1860s a world far away from his home Wyoming... He is answering an ad from a British landowner who will use his talents as an expert marksman...

But things don't go according to plan and, at supper, and after we hear these words, "Nobody knocks me out of my own house," Elliott Marston becomes his arch enemy...

Quigley's arrival sets the tone of the motion picture perfectly, coming into a fight with an evil plantation owner before he has even set foot on Australian soil where some genuinely funny moments happened especially when he met Crazy Cora right off the ship...

After a showy display of his talents (continuously hitting a bucket at about a thousand yards) Quigley discovers to his horror that he has been hired for sniping Aborigines encouraged by the local authorities...

Tom Selleck is excellent in the role of a cowboy, exuding natural charm, cool spirit and dignity... He perfectly suited to the role of the finest sharp shooter hero with a moral... There is a moment when he teaches local Aborigines a secret, and it hits the correct note...

Alan Rickman is perfect as Marston, the arrogant, clever bad baron who thinks himself the fastest six-gun...

Laura San Giacomo believes Quigley to be a man she once loved and whose name is Roy... She has her own tragic past as obviously her romance between Quigley and herself... San Giacomo proves to be a lovable heroine...

Director Simon Wincer creates outstanding scenery with the desolate Australian landscapes... December 30, 2007

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