‘Open Range’: Friendship, Loyalty, and Redemption

Ian Kane
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R | 2h 19m | Action, Drama, Romance | 2003

Although today’s use of the term “range war” may bring to mind environmentalists versus property owners and businesses, the original meaning was grounded (no pun intended) in the American West of the days of yore. Back then, the two parties that were sometimes at odds with one another were “free-grazers”—who wanted to use lands for their cattle—and homesteaders, folks who had built homes on land and usually fenced their property off.

Ian Kane
Ian Kane
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Ian Kane is an U.S. Army veteran, author, filmmaker, and actor. He is dedicated to the development and production of innovative, thought-provoking, character-driven films and books of the highest quality.
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