Young Guns II (film)
Young Guns II is a 1990 film,
and is the sequel to Young Guns. It stars Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou
Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, and features William Petersen as Pat Garrett.
It was directed by Geoff Murphy.
It follows the life of William H. Bonney aka Billy the Kid (played by Emilio Estevez) in the years following the Lincoln County War in which Billy was part of "The Regulators" -- a group of around 6 highly skilled gunmen avenging the death of John Tunstall -- and the years before Billy's documented death. The film, however, is told by Brushy Bill Roberts, a man who in the 1940s appeared claiming to be the real Billy the Kid.
While the film is not entirely historically accurate,
it does show some of the key events leading up to Billy's documented death, including
his talks with Governor Lew Wallace, his capture by friend-turned-foe Pat Garrett,
his trial and his subsequent escape in which he killed two deputies.
Young Guns II opened on August 1, 1990 in the US in 1,770 theaters, accumulating $8,017,438 over its opening weekend. It finished third for the weekend, behind Ghost (in its fourth week) and Presumed Innocent (in its second week). The film went on to gross $44,143,410 domestically.
Emilio Estevez originally
approached Jon Bon Jovi to ask him for permission to include the song "Wanted
Dead Or Alive" on the soundtrack[citation needed]. Bon Jovi didn't feel the
song was entirely appropriate (particularly the line "On a steel horse I
ride"); however, he was inspired by the project and resolved to write a new
song for the film that would be more in keeping with the period and setting. He
quickly wrote the song 'Blaze of Glory', offering it to Estevez for inclusion
in the film. Bon Jovi then went on to write and record several more songs, working
with legendary guitarist Jeff Beck. Blaze of Glory is Jon Bon Jovi's first solo
album, released in 1990. It includes songs from, and inspired by, the movie Young
Guns II. Songs from Young Guns II include #1 hit single "Blaze of Glory"
and #2 "Miracle". Approximate sales were in excess of two million copies
in the US, making it an album that achieved great success both commercially and
critically. The film's original score was composed by Alan Silvestri.
Cast
Emilio Estevez - William H. 'Billy the Kid' Bonney
Kiefer Sutherland - Josiah Gordon 'Doc' Scurlock
Lou Diamond Phillips - 'Jose' Chavez y Chavez
Christian Slater - Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh
William Petersen - Patrick Floyd 'Pat' Garrett
Alan Ruck - Hendry William French
R.D. Call - D.A. Rynerson
James Coburn - John Simpson Chisum
Balthazar Getty - Tom O'Folliard
Jack Kehoe - Ashmun
Upson
Robert Knepper - Deputy Carlyle
Tom Kurlander - J.W. Bell
Viggo Mortensen - John W. Poe
Leon Rippy - Bob Ollinger
Tracey Walter - Beever Smith
Bradley Whitford - Charles Phalen
(as Brad Whitford)
Scott Wilson - Governor Lewis Wallace
Jenny Wright
- Jane Greathouse
John Hammil - Pendleton
William J. Fisher - Second
Alde (as William Fisher)
Carlotta Garcia - Deluvina Maxwell
Joy Bouton
- Juanita
Albert Trujillo - Jesus Silva
Alina Arenal - Sonia
John
Alderson - Guano Miner
Lee de Broux - Bounty Hunter
Sixto Joost - Bounty Hunter
Rudy Sena - Bounty Hunter
Adam Taylor -
Bounty Hunter
Redmond Gleeson - Murphy Man
David Paul Needles - Cutter
Jerry Gardner - Sheriff Kimbel
Domingo Ambriz - Vaquero #1
Sonny
Skyhawk - Vaquero #2
Richard Schiff - Rat Bag
Stephan
Kraus - Pietro
Nick Gomez - Fernando (as Nicholas Sean Gomez)
Mark Bustamante
- Ignio
Airen Balen - Student
Don Simpson - Pinkerton Man
Holt
Parker - Sumner Priest
Tony Frank - Judge Bristol
Frank Fierro Jr-.
Villager #1
Rene L. Moreno - Villager #2
Chief Buddy Redbow - Chief
Victorio
Danielle Blanchard - Tom's Dove
Joey Hamlin - Chivato's Pal
(as Joey Joe Hamlin)
Alexis Alexander - Dove
Ginger Lynn Allen - Dove
Iris Pappas - Barmaid
Ed Adams - Poe Posse
Mark Silverstein - Poe
Posse
Boots Southerland - Poe Posse
Bud Stout - Poe Posse
John Fusco - Branded Man
Walter Feldbusch - Pit Inmate
Bo Greigh - Cowboy (as Bo Gray)
Thomas Byrd - Pit Inmate (as Tom Byrd)
Donald Guideau - Pit Inmate
Robert Harvey - Townsman
Ted Kairys - Town Dweller
William Upchurch - Drunken Idiot
Michael Eiland
- Shop Keeper
Howard Young - Poe Posse (as Howie Young)
rest of cast
listed alphabetically:
Jon Bon Jovi - Pit Inmate Shot Back
into Pit (uncredited)
Don 'Tex' Clark - Drunken Cowboy (uncredited)
Rusty Lee - Townsman (uncredited)
Kerry Wallum - Poe Posse (uncredited)
Trivia
The
only actors to return from the original film are Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland,
and Lou Diamond Phillips.
Tom O'Folliard, played by Balthazar Getty, was an
original member of the Regulators not depicted in the original film. The real
O'Folliard was, in fact, a very close friend of Billy the Kid for many years.
Henry William French played by Alan Ruck is a combination of Jim French and
Henry Newton Brown both original members of the Regulators not depicted in the
original film.
Jose Chavez y Chavez (played by Lou Diamond Phillips) did not
die during this time; he lived a long life, dying much later in 1924.
In the
movie, Doc Scurlock (played by Kiefer Sutherland) died the way Charlie Bowdre
had died. In real life, Charlie walked in front of the door and was shot; Scurlock
lived on and became a schoolteacher and died in 1929.
The scene where Arkansas
Dave Rudabaugh (played by Christian Slater) puts a knife through Chavez' arm was
added due to Lou Diamond Phillips' breaking his arm during filming.
No one
got away from the ambush by Garrett's posse at Stinking Springs. A few were injured,
and Charlie Bowdre died. The Kid and his gang surrendered and were all taken to
jail in Santa Fe, but Dave Rudabaugh eventually escaped and did flee to Old Mexico.
Despite claims that he fled to Montana and led a "normal life", it is
accepted that Rudabaugh killed two men in Mexico and was shortly thereafter beheaded.
The Mexican government even took a picture of his severed head as proof that they
had executed the outlaw. [5]
Jon Bon Jovi makes a cameo appearance as one
of the prisoners in the pit with Doc and Chavez.
During his escape from jail,
Billy shouts out "Hello, Bob" before shooting Bob Ollinger, and "Goodbye,
Bob" after killing him -- the exact same dialogue that the real Billy the
Kid used during the incident.
The real Billy never told a judge he could go
to "Hell, Hell, Hell," after the judge sentenced him to hang by the
neck until he be "dead, dead, dead." In fact, he sat quietly and, when
asked if he had anything to say on his behalf, he kept his head low and answered
with a simple "No."
John Chisum (played by James Coburn) convinces
Pat Garrett to accept a job as the new Lincoln County Sheriff. Coburn himself
played Garrett in Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
Plot
The film opens with a young attorney talking to an elderly man named Brushy Bill Roberts, who claims that he is William H. Bonney (aka Billy The Kid), whom "everyone" knows to have been shot and killed by Pat Garrett in 1881. The majority of the film takes place in flashbacks as the old man recalls his story for the lawyer, who asks if the man has any proof that he is the famous outlaw.
Brushy Bill's story begins with the remaining regulators having gone their separate ways. Billy has become part of a new gang with 'Arkansas' Dave Rudabaugh (Slater) and Pat Garrett (Petersen). The state governor has issued warrants for the arrests of those involved in the Lincoln County wars, including Billy, Doc Scurlock (Sutherland), and Jose Chavez y Chavez (Phillips). With the help of Rudabaugh, Billy springs his old comrades from prison and they make a run for the border along with local farmer Hendry William French (Ruck) and 14 year old Tom O'Folliard (Getty), who Billy rechristens "The Prince of Pennsylvania". After the escape, the authorities approach Garrett and persuade him to use whatever resources he needs to hunt Bonney down and kill him. Garrett agrees and, forming a posse, begins his pursuit of the gang.
Billy and his gang are continuously tracked by the posse, narrowly evading capture a number of times. They do suffer casualties, with Tom being mistaken for Billy and killed by a long range shot fired by Garrett's second in command John Poe (Mortensen). Additionally, Scurlock is mortally wounded after the gang is cornered and sacrifices himself to enable his friends to escape. Hendry, Dave, and Chavez flee to safety, but the latter is mortally wounded and remarks that he will know he is dying when he sees a white horse (a spirit horse that is said to carry worthy souls to the other side) riding towards him.
Billy is caught and taken back to be imprisoned and tried in Lincoln County. He is sentenced to be hung by the neck until he is dead, dead, dead, to which he tells the judge that he can go to hell, hell, hell. Waiting for the sentence to be passed, Billy escapes with the aide of a female accomplice, who has planted a gun in an outhouse. The younger guard raises his gun, forcing Billy to kill him with regret. Hearing the shots from across the street, Bob Ollinger, the other guard assigned to guard The Kid, rushes to the scene. Billy uses the Bob's own shotgun, which he had used to taunt Billy earlier in the film, to shoot him dead and then escapes to Old Fort Sumner. By the time he arrives, Dave has abandoned the group to make his way to Mexico, and Chavez lies close to death, only succumbing when he sees the spirit horse riding towards him. Billy is incensed at how his actions have led to the deaths of his friends while he has been largely unharmed. During the night, after taking refuge with a female friend, he decides to get something to eat, realizing too late that he is unarmed just as Pat Garrett makes his presence known. After a short dialogue, Billy turns around, forcing Garrett to shoot him in the back. Garrett shoots errantly, striking a distant pinata. In the morning, Garrett finds his horse missing, bringing to mind a conversation from earlier in the film where Billy had said that he would never steal a horse from a man he didn't like.
The film ends with Brushy Bill walking away after his story while the lawyer chases after him, having been convinced of the man's true identity. The epilogue reveals that Dave was killed once he reached Mexico and that, despite his claims, Brushy Bill Roberts was never credited as being Billy the Kid.
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