Deadwood: The Movie
Short description
Set in 1889, Deadwood: The Movie revisits the South Dakota frontier town as it marks its ten-year reunion and the arrival of statehood. The changes brought by time and modernization unsettle the community, while long-standing rivalries resurface, alliances are tested and old grievances come back to the surface. Seth Bullock remains the town's sheriff, Al Swearengen still runs the Gem Saloon, and other familiar residents must reckon with a shifting balance of power as Deadwood moves away from its lawless past.
The film continues the story of the television series Deadwood, which David Milch created and which ended in 2006. Milch wrote the screenplay, and Daniel Minahan directed; Deadwood: The Movie is the first of the two features he has directed. Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane lead the returning cast, which also includes Molly Parker, Paula Malcomson, W. Earl Brown and Dayton Callie, among many others. HBO Films produced the 110-minute drama.
On IMDb, the film holds a rating of 7.3 from around 29,000 votes, while on TMDB it has a 6.7 from roughly 472 votes. A film critics' rating of 8.3 from 89 reviews places it well above the audience scores recorded on those platforms.
What's left behind the scenes
- Many of the building sets on the original Deadwood filming location were rebuilt or even destroyed during subsequent filming of other projects, and the original blueprints were lost. Bullock’s house, in particular, was dismantled during the construction of sets for the filming of “Westworld” (2016-2022), so it had to be reconstructed. The film’s art director, Maria Rebman Kazo, was forced to carefully rewatch the original series in order to recreate everything exactly as it was there.
- The character played by Kim Dickens wears the same gray hat that she wore in the original series. It only looks new because the material was changed (this was a common practice in the 19th century). The props department was unable to find a genuinely new hat for this character.
- While filming with Daniel Minahan on this project, Molly Parker was also filming the series “Lost in Space” (2018-2021) in Canada, requiring her to travel to Los Angeles from there. She became so exhausted that she often lay down on the floor to rest between takes, still in costume.
- After the original series concluded, screenwriter David Milch verbally agreed with Chris Albrecht, then Chairman and CEO of “HBO,” to create two “Deadwood” films, but Albrecht was soon arrested for assaulting his girlfriend. He was fired from “HBO,” and the films were never made. Had the agreement with Albrecht been in writing, the series finale would have appeared over a decade ago.
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