‘Appaloosa’ brings the wild west to Callicoon

CALLICOONm NY — The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and the Callicoon Theater will present director Ed Harris’ western “Appaloosa.” Set in 1880s New Mexico, the film stars Harris and Jeremy Irons as guns for hire attempting to restore order in the town of Appaloosa, which is being terrorized by a greedy rancher (Viggo Mortensen). A beautiful widow (Renée Zellwegger) arrives in town and complicates matters.

David Denby of The New Yorker calls the film “a well-made, satisfying, traditionalist Western.”

Appaloosa is rated R and will be screened Friday, October 31 through Thursday, November 6 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee on Saturday, November 1 at 2:00 p.m. at Callicoon Theater, 30 Upper Main Street, Callicoon, NY.

Admission costs $8. Monday admission costs $6.

A percentage of the profits and $1 per person from ticket sales benefit the programs and services of the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, the Arts Council for Sullivan County. CineArt is a partnership between Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and the Callicoon Theater that promotes and screens independent, foreign, and art films.

For more information, call 845/887-4460.