Re: [DL] Purgatory

["Douglas Lange" <dlange@voicenet.com>]

Yeah, my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.  Both of us were thinking
"Deadlands" the whole time.  The concept was outstanding, and could have
been a feature film.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam de Smith" <sam.desmith@ntlworld.com>
To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 7:21 AM
Subject: [DL] Purgatory


> I've just seen a very, very odd movie which just SCREAMS Deadlands. Called
> 'Purgatory', with Sam Shepherd (and Eric Roberts, but never mind), it's
> about a gang of thoroughly nasty outlaws (headed up by one 'Blackjack')
who
> are headed for the Mexico border - only to stumble across a lush green
> valley with a small, quiet town in it. Quite apart from the strangeness of
> its location, a lot of the residents seem very familiar - the sheriff
bears
> an uncanny resemblance to Wild Bill Hickok, the storekeeper's kinda like
> Jesse James ("Only I'd imagined he was taller" "Yeah, that's what they
said
> in Tulsa") - and there isn't a gun to be seen. I won't spoil it (but hey,
> it's not terribly difficult to figure out), but it's very stylish with a
> fantastic final showdown: highly recommended.
>
> And now for someone else to completely lay in to it.
>
> Sam de Smith