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HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA, CHAPTER ONE – John Debney
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
It feels like Kevin Costner has been single-handedly trying to save the western genre from cinematic oblivion for going on forty years now, ever since he enjoyed his breakout role in Lawrence Kasdan’s Silverado in 1985. Since then Costner has been involved with numerous western or western-adjacent movies, either starring in them, directing them, or both, ranging from his Oscar-winning masterpiece Dances With Wolves in 1990 to more recent efforts like Wyatt Earp, The Postman, Open Range, the TV mini-series Hatfields & McCoys, and the now long-running contemporary western TV drama Yellowstone. His latest effort, Horizon: An American Saga, may be his most ambitious effort yet. It’s a sprawling tale that follows the stories of multiple fictional characters in pre- and post-Civil War America, detailing multiple aspects of the exploration of the American West. Costner began writing Horizon as early as 1988 – before he even started on Dances With Wolves – and it is planned to be a four-film 12-hour epic that covers almost the entire history of the United States in that period. Read more…
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