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MAVERICK – Randy Newman
THROWBACK THIRTY
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
1994’s Maverick was director Richard Donner’s attempt to bring the popular 1957 ABC TV show of the same name to the silver screen. That show starred James Garner as the eponymous Brett Maverick, a wise-cracking and charismatic poker player plying his trade on riverboats and in saloons across the American Wild West. The big-screen version of the story sees Maverick being played by Mel Gibson, who here is re-teaming with director Donner for the first time since Lethal Weapon 3 in 1992. In this story, Maverick finds himself needing to raise $25,000 to enter a high-stakes poker tournament on a riverboat; as he does so he repeatedly encounters the resourceful and sly con-artist Annabelle Bransford (Jodie Foster), while falling afoul of the stern lawman Marshal Zane Cooper (Garner). The film’s supporting cast features Graham Greene, James Coburn, and Alfred Molina, and has many cameo appearances by classic Western film actors and country music stars. Read more…
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