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Cowboy Up is a american film of genre Drama directed by Xavier Koller released in USA on 3 september 2002 with Kiefer Sutherland
Cowboy Up (2002)
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Add to a movie listCowboy Up is a 2001 film directed by Xavier Koller. It stars Kiefer Sutherland and Marcus Thomas. It won the Crystal Heart Award at the 2001 Heartland Film Festival.
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Rising rodeo star Ely Braxton (Marcus Thomas) is recovering from injuries that almost took his life. Against the wishes of his mother Rose Braxton (Melinda Dillon) and girlfriend Connie (Molly Ringwald), Ely starts riding bulls again to achieve his dream of becoming a champion bull rider like his estranged father, Reid Braxton (Pete Postlethwaite). Ely's older brother, Hank (Kiefer Sutherland), is a champion bullfighter and stock contractor, and the two use each other to better their rodeo skills and work together at their family ranch in Santa Maria, California. As Ely's rodeo career becomes highly successful, he starts a relationship with Celia Jones (Daryl Hannah), who is a barrel racer and Hank's love interest. Hank is consumed with anger and jealousy at Ely's betrayal and the brothers become estranged.Actors
Kiefer Sutherland
(Hank Braxton)
Marcus Thomas
(Ely Braxton)
Daryl Hannah
(Celia Jones)
Melinda Dillon
(Rose Braxton)
Molly Ringwald
(Connie)
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