The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum announced today the winners of its 48th annual Western Heritage Awards. The awards honor and encourage the legacy of those whose works in literature, music, film and television reflect the significant stories of the American West. The Western Heritage Awards will be presented at a black-tie banquet April 18 at the museum. Each winner in attendance receives the Wrangler, an impressive bronze sculpture of a cowboy on horseback. Awards presented in 2009 are for works completed in 2008. Qualified professionals outside the museum staff judge all categories. The 2008 best theatrical motion picture winner is “Appaloosa,” starring Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Jeremy Irons and Renée Zellweger. The movie is based on the 2005 Western novel by Robert B. Parker and centers around lawman Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and his deputy Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen). The two friends are hired to defend a lawless 1880s town from a renegade rancher, Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons), who has already taken horses and supplies and killed the deputy and the marshal. Their efforts are disrupted and friendship tested by the arrival of a woman (Renee Zellweger). Director Ed Harris co-wrote the script with Robert Knott, and the two produced the movie. Lighthouse Productions produced “The Challenge of Champions: The Story of Lane Frost and Red Rock,” the winner of the documentary category. Award-winning filmmaker David Wittkower captured the story of two champions and a segment of their celebrated careers. The 90-minute film follows the duel between World Champion Bull Rider Lane Frost and Red Rock, a bull that had been unridden in more than 300 tries. Clyde and Elsie Frost, Lane’s parents, and John Growney, stock contractor and owner of Red Rock, narrate the story. The film features interviews with people closest to the seven-match series including friends and rodeo cohorts Tuff Hedeman and Cody Lambert; sportscaster George Michael; journalist Kendra Santos; and photographer Sue Rosoff...
Monday, March 02, 2009
National Cowboy Museum announces Western Heritage Awards
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum announced today the winners of its 48th annual Western Heritage Awards. The awards honor and encourage the legacy of those whose works in literature, music, film and television reflect the significant stories of the American West. The Western Heritage Awards will be presented at a black-tie banquet April 18 at the museum. Each winner in attendance receives the Wrangler, an impressive bronze sculpture of a cowboy on horseback. Awards presented in 2009 are for works completed in 2008. Qualified professionals outside the museum staff judge all categories. The 2008 best theatrical motion picture winner is “Appaloosa,” starring Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Jeremy Irons and Renée Zellweger. The movie is based on the 2005 Western novel by Robert B. Parker and centers around lawman Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and his deputy Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen). The two friends are hired to defend a lawless 1880s town from a renegade rancher, Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons), who has already taken horses and supplies and killed the deputy and the marshal. Their efforts are disrupted and friendship tested by the arrival of a woman (Renee Zellweger). Director Ed Harris co-wrote the script with Robert Knott, and the two produced the movie. Lighthouse Productions produced “The Challenge of Champions: The Story of Lane Frost and Red Rock,” the winner of the documentary category. Award-winning filmmaker David Wittkower captured the story of two champions and a segment of their celebrated careers. The 90-minute film follows the duel between World Champion Bull Rider Lane Frost and Red Rock, a bull that had been unridden in more than 300 tries. Clyde and Elsie Frost, Lane’s parents, and John Growney, stock contractor and owner of Red Rock, narrate the story. The film features interviews with people closest to the seven-match series including friends and rodeo cohorts Tuff Hedeman and Cody Lambert; sportscaster George Michael; journalist Kendra Santos; and photographer Sue Rosoff...
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