The Quick and the Dead is a 1995 western film directed by Sam Raimi and starring Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Writer Simon Moore's script for The Quick and the Dead was purchased by Sony Pictures Entertainment in May 1993, and Stone signed on as both star and co-producer. Development was fast tracked after director Raimi's hiring, and principal photography began in Old Tucson Studios in Arizona on November 21, ...
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The Quick and the Dead is a 1995 western film directed by Sam Raimi and starring Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Writer Simon Moore's script for The Quick and the Dead was purchased by Sony Pictures Entertainment in May 1993, and Stone signed on as both star and co-producer. Development was fast tracked after director Raimi's hiring, and principal photography began in Old Tucson Studios in Arizona on November 21, 1993. Distribution duties were covered by Sony-owned TriStar Pictures and Columbia Pictures.
The Quick and the Dead was released in the United States on February 10, 1995 to a dismal box office performance, receiving mixed reviews from critics.
"The Lady" rides into the Old West town of Redemption circa 1878. In an attempt to seek vengeance for her father's death, she enters a single elimination gunfighting contest presided over by Redemption's ruthless leader, John Herod.
One of the first men The Lady meets is Cort, a former Herod henchman...
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