The Claim

Name: The Claim
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Released: 2000-12-29
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 6
Cast: Peter Mullan, Milla Jovovich, Wes Bentley, Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley

2000·Movie·R·120 min·★ 6.0(110)

Drama RomanceWesternMore English titles

“Everything has a price.”

A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are brewing and his past is coming back to haunt him. A surveyor and his crew scouts the town as a location for a new railroad line and a young woman suddenly appears in the town and is evidently the man's daughter.

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About The Claim

The Claim is a 2000 English-language drama, romance and western film directed by Michael Winterbottom. The cast is led by Peter Mullan, Milla Jovovich, Wes Bentley. It has a runtime of 2h 0m. Viewers rate it 6.0/10 across 100 ratings. In United States, it is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube TV, ScreenPix Apple TV Channel.

The Claim was produced by Revolution Films, Arts Council of England, and Alliance Atlantis and made in United Kingdom and Canada. It was released on December 29, 2000, and carries a R certification. Made on a budget of about $20 million, it went on to gross $1 million worldwide.

Director: Michael Winterbottom
Writers: Frank Cottrell Boyce
Release date: December 29, 2000
Original language: English
Age rating: R
Status: Released
Country: United Kingdom, Canada
Budget: $20 million
Box office: $1 million
Production: Revolution Films, Arts Council of England, Alliance Atlantis

#based on novel or book#romance#old west#california gold rush

The Claim cast & crew

The Claim was directed by Michael Winterbottom and written by Frank Cottrell Boyce.

The cast features Peter Mullan as Daniel Dillon, Milla Jovovich as Lucia, Wes Bentley as Donald Dalglish, Nastassja Kinski as Elena Burn, Sarah Polley as Hope Burn, and Shirley Henderson as Annie.

Behind the camera, the score was composed by Michael Nyman, cinematography is by Alwin H. Küchler, and it was produced by Andrew Eaton and Andrea Calderwood.

Is The Claim worth watching?

The Claim holds an audience score of 6.0/10 from 110 ratings, a solidly received drama films.

At 2h 0m, it's a standard feature-length watch.

If you enjoy drama, romance, and western, The Claim is worth a place on your watchlist.

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