The American West (2016)

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The story of the aftermath of the Civil War and how the United States transformed into the “land of opportunity" spanning the years 1865 to 1890. Transporting into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men, the story chronicles the personal, little-known stories of Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull.

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The American West (formerly titled The West) is a limited-event American television docu-series detailing the history of the Western United States in the period from 1865 to 1890. The series was executively produced by Robert Redford, Stephen David and Laura Michalchyshyn with Sundance Productions and aired for eight episodes on AMC from June 11 to July 30, 2016.

As of June 2021, the series was streaming on Amazon Prime Video in some countries.

Overview

Following the American Civil War, the United States begins developing into the "land of opportunity," despite the danger from cowboys, Native Americans, outlaws and lawmen. The series chronicles the stories of Western legends, such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, George Armstrong Custer, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull.

Production

Produced and distributed by Sundance Productions, the series features exclusive interviews with notable names from classic Western films, including Robert Redford, James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Tom Selleck, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Harmon, and Ed Harris.

The series was to be initially aired on Discovery Channel, but was changed to AMC and retooled in 2014. Production on the series began in August 2015, following AMC's ordering it straight to series.

Filming for the series was predominantly done in West Virginia's Berkeley and Jefferson counties, as well as Prickett's Fort State Park in Marion County.

Main

David H. Stevens as Jesse James

Derek Chariton as Billy the Kid

Will Strongheart as Crazy Horse

John C. Bailey as General George Custer

Moses Brings Plenty as Sitting Bull

Jonathan C. Stewart as Wyatt Earp

Supporting

Morgan Lund as Ulysses S. Grant

Michael Marunde as William T. Sherman

Eric Rolland as Thomas C. Durant

Joseph Carlson as Frank James

Ric Maddox as Pat Garrett

Hugh Scully as Allen Pinkerton

Nicholas Bialis as Morgan Earp

Sean Brown as Cole Younger

Interview subjects

The series features several interviews from authors, celebrities, historians and political figures.

Mark Lee Gardener – author, Shot All to Hell

David Eisenbach – historian, Columbia University

Kiefer Sutherland – actor, Young Guns

Eric Foner – historian, Columbia University

H.W. Brands – historian, University of Texas at Austin

Danny Glover – actor, Silverado

Walter R. Borneman – author, Iron Horses

Paul Hutton, historian – University of New Mexico

Andrew C. Isenberg – author, Wyatt Earp: A Vigilante Life

Karl Jacoby – historian, Columbia University

Anne Collier – curator, Edmund C. Jaeger Cultural & Natural History Museum

Burt Reynolds – actor, Gunsmoke

Robert Redford – actor, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Bill Richardson – former governor of New Mexico

Larry T. Pourier – Oglala Lakota Filmmaker

John McCain – U.S. Senator, Arizona

Kathleen Chamberlain – author, In the Shadow of Billy the Kid

Ann Kirschner – author, Lady at the O.K. Corral

Mark Harmon – actor, Wyatt Earp

Tom Selleck – actor, Quigley Down Under

John Morey – historian

Ed Harris – actor, Appaloosa

Reception

Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times compared the series to others in the genre: "What's fresh in this retelling…is the degree to which it has gone in for re-creation as opposed to documentation, and the fact that it has drafted movie cowboys." He added "it's more dress-up than drama, more reenactment than documentary."

Rob Lowman of the Los Angeles Daily News called the series "more entertainment than insightful." He added "The American West doesn't dig into the ramifications of transformation of the West, preferring to keep skipping through history."

Broadcast

Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on History on October 11, 2016.

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