Dead Man's Burden

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Dead Man's Burden

2013,

1h 33m,

Western

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250+ Ratings

Tension and distrust rise to the surface when a man (Barlow Jacobs) who was presumed killed in the Civil War returns to New Mexico and opposes his sister's (Clare Bowen) plan to sell the family homestead to a mining company.

Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

May 23, 2013

3.5/5

It's a strong debut for Moshe, who, with the exception of some of the oater dialogue, shows both a reverence for and a knowledge of the genre that's intriguing.

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Laremy Legel

Film.com

May 3, 2013

7/10

Ponderous but lovely, simple but elegant, it should appeal to fans of Westerns.

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

May 2, 2013

3.5/5

Small in scale but with a grand visual ambition, "Dead Man's Burden" draws nourishment from its burned-out desert setting and ambling pace.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Nov 26, 2019

There's nothing like some good old fashioned gunfire, family squabbles, horse riding, spurs, miners and homesteaders to get the juices flowing and that's just what first time feature writer/director Jared Moshe does.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Jul 25, 2019

While it doesn't reach the height of exuberance seen in many of the films it invokes, Dead Man's Burden is an intriguing effort.

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Curtis Woloschuk

Paste Magazine

May 23, 2013

7.4/10

Mosh immediately establishes an unforgiving milieu for his moody, minimalist Western.

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Ron S

Mar 22, 2019

Looks great, and the actors give a valiant go, but the script and direction are melodramatic and cliche. This film can't decide if it wants to be a Western genre romp, or a serious drama about family and betrayal on the 19th Century American frontier. So seldom do we get the marriage of good art direction with good writing. This film is nice to look at, but nothing more.

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Wade McCurry

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Synopsis

Tension and distrust rise to the surface when a man (Barlow Jacobs) who was presumed killed in the Civil War returns to New Mexico and opposes his sister's (Clare Bowen) plan to sell the family homestead to a mining company.

Director: Jared Moshe
Producer: Veronica Nickel, Marcia Woske
Screenwriter: Jared Moshe
Distributor: Cinedigm
Production Co: Illuminaria Productions
Genre: Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 3, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $29.6K
Runtime: 1h 33m

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