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Open Range

Open Range

■ Basic Data

ItemContent
Year2003
CountryUnited States
DirectorKevin Costner
CastRobert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, Michael Gambon
GenreWestern

■ Title Language Table

LanguageTextRomanization
EnglishOpen Range
EspañolOpen RangeOpen Range
FrançaisOpen RangeOpen Range
DeutschOpen RangeOpen Range
PortuguêsPacto de JustiçaPacto de Justiça
ItalianoTerra di confine – Open RangeTerra di confine – Open Range
РусскийОткрытый просторOtkrytyy prostor
中文(简体)天地无限
中文(繁體)天地無限
한국어오픈 레인지Opeun Reinji
ไทยOpen RangeOpen Range
Tiếng ViệtOpen RangeOpen Range
Bahasa IndonesiaOpen RangeOpen Range
日本語ワイルド・レンジ 最後の銃撃Wairudo Renji Saigo no Jūgeki

■ One-Line Definition

👉 A work that depicts a structure in which free moral order and coercive local power collide within a frontier without reliable law


■ Synopsis

Free-grazing cattlemen confront a violent town boss after institutional law fails to protect basic justice.


■ RECIPE Tags

#MoralOrder #FrontierJustice #ReluctantViolence #CivilizedLaw


■ Primary Axis

  • Entry: Can personal decency survive where law is captured by power
     Reason: Ordinary moral conduct is forced into conflict with privatized authority.
     Related Film: High Noon
  • Middle: When justice is absent, who must bear the burden of violence
     Reason: Peace-seeking men are pushed toward lethal action by systemic failure.
     Related Film: Shane
  • Core: Can violence restore order without becoming the same corruption it opposes
     Reason: The final gunfight is framed as necessary but morally burdened correction.
     Related Film: Unforgiven

■ Secondary Axes

  • Frontier freedom versus territorial control: Open land becomes a site where liberty is enclosed by intimidation.
     Related Film: Pale Rider
  • The birth of civic order from extralegal force: A town’s future depends on violent resistance before stable law can exist.
     Related Film: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

■ Person

  • Director: Kevin Costner
  • Cast: Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, Michael Gambon

■ Structural Tags

#CapturedLaw #ReluctantForce #FrontierOrder


■ Attribute Tags

#UnitedStates #2003Film #Western

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