Dead Man's Burden

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Dead Man's Burden

2013

1h 33m

Western

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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.

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Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

05/23/2013

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

05/03/2013

7/10

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

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

05/02/2013

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

11/26/2019

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

07/25/2019

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

05/23/2013

7.4/10

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

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Natalie M

May 6

THE BEST MOVIE I'VE SEEN. I'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE SO MANY TIMES. I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO MUCH THAT I FOUND A WAY TO WATCH IT IN SCHOOL. 100% RECOMMEND. IF YOU DON'T LIKE WESTERN, GUN SHOTS, DEATH, etc, THEN DONT WATCH. THIS IS MY #1 CHOICE IN MOVIES. GREAT JOB ACTORS, PRODUCERS, Etc.<3

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03/22/2019

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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01/19/2015

Some fine performances all-around, in particular Jacobs and Bowen; I'm talking award nomination material here. Moshe does a great job in his directorial/writing debut in presenting a compelling story.

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walter m

@Harlequin68 11/05/2014

In "Dead Man's Burden," Wade McCurry(Barlow Jacobs) has survived the Civil War only to find that he is not entirely done with violence just yet. And then once he gets to his family homestead in Texas, he has to prove to his younger sister Martha(Clare Bowen) and her husband Heck(David Call) that he is who he says he is and that his death was greatly exaggerated. That's only to discover that he is too late to attend his father's funeral. "Dead Man's Burden" is a great looking western that has some deep thoughts on the nature of frontier justice. But as far as any kind of story or characterization goes, the movie is sadly paper thin, with acting on the amateurish level of historical reconstructions.

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09/29/2014

141008: For a movie with such a slow pace it sure keeps you enthralled. Wow is all I can say. Quite the little western sneaking past the mainstream theatres. A great fix.

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12/31/2013

A simple story and one that is well played out by a cast of unknowns. Well worth a viewing.

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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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