The Claim

– A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.50 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours
Release Year:
2000
The Claim (2000)

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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The Claim (2000) - Trailer

Release Date:

02 Feb 2001

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Michael Winterbottom

Writer:

Frank Cottrell Boyce (screenplay by), Thomas Hardy (inspired by the novel by: "The Mayor of Casterbridge")

Main Actors:

Ron Anderson, Marty Antonini, Wes Bentley, Randy Birch

Plot:

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 scout 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.

Awards:

1 win & 10 nominations.

Production:

MGM Distribution Co

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
62%
Metacritic:
62%