Hatfields & McCoysChannel 5, Thursday 25th Oct 9pm - 11:05pm
Repeat:Channel 5 +1 Thu 25 Oct 10pm
Repeat: Channel 5 Sun 28 Oct 11pm Whatever your views on Kevin Costner, this big western saga is a reminder of why he was once such a very big star. He’s superb playing a grizzled, pipe-smoking timber man, Anse Hatfield, caught up in a family feud across the Kentucky/West Virginia border.
His opposite number at the head of the McCoy family is played by Bill Paxton, who makes hay with the part of Randall McCoy, a veteran scarred
by his experience on the losing side of the Civil War. And for good measure there’s Tom Berenger looking awful as a dog-loving psychopath (on the Hatfield side) for whom the feud proves a terrific source of amusement.
So is the tale worthy of these star names? Very much so: it doesn’t rattle along, but stick around and it starts to take on a kind of mythic force. Plus western fans get all the squinting and tobacco-spitting and tough-talk and fiddle music they could hope for.
1/5. New series. Fact-based drama starring Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton that chronicles the bitter feud between two families. In the aftermath of the American Civil War, Confederate soldiers Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy return home and embark on a battle that sees their clans come to blows over love, land and livestock - nearly pushing the states of Kentucky and West Virginia toward another conflict. With Tom Berenger, Sarah Parish and Joe Absolom.
CAST AND CREW `Devil' Anse HatfieldKevin Costner
Randall McCoyBill Paxton
Johnse HatfieldMatt Barr
Jim VanceTom Berenger
Judge HatfieldPowers Boothe
Frank PhilipsAndrew Howard
Nancy McCoyJena Malone
Levicy HatfieldSarah Parish
Roseanna McCoyLindsay Pulsipher
Perry ClineRonan Vibert
Selkirk McCoyJoe Absolom
Ellison MountsNoel FisherCrew
DirectorKevin Reynolds
Executive ProducerNancy Dubac
Executive ProducerLeslie Grief
Executive ProducerDirk Hoogstra
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